This weekend was one of the most significant in 40+ years of any Aggie sport

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6:30p, 4/13/26
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Best to be even keel in sports but I most say this was one of the most significant weekends in any of the Aggie sports in my 40+ years as a graduate and supporter.

We had a #2 ranked tu team coached by the Benedict Arnold of Texas college baseball coming to BBP expecting to win.

We beat them Friday and handed their ass back to them on Saturday.

Great to see our guys enjoy the well deserved wins and Coach Earley earn some goodwill. I doubt we hear any more from tu fans about how they stole our coach and nuked our program.

Gig'em!
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6:54p, 4/13/26
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It felt pretty good.
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6:58p, 4/13/26
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11-4 on 4-11 was a thing of beauty
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In reply to Maroon Flash • 7:11p, 4/13/26
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Our hitting the first half inning after the rain delay was borderline erotic.
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7:14p, 4/13/26
Eh. Just your average series against your arch rival that stole your philandering swinger coach who tried to recruit your players to his new school in the middle of our World Series. Who's next?
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In reply to the more coolest guy • 8:05p, 4/13/26
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Eh. Just your average series against your arch rival that stole your philandering swinger coach who tried to recruit your players to his new school in the middle of our World Series. Who's next?

Cool. I want your handle.

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In reply to Maroon Flash • 9:11p, 4/13/26
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For me it was just A&M baseball doing what it can and has done recently. I personally think the A&M baseball program is one of the top 5 jobs easily. It's for many reasons but at the top is our baseball fan base.

POS is a great coach but the best he's ever done and very quickly was at A&M. I think he's going to look back one day and regret his decision to move. Of course he would never admit it.
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In reply to LB12Diamond • 1:12a, 4/14/26
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He's never going to have a better fan base whether he admits it or not. He's got had a #2 team in Asstin that's generally met with a collective yawn at their home park
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In reply to dermdoc • 7:19a, 4/14/26
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dermdoc said:
Our hitting the first half inning after the rain delay was borderline erotic.


What does Bret Bielema have to do with this???

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
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In reply to Maroon Flash • 7:25a, 4/14/26
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Maroon Flash said:
Best to be even keel in sports but I most say this was one of the most significant weekends in any of the Aggie sports in my 40+ years as a graduate and supporter.

We had a #2 ranked tu team coached by the Benedict Arnold of Texas college baseball coming to BBP expecting to win.

We beat them Friday and handed their ass back to them on Saturday.

Great to see our guys enjoy the well deserved wins and Coach Earley earn some goodwill. I doubt we hear any more from tu fans about how they stole our coach and nuked our program.

Gig'em!



I think the Bonfire football game in 1999 is the most significant timeframe ever in the history of A&M athletics. Not just because we won, but because of the emotions tied to the win. Obviously, we did not use the win as a springboard to improving the program...our football team mostly floundered through the 2000-2011 seasons.

To that end, I want to see the baseball program take this momentum and new-found fame and become a force over the last 5 weeks of the regular season. The two wins over Texas were no doubt great...but if we poop the bed the rest of the way, it will all be for naught. Significant weekends in April are indeed incredible, but mean little if we're not having significant weekends in May and June. I think we can do it...but time will tell.

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
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7:39a, 4/14/26
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Baseball wise, it was probably the best weekend since '89 series against tu where Byington walked off two games with home runs.
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In reply to akm91 • 8:33a, 4/14/26
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akm91 said:
Baseball wise, it was probably the best weekend since '89 series against tu where Byington walked off two games with home runs.


And to my point, the weekend is only significant if you build on it. The 1989 team had a nice run up until the choke. In 1990, we missed the post-season. 1991 and 1992 were good seasons, but 1993 was the next time we were great. 1994 was a fall off year, 1995 was decent, then 1996 was bad again. We improved some in the early Big 12 years, but the roller coaster turned down again in the early 2000s.

Hopefully, we will truly turn a corner and eliminate these up then down seasons we've faced for almost 30 years.
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
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In reply to Luke The Drifter • 8:43a, 4/14/26
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The 1989 baseball team may well have been the genesis of BAS.
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In reply to Emilio Fantastico • 8:55a, 4/14/26
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Emilio Fantastico said:
The 1989 baseball team may well have been the genesis of BAS.
Proceed immediately to Exodus?!?
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In reply to Emilio Fantastico • 9:02a, 4/14/26
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Emilio Fantastico said:
The 1989 baseball team may well have been the genesis of BAS.

58 wins but we did not finish. Brutal match-up in the regional vs an LSU team that ended up with 55 wins and 8-9 guys that made an MLB roster…. B. McDonald, R. Springer, K. Leskanik, P. Byrd… As an '89 grad, I can honestly say my GPA dropped that spring due to my pre-game support of the Ags.
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In reply to dixichkn • 10:17a, 4/14/26
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Not going to give my contacts out because I still want to see these kinds of messages, but I have seen a text message from Jimmy saying that "Occupy left field has nothing on 203," and "I wish the fans would be louder and create a bigger home field advantage."
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In reply to Emilio Fantastico • 10:19a, 4/14/26
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Emilio Fantastico said:
The 1989 baseball team may well have been the genesis of BAS.


Nope...it was the 1975 football team for me, starting with the Arkansas game.

Some will argue it was the 1957 football season, starting with rumors of Bear's departure to Alabama.

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
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10:35a, 4/14/26
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And of course the thread is turning into remembering frustration.
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In reply to Luke The Drifter • 11:42a, 4/14/26
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akm91 said:
Baseball wise, it was probably the best weekend since '89 series against tu where Byington walked off two games with home runs.


And to my point, the weekend is only significant if you build on it. The 1989 team had a nice run up until the choke. In 1990, we missed the post-season. 1991 and 1992 were good seasons, but 1993 was the next time we were great. 1994 was a fall off year, 1995 was decent, then 1996 was bad again. We improved some in the early Big 12 years, but the roller coaster turned down again in the early 2000s.

Hopefully, we will truly turn a corner and eliminate these up then down seasons we've faced for almost 30 years.

our best seasons in baseball are usually followed up by meidiocore/bad season the following year and program goes into hibernation for a few years.

1989 SWC Co-Champs - 58-7 - 1990 missed postseason
1993 - SWC Champs - CWS - 1994 missed postseason
1999 -Big 12 Champs - CWS - 2000 missed postseason
2017 - CWS - 2018 lackluster 20+ loss season/ losing confrence record - quick regional exit
2024 - CWS Finalist - 2025 - missed postseason
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In reply to LJF78 • 1:00p, 4/14/26
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Last 5 years only had one bad season and the reasons are understandable for that one season.
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In reply to the more coolest guy • 2:35p, 4/14/26
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the more coolest guy said:
Eh. Just your average series against your arch rival that stole your philandering swinger coach who tried to recruit your players to his new school in the middle of our World Series. Who's next?


Not to mention our two best players over the 2 games were the 2 that the staff and fanbase had penciled in to be on their roster in the immediate aftermath of his hiring.
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3:38p, 4/14/26
I've been thinking the past couple days, that it has been quite some time (over a year) since most of us have actually felt good and excited about our program and our chances in the upcoming weeks.

I mean, beyond just "hope". It's kind of a relaxing feeling- not meaning we know we can't regress, but just feeling that we actually do have a pretty competent team that can go on to a who-knows-what season without limits.

Even if we look not so great tonight, I don't think we'd be off-put or pessimistic about the coming weekend.

It was a great weekend.
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In reply to Renn_dls • 4:50p, 4/15/26
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Renn_dls said:
Not going to give my contacts out because I still want to see these kinds of messages, but I have seen a text message from Jimmy saying that "Occupy left field has nothing on 203," and "I wish the fans would be louder and create a bigger home field advantage."

GOOD. He willingly signed up for that pile of crap fanbase.
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6:25p, 4/15/26
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This is just outside your 40 year window but I think the '85 football against tu had the most significant consequences of anything I can remember. Besides sending the Aggies to their first Cotton Bowl in 18 years it started a decade long dominance over the sips we haven't seen before or since.

We really needed this past weekend, and it sure felt good, but we'll have to see how it figures into the long term. I hope you're right.
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In reply to akm91 • 9:24p, 4/15/26
And for the record, Byington hit home runs in 9th inning of all 3 games in reg season against t.u. In 1989.
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In reply to LB12Diamond • 9:34p, 4/15/26
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LB12Diamond said:
And of course the thread is turning into remembering frustration.

Do you Aggie much?
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11:25p, 4/15/26
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I would prefer the thread title to be:

This weekend was one of the most significant in the 21st century of any Aggie sport

lots of great things happened in the 90's and late 80's
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11:35p, 4/15/26
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I may/may not have watched the Wheels highlights of the tu series already.

More than once....
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7:51a
Mannnnnnnnnn…..those 89 games were a thing of GLORY! Attended all of them that weekend. Was hooked on TAMU after that.
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