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Tuesday, even though it feels like a Monday to
me. I did not have work yesterday, so I will
be referring to everything as the weekend, and
we have a lot to cover from the weekend because
it was truly an action -packed weekend, and we
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Oregon men's basketball breaks their 10 game
losing streak to Penn State. Oregon women's basketball
fights hard, but they fall to the hated Huskies.
First weekend for the Diamond for Oregon and
Oregon State baseball. Oregon softball has a
big weekend in California. They pick up three
wins, but losing against Stanford will break
down what happened in California at the Cardinal
Classic. Danny is away on business in Orlando,
but it is not the Just Justin Show today, as
intern Dom will be joining me in a moment. Will
also be joined by good friend of the program,
the Duke, Ryan Harland. Easy senior writer for
on three affiliate, Bieber's Edge. He'll break
down Oregon State's start to their baseball season.
So I'm Justin Grosswriter. Join me today is intern
Dom. Dom, welcome to the show. You've been on
it, but welcome as the co -host here. How was
your weekend? You had Valentine's Day. How did
that go for you? My weekend started off strong.
Me and my girlfriend went up to Portland, went
to a good seafood restaurant in Portland. And
then my girlfriend got muscles and ended up getting
food poisoning on Valentine's night. On Valentine's
night? Yeah. Well, it was like we probably ate
dinner around like seven, seven or eight p .m.
And then we Went out on the town had a couple
drinks and then at like four in the morning my
girlfriend Just like rose from the dead in bed
my stomach kind of feels bad. Oh like my Weirdly
enough. I was like my first question was like
well Do you think you're gonna throw up and she
just like shot out of bed and was like yes From
then on it was like seven hours straight of just
like taking care of her yeah, so did you get
some brownie points at least? Yeah, I did good.
I did you're a good boyfriend I approve of that
so it sounds like it was at least maybe not the
best weekend But it's successful weekend. You
would say yeah, I think it started off strong
Okay Okay, okay. Well, you're all ready to go
here today. I was up in Portland as well. Actually,
I went up on Saturday It sounds like you did
as well and I visited with my mom who went back
out to the Midwest to possibly go and my sister
might have a surgery in Virginia, but she went
to Chicago where my grandmother is so She's gonna
be kind of based up there until she finds out
whether or not my sister now has to get a surgery
We watched this great movie, which I don't know
if you've seen you're probably too young. Have
you ever heard of the mist? Have not okay the
mist is a horror movie so for those listening
out there if you don't like horror movies Do
not watch this movie if you do like horror movies,
and you don't like Endings that are not uplifting
do not watch this movie. It is not an uplifting
movie, but it is a very very Controversial ending
which my mom and I both really appreciate it.
I love our office worker Laura I recommended
the film to her and she watched it with her family.
They really enjoyed it So I enjoyed watching
that with my mom played some basketball with
my friend Connor watched the All -star weekend,
even though I think it was kind of weird time
with when everything was going on It was like
two o 'clock in the afternoon. I think when the
some of these events were going on So how much
of the all -star weekend did you actually watch?
Yeah, so that kind of threw me off I was driving
up to Portland so I left on saturday like saturday
afternoon i left at like 1 pm saturday to go
up to portland and i like i'm driving obviously
and um we stopped at a gas station i need some
gas and i look at my phone and so my group chats
are kind of like going crazy and my friends are
like the three point contest is on like this
is such a good event like knipple played well
damian lillard won the whole thing so that was
a big thing for portland but yeah so all my friends
are like oh my gosh like dame dame like Right
Booker like wow like these two great guys and
these these figures of the league are playing
I'm like sitting there like this is at 2 p .m
In the afternoon like what happened twin you
sat down you ate dinner and you finished the
night watching all -star weekend events Yeah,
well, it certainly is a little different. I want
to get to this in the last segment So I don't
want to break down on the all -star weekend too
much because I do think that there were some
good things There were some things that I think
as always like the all -star game is never perfect
But but certainly it was uh, it was weird to
have him on it at 2 p .m for sure but All right,
let's get into some Oregon men's basketball.
That game was on Friday, but I still want to
talk about it. Nate Biddle and Takai Simpkins
combined for 44 points in Oregon's 83 to 72 win
over Penn State. It snapped their 10 game winning
streak, which lasted about six weeks, which we
are not used to with a Denna Altman led team.
So now the Ducks have improved to nine and 16
on the season two of 12, two and 12 in the Big
Ten. So they're still in third to last place.
They now have a slight edge over Penn State.
But Dedrick Lindsay also added 16 points off
the bench on four of eight shooting from downtown
as well. So he had a nice night. But actually,
before we get to this, let's get into the good,
bad and ugly. How does that sound? Sounds good.
You reminded me. or before the show you were
talking about the Kai Simpkins who I think you
might have in your good bad and ugly so that's
what reminded me so before we get into Oregon
men's basketball I do want to talk about some
of the good and bad and ugly over what I will
call the weekend yes yesterday was Monday I was
not working it is the weekend for me so my good
over the weekend Angel Leia he was honored by
perfect game as the freshman of the week and
he had a great great weekend in his first weekend
as an Oregon Ducks baseball player he slashed
538 on the day or on the week I should say with
a 1677 OPS three extra base hits including he
had two home runs in a game so multiple hits
in the first two games so a really really nice
start to his career for the freshman who by the
way I sat with at the diamond or the first pitch
dinner that was a couple weeks ago as they were
kind of getting ready for Oregon baseball season
and this guy he's a freshman absolutely jacked
I'd actually didn't recognize that first so I
didn't know what position he played he looked
like he was like a pitcher to me he's like 6
'3 but man he's 18 years old 18 19 years old
but he is absolutely like stocky like he this
guy is he's gonna be something I think because
he's built he's definitely mature and just getting
able to talk to him a little bit really really
nice guy seemed like he had a really good head
on his shoulders He recognized that I was a Cub
fan, and he was asking me about Kyle Tucker,
what I felt about Kyle Tucker leaving, so I enjoyed
having my conversation with him. But he had a
great, great first weekend against George Mason,
so good on Angelea, perfect game, freshman of
the week, so. What is your good from the weekend
dom? Um, i'm sticking with the ducks My good
was organsman's basketball as we just went over
broke their 10 game losing streak of their first
win in six weeks, which was big again unfamiliar
territory for dana altman in this team, but my
Really good good was lindsay desdrick with 16
points off the bench with on shooting 60 on the
game He played really well. I think he brought
an energy the ducks needed and the ducks only
won by 11 points, so some could say his performance
maybe kind of pushed that needle for the Ducks
against Penn State this weekend Yes, absolutely
and we'll talk about them more in a second But
certainly three players on this box score really
stick out to you and Dedrick Lindsay is certainly
one of them All right my bad from the weekend
you mentioned and we talked about the all -star
game a little bit already My bad is Devin Booker
missing three straight three -pointers while
being in a position to take down Damien Lillard
who? To be fair, I'm glad Damien Lillard won.
I was rooting for him. But man, Devin Booker
was on fire. He had 23 points entering the final
rack and he missed his last three three pointers.
All he needed was one of them to tie. He had
27 points with three balls left. Very could have
easily have won three point competition would
have been his second, which I think it's been
a while since he won his first. Maybe it was
2019, 2020, something like that. But obviously,
Dame coming through. So happy for Dame. But man,
I was a little bad from Devin Booker, if you
ask me. Yeah, he kind of kind of sold down the
stretch kind of sold he did um my bad sticking
with all -star weekend for anyone who's chronically
online like us Kevin Durant alleged burner account.
Yeah, we don't know if it's katie yet There are
a lot of photos going around where he is on his
phone one minute before the all -star game starts
during warm -ups He's on his phone. He was glued
to his phone all day sunday, which Is making
some people think some things um If you'll have
not gone and seen the tweets, I'm sure you can
find them anywhere on Twitter There's some funny
ones. There's some if it is him There's some
stuff you might have to talk about stuff that
I definitely don't think would be good But I
think the bad is Kevin Durant. Yeah, allegedly
allegedly allegedly. We gotta make that really
clear We don't know if this is actually do not
know if this it could be Kevin Durant super fan
Which goes to show how ridiculous all this stuff
is where people will just grasp on to some story
Whether or not they really know or not so it
does seem like there's some evidence that it
is him But i'm sort of hesitant to sit there
and go like yes, like this is kevin durant Yeah,
I always find it funny too because it's like
you see it pop up and i'm like who found this
Like who was the person? I don't know. I know
it's ridiculous. That's always gets me. Yeah
twitter has eyes and ears everywhere So the ugly
and this actually I think this was yesterday
when this came maybe it was earlier today Major
league baseball association executive director
tony clark has resigned amid a federal investigation,
it was Tuesday so today, leaving the union without
a longtime leader less than a year before the
expiration of the collective bargaining agreement.
So not very good timing Tony who apparently resigned
because there was an internal investigation that
revealed he had an inappropriate relation with
his sister -in -law who had hired by the union
in 2023. so a process for naming his replacement
is not clear and the union's constitution does
not outline a succession plan but man you talk
about a bad like i already was not thinking that
this was uh the lockout for major league baseball
was kind of inevitable i don't know now you have
a new director or executive director of the players
association It just seems like it's really really
bad timing. I think baseball is in a really messy
spot right now with everything going on with
salaries I'm People on the station know I think
what's going on with the Dodgers is a problem
But I think that as much as anything you want
to have the two sides be able to come to some
sort of agreement And I think that having the
players association the leader not there and
they clearly didn't want this to happen. This
wasn't like some sort of succession plan. Like
I'm worried about what's going to happen with
Major League Baseball with the lockout. I think
it seems like to me all the dominoes are falling
to where we're not going to see baseball after
the 2026 season for a year. I could see a lockout
for the 2027 season. Do you think they'll play
this season the next season? Yeah, I think that
that's probably I don't know That's what I think
might happen right now If you ask me today if
I think they're gonna do a lot if they're gonna
lock out in 2027 i'd probably say yes But that's
just my opinion. All right, what's your ugly
from the weekend again for us twitter users?
This one was kind of I would say major news though
because it is the olympics This was pretty big
canadian curling. I'm sure many of you all have
heard this on the air. Um they were accused of
cheating curler mark kennedy had an explicit
an explicit outburst after sweden accused him
of cheating during their match they said he was
double touching so i guess when you i don't know
much about curling but from what i was reading
from the geniuses on twitter and online um once
you release the stone you cannot be touched or
altered again and there is video evidence of
Mark Kennedy touching the stone with his pointer
finger after he has released it and So yeah,
and so there was a big fight, right? There was
a big fight He said that they had Sweden had
it out for him that they he was not doing this
when they had video evidence That he actually
was doing it. Yes. Yes, and so Yeah, and I think
it's unbelievable reaction of kind of just like
cussing at the guys and like kind of just getting
a very angry I think It's ugly. Yeah, it was
ugly and I don't think it's the best way to defend
yourself as unlike there's no way I didn't do
this when you immediately or just like start
kind of getting very angry and Not the way to
handle it, especially if you are caught red -handed,
right? Yeah, he was caught red -handed. All right.
Well, that's your good and bad and ugly from
over the weekend All right. Let's get back into
Oregon men or yeah Oregon men's basketball who
we started a little bit on and it was involved
with our good bad and ugly, but yes It was a
nice night for Oregon men's basketball and a
much needed one where it's been six weeks. It's
not something we're used to for this team. Still
15 turnovers in the game, which I'm sure drives
Dana Altman crazy, but they shot 50 percent from
the field. But Dana Altman, he talked about was
this a weight lifted off of his shoulders after
this victory? Oh, maybe not my shoulders. I mean,
the guys were feeling it, you know, been along
six weeks. That's for sure. For them, as much
or more than our staff. It's hard on guys. Their
expectations were high. Nate, he's not playing
the way Nate's capable of, but he's pushing through
with a couple ankles that are tender. We don't
have our quarterback, Jackson. Dev was supposed
to be our defensive stopper. Big E was just starting
to play well, and he gets hurt. So the consistency
that I keep harping for has been hard just because
we haven't had a rotation. Guys don't know when
they're going in. I don't know how many starting
lineups we've had, but we've had a bunch. We
don't have what you should have in February,
a rotation. Everything's set in stone. getting
ready to play your best basketball. We're way
behind because of just inconsistent lineups,
not knowing who's available, who's not available.
But, you know, you go into the year, you know,
you got Nate as your preseason all -conference,
you know, you got Jackson as your preseason all
-conference, KJ coming back, you feel really
good about those three, TK. And then Dev was
supposed to be our defensive stopper, and he's
been out a lot. And even when he's been in, he's
been nursing the groin injury. So it's just been
tough on him. Injuries are tough. It hurts the
team, but guys want to play. They want to play
their best, and it's awfully difficult when you're
banged up. Live from the big beverages studios
with the Danny and Justin radio program here
on a Tuesday that was Dana Altman after Oregon's
83 to 72 win over Penn State and Like he said,
I think they haven't had the horses as much as
anything You have your expectations of guys that
are coming back and I just think it's interesting
hearing Dana Altman after this has finally been
over I think it was a great question. I think
it was Tyson Alger Who asked that question who
a good friend of the program and just like how
do you feel basically after like? all of these
losses have piled up and it's just been, you
know, such a tough season, right? And, you know,
it makes sense for a head coach that he kind
of knows how to handle that, but it's got to
be really hard for those players and their expectations
were, I'm sure, a lot higher than this. And something
that I've been saying pretty much all along is
that I didn't see at any point in the season
that this team looked like they weren't playing
hard. I quite honestly thought that every single
game that I've seen for the most part and Dana
Altman has a great quote I want to get to in
a second about this but this team for the most
part like I don't think these were lapses in
effort like why they were losing these games
like they just didn't execute because they didn't
execute and they didn't have the guys and maybe
they didn't have the talent at the time but Dana
Altman talks about how there's only three halves
in which that he felt disappointed in his team's
performance. You know there's one thing about
having a bad record another thing about throwing
in the towel. Those are two different dynamics.
I've been disappointed. I was disappointed with
the second half at Nebraska. I was disappointed
with our rebounding at Washington. And I was
disappointed with our defense against Indiana
in the second half. Those three particular times,
I've been very disappointed in our team. Other
than that, I haven't done a good enough job.
They haven't done a good job. We haven't done
a good enough job to win games. But the only
three times that I've been disappointed in them
is the efforts in those three halves basically.
So Oregon men's basketball pick up their big
win gets at least the losing streak off the board
and they still have Some games up Minnesota USC
number 24, Wisconsin Northwestern, Illinois and
then finishing off the year against Washington
So, you know lots been said about Oregon men's
basketball, but certainly has not been the season
that they wanted to have so far But running out
of time here a little bit for this segment. So
we're gonna have to jump right into Oregon women's
basketball Not the night they would have wanted
as well. That was on Sunday. They fell to number
25 Washington 51 to 43 Honestly, one of the weirdest
games I've seen all season long the Ducks have
19 of their 43 points scored in the second quarter
They started off terrible. It was 22 to 9 for
Washington after the first quarter And the Ducks
find a way to bring it back. But then second
half, it was kind of the same story for their
offense. Six points in the third quarter, nine
points in the fourth quarter. And it just was
one of those nights. Mia Jacobs won one from
11 from the field. Katie Fiso only four points,
two of 13. So performances that I think we're
certainly we're not accustomed to for Oregon
women's basketball. 31 % from the from the field
one for ten for three overall 39 combined turnovers
between these two teams. So, you know What do
you think happened in this game for Oregon women's
basketball Dom? I mean, I think the first thing
is you're on the road I think in most like in
college basketball Especially like those home
court advantages mean a lot to some of these
players and when they get out of a rhythm Then
you have a student section heckling you like
you do in college It's like I think it kind of
mentally can be a lot for some of these players
And then I think it's like one of I think it's
hard because it's like you you go you're down
22 to 9 in this in the first quarter You out
score them 19 to 5 in the second court feels
like you got your shot back Yeah But then when
you get your shot back you immediately go sit
down for 20 minutes at halftime And I think they
just came out flat and I but I think a point
of emphasis to look at in this game That is good
for the organs organs women's team is their defense
They only gave up 10 points in the third quarter.
They just only were able to score six points,
right? So I think like as bad as five points
in the second quarter Yeah, so I think as bad
as as bad offensively as they were I think they
were good defensively and I think that's something
you can look at and build on As they get ready
for the tournament. So esprion Bracketology has
the latest on them as a number eight seed Going
against number nine Iowa State in the Texas bracket
and that Not the best situation to be in they
did this last year. They were in the North Carolina
bracket I believe and they faced Duke then face,
North Carolina And it's just tough because you're
gonna be if you're in the Texas bracket like
you're gonna be in Austin like you're gonna be
in Texas for this matchup if they even get past
Iowa State obviously, which is a tough matchup
eight to nine, so You know four games left for
the Oregon Ducks and Just pulling up their schedule
here they have Nebraska and Indiana who are below
them in the standings Nebraska is 16 and 10 overall
but 5 and 10 in the Big Ten Conference and Indiana
is 3 and 12 in conference 14 and 13 overall so
I think those are wins they can get then you
play against Purdue Purdue is Also below them
in the standings kind of a 500 team four and
ten in conference So I think there's opportunities
to win those three games and then final game
of the season you get at home against Washington
in a rematch What are your thoughts on that?
I think they can very well go four and oh, I
think the Washington game if you're on this team
You have that game circled because I think there's
a scent There's a might be a feeling in that
locker room that they should have won that game
And it's a couple more shots fall in. I mean
you lost by seven points and you scored Five
points in a quarter. So I think if you look at
that, it's like I would have that game circled
and I think the rest of them are very manageable
So yeah, I think I think if they go for no they're
going into the tournament very hot and that's
always what you want in March Absolutely, and
I think there's at least a chance that they would
go in as higher than an eight seed I just think
that man you don't want to end up playing that
number one seed in your second game in the tournament
It's what happened last year. It seems like the
path that they're on right now. But we'll see
what happens with Oregon women's basketball.
That game against Nebraska is at home on Thursday.
So we're going to take a break here on the Danny
and Justin radio program. Incredibly fast 60
minutes today as we try to fit everything in.
We're doing our best. Ryan Harlan from Beaver's
Edge is next. Talk Oregon State baseball and
their first weekend right here on Fox Sports
Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. Welcome back to
the Danny Justin radio program live on a Tuesday
in turn Dom with Justin today as we break down
all the action from the weekend Yes, I am gonna
consider yesterday's action a part of the weekend
because I have the day off and this is this is
my show so I make the rules so Some of the only
sporting action that was going on in the country
yesterday was Oregon State Baseball They picked
up a second walk -off victory in a row in surprise
surprise Arizona Let's turn on over to the oregon
man clinics hotline to talk about beaver baseball
as we bring in our good friend of the program
ryan harland We call him the duke. He's the senior
sports writer for beaver's edge and on three
affiliate and ryan First of all great having
you back on it was a nice weekend for oregon
state baseball against some good competition
and surprise surprise Sorry, I just do that whenever
I whenever I say surprise What were your immediate
thoughts on? The totality of what oregon state
accomplished? in surprise as Bryce Hubbard as
he launched that home run like what were your
immediate thoughts on the weekend as that home
run went over the fence I Mean a three -and -one
start to the 2026 campaign is is you know? The
ideal way that I think you'd start out a year
especially you know with kind of dropping that
first game to Michigan on Friday, but like Three
in one, you prime yourself up for another road
trip down to Texas at Round Rock. You kind of
are able to shake off a little bit of a rush,
play some teams that, you know, haven't been
yourself in scrimmages. And really overall, like,
I think this was a good, you know, chance to
show, you know, what this team will look like.
And it's kind of end product at the end of the
season. some flashes of that with more of a small
ball lineup approach. And then the pitching staff
as well, too. I mean, Ethan Klenchman and Dax
Whitney, they are obviously who we thought they
are in terms of their performances. But like
in terms of, you know, kind of guys that really
impressed me, Trey Morris, the freshman, getting
the Rock on Monday and going four innings and
picking up six strikeouts. he was somebody that
we hadn't really heard a whole ton of kind of
talked about in our availabilities with Canon
and the rest of the players. But Morris is, you
know, kind of your old school lefty a little
bit like he is his velocity doesn't necessarily
like, you know, wow you but you can fill up the
zone and get outs when when needed. And really
like he was giving that Michigan lineup some
trouble. early on and then until he got pulled
like that's when that Michigan lineup started
to finally find some success you know getting
runs from fifth inning on so to me there's a
lot of good but also to a lot of things that
this group still needs to improve on because
as much as you know A three and one start is
ideal. I think there are some things that need
to be tightened up a little bit across the board
from the pitching staff to even the lineup one
through nine as you get set for another road
trip here. Yeah, certainly and some more decent
competition coming up, but I still want to focus
on what happened this last weekend again I'm
calling it the weekend even though it's Tuesday
was presidency yesterday but two straight walk
-offs in a row and You know drop doctor walked
it off single to right field against Stanford
mentioned the home run by Bryce Harvard against
Michigan yesterday and I think there's something
to be said Ryan about a team's identity in the
clutch I think that's something that's built
over the course of a season. I think that you
can have teams that The narrative starts to become
like they don't get the two out hit or they can't
get it done when it really matters. I think this
team actually did something this weekend, not
just getting these wins, but being able to come
up in the clutch, not just on the hitting side,
but also there are some big outs that were made
as well. What kind of things can it do for a
team in your opinion when you can have that sort
of early success in the clutch going forward?
think that kind of sets you up for the postseason
right like you can draw on that as you get on
through the season you get to the latter half
towards the end of the regular season where you're
gonna find yourself kind of in those games and
you can draw upon that experience of like hey
we've we've been here we know how to deal with
this we know how to you know win games like this
in that fashion and really as much as you want
to knock like the the pitching staff right like
they came up with key outs when when needed and
jack jurgano was able to keep a scoreless top
of the 10th and then albert robles uh in two
different appearances for the beavers this weekend
was able to to do that as well and then tanner
douglas uh coming in who had struggled at at
times last year he had a really big outing as
well even though it was one inning of work And
then those big hits from Proctor and Huber just
show that any guy within that lineup is able
to come up to the plate and deliver. And that
all combined together, I think, is a really good
starting point of you're going to find yourself
this next week coming up against tougher competition.
And if it comes into being one of those kind
of games where a walk off hit is going to decide
it. I really like Oregon State's chances to come
through in that kind of approach. And really,
that was something that I think this team missed
a little bit of at times during that Omaha run
a little bit, at least with those two losses
to Coastal and then Louisville. Because there
were opportunities, I think, in those two games
to... shit in the clutch but they just weren't
able to come up with it. Yeah and now I think
with this retooled lineup a little bit you can
have guys be able to you know one through nine
be able to get that hit when it matters or be
able to move guys over in clutch moments as well
too and we saw a little bit of that as well so
I think it does a lot it definitely sets the
foundation for I think this group going forward
a little bit but like it's a good you know drawback
the experience when you get to the you know end
of the season slash postseason of we've been
here We know what to do. We've won games like
this and we can execute when the when the lights
are bright The Danny and Justin radio program
live from a Tuesday here from the Bigfoot Beverages
studios broadcasting in both Eugene and in Newport
We're with Ryan Harland. He is the senior sports
writer covering Oregon State Athletics for Beaver's
Edge And you mentioned the offense and what kind
of offenses is it's funny. It's almost like last
year There was a lot of power and not that they
didn't have guys that could just really hit the
baseball contact guys But it feels like man the
swing this year has been completely to the other
side They still were having six A fair amount
of success, I would say offensively, four and
a half runs per game. But, you know, the one
home run of the weekend was the walk off. And
I think there is something to be said about,
man, you talk about a postseason. That's the
kind of thing that can win you a game sometimes
as a guy coming up and getting a big home run
when you really need it. So what is your evaluation
of this offense? It is still early. I don't think
that really we could know if there is going to
be more power to come. But do you think that
we're going to see more power than what we saw
this weekend for this team? I think you will
see more power as it develops over time. I think
the home runs will come eventually as we get
later into the season. I think with... having
a guy like Hubbard and also uh Jacob Craig those
two bats that you know are definitely going to
be your your um power bats in that lineup but
also Easton Tall had a couple of um hits that
were borderline but the wind you know played
a factor in that downing surprise preventing
those balls from going out but um you know Tall
is still able to do that as well AJ Singer can
go go yard if need be um But I think I would
just like to see a little more, I think, consistency
from them a little bit in terms of putting the
ball in play and waiting for those home run opportunities
when they come to you. Obviously Hubbard's walk
off was a good example of that. But I think those
those will come down, you know, down the line.
It's just a matter of. waiting to see more of
a bigger sample size, I think, from this group
of what they might look like a little bit and
kind of who, you know, works, what combinations
work where, who works at whatever spot within
the order. And to me, it seems like Hanum has
at least the top half of the order relatively
set. I think you can expect, you know, Bryce
Hubbard to mostly be... in that DH spot with
the only time of him catching and Jacob Galloway,
his early returns on him that looks good so far
behind the dish. So to me, I think those are,
you know, some names earlier where you can at
least see the kind of makings of it. You just
I think need to get a bigger sample size going
forward to truly. you know see where that power
is going to come from one and then two who are
those guys that you know are going to be um you
know those sort of relied upon hitters to come
up in the clutch for for organ state You brought
up a great point like the sample size AJ singer
is leading this team right now with 17 at bats.
So Certainly we can have some early Takeaways,
but it's gonna just be what this team does that
I think is to determine all these things and
kind of in that same vein of You're getting a
little bit of a first look. We got to see the
first look at the rotation Dax Whitney five innings
one run on Friday did have some base runners
But overall, like you said earlier, he looked
like Dax Whitney We kind of know what we're getting
out of him Eric Seguro also went scoreless against
Stanford Ethan Klein Schmidt went five innings
one run impressive nine strikeouts and then yesterday
as we talked about Trey Morris with the four
and a third inning with a one earned run so you
talked about a little bit already with Trey Morris
what do you think it's gonna take to really determine
how this rotation settles out like who's gonna
make the rotation and are you higher or lower
on the rotation overall than you were coming
into the season just after that first look I'm
about the same on the rotation after these four
games when I was coming into this. I'm really
curious more to see who comes up with that Sunday
roll now because with the way that that played
out, I thought at least White Queen would probably
be the guy to go out there for Sunday and ended
up being Segura going through scoreless. And
then they threw Queen out there after Segura
in a relief appearance. So I'm really interested
to see from Kanem, because we talked to him tomorrow,
on what his thoughts were on both Eric and Wyatt's
performances out on the mound. kind of who will
take that role. I more lean towards Queen to
take that spot. I think he's a little more consistent.
You kind of know what you're going to get out
of him. I think better command of the ball personally
than Eric. But also at the same time, though,
with the way that Trey Morris performed, I wouldn't
be surprised, too, if he kind of pushes those
two for a spot there in the rotation. That would
be kind of an interesting development of a guy
who you didn't hear a whole lot about kind of
early on in our availabilities with Canham and
the rest of the players about a lot, but also
to like, Morris looked like a guy that wasn't
a freshman on the mound. I mean, picking up six
strikeouts in your Oregon State debut, that's
impressive in its own right, so. The rotation
I like still I think the Sunday spot is going
to be the only one that's to be determined and
then kind of after that with you know midweek
it's going to be whoever of you know doesn't
make those you know three spots there Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday and then you probably throw
in perhaps maybe a guy like Morris, Segur, Queen,
or Connor Mendez even from Lynn Benton. Who I
was really high on going into this year. We didn't
get to see a ton of him This this weekend, but
i'm curious to see if we'll get an appearance
from him down at round rock And you really can
never have too much depth So, you know whether
or not you know someone takes a spot like there's
probably opportunity with injuries and you don't
want those to happen But it's really as I said
never too bad to have options. Um, speaking of
impressive though I think the transfer from Jacob,
or the transfer from Texas A &M, Jacob Galloway,
he's been really impressive so far, obviously.
Six for 12, three doubles, he's sitting comfortably
in that three hole. It's interesting, last year
Ivar Arquette was clearly the guy that you could
look at a lineup and say, hey, like, yeah, that's
the guy, he's gonna be the top pick in the MLB
draft. Do you think, I mean, I'm not gonna put
those expectations on Jacob Galloway, but do
you think so far that it's, I don't know if clear
is the right word, but do you think that he might
be the best hitter on this team? At least right
now he fears to have kind of cemented himself
as one of the better bats I think in this lineup
right now In terms of other guys that would be
in that spot finger would be as well I think
if Paul finds a little bit of a rhythm that would
be you know kind of another name that you could
Rely on there, but definitely from just kind
of early on so far You know, I definitely think
that he's been one of the better ones and and
it's just really like not necessarily a power
thing from them It's more of he puts the ball
in play and is able to you know move guys When
they're on base and being able to score runs
when he does get on this so It's I think everything
that you want in a catcher in terms of being
let hit but also to just his leadership behind
the dish has also been really great defensively
too as well. So those are things that you know
for a guy that's been around for a little bit
in college baseball and I really like what I've
seen so far from his early goings here in the
orange and black and really curious to see how
he follows up that strong performance and surprise
down at Round Rock. But there's a couple of names
too that I think, you know, maybe could make
their way in potentially. Eli Greaves -Smith,
Ethan Porter as well too. A couple others that,
you know, maybe might be able to kind of make
their way. into into that lineup as well and
be some you know consistent hitters along with
Galloway as well. Got a couple of questions left
for you Ryan as Ryan Harland from Beaver's Edge
is here with us on the Oregon Man Clinics Hotline
the Danny and Justin radio program broadcast
live from the Bigfoot Beverages studios in Eugene
and in Newport. I want to look a little bit ahead.
The Round Rock Classic should be another interesting
test this weekend. Southern Miss is ranked in
their rankings for D1 baseball in the top 25.
Some other teams that are sort of in that area
as well. Do you expect any changes from Mitch
Cannon as we head into those games? The biggest
change I think I might expect is probably who's
going to be at the hot corner. for Round Rock,
I mean, you cycled through three guys at that
spot, Bryson Glasgow, Cooper Vance, and then
Paul Vazquez. Personally, I'd like to see a little
bit more from Paul Vazquez, if possible. It looks
like it might be, you know, between Vance and
Vazquez for who plays third. We haven't really
seen a whole lot of Vasquez yet, except for Friday's
appearance. And then the other positions I might
look at, maybe that left field spot with Proctor,
Adam Haight, and then maybe putting in Eli Grease
-Smith as well too. Eli is a name that I'm a
bit high on, but he's not quite a power hitter.
He's kind of somebody that will just... you know,
be able to manufacture hits consistently kind
of kind of really fit in with that small ball
approach. I mean, as the speed to stole double
digit bags while Arkansas pine bluff, uh, not
quite the speed of a nine Hayes, but still is,
you know, a danger on the base pass for opposing
pitchers to worry about. So I would like to see,
you know, maybe some tweaks there a little bit
of how you want to approach at least those two
positions. because for the everything else it
seems pretty much set for the most part maybe
with you know you maybe rotate out you know Tyler
Inge or potentially Glasgow or Vance there depending
on you know the opponent but it seems like there's
a consistent spot for everybody else with the
exception of that last outfield spot and then
also at the same time who's gonna play third
base. So those would be the two I'd be looking
at coming in a round rock right now. Yeah, certainly
it's gonna be interesting to see how things change
as we go forward in the season. It'll be a good
set of matchups against Baylor, Southern Miss
and Purdue at the round rock classic. So Ryan,
we always appreciate your time. Man, let's get
together soon. You're only 45 minutes up there
in Corvallis. So like, hey, man, let's get together,
man. Yeah, no, definitely just name the time
and place. I'll be down. All right Let's do I
I'll go up there too. I've got a car. So no worries
So let's get together soon. We'll have you back
on the show soon as the season goes along to
break down more beaver baseball Yeah, I know
appreciate you guys having me on as always. Thank
you And there he goes, the great Ryan Harlon,
good friend of the program and senior writer
from Beaver's Edge. So we'll take our last break
here on the Danny and Justin radio program, but
we still have more to talk about. We're going
to get it in here. I know it's the fastest 60
minutes. We're truly showing why Oregon baseball
sweeps their way through George Mason. Oregon
softball wins three out of four games in the
Cardinal Classic, but they fought a Stanford.
Want to talk about that. So we'll break down
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But that being said, let's dive right into some
Oregon baseball as we race through what we got
left with a couple of minutes. But Oregon the
Ducks. They started off their season strong getting
a sweep of George Mason game one They scored
five runs in the first two innings of their season
that included an absolute tank from Dominic Hellman
who? Sorry, Danny. I think his nickname for him
has been Mayo, I think that Hellboy might be
a decent nickname. He's a big strong guy. I mean,
he absolutely reminds me of a guy like Giancarlo
Stanton. He's 6 '6, 281. But the thing about
him is that Mark Wasikowski, he wants everybody
to know that this guy actually is a hitter too.
Like he's not just a big slug and just, you know.
Close your eyes and try to see if you can hit
it type of guy like this guy can really hit.
He only had 13 home runs last season had his
first of the year this year, but man, he's a
guy 326. I think something like that last season.
So I think Dominic Hellman certainly is one of
the most important players on this team. He started
off really well in game one. Will Sanford took
the mound and had an excellent start going five
innings with only one hit and one walk. No earned
runs five strikeouts and Miles Gastola and Tanner
Bradley finish it off. for a six to two opening
day victory. In game two, the Ducks scored nine
runs in the second inning. In the first of a
double header, it was a 14 to five victory. Angel
Lea, who is a guy that, as I mentioned earlier,
Really really talented freshman. He homered twice
in that game kind of his welcome to the welcome
to the show moment If you want to call it that
Ryan Cooney added a blast as well late and Colin
Clark on the bump was impressive He went six
innings with ten strikeouts zero walks to earned
run. So game three kind of the same story It
was a 14 to 4 victory after game one was a 14
to 5 victory So another blowout Maddox Maloney
homered in that one and then in game for Oregon
one on Sunday 11 to 1 so George Mason Dom not
necessarily a team that you're going to be looking
at as a force or anything like that But do you
think we could still have some takeaways after
this first week after seeing some really really
good offense and the starting pitching at times
Looking very very good Yeah, for sure I think
the one thing to look at at least what jumped
out to me was the offense looked like it just
took off exactly where it left last year Explosive
high scoring a lot of big hits a lot of big at
bats in that lineup so I think that there's only
positives to take away from this and I think
it's like Yeah, George Mason's probably not the
cream of the crop in college baseball But it's
like you didn't roll over and play down to competition
and I think that's a big thing That is very important.
We're not gonna get all the audio. We talked
about we're just gonna do that last one about
Youngstown State So number seven over there and
so coach Wasikowski talks about Youngstown State
who Oregon it does have coming up on their schedule
and they played Auburn and played some tight
games with Auburn so Coach Wasikowski talks about
have they started preparing for this team and
what he sees out of them? Well, we start Thursday,
Thursday, single games, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
Sunday, four games set. I know in their first
two games of their series versus Auburn this
last weekend, they lost two really tight games
in the first two games of their weekend series.
We've already watched those. Then one got away
from them in game three, but had two tremendous
pitching performances. They lost the second game
on a wild pitch. Just a wild pitch and it was
a walk off wild pitch where Auburn beat them
in that. first game was a tight one as well so
they had a couple arms really throw well and
you know we've already watched those games but
you know we'll have to prepare more to know how
they did today i'm not sure exactly how they
did they did not do very well they lost big it
was like 14 to 1 against Auburn so It's a game
that I think a team you're playing four games
against I would expect the Ducks to want it when
at least three of those games We'll see though
coming up starting this Thursday want to talk
about Oregon softball. Just have a couple minutes
left here at the Cardinal classic and it was
I would say a solid weekend for Oregon softball
who had a nice game won against Cal State Fullerton.
Elise Kolsky picked up the win. No earned runs
in four but two thirds innings. Ayanna Shaw went
three for three. We talked about that on Friday.
Saturday double header against Cal State Fullerton
in the first game. Maddie Milhorn gave up a couple
runs. Oregon did good job, played contact softball,
put together a big four run third inning. So
they win. that game and then Big run rule victory
over Kentucky in their second game on Saturday.
Kalen Jones went three or four from the leadoff
spot. But then let's talk about Stanford. Spencer
Taylor got the start again for that one after
she went five scoreless against Kentucky. Career
performance from her there didn't have as good
a performance allowed four runs, three earned
in her three and two thirds innings, only two
strikeouts and one walk. Oregon threatened in
this game. They threatened big in the second
with Maake, but they just couldn't get it going.
I think that we just got to start talking about
this team and You know, I'm sure they've had
games against teams that are lesser competition
that they've obviously been able to do well against.
But it's time to start beating some of the big
teams. And it's one of those things where Oregon,
they certainly want to be able to compete with
the best. And that's why they have scheduled
their schedule the way they did. They have a
lot of hard games. So I expect Oregon at... I
expect Oregon to bounce back from this one in
terms of what they've been able to do. So that's
all the time we have. Man, the fastest, it's
such a fast 60 minutes. Dom, appreciate you being
here. Yeah, I loved it. And we'll have you on
again soon. You'll be back on Thursday for the
next show that you're here. But tomorrow on the
fastest 60 minutes, we're gonna get Goose in
on the program. We're still trying to figure
out a guest. At some point with this week though,
we will have Eric Sorkison from D1 Baseball.
So. Dom, great show today. Danny will be back
on Thursday once again as Oregon softball and
baseball are back in action. So put a smile on
your face and someone else's face because they
deserve it and so do you. Peace. Peace y 'all.