Augie Garrido
Augie Garrido
August Edmun Garrido, Jr.is a former head coach in NCAA Division I college baseball and is current special assistant to the athletic director at the University of Texas. At the end of the 2016 season, Garrido compiled a collegiate record of 1975-919-9. He has taken his programs to 15 College World Series...
champion national season throughout
We thought throughout the season we had a championship-caliber team, but I know you can't be national champion without the right things happening, and they did in this case,
consistency establish system trying
We need to stabilize the infield. We're trying to establish a system that will give us consistency.
game
It's the game that we're playing, not the opponent.
baseball farthest game sour
That's the farthest he's gone, and I didn't want the game to end for him on a sour note. There's a lot of baseball left.
attention example good high level performance
That is an example of a high level of concentration, good performance and attention to detail.
league major
It was a major league performance. It was brilliant.
ball bottom dominated game great hitting pitcher separated side strike
That really separated the game. On the other side of it, their pitcher really dominated the game by hitting the bottom part of the strike zone. When we did hit the ball hard, they made some great plays.
besides looked separated
That probably is the one thing that separated the two teams. Besides that, I think they looked very much alike.
avoid starting trying
It's starting to become a reality. What we're trying to do is avoid doing renovating that will take us off the field.
amazing college journey
It's been a fascinating and amazing journey for college baseball.
graceful imagination prize stretch
It wasn't graceful by any stretch of the imagination. It was like a heavyweight prize fight.
aggressive fly forced hit inside quality routine strike zone
They were aggressive inside the strike zone and forced us to hit routine fly balls. It was aggressive, quality pitching.
environment hard small
It's hard to concentrate on a small environment like this one after being in so many big environments like we have.
best both college doubt fans home kick personally provide season support team thank tremendous wonderful year
There is no doubt that we have the best fans in all of college baseball. They provide our team with tremendous support each and every year both at home and on the road. Fan Fest is a wonderful way for our team to kick off each season and thank our fans personally for all that they do.