Ty Harrington, who went to three College World Series as a player at Texas from 1985-88 and took Texas State to three NCAA Tournament appearances as head coach from 2000-19, joins The Flagship Podcast interview this week to talk Texas Longhorns' baseball.  

If you've never heard Harrington talk baseball, you're in for a treat this week. Harrington's love for the game pours out in every word he uses to break down what he likes most about this Longhorns' team, which he believes has a chance to do something special this postseason.

We start (and end) the interview talking about Texas' pitching, and Harrington goes into great detail about what makes Ty Madden, Tristan Stevens, Pete Hansen, Cole Quintanilla and Aaron Nixon so effective - in completely different ways.

Harrington was at all of Texas' NCAA Austin Regional games against Southern, Arizona State and Fairfield, and came away more impressed with Hansen, UT's redshirt freshman lefty, than ever before, because Hansen had to wait so long between innings in Sunday night's 12-2 win over Fairfield and still kept coming back to the mound and dealing (with a career-high 13 strikeouts).

Harrington said Quintanilla has had an incredible season that hasn't gotten the attention or credit it deserves, because his performances have been overshadowed by the starters going deep into games.

"Not many teams I've seen can go into their bullpen and call on a guy like Quintanilla," Harrington said.

Harrington talks about Texas' defense - from the slick glove work and lack of mistakes in UT's infield to the blazing speed in the outfield thanks to Eric Kennedy, Mike Antico and Douglas Hodo III.

And when it comes to offense, Harrington talks about how Texas can hurt you in so many different ways - from players bunting their way on base to timely hitting to taking walks and being hit by pitches and turning those instances into runs.

Harrington explains why he thinks coach David Pierce is doing his best coaching job this season and credits Sean Allen, the team's pitching coach, Phillip Miller, who works with the team defensively, and Troy Tulowitzki, the team's hitting coach, for the work they've done as well.

Harrington talks about the kind of team that might be able to cause Texas trouble in the postseason and how Texas' ability to field the same lineups day-in and day-out have built a special chemistry and camaraderie among the Longhorns this season.

If you call yourself a Texas fan, you're not going to want to miss this awesome interview with Harrington talking Longhorns' baseball.