The Internet just reminded us of this classic scene from Richard Linklater's 2008 documentary Inning By Inning: A Portrait of a Coach, which followed University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in NCAA history. Above is a bit of the film that might inspire those of us going through Friday Night Lights withdrawals to make it through the rest of the work week. Enjoy, but beware: there's more curse words in there than a truck stop diner.
With three more days before the NCAA regional tournament begins, Texas fans have plenty of time on their hands to wonder whether the team's performance at the Big 12 Tournament was a blip on the radar or a serious sign of trouble.
Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido was sentenced to four days in jail and fined $500 for his drunk-driving conviction back in February, reports the Statesman.
On Wednesday night, The Austin Film Society hosted a little over one thousand friends to watch Austin's very own premiere of A Scanner Darkly at the Paramount Theatre, with a post-screen party down the street at The Austin Museum of Art. Originally written by Philip K. Dick in the late 1970’s and adapted to the screen by Austin's own Richard Linklater, A Scanner Darkly is an eerie, yet hilarious, film of drugs, paranoia and...
The excellent sports columnist for the Houston Chronicle, Richard Justice, wrote a great piece today that shines a light on what is right with Longhorn baseball and what is wrong with Houston Astros baseball. The column details how the Astros had a chance two years ago to sign now national champion Drew Stubbs from Atlanta, Texas. Stubbs and his father asked for a specific contract, and not an unreasonable one at that, from any...
The Longhorns had said throughout the postseason that they do not dog-pile unless they win it all. Well, all of that pent up emotion came spilling out Sunday afternoon after J. Brent Cox struck out the final batter of the College World Series, and the Horns mobbed one another in a massive pile of bodies near the pitcher’s mound.
As coach Augie Garrido said in his post-game press conference, when a few people in the dugout asked why he was allowing his injured first baseman Chance Wheeless to stay in the game and bat in the ninth inning, he responded, "For Chris'sake, the kid wants to be a hero." And on an 0-1 count, the slugger's dream came true. He belted a fastball deep into the right field stands to beat the Baylor...
