Softball

[texbound]

Well, that was heart pounding, but the good guys (gals) win. Also, nothing is sweeter than aggy

 

[Eastexhorn]

Team is sure not easy on the Heart.

 

[63_Texas_1]

bTeam is sure not easy on the Heart.

The other side of that is aggy has to be really devastated after winning first game and second and third games being close.

 

[Rotty22]

This is the first time I've watched them play. 8 balls to walk those two batters? Pitching needs to be loads better. I think they said they had 3 errors. That won't work if they want to go deep in the series.

One play I saw, the first baseman didn't know how to field a throw from the pitcher/catcher off a bunt. An experienced first baseman knows you have your left foot on the inside of the bag, square to the plate.

They need to move the fences back. 200 ft is just a lazy fly ball

 

[BWilk55]

Softball pitchers are a different ath. Oneof the best games I ever saw was a 18 inning 1-0 game where both pitchers pitched complete games?

Texas should have pitching advantage but slow starts has gotting team ln the hole early.

I agree, though it seemed to catch up to the A&M pitcher Kennedy. They put her in to pitch the 6th and she promptly gave up 3 runs.

 

[texbound]

They need to move the fences back. 200 ft is just a lazy fly ball

This.

HR should be kind of rare. Maybe move it back to 275 in left/right with 300 center. This would bring actual base running and strategy into play. I guess if you do that, then you have to move the bases back a little as well to maybe 75 feet. Girls today are much stronger and great athletes.

 

[Eastexhorn]

This is the first time I've watched them play. 8 balls to walk those two batters? Pitching needs to be loads better. I think they said they had 3 errors. That won't work if they want to go deep in the series.

One play I saw, the first baseman didn't know how to field a throw from the pitcher/catcher off a bunt. An experienced first baseman knows you have your left foot on the inside of the bag, square to the plate.

They need to move the fences back. 200 ft is just a lazy fly ball

On the first baseman play IM O it is the by product of roation. Onpitching doubt if any one has 4 pitchers as good as horns have. A$M had a loaded line up of hitters.

 

[Huskie1]

This is the first time I've watched them play. 8 balls to walk those two batters? Pitching needs to be loads better. I think they said they had 3 errors. That won't work if they want to go deep in the series.

One play I saw, the first baseman didn't know how to field a throw from the pitcher/catcher off a bunt. An experienced first baseman knows you have your left foot on the inside of the bag, square to the plate.

They need to move the fences back. 200 ft is just a lazy fly ball

You’ve only watched one game and you’re criticizing players and the sport?

 

[tejasrulz]

I have to give credit to the aggy women, they came to play! The good news is so did our girls and they played better! Coach White stated before the series started he thought aggy was under seeded and turns out he was right. There were some mistakes by the Horns which hopefully the coaching staff can get cleaned up with a little work.

This was an exciting Super to watch. Yes, I would have preferred 2 blowouts in favor of Texas but they're still advancing to the WCWS.

One last thing, anyone know what started the beef after the first game between the Texas and aggy assistant coaches? Edit Note: I found out what happened

 

[Rotty22]

You’ve only watched one game and you’re criticizing players and the sport?

Yes. Is there a problem with that? We are all armchair coaches at this point. That's what this forum is all about. This was the first time seeing the UT team. I've watched/played/coached years and years of baseball. In this case, it's softball but pretty much the same principals. Would you agree?

 

[Rotty22]

On the first baseman play IM O it is the by product of roation. Onpitching doubt if any one has 4 pitchers as good as horns have. A$M had a loaded line up of hitters.

I see what you're saying. Let me assume that by rotation, you mean the first baseman comes in to field the bunt, the second baseman covers first. If that assumption is correct, then she had no reason to come back to first to field the throw. She ended up on the foul side of first. The runner basically ran over her legs as she attempted to touch first. Complete mess.

 

[Rotty22]

This.

HR should be kind of rare. Maybe move it back to 275 in left/right with 300 center. This would bring actual base running and strategy into play. I guess if you do that, then you have to move the bases back a little as well to maybe 75 feet. Girls today are much stronger and great athletes.

Definitely agree that HRs should be rare. Instead, a fly ball can carry out. Yes, bases to 70 or 75 ft.

 

[Rotty22]

2 valley teams make the state playoffs. Weslaco and Harlingen South

 

[Eastexhorn]

I see what you're saying. Let me assume that by rotation, you mean the first baseman comes in to field the bunt, the second baseman covers first. If that assumption is correct, then she had no reason to come back to first to field the throw. She ended up on the foul side of first. The runner basically ran over her legs as she attempted to touch first. Complete mess.

No talking about roationof players at different positions. Catcher to first base etc.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Definitely agree that HRs should be rare. Instead, a fly ball can carry out. Yes, bases to 70 or 75 ft.

Softball is a muchfasrer game than baseball, makes it more excjting. As for as fence moving look at alum.bats.

 

[BWilk55]

Onpitching doubt if any one has 4 pitchers as good as horns have.

This is probably true. Though I'd trade our 4 pitchers for 2 that are more dominant. You don't need many arms in Softball. I think Stanford used 1 pitcher in all of their 3 games - she's a player of the year candidate.

 

[Wayne]

Yes. Is there a problem with that? We are all armchair coaches at this point. That's what this forum is all about. This was the first time seeing the UT team. I've watched/played/coached years and years of baseball. In this case, it's softball but pretty much the same principals. Would you agree?

Yeah it’s ok. But what you did was pick one game and said you saw problems with the team. The sample size is too small. That’s like saying a player with a low strike out rate needs to work on his pitch selection because the first time you saw him he struck out. It’s a bit presumptuous.

 

[Rotty22]

Yeah it’s ok. But what you did was pick one game and said you saw problems with the team. The sample size is too small. That’s like saying a player with a low strike out rate needs to work on his pitch selection because the first time you saw him he struck out. It’s a bit presumptuous.

Yes, I can critique the plays that I saw. When a team ranked #1 makes 3 errors in a do or die game, that's not good. Of course, a&m made some mistakes in that game too but I don't care about a&m.

What I didn't say is this team is crap. Had I, then what you said makes sense. They are ranked #1, beat ou. That's a good team. They should be fundamentally sound. When I see a play like the one I mentioned at first, that's a mental error that shouldn't be made.

The two walks on 8 pitches in the last inning. Man, what are they thinking. Even Coach White remarked about that. It's good that a&m brought in someone cold to pinch hit. She froze on that change up. Just as planned, right?

 

[Huskie1]

Yes. Is there a problem with that? We are all armchair coaches at this point. That's what this forum is all about. This was the first time seeing the UT team. I've watched/played/coached years and years of baseball. In this case, it's softball but pretty much the same principals. Would you agree?

I would not agree. There are many different strategies and techniques in softball that are different. Slapping and bunt coverages just to mention 2.

 

[Rotty22]

I would not agree. There are many different strategies and techniques in softball that are different. Slapping and bunt coverages just to mention 2.

See ball, hit ball, catch ball. All the same.

Bunt coverages are different? How so? First and Third base crash based on play called or runner situation.

Slapping is just another form of bunting. The principal is get on base at all costs.