WCWS field is set.
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A little weird, but essentially no pain. Can't wait to get this tube out.
Drove to get dinner tonight. Got the giant sub at Jersey Mike's intending to have half tonight and half Monday, and was so hungry that I ate all of it. When I left, Baylor was trailing Zona 5-3 heading to T7, decided to hit the button to tape it and was glad I did.
Baylor tried to blow it, but they just kept hitting. That three-run homer that won it was a blast, although it was definitely helped by the wind blowing out. We owe Baylor's softball a favor. They walked Mauga eight straight times, only pretending to even pitch to her twice in the last two days. When she came up with the Wildcats leading 4-3 and the bases loaded in B6, they had to pitch to her and she hit it a mile, but it mostly went up. It was a rocket that she barely missed hitting 350 feet. But instead it just hung in the air to short center and the runner at third didn't score. Zona got another run to make it 5-3. Baylor should have led, but in T6, when Baylor went up scoring with two outs to go up 4-3, the runner was called out for missing third base, ending the inning and stopping a likely further rally. They hit the crap out of the ball this weekend. They'll test Paige1 Thursday.
Baylor's clean up hitter Shelby Friudenberg got really hot this weekend and had a double and homer in her first two at bats to drive in Baylor's first three runs. So in a turnabout strategy, Arizona walked her intentionally in her last two ab's including in the seventh. Their CF led off the 7th with a double, and Friudenberg, batting as the tying run was walked intentionally. The next hitter was a freshmen who hit it way out to center giving them a 6-5 lead. B7 got interesting, but they held on to advance to play us next.
Having taped it, I watched with interest, especially since we play them next, and I was hoping they'd eliminate Arizona, ensuring Chamberlain keeps the career homerun record.
I have to tell you, this year in the Supers something changed. The umps weren't perfect anywhere, but I didn't see the homerism that has made the SEC and other teams unbeatable at home with a trip to the WCWS on the line.
Baylor, OU, A&M and LSU all advanced as road teams. And in the other four regionals, only two sweeps. Oregon and UCLA. So it looks like fairness may have finally arrived in college softball playoff umpiring. Maybe next year, it will spill over into the selection committee and seeding.
Drove to get dinner tonight. Got the giant sub at Jersey Mike's intending to have half tonight and half Monday, and was so hungry that I ate all of it. When I left, Baylor was trailing Zona 5-3 heading to T7, decided to hit the button to tape it and was glad I did.
Baylor tried to blow it, but they just kept hitting. That three-run homer that won it was a blast, although it was definitely helped by the wind blowing out. We owe Baylor's softball a favor. They walked Mauga eight straight times, only pretending to even pitch to her twice in the last two days. When she came up with the Wildcats leading 4-3 and the bases loaded in B6, they had to pitch to her and she hit it a mile, but it mostly went up. It was a rocket that she barely missed hitting 350 feet. But instead it just hung in the air to short center and the runner at third didn't score. Zona got another run to make it 5-3. Baylor should have led, but in T6, when Baylor went up scoring with two outs to go up 4-3, the runner was called out for missing third base, ending the inning and stopping a likely further rally. They hit the crap out of the ball this weekend. They'll test Paige1 Thursday.
Baylor's clean up hitter Shelby Friudenberg got really hot this weekend and had a double and homer in her first two at bats to drive in Baylor's first three runs. So in a turnabout strategy, Arizona walked her intentionally in her last two ab's including in the seventh. Their CF led off the 7th with a double, and Friudenberg, batting as the tying run was walked intentionally. The next hitter was a freshmen who hit it way out to center giving them a 6-5 lead. B7 got interesting, but they held on to advance to play us next.
Having taped it, I watched with interest, especially since we play them next, and I was hoping they'd eliminate Arizona, ensuring Chamberlain keeps the career homerun record.
I have to tell you, this year in the Supers something changed. The umps weren't perfect anywhere, but I didn't see the homerism that has made the SEC and other teams unbeatable at home with a trip to the WCWS on the line.
Baylor, OU, A&M and LSU all advanced as road teams. And in the other four regionals, only two sweeps. Oregon and UCLA. So it looks like fairness may have finally arrived in college softball playoff umpiring. Maybe next year, it will spill over into the selection committee and seeding.
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