Woof!
I’ll give Auburn credit. It was a pitching duel all night and it played out like a game between two of the top 5 teams in the nation giving it their all. From an observation, the Dawgs looked looser and relaxed despite the close game, Auburn seemed a touch uptight. I’ll take that as a good sign for the good guys heading into the postseason play.
There was no toilet paper tossed at Toomer’s corner last night.
GTPR is primarily a football blawg. But, we all cheer and root for UGA to win at every sport. If you’ve been living under a rock since 2026 started, you may not be aware that the baseball team is pretty darned good. On Saturday, they beat LSU and, along with some other games going our way in the SEC, clinched their first Regular Season SEC Championship since 2008.
I managed to get a good capture of the entire game plus the postgame celebration and interviews. So, I decided that it was worthy of being archived alongside the football games I’ve been saving. And, because I’m such a nice guy, I’m sharing it with all of you. Enjoy!
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Go Dawgs!
PSA, the final series of the year has a first pitch of Thursday night (tomorrow) and 8 pm. And it’ll be a biggun.
Technically tied for fourth in the SEC with Alabama, Auburn is highly regarded and could use Georgia to boost their RPI and improve their postseason standings with a series win. SEC Tournament is up next…but with Georgia projected as #3 by some media outlets and looking to host a Super Regional (fingers crossed we don’t implode), it’s just as important to the Diamond Dawgs.
Oh, and Thursday night is Senior Night and Wear Orange night on the Plains.
Go Dawgs, and reminder…Auburn Sucks!
Wes Johnson, allow me to run through a wall for you.
The chef’s kiss is “Georgia on my Mind” playing in the background. Congrats to Wes and the Diamond Dawgs on navigating the season and working with a strange rotation to get it figured out, as the Dawgs have found their official Day 3 starter in Caden Aoki.
Oh, and the Dawgs swept the Corndogs on Sunday.
If anything else, this is a memory you can’t erase from my brain this season:
HBTFDs!
Well, it was a little bit of a split on the joy meter last night when it comes to our Diamond Dawgs.
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With the win, the Diamond Dawgs have a magic number of 2 to take the regular season SEC title. Should both Texas and Texas A&M lose today, and Georgia wins, we’re SEC Champs (I believe I have the math right on that).
As for our Softball Dawgs, they are projected as an 8 seed in the upcoming NCAAs. Great season, hate to lose – ever – to Texas, though.
Don’t look now, but the Lady Dawgs are on a tear.
Down 5-0, they came roaring back with ten unanswered runs…and not to be outdone by their Diamond Dawg counterparts, but these girls can RAKE.
Go Dawgs!
The Ladies take on the Longhorns today at 7:30 pm on ESPN.
Also, don’t forget…the Diamond Dawgs take on the Corndogs today at Foley at 6 pm, on ESPN SEC+.
This is becoming a sad trend in the advanced stats era of college baseball:
This isn’t an isolated incident with a mid-week game. Several others this week have been cancelled, likely for the same reason:
I’m a stats guy so I like advanced stats, but this can kill the spirit of the game and also robs some guys on your roster from getting some playing time in games where they’d never get it otherwise.
Sad.
Can you pat your head and rub your belly at the same time?
I mean, you don’t have to really rub your belly, but the results of this could be nauseating.
The Southeastern Conference will implement a challenge system for balls and strikes on an experimental basis for each game of the 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament, similar to the process implemented in Major League Baseball games this season.
The system will permit teams to challenge an umpireās strike or ball call via an automated ball tracking system that monitors the exact location of each pitch, relative to the specific batterās zone.
āThe introduction of this challenge system at the SEC Tournament reflects our continued commitment to innovation,ā said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. āThis addition represents a continued step forward for our game, aligns more closely with the professional level and supports the development of our student-athletes as they prepare for success at the next level.ā
For the SEC Tournament, each team will have three challenges to start the game. If a challenge is successful, the team will retain the challenge. If the original call is confirmed, the team will lose the challenge.
Upon a challenge, the pitch location will be compared against the electronic strike zone. The result will then be displayed on the stadium videoboard and broadcast.
Honestly, I’m kind of against it. Daniel Jackson does a great job framing pitches and it helps our pitchers have a looser strike zone, as a result. Heck, I’m pretty sure we wont the series against Mississippi State on that benefit alone.
I wonder if it will make our pitchers tighter, or if you just let it loose and let the chips fall where they may?
“Innovation” says Sankey. I’m not sure I’d trust the guy who followed the Innovation of the B1G to move to a nine game conference schedule in football just to realize they cancelled all their OOC P4 games.
The Diamond Dawgs had a somewhat close Friday night, followed by two consecutive run-rule games on Saturday and Sunday. And, they’re on the verge of making history.
Caden Aoki was solid again as a day 3 starter and the bats were very, very live this past weekend, too.
They even had a little fun after the game was over, adorning Phelps with candy, hats, and other accessories as he gave a post-game interview with the SEC Network crew.
No more midweek games, just two more series at home against LSU next weekend and at Auburn the next. Hold those Tigers, and break some records, Dawgs.
Go ‘Dawgs!
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That’s no easy feat. On top of that, Georgia might have one of the best baseball players in the country in Dan Jackson. If Aoki is the answer for a Day 3 starter, we could be hosting a Regional and possibly beyond.
Congrats to Coach Johnson for getting the team competitive again, even in the eyes of those most critical of Dawg fans’ eyes.