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10 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

The SEC Network studio chick (not sure her name) just said she wonders if maybe this is the year Texas finally doesn't choke in the postseason. Yeah, she used the word. The butthurt is still strong. 

What a cunt

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55 minutes ago, That Guy said:

Man, super happy this wrapped up before I fell asleep. I love the girls. Year over year they keep delivering.

Year over year, those home white uniforms keep delivering as well. 
🥎❤️

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1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said:

The SEC Network studio chick (not sure her name) just said she wonders if maybe this is the year Texas finally doesn't choke in the postseason. Yeah, she used the word. The butthurt is still strong. 

We are the step-child and will be treated as such for many moons.

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8 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

We are the step-child and will be treated as such for many moons.

You mean forever? Is that what you mean by many moons? There is zero chance Texas is ever going to be accepted as one of them. And good. We're going to win too much. We're going to be way too arrogant about it. And at the end of the day, we really do think we're better than everyone else in this conference, and that's never going to go over well. 

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3 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

You mean forever? Is that what you mean by many moons? There is zero chance Texas is ever going to be accepted as one of them. And good. We're going to win too much. We're going to be way too arrogant about it. And at the end of the day, we really do think we're better than everyone else in this conference, and that's never going to go over well. 

The truth is often difficult to accept.

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Holy shit, I hadn’t been paying much attention to the softball playoffs and just was looking up the World Series bracket. While I knew A&M lost in the regional, I didn’t realize they were #1 in the country. Bawaaaaa. 

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5 hours ago, dcar00 said:

well done ladies.  another trip when it looked ugly last night.  low expectations but at least we are there.

We are also one of the most experienced OKC teams going. Maybe we played tight to get back and will loosen up some. 

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Old goals always feel attainable again after surviving another round in May. If Henry now can heat up, we get something out of the DP spot (hi, KC) and the D of the last two nights continues, anything remains possible. No matter what happens in OKC, a tip of the burnt orange cap to this team for relocating their focus just in time. 

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8 hours ago, Js1 said:

So bad. So so bad. Immediately flipped to a shifting zone in the bottom of the 6th and then it got super tiny in the 7th 

Reese is not helpful when the ump has a small zone. She moves entirely too much when framing pitches. Small subtle movement and mitt position makes a huge difference 

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8 hours ago, Gut Wagon said:

The SEC Network studio chick (not sure her name) just said she wonders if maybe this is the year Texas finally doesn't choke in the postseason. Yeah, she used the word. The butthurt is still strong. 

 

8 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So anything short of a title is choking I guess?  Show me all the teams that have beaten ou in okc recently. 

wtf. When have we choked? We were not even supposed to win a regional in 22 and made the finals. We lost to the OU super senior squad last year. We haven’t lost a home super under White yet (that’s choking) and took the host team to 3 games twice in Tuscaloosa and Stillwater. The only super we got swept was 2023 in Knoxville 

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42 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

Reese is not helpful when the ump has a small zone. She moves entirely too much when framing pitches. Small subtle movement and mitt position makes a huge difference 

I think the ump was getting overly influenced by how Reese would shift her entire body so far outside prior to some pitches. SHE would be crouched way off the plate, but the pitch would catch part of the plate and the ump wouldn't call it.

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44 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

Reese is not helpful when the ump has a small zone. She moves entirely too much when framing pitches. Small subtle movement and mitt position makes a huge difference 

Reese is an elite hitter. As a catcher, she has a great arm, but is average at receiving.  She is pretty bad at blocking, but I've noticed that is a common trait with many softball catchers.  Blocking in softball is absolutely dreadful, and it's going downhill in baseball too because of all the one knee shit.  

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1 hour ago, FloridaHorn said:

Just when I thought Mac Morgan was done, she goes and does that and TOTALLY redeems herself.

her dropball was sharp last night.  I wish we could bottle that.  And blue was giving her the low strike (at least sometimes).  

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Just now, bschoolprof said:

her dropball was sharp last night.  I wish we could bottle that.  And blue was giving her the low strike (at least sometimes).  

Yep. It might be better to bring her on in relief once you know if the ump is giving the low strike.

Id roll with TK in game 1 of the WCWS and then decide between Cit or Cam in game 2 if we win. TK if we lose (winners play Friday, losers get a day off) 

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And I’m inclined to give Cam the start in a 1-0 game. If we lose, we have TK to start the first elimination game.  If it’s OU on Friday, they only saw Cam for 3 innings (1 ER, 3 K)

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Yep. It might be better to bring her on in relief once you know if the ump is giving the low strike.
Id roll with TK in game 1 of the WCWS and then decide between Cit or Cam in game 2 if we win. TK if we lose (winners play Friday, losers get a day off) 

Are you sure the losers get a day off? According to ESPN, the two elimination games are Friday. This could be wrong though.
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1 minute ago, Greg Davis Apologist said:


Are you sure the losers get a day off? According to ESPN, the two elimination games are Friday. This could be wrong though.

That’s right. They give the 1-1 team Saturday off for the Sunday/Monday elimination games to rest pitching staffs. I could have sworn it was the other way round. Winners go to Saturday, losers play Friday, elimination games start Sunday.

It shouldn’t change much - I’d still go with Cam in the 1-0 game, especially because OU or Tenn didn’t see her much in the 3 games series. And Nebraska not at all

gotta go TK back to back if we lose game 1. Can’t go home with her on the bench 

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42 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

I think the ump was getting overly influenced by how Reese would shift her entire body so far outside prior to some pitches. SHE would be crouched way off the plate, but the pitch would catch part of the plate and the ump wouldn't call it.

I think the ump was being influenced by Texas hate, just like that Ward cunt. Any decent ump has decided ball or strike before the ball gets to the catcher and nothing the catcher does should change it. Otherwise, they suck.

Anyone that couldn't see 2 different strike zones last night is a moron.

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1 hour ago, Hard Times said:

I think the ump was being influenced by Texas hate, just like that Ward cunt. Any decent ump has decided ball or strike before the ball gets to the catcher and nothing the catcher does should change it. Otherwise, they suck.

Anyone that couldn't see 2 different strike zones last night is a moron.

Agreed. Mia “struck out” on a ball and Reese started off 0-1 in the 6th on a ball way inside. Mia doesn’t take strikes like that looking unless the zone is just shit.

Mac struck out a batter on a 6-2 count, basically. And that HR doesn’t happen if the zone didn’t miraculously shrink in the 7th 

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11 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Year over year, those home white uniforms keep delivering as well. 
🥎❤️

And the icey whites look good on the right booties!  Win win!

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4 hours ago, FloridaHorn said:

Reese is not helpful when the ump has a small zone. She moves entirely too much when framing pitches. Small subtle movement and mitt position makes a huge difference 

this.  does anyone coach catchers? because the way she sets behind the plate isn't helpful and you are correct she moves the glove way to much.  pitches at the bottom of the zone get pulled to the middle to upper middle.  some of it is comical.  her tendency to try to pick every low pitch "up" also causes some the passed balls or at least balls the get away from her.

I admit this is some nitpicking because she is still a very good catcher.

that said I REALLY got tired of the the bitch color announcer saying "umpires in burnt orange".  blow me. the umps are awful in softball.

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Pam and JDH were both fucking awful. We got one of the worst duos, but not Courtney Lyle, thank Christ. 

Pretty sure WCWS is two crews - Frede and Scarborough and Mowins, Mendoza and Smith

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2019 was when we dropped the first game to SHSU and won our way out of the loser’s bracket

Molly’s 5 hit shutout to win the regional against Oregon that started at 11:30pm due to weather 

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1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

this.  does anyone coach catchers? because the way she sets behind the plate isn't helpful and you are correct she moves the glove way to much.  pitches at the bottom of the zone get pulled to the middle to upper middle.  some of it is comical.  her tendency to try to pick every low pitch "up" also causes some the passed balls or at least balls the get away from her.

I admit this is some nitpicking because she is still a very good catcher.

that said I REALLY got tired of the the bitch color announcer saying "umpires in burnt orange".  blow me. the umps are awful in softball.

The state of catching definitely has catchers moving their glove towards the zone to catch the pitch, so if a low pitch is called they will start with glove near the ground and work upwards.  
 

Same with the other 3 sides, so start outside, inside and work back.  Where the body is shouldn’t matter. 
 

but she overdoes the glove action and tends to pull everything to belt high middle instead of just into the zone.  That absolutely needs polishing. 
 

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1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

this.  does anyone coach catchers? because the way she sets behind the plate isn't helpful and you are correct she moves the glove way to much.  pitches at the bottom of the zone get pulled to the middle to upper middle.  some of it is comical.  her tendency to try to pick every low pitch "up" also causes some the passed balls or at least balls the get away from her.

I admit this is some nitpicking because she is still a very good catcher.

that said I REALLY got tired of the the bitch color announcer saying "umpires in burnt orange".  blow me. the umps are awful in softball.

 

25 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

The state of catching definitely has catchers moving their glove towards the zone to catch the pitch, so if a low pitch is called they will start with glove near the ground and work upwards.  
 

Same with the other 3 sides, so start outside, inside and work back.  Where the body is shouldn’t matter. 
 

but she overdoes the glove action and tends to pull everything to belt high middle instead of just into the zone.  That absolutely needs polishing. 
 

My daughter was a 4 time all conference catcher at the D1 level. We worked on framing with tennis or wiffle balls with no glove. Good framing is done with small hand or wrist movement. There is no need to slide the glove 6-8” every time. Only frame the close pitches and set up with your mitt in the center of your body. If the pitcher can hit the target and the catcher is quiet with subtle movement you will get more strikes

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3 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

What’s the science behind a girl throwing 500 pitches over three days. ? 

Underhand arm mechanics mean there’s no strain on the shoulder or elbow. The only fatigue comes from the legs along with mental fatigue 

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9 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Underhand arm mechanics mean there’s no strain on the shoulder or elbow. The only fatigue comes from the legs along with mental fatigue 

Yep. Mowatt once threw like 1,000 pitches in the WCWS to win the title 

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14 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Underhand arm mechanics mean there’s no strain on the shoulder or elbow. The only fatigue comes from the legs along with mental fatigue 

And she can play with your meat under the table. Right?

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