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Admins- please edit or delete the Presley Courville link I posted above. It was only supposed to be his tweet about committing to UT, not his whole X/twitter history. Sorry about that.

That is not a real common torque and injury.

Yes. If he comes here and plays baseball, he can't go in the mlb draft for three years unless he is the rare person old for his class, then possibly after his sophomore year. Sounds like somebody the baseball team could use.

Good for him. Hope he does well.

Peet's is sold in the Austin area at some HEBs, Whole Foods, and Target. They have several dark roasts that might be available, including their number one overall seller Major Dickason's Blend. I prefer some of the other dark roasts, but it is good too. Their coffee does not have that burnt taste like a lot of coffees these days tend to have. I haven't gotten it at Whole Foods for a while but I think they had several roasts that HEB may not have. By the way, I rarely drink decaf, but Peet's decafs taste like regular coffee. I have only had Black Rifle at their Brick and Mortar locations. We go to Boerne occasionally and I usually get some while in town. Better than Starbucks, that's for sure.

I prefer aficionado or connoisseur over snob (which my wife calls me). Can't stand bad coffee. I don't like Starbucks either, although the original founders spent some time at Peet's when they were about to start the company. Maybe Peet didn't tell all of his secrets. I have been drinking Peet's since the mid 80s when I worked with several people who spent time in the Bay Area, where Peet's started, and where they began drinking Peet's. Back then there were no brick and mortar Peet's other than the original and it was not even sold in stores. I mail-ordered it for years. Anderson's coffee roasters in Austin isn't bad. By the way, he trained with Peet. Hook'em. 🤘

No bad or cheap coffee ever. Peet's french roast this morning. Hook'em🤘

At one point Perfect Game had him as the 18th best lefthander in the country. His curve is supposed to be really top flight. This is a headline from the Ventura County Star newspaper- "Jul 14, 2024 — Dylan Volantis, who committed to USC, went 8-1 with a 0.33 ERA. " He also played waterpolo. The following is taken from the MLB draft rankings- "Scouting grades: Fastball: 50 | Curveball: 60 | Changeup: 50 | Control: 45 | Overall: 45 Westlake High School near Thousand Oaks, Calif., has produced some pretty big bats in the past, most notably catcher Mike Lieberthal and outfielder Christian Yelich. The school has had just one pitcher come from its hallowed halls and reach the big leagues, John Snyder, a 1992 draftee who spent time in the Majors with the White Sox and Brewers. Volantis hopes to join Snyder on that very short list, though he’s more about projection than anything else at this point. The first two things that jump out for Volantis is that he’s 6-foot-6 and he’s left-handed. He’s mostly ceiling rather than now stuff, though there are some solid starting ingredients. The fastball has started to tick up a bit this spring and has been seen up to 94 mph with some running life. He’s more consistently in the 89-91 mph range, though, and he sometimes struggles commanding his fastball coming from a high slot that wanders a little. His go-to pitch is his curve, which could be a plus offering in time. He throws it 76-80 mph with 1-to-7 shape, and he can land it in the zone and miss bats with it. He does have a changeup he’ll fold in every once in a while, and it could get to average in the future. If Volantis can continue to add strength to his large frame, he could add some more power to both the fastball and the breaking ball, and the changeup will come if he can keep to his arm slot and throw it more frequently. The team that likes his feel for spin and can dream on the fastball getting bigger could take a chance on the upside in the top five rounds and sign him away from his Southern California commitment. "

I think you mean Duplantier coming back. That was announced. I read that LBJ signed with the Rockies for 500k.

Keep 'em coming.

Maybe somebody should post this info. on the Chicago Bears forums.

Nice. I could see a couple of beer taps somewhere and some liquor bottles. If it is a working office with guests and you don't want to display booze, label everything "Coca Cola".

Nice set up. Some Longhorns on the wall would look really good. Or perhaps a longhorn head. One of my neighbors has a longhorn head over his fireplace in their livingroom.

It has been about 12 hours. We need good news. By the way, I happened to check Gasparino's CCL stats about 2 days ago and was surprised how bad they were. Somebody also posted them yesterday on another forum after the news of him being released came out. I learned something new in that players can be cut/released from those teams. Who knew. It would be nice if UT or somebody posted where the players are playing summer ball. It takes quite a while to track them down online.

I am glad to see Luke back. He may be ready to go, but I wonder how ready. Only a few weeks ago Pierce said that Luke had just thrown his first pitch to a live batter. Luke was really good as a freshman and I was expecting him to really progress last year. Unfortunately, his elbow didn't cooperate. Regarding Charlie Hurley, he sure was shaky early on in the alumni game. I hope that is a one off thing. If Charlie really has progressed and LBJ hasn't regressed that would be a pretty good 1-2 punch. If Witt can return to some semblance of his old form or one or two of these other guys step up we should have an outstanding staff as far as starters go. It will also be interesting to see where Thomas winds up (1B?) and who starts in the outfield. Too many freshman in the outfield makes me uncomfortable.