Canzano: Will Oregon Ducks quiet the Texas baseball act?
Longhorns taunted and mocked the Ducks
They glared from the batter’s box on Saturday. One hitter even stuck his tongue out and wagged it at the pitcher. The Texas Longhorns thumped their chests, gestured, flipped their bats, pointed, and shook their heads at balls thrown out of the strike zone.
It was a nine-inning mock job.
Had J-Lo or Madonna been at the Austin Super Regional, they might have declared the Texas act over the top. Kanye might have leaned in and offered, “Maybe, dial it back a touch, fellas?” Bob Gibson would have said nothing. He’d have just shaved off some mustaches with 101-mph fastballs. And Pedro Martinez would have surely broken someone’s ribs for all the showboating, chirping, and curtain calls.
No way around it: the Texas Longhorns are arrogant, and cocky, showy, obnoxious, and, um, also, they’re very, very good at baseball.
There is only one solution available to the Oregon Ducks.