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...
amazing college journey
It's been a fascinating and amazing journey for college baseball.
both dominated team
They dominated on both sides, both offensively and defensively. They really showed why they're the third-ranked team in the country.
game
It's the game that we're playing, not the opponent.
break easy great performance quality saw sustaining takes team
They're really a quality a team and it isn't that easy to break them. What you saw was a championship-type performance on their part. That (fifth) inning was a great inning for them. Sustaining that inning for as long as they did takes a lot of talent.
graceful imagination prize stretch
It wasn't graceful by any stretch of the imagination. It was like a heavyweight prize fight.
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.
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.
finding surface team
We're just now scratching the surface of finding our team identity. And when we do ...
expect fans forward honoring looking nice package past players program rock round total
We're looking forward to honoring the players from the past who made this program what it is today, ... Our fans should expect the total package they find at Round Rock (site of Dell Diamond) and other nice stadiums.
develop fail fall fun people players question regardless trying victim
We don't have any expectations. Other people see us as No. 1 or whatever, and that's their opinion. The question is: Will the players fall victim to trying to live up to it? We have the same right to fail as any other team, regardless of the past. We're going to play to have fun and play with energy. The fun comes out when you develop expectations.
energy game less played three
We responded really well to the three runs. As the game went on we played with less energy and effectiveness.
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,