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College World Series Assured New Champ With LSU Eliminated

There won't be a repeat champion at the College World Series. Defending national champion LSU was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament Sunday, losing 4-3 to UC Irvine at the UCLA regional in Los Angeles. LSU rallied from a one-run deficit in the ninth inning to beat the Anteaters Friday night but was unable to duplicate...

Paul Mainieri, LSU Geaux the Distance

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Mainieri household went 45 years without a national title. Bouday (a Cajun term for sorrow) -- that was plenty long enough.Paul Mainieri's LSU Tigers powered past Texas 11-4 Wednesday night to win the College World Series. When the final out was made -- fittingly on a swinging strike out that ignited a...

Texas Tries to Forget Epic Loss to LSU

OMAHA, Neb. -- Sorry, but Augie Garrido's message to his Texas Longhorns late Monday night was private. Between head coach and team. The neighborly Garrido, who can spin a life-lesson while filling out a lineup card, wanted to make sure his players knew the score. Sure, Texas already knew that score. The Longhorns, who had...

Augie Garrido Arrested for Drunk Driving, Texas Suspends Him Indefinitely

Big-time college baseball coach doesn't carry quite the cachet as, say, big-time college football coach. Even if you've won more games than anybody in the history of the sport. In nearly 40 years on the job, University of Texas' Augie Garrido has 1,629 victories to his credit, including five national titles. And none of...

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05/22/12 Horns hope future pitching stars take shape now for... Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX Augie Garrido envisions a better time, anticipating big weekends next year when Corey Knebel and John Curtiss form the nucleus of a Longhorns pitching rotation that'll induce fear into opponents.
05/20/12 Horns did enough to make NCAA baseball tournament Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX Augie Garrido admitted that this season was his most difficult since 1998.
05/16/12 Horns' latest pitching curve? Moving Knebel to Game 2... Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX Augie Garrido says the boat carrying his Texas baseball team toward the postseason is leaking a bit.
05/16/12 UT Baseball ready for Baylor Source: News 8 Austin - Austin TX Ordinarily this time of year the Texas baseball team is thinking about hosting a regional and lining itself up to potentially host a super regional as well.
04/30/12 Texas rallies late, wins final scheduled baseball game... Source: Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX The ball arrived at home plate, and now Texas A&M's catcher needed to make a quick tag that would preserve the Aggies' chances of sweeping a series against Texas for the first time since 1991.