Hey everyone. Give John Pawlowski credit: He's working quickly to fill the Tigers' most obvious hole. Auburn today signed a junior-college pitcher, Drew Madrigal of Mt. San Jacinto (Calif.) JC, to challenge for a rotation spot next season.Surely Auburn will be auditioning for every rotation and bullpen slot next season.
Auburn finished its regular season with a 6.12 ERA.
How bad is that?
Here are Auburn's team ERAs for the past 15 years:
2009 -- 6.12
2008 -- 4.86
2007 -- 4.59
2006 -- 5.14
2005 -- 3.87
2004 -- 4.83
2003 -- 4.22
2002 -- 4.85
2001 -- 4.05
2000 -- 5.31
1999 -- 4.94
1998 -- 4.74
1997 -- 4.30
1996 -- 4.74
1995 -- 3.53
1994 -- 3.85
Anyway, here's what Auburn publicist Dan Froehlich reports:
Recognized as a 2009 Junior College All-American, Madrigal went 9-4 on
the mound with a 3.39 ERA in 15 starts, striking out a team-best 138 in
106 1/3 innings. Throwing seven complete games, he surrendered just 78
hits and 39 walks on the year and held opponents to a .204 batting
average against. At the plate, he hit .404 in 166 at bats, hitting a
team-high seven home runs and driving in a team-best 48 runs. He was
also named a First Team All-Foothill Conference selection as a freshman
and sophomore.
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ReplyDeleteis it august?
ReplyDeletegood job sensi..
ReplyDeleteThe ERA looks like gas prices over the last 15 years.
ReplyDeleteIncredibly, Auburn wasn't last among SEC with that putrid ERA.
ReplyDeleteIt's 10th.
oh I thought it was average paid attendance.
ReplyDeleteWho was worst, Jay G?
ReplyDeleteI remember Eric Brandon throwing a perfect game a couple of years back...then I don't think he pitched 9 perfect innings total during the next three years.
ReplyDeleteyikes. 6.12? wow.
ReplyDeleteTennessee -- 6.24
ReplyDeleteMiss. State -- 6.59
*MSU signed the two (and possibly three) best Alabama high school pitchers this year.
Jay, that speaks volumes on why Auburn has missed the SEC tournament 6 years in a row.
ReplyDeleteOnly question now is how high will this guy go in the draft? Will even step foot on the AU campus?
ReplyDeleteOf course Doug is going to talk about Dan Mullen's comments on The Roundtable.
ReplyDeleteIt's something slamming Auburn.
Big shock.
For the record, I like John Pawlowski and think, with time, he can get this turned around on the Plains.
ReplyDeleteDo we really want to talk about Dan Mullen and his 2 cents? I mean really?
ReplyDeleteNah, I'm just fussing about the show on a slow day.
ReplyDeleteBack to baseball...
Well anyone who knows anything about baseball knows that it starts with pitching. Anyone who knows anything about recruiting knows you have to try and sign the best players in your state. Why are these three guys going to MSU?
ReplyDeleteDan Mullen will need a lot more than limos to recruit players to that you know what hole.
ReplyDeleteAre there anymore big bats leaving other than Ben Jones and Joseph Sanders?
ReplyDeleteI hope Auburn improves. It hurts Bama's RPI when they stink like they did in football and baseball this year.
ReplyDeleteYa'll should go to a Miss. St. board and post 3-2 on them!
You know, like 36-0!It should be your battle cry as Auburn fights Miss. St. for the cellar of the SEC West.
I didn't know there was an RPI In football
ReplyDeleteHoopie - If Tony Soprano can pull it off so can you.
ReplyDeleteHow do the schools like Cal State-Fulerton do so well in baseball?
ReplyDeleteAnyone?
It's funny to me that Auburn beat Alabama more times in baseball.
ReplyDeleteI suspect that at least 2 of the 3 best pitchers in the State of Alabama will go pro.
ReplyDeleteThe trick to college baseball recruiting is to identify and get the best players that aren't going to go pro.
Salsa, everyone knows about your little 36-0 and at this point nobody cares. You can spam it all up and down this board and I still won't care. I watched the game, it's water under the bridge at this point.
ReplyDeleteI love Auburn more every time he posts. War Eagle.
ReplyDeleteMon...that's it!!...maybe I just need to go get some gold chain necklaces and complete the look.
ReplyDeleteNot sure that Hoopette would go along with all of this.....she still likes the preppy look after all these years.
Not only do I love Auburn more, but I think his intelligence drops...please continue to post SS, I appreciate your comedic relief, you're our own personal stooge.
ReplyDeleteI gotta give Carl his props. The "Ya'll should go to a Miss. St. board and post 3-2 on them!" was pretty darn funny.
ReplyDeleteGood to see him in such good spirits after being raped by a St Bernard earlier in the day.
Well I hear St. Bernard rapings allow one to call the Scooter Store to get a free Rascal. Now he's cruisin' in style.
ReplyDeleteBoxhead - only the first event was a rape. After that, they were an "item" and are now moving in together.
ReplyDeleteDo they even have limos available in Mississippi? I was under the impression Mullen was forced to travel across the state in a tractor.
ReplyDeleteMississippi: along with Arkansas, they are the only states we can make fun of for being more backward than us.
Norm - Just letting you know I haven't had time to read that book you sent me, but I'm looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteMichael, why would they have limos? He said it himself, they have to spend their money on shoes...
ReplyDeleteSeanz- Do they even know what a limo is those parts of Mississippi? I mean, he probably thought it was just a couple of extra horse tied to the carriage. I can understand the need for the new shoes, since they wear them out walking all over the place over there.
ReplyDeleteMississippi Limo
ReplyDeleteMy friends and I weer able to afford a limo for senior prom a few years ago. Does anyone really think we broke the bank doing this? Mullen must be an Urban style moron.
ReplyDeleteI think other coaches are trying to get in the glow of the Gene Chizik PR coup by acting hot and bothered.
ReplyDeleteBut then, they don't have their own named festival day. Happy GC Day!
wait until next year when they each drive separate helicopters.
ReplyDeleteHelicopters? - "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
ReplyDeleteWe need a banhammer!!
ReplyDeleteThankfully the first pic on the blog is no longer a guy sporting a boner and swinging a bat.
ReplyDeleteBeating bammer is fun.. that guy was pretty happy about it.
Maybe he was preoccupied with thoughts of "beating bammer" after the game.
ReplyDeleteWhere did Salsa go? I want him to come back and stun us with more Bammer revelations.
ReplyDeleteCheck out this poll:
ReplyDeletehttp://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?sportIndex=frontpage&pollId=71915
Look at the only state that thought Vick's dog fighting and illegal gambling ring was punished too harshly.
Michael, they are all green for punished fairly.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that went past salacious to scandalous.
ReplyDeleteAt the time of posting, Mississippi was the lone state in the union that had "Punished too harshly" as their choice. Now it is 39% - 37% in favor of punished fairly.
ReplyDeleteah, gotcha. I immediately went over to California...
ReplyDeleteYou guys are being too harsh on Salsa. He's waited 6 years to brag about a football game again. Give him his chance.
ReplyDeleteMichael Mistakenly miscategoriezed Mississipi as Miso-canines?
ReplyDeleteThat one voter moved them to green.
Shesaid, I have no problem with his bragging...I think it's awesome.
ReplyDeleteYou are charitable, shesaid.
ReplyDeleteI laughed at SS's post. No harm done.
ReplyDeleteEvery village needs an idiot.
ReplyDeletePreach it, Brother Jet.
ReplyDeleteHarrison ...
ReplyDeleteIn football, it's the Redneck Percentage Index.
UAT has won 47th national championships. In 47 years.
Amen Jet. I knew it was too good to last. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if awesome is the right word for it. The bragging on a scale would be between 10 and 12. I don't know which number is more impressive to UAT-ers. They like them both SO much.
ReplyDeleteI'll grasp tightly to my #6. It's the only thing that keeps me employed and breathing for that matter. Shoot, I doubt the sun would have come up this morning if it weren't for that streak.
Jet and the Gang, don't forget the biggest lesson of them all:
ReplyDeleteArguing with a fool proves there are two.
Unless you are sarcastic. Then it's just AWESOME!
Jet and the Gang ... I likey.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, it's SHESAID's night,
And the feelin's right.
Oh yes, it's SHESAID's night.
Oh what a night.
As long as he brags like this:
ReplyDeleteSalsa_Shark (formerly Cobra) said...
I hope Auburn improves. It hurts Bama's RPI when they stink like they did in football and baseball this year.I'm completely fine with it.
Truth #1: I love salsa. It's delicious.
ReplyDeleteTruth #2: I love sharks. They are like the *Teddy Ruxpin of the sea.
*Don't ask me why I put that. I just wanted to reference Teddy Ruxpin on the HABOTN.
Come to think of it, I think 60-75% of UAT fans could be Teddy Ruxpin. 12 National Championships, 10 Iron Bowls in a row, Bear Bryant, S the Coach, Roll Tide...END OF TAPE. Rewind. Press Play again. Same story over and over.
ReplyDeleteshe's on a roll...
ReplyDeleteI'm liking it.
ReplyDeletei do not love sharks
ReplyDeleteI remember always wanting Teddy Ruxpin because of those commercials when I was little. Then, I met a friend who owned a Teddy Ruxpin. It turned out to be really boring and a little bit creepy. Basically, that's life in a a nutshell.
ReplyDeleteI always held the Teddy Ruxpin's mouth closed. Of course, that broke it but the story carried right along. Yes, Michael, you are right. Just like life.
ReplyDeleteI think that a pretty cool tattoo would be you holding Teddy Ruxpin's mouth closed while both of you ride a unicorn.
ReplyDeleteMichael - Didn't you say you couldn't find any posts of your own that were odd?
ReplyDeleteMr. Ruxpin and I would prefer to ride a shark in our tattoo, please and thanks!
ReplyDeleteMon - he's busy at work debunking his own theory.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I investigated myself and found no odd posts. Are you questioning my investigation techniques, Monica?
ReplyDeleteshesaid, I thought about including a shark in my tattoo description, but I thought it would already scare people enough with that Ruxpin fellow involved. If you guys were riding a shark, I think Harrison would pee his pants every time he saw the tattoo (which would go on your forehead, by the way)
ReplyDeleteMy sister had Teddy Ruxpin. Ours told us to burn things
ReplyDeleteNo sir.
ReplyDeleteyou can't ride a shark anyway. that's just dumb. How are you gonna breathe, that bear wouldn't work underwater. How long til the shark eats both of you?
ReplyDeleteHarrison, I think you're incorrect. Didn't Jabberjaws give rides?
ReplyDeleteHarrison, the "How to start campfires using your parents cigarette lighter" cassette was one of the worst received tapes issued by Ruxpin, Inc. Of course, nothing tops the 1988 Ruxpin release titled, "How the Princess Declawed her cat with a Butter Knife"
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can compromise and shesaid's tattoo can be of her and the hand-muzzled Ruxpin riding a house cat with nubs.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Jabberjaws was gay and vegetarian along with that one cartoon cat that talked all sissy-like.
ReplyDeletei like the unicorn idea. Or on the back of a bigfoot
ReplyDeleteDoesn't Bigfoot walk upright? That'd be more like a piggy back ride. I am just not sure that makes a very good tattoo.
ReplyDeletewell then I will prove you wrong
ReplyDeleteIt's on, then. You get to put your tattoo on one shesaid arm, I get to put my version on the other, and she gets to choose the winner.
ReplyDeletethis is gonna be the most fun I've had tattoing another person since I was in prison
ReplyDeleteOne time when I was little some burglars tried to break into my house and steal some stuff after my parents accidentally left me at home by myself while they went to Europe. One of the things I did to protect my house was heat up the front door handle using a red hot iron, and one of the burglars touched it, and it left a permanent mark on his hand.
ReplyDeleteDoes that count as a tattoo? If not, the best tattoo I ever gave was when I stabbed my friend with a pencil in the leg in eighth grade. He still has the graphite mark to this day. I still have the one he gave me in my hand. This, unlike my home alone story, is actually true.
Same pencil story happened to me Michael. Except my brother stabbed me. you can still see it to this day where i was stabbed. other than all the knife fights i've been in
ReplyDeleteHere ya go.Michael is the kid yawning.
ReplyDeleteI was the kid they didn't show who needed counseling because Ruxpin was creepy.
ReplyDeleteNew Thread Up by the way.