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Home Run: Texas’ baseball team announces the signing of the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class
The first pitch of the 2020 baseball season won’t be thrown for another three months, but Texas recorded a big victory this week. On Thursday afternoon, Texas announced the signing of 14 recruits. The 2020 recruiting class — the fourth signed by … Read More
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First pitch of the Orange and White Fall World Series to be thrown this weekend
Over the next few days, the Texas baseball team will wrap up its fall schedule. Texas has released the schedule for its annual Orange and White Fall World Series. The three-game event will begin on Saturday and wrap up on Tuesday: Saturday, Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 17 … Read More
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Aggies, Titans and Razorbacks join Big 12 foes on Texas’ 2020 baseball schedule
The arrival of two former champions and trips to Houston and College Station are among the highlights on the UT baseball team’s 55-game schedule, which was released by the school on Wednesday. This season, Texas will spend two of its first three weekends in Houston. The Longhorns are set to … Read More
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Texas baseball recruiting class ranked No. 10 by Baseball America
The Texas baseball recruiting class is a top-10 class for the second year in a row, according to Baseball America. The Longhorns check in at No. 10. Last season Texas ranked No. 8 in recruiting class. In addition to 15 freshman, three junior college transfers make up the Longhorns’ recruiting … Read MoreKirk Bohls
Bohls: Huston Street is looking forward to PB and J’s and restoring Texas’ winning ways
Troy Tulowitzki has it all planned out. He’ll break out the peanut butter and jelly, make a sandwich or two, throw them and some Fritos in a sack lunch and leave it in Huston Street’s truck in his driveway early every morning. “And if I come home at night and … Read More
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Legendary Longhorn Huston Street to return to Texas as a student assistant coach
Once again a student at the University of Texas, Huston Street has rejoined the baseball team. Street will return to UFCU Disch-Falk Field during the 2020 season as a student assistant coach, the school announced on Thursday. An Austin native, Street was a three-time All-American pitcher at Texas from 2002-04. Read More
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Summer sessions: An update on the Longhorns playing in collegiate wood bat leagues
Instead of the beach or a campsite, some of Texas’ Longhorns spent their summer vacations at a baseball field. This summer, Texas sent a handful of its players to participate in various collegiate wood bat leagues across the country. The pitchers recorded some of UT’s biggest highlights over … Read More
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Sam Houston State’s loss is Texas’ gain as UT adds a pitcher to its 2020 recruiting class
Reid Taylor has decided that he’ll wear burnt — not bright — orange in college. Taylor announced on Sunday that he has given the baseball team at Texas a verbal commitment. A 6-2 right-handed pitcher, Taylor currently attends Woden High in East Texas. Taylor had originally committed to Sam Houston … Read MoreKirk Bohls
Bohls: Pierce landing Troy Tulowitzki is a grand slam get for Texas’ baseball program
David Pierce is having a killer summer. And that’s nice since this past season as Texas’ head baseball coach almost killed him. He’s making up for that disastrous 27-27, last-in-the-Big 12 season very quickly. Sure, he has already lost starters at catcher and every infield position but second base. Defensive … Read More
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Texas adds former MLB all-star Troy Tulowitzki to its baseball team’s coaching staff
Former all-star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki will join the Texas baseball team as a volunteer coach, the school announced on Thursday. Tulowitzki will fill the vacancy that was created on David Pierce’s coaching staff when Phil Haig departed following a three-year stint in Austin. Haig tutored pitchers, however, so … Read More
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Following Phil Haig’s exit, David Pierce faces a rare reshuffling of his coaching staff
After years of stability, David Pierce’s coaching staff will undergo a makeover this offseason. Pitching coach Phil Haig will not return to the Texas baseball team in 2020, a UT source confirmed to the American-Statesman on Tuesday. Citing Haig, Orangebloods.com was the first to report on the departure. Haig did … Read More
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Summer sessions: An update on the Longhorns playing in collegiate wood bat leagues
Instead of the beach or a campsite, some of Texas’ Longhorns are spending their summer vacations at a baseball field. This summer, Texas has sent a handful of its players to participate in various collegiate wood bat leagues across the country. Rising sophomores Kolby Kubichek and Dawson Merryman … Read More
Texas’ new tuition assistance program unlikely to give Longhorns athletics an unfair advantage
Starting next year, some University of Texas students will sure benefit from an endowment fund designed to help statewide families who make $65,000 or less. However, the $160 million in scholarship money earmarked for tuition and fees for in-state students is unlikely … Read More
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Summer sessions: An update on the Longhorns playing in collegiate wood bat leagues
Instead of the beach or a campsite, some of Texas’ Longhorns are spending their summer vacations at a baseball field. This summer, Texas has sent a handful of its players to participate in various collegiate wood bat leagues across the country. The collegiate wood bat leagues are populated … Read More
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Summer sessions: An update on the Longhorns playing in collegiate wood bat leagues
Instead of the beach or a campsite, some of Texas’ Longhorns are spending their summer vacations at a baseball field. This summer, Texas has sent a handful of its players to participate in various collegiate wood bat leagues across the country. Perhaps no Longhorn is having a better … Read More
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Looking to plug holes in its infield, Texas signs two junior college transfers
On Tuesday, another candidate officially entered the race to become UT’s next shortstop. Texas has announced the signing of Murphy Stehly, who will join the Longhorns for the 2020 season. Over the past two seasons, Stehly was an infielder at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif. Over 41 games … Read More
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Drafted by Milwaukee, David Hamilton announces his departure from Texas’ baseball team
A Texas shortstop who grew up in nearby San Marcos, David Hamilton may soon be playing his home games in places like Colorado Springs, Colo., and Appleton, Wis. Hamilton tweeted on Friday night that he will resume playing baseball in Milwaukee’s farm system. Earlier this month, the … Read More
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Texas successfully makes its recruiting pitch to two right-handed prospects
On the recruiting trail this week, Texas’ baseball team was thinking about both next season and its future. The Longhorns have gained verbal commitments from right-handed pitchers Dawson Merryman and Matthew Porchas. Merryman, a rising sophomore who threw at Midland College in 2019, will join the Longhorns this upcoming season. Read More
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Seventeen years after his standout series, Huston Street gets a call to Omaha’s Hall of Fame
After shining on college baseball’s biggest stage, former UT closer Huston Street will be enshrined in the Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame. Street will be honored this weekend alongside Eddie Bane, the star pitcher from Arizona State. The Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame’s inaugural class in 2013 featured Longhorn … Read More