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You know Gasso's going to have some plan for pitching to Joley. That's part of why we desperately need Henry and Atwood back in the flow offensively. Oh, and why are we still waiting on Cimusz to be unshackled? This team has better be ready to hit, because I seriously doubt 3 runs will be enough Saturday.

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4 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

You know Gasso's going to have some plan for pitching to Joley. That's part of why we desperately need Henry and Atwood back in the flow offensively. Oh, and why are we still waiting on Cimusz to be unshackled? This team has better be ready to hit, because I seriously doubt 3 runs will be enough Saturday.

We will only have two issues on Saturday….

Score enough runs to win

Keep OU from scoring more than us

….something like that.

 

 

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2 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

I really don’t think this team can keep it up and UT has zero pressure imo.  If Mike can keep the team loose and not let his negative energy permeate throughout that team, UT puts up a lot of runs.  OU will fall just short.   

 

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“With the victory, Texas is now 7-1 all time in games played the on the opening day of the WCWS, the most by any softball program with five-or-more WCWS appearances.”

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28 minutes ago, Js1 said:

“With the victory, Texas is now 7-1 all time in games played the on the opening day of the WCWS, the most by any softball program with five-or-more WCWS appearances.”

Impressive. But I'd gladly trade every one of those seven WCWS opener wins for a single win in our closer.  

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Same as with Pickens, I'd try to see how good they are at fielding bunts. Even if they know you're bunting, your odds of beating one out or getting on via an error might be better than swinging away vs. a dominant fireballer. 

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1 minute ago, Gut Wagon said:

Same as with Pickens, I'd try to see how good they are at fielding bunts. Even if they know you're bunting, your odds of beating one out or getting on via an error might be better than swinging away vs. a dominant fireballer. 

100%. Softball players arent known for their athleticism and excellent defensive skills. I would bunt my ass off against the likes of Pickens and Canady. You could get a few little league scores every game and that might be enough if you get a decent pitching outing from your starter.  

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49 minutes ago, Tailgate said:

Prior to Oklahoma's comeback, teams trailing by two or more runs entering the bottom of the seventh inning at the WCWS had been 2-120 since 2000, according to ESPN Research.

Well, looks like they won’t be pulling this crap again against us then.

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Texas was the only lower seed to win today. OU, UCLA, Tech and Texas move to Saturday 

Tenn-FL and Oregon-OM tonight. 2 going home 

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15 hours ago, MrX said:

You can’t walk the tying run into scoring position though…

The number of batters I'm walking in that situation I can count using 1 hand, but no way I give Parker a chance to beat me. Especially when she had a HR earlier.

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7 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

There is nothing better than revisionist history. Not a single poster on this thread or the correct one said to walk her before she went yack, not one. 

I beg to differ just because I yelled it at the tv screen while they were discussing what to do...not loud enough, I guess.

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8 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Obstruction rules need changed

Yep.

As much as everyone hates on reviewing the runner leaving early, that is pretty cut and dry.  Put the runner leaving next to the pitcher throwing and you can determine it easily

Obstruction is way too subjective and open to interpretation 

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38 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

There is nothing better than revisionist history. Not a single poster on this thread or the correct one said to walk her before she went yack, not one. 

It's not even revisionist, she's their best hitter and already hit a homerun earlier in the game. Why the fuck would you even pitch to her needing only 1 out and up 2 runs.

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Texas lost to OU in the regular season, 6-7, 2-7, 8-9

TK game 1: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2K - the rest of the staff only allowed 1 ER the rest of the game
Landry game 1: 7 IP, 7 H, 6 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 5 K

Neither TK nor Landry pitched in game 2

TK game 3: 2 IP, 5 H, 8 ER, 4 BB, 2 K - Cam and Cit only gave up a single earned run in the other 4 innings
Landry did not start in game 3, but pitched in relief: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5K

This was the stretch of games where TK was not right, and the announcer team mentioned that last night - it was a mechanics issue that has been corrected. We will see if it has been truly corrected by Saturday or not.  

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9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Texas lost to OU in the regular season, 6-7, 2-7, 8-9

TK game 1: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2K - the rest of the staff only allowed 1 ER the rest of the game
Landry game 1: 7 IP, 7 H, 6 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 5 K

Neither TK nor Landry pitched in game 2

TK game 3: 2 IP, 5 H, 8 ER, 4 BB, 2 K - Cam and Cit only gave up a single earned run in the other 4 innings
Landry did not start in game 3, but pitched in relief: 3.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5K

This was the stretch of games where TK was not right, and the announcer team mentioned that last night - it was a mechanics issue that has been corrected. We will see if it has been truly corrected by Saturday or not.  

Besides the obvious ability to locate her pitches, I think the mph differential between her rising fast ball and her change up needs to be ~20mph for her to be the 1.00 ERA pitcher she’s capable of being. 

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8 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Obstruction rules need changed

I think the easiest way to change it is if the runner is not in the process of sliding or within x distance of the bag(maybe 3 ft) then there cannot be obstruction.

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5 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Besides the obvious ability to locate her pitches, I think the mph differential between her rising fast ball and her change up needs to be ~20mph for her to be the 1.00 ERA pitcher she’s capable of being. 

I think she needs to do what she did yesterday - Trust your defense when you throw the drop ball so you can keep the pitches low, mix speeds with your changeup and change eye level for strikeouts with the rise ball. 

Yesterday was by far her best pitching performance since Tennessee game 1 because she didn't try to be perfect and strike out 10 batters; she let her drop ball do the work and Mia/Goode were very excellent behind her.  And she fielded her position well several times. 

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1 hour ago, Hard Times said:

The number of batters I'm walking in that situation I can count using 1 hand, but no way I give Parker a chance to beat me. Especially when she had a HR earlier.

I was in an airport bar yelling walk her at the TV. You don’t let the other teams best player beat you in that situation, especially with a freshman on deck. Losing 4-3 is no better than losing 5-3. Stupid move by Karen Weekly that wouldn’t have happened if Ralph was still coaching there.

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11 hours ago, Gut Wagon said:

Same as with Pickens, I'd try to see how good they are at fielding bunts. Even if they know you're bunting, your odds of beating one out or getting on via an error might be better than swinging away vs. a dominant fireballer. 

Pickens is real good, sometimes great, but she isn’t on Cannady’s level as a pitcher. Pickens has a tendency to overthrow which flattens out her spin and makes her hittable. Canady has no hit stuff almost every outing. Swap them and Tech is exactly who they are now and Tennessee is on a rocket ship to the championship.

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2 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

I was in an airport bar yelling walk her at the TV. You don’t let the other teams best player beat you in that situation, especially with a freshman on deck. Losing 4-3 is no better than losing 5-3. Stupid move by Karen Weekly that wouldn’t have happened if Ralph was still coaching there.

I was waiting for you to chime in on what a shitty coach Karen is.  It was so utterly predictable too.  I said it yesterday, only 3 batters in OU's lineup had WCWS experience, and the one prior to Parker hit a double. Don't let Parker beat you, make the freshman in the biggest AB of her career do it. 

Not getting that run early by holding the runner, who then got thrown out at home a batter later.  Bases loaded twice, including the 6th with less than two outs, and not being able to get a ball in the air to get a run home.  Just shitty execution. 

Tennessee had chance after chance after chance to put OU away.  Bad coaching decisions in the 2nd and the 7th lost them the game. 

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Also letting Parker face Pickens again ....

if you don't walk her, don't let Pickens face her.  Change her approach by putting in a different pitcher.

It worked for Tim Walton yesterday, when he started mixing and matching in just one inning to prevent further runs. 

New pitcher, new approach, maybe Parker swings at something she wasn't planning for and grounds out or flies out. 

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28 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

I was in an airport bar yelling walk her at the TV. You don’t let the other teams best player beat you in that situation, especially with a freshman on deck. Losing 4-3 is no better than losing 5-3. Stupid move by Karen Weekly that wouldn’t have happened if Ralph was still coaching there.

Absolutely. The only reason I wasn't posting about walking Parker was that I was in a doctor's office and didn't see the final score until I got back to the car. Sickening to see it ended 4-3 OU, but I wasn't shocked by that result...only that Weekly let OU's best hitter beat them. 

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2 hours ago, Gut Wagon said:

Absolutely. The only reason I wasn't posting about walking Parker was that I was in a doctor's office and didn't see the final score until I got back to the car. Sickening to see it ended 4-3 OU, but I wasn't shocked by that result...only that Weekly let OU's best hitter beat them. 

I don't know if it's just "we have won 4 championships in a row, even though 95% of those players are gone" or what, but Gasso has it DRILLED into their heads that they will win any game they play, regardless of score, inning or situation.  That's a unique mindset for a program that has matriculated the core of their four peat.

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Just now, Js1 said:

I don't know if it's just "we have won 4 championships in a row, even though 95% of those players are gone" or what, but Gasso has it DRILLED into their heads that they will win any game they play, regardless of score, inning or situation.  That's a unique mindset for a program that has matriculated the core of their four peat.

And even though the names have changed, teams seem intimidated by the Sooners. It seems they are always playing not to lose instead of playing to win.

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Just now, FloridaHorn said:

It seems they are always playing not to lose instead of playing to win.

This.  Teams think they have to be perfect to beat OU. 

Not the OU of 2021-2024.  Very good, yes, but prone to mistakes and lapses.  You just gotta play your game and go beat them. 

Here's hoping this team is very unhappy with the series sweep this season and wants to prove that isn't who they are. 

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3 hours ago, Js1 said:

I think she needs to do what she did yesterday - Trust your defense when you throw the drop ball so you can keep the pitches low, mix speeds with your changeup and change eye level for strikeouts with the rise ball. 

Yesterday was by far her best pitching performance since Tennessee game 1 because she didn't try to be perfect and strike out 10 batters; she let her drop ball do the work and Mia/Goode were very excellent behind her.  And she fielded her position well several times. 

TK’s best pitch has become the drop ball. She  gets hit hard when they rely on her rise and hunt K’s. Throw the drop and change and let your defense play.

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30 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

TK’s best pitch has become the drop ball. She  gets hit hard when they rely on her rise and hunt K’s. Throw the drop and change and let your defense play.

Her drop has been a revelation and she gets another offseason to work with Mike on her developing changeup. 

She's special.  

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42 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Her drop has been a revelation and she gets another offseason to work with Mike on her developing changeup. 

She's special.  

For people that don’t know, Coach white’s drop ball carried him all over the globe as a fast pitch player. He is a great pitching coach.

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1 minute ago, Gut Wagon said:

The Gata women and men look to be in a race to see who can get sent packing first.

softball coaches are funny.  it is win or go home and Florida doesn't start Rothrock but runs her to the bullpen in the first inning when the shit hits the fan.  If she's available at all you start her. 

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On another note, my Calallen Wildcats won their third straight Softball state title in a row this afternoon.    Lose one starter and we should be primed for a fourth next season.    Those who say Softball is not fun are idiots.   

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