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Need the top of the order to be aggressive and get a run in the 1st or 2nd. Don’t be pussies and take strikeouts. Put the ball in play at least 

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Don’t know if tech can defend, but we could pressure them with speed via bunts and steals.  I wouldn’t mind other baserunning risks either because taking extra bases can be a good way to score without multiple hits in an inning, and playing it safe probably just results in runners stranded. 

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Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Don’t know if tech can defend, but we could pressure them with speed via bunts and steals.  I wouldn’t mind other baserunning risks either because taking extra bases can be a good way to score without multiple hits in an inning, and playing it safe probably just results in runners stranded. 

I agree with you about baserunning risk because I think we should be aggressive on the bases and put as much pressure on Tech as possible. As you can see above hits and runners are a premium when facing Canady because she rarely walks batters 

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Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Don’t know if tech can defend, but we could pressure them with speed via bunts and steals.  I wouldn’t mind other baserunning risks either because taking extra bases can be a good way to score without multiple hits in an inning, and playing it safe probably just results in runners stranded. 

Yep. Mike has to be aggressive with small ball and steals. They are 21st in fielding %. OU was 9 and Tenn 13, but our speed created some runs in those 2 games 

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Atwood but figure out that change and inside pitching quick or it is going to be a long series for her. 

Even since that Clemson pitcher McChubbin girl started busting her inside, she has dropped in production.   OU and Tennessee's ace did the same and then followed with changeups down the pipe..

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17 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

Canady's changeup is the best I've seen in a while.  It's so hard to pick up and it's devastating 

It is but Reese is gonna need to figure it out quick...or run into one of her lower riseballs..

I need them up 4 plus runs so we can enjoy this...

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27 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

Js1, 

I just wanted to acknowledge your contributions to this site.  I have no fucking idea how you do it, as the volume is ungodly, but you consistently produce knowledgeable and entertaining posts in multiple threads.

It seems you really thrive on the women’s sports subjects, where it’s perhaps needed the most (buncha neckbearded, drunken slobs posting alongside you, who often need enlightenment). Some high-activity posters are cunts, but you seem like good people. You make Surly better.

Thanks.

Cat Osterman softball and Destinee Hooker volleyball got me into UT sports

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28 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

Simpson to start, with a short leash, then Mia Scott in to relieve.  

Okay but hear me out....

Simpson could probably handle Tech's offense. 

FFS, Mac Morgan shut down Tennessee for 4 innings. 

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Per the stats Tech is a slightly better defensive team than we are.  Which ain't  saying a whole lot.  They have the advantage at pitcher.  Where we have the advantage is power.  I say go for broke.  We are going to strike out.  But one big fly can win it.

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22 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Per the stats Tech is a slightly better defensive team than we are.  Which ain't  saying a whole lot.  They have the advantage at pitcher.  Where we have the advantage is power.  I say go for broke.  We are going to strike out.  But one big fly can win it.

Texas - 2nd in BA, 20th in ERA, 16th in HR per game, 13th in scoring, 30th in fielding, 10th in slugging

Tech - 34th in BA, 1st in ERA, 75th in HR per game, 35th in scoring, 21st in fielding, 50th in slugging

This is “does good pitching beat good offense?” And I sure as hell thought our pitching could do that last year against OU in the finals. It did not

Tenn was also #2 in ERA and we beat them 

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To be fair, he says the fans deserve 3 games which is his rationale for Texas in 3.

It’s been some great softball. I’m a little nervous. 

Is Raider Power no longer a board? What is the free tech board? Do tech fans even know they have a softball team? Can they spell softball? (Kidding, sort of)

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41 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Per the stats Tech is a slightly better defensive team than we are.  Which ain't  saying a whole lot.  They have the advantage at pitcher.  Where we have the advantage is power.  I say go for broke.  We are going to strike out.  But one big fly can win it.

I bet if you removed the Katie Stewart experiment at shortstop it is pretty even.   Texas' D has definitely step it up a notch recently.

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27 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Shiiitt, throw joley in the 4th spot. 
 

JS1 what say you ? 

Joley is in the right spot. Atwood is the 4 hitter, has been the 4 hitter, and will be the 4 hitter next year. Joley being hot right now just means that maybe Atwood will see a few more pitches to hit. Atwoods issue is that she is pressing. Teams are pitching around her and she refuses to take a walk.

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4 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

Joley is in the right spot. Atwood is the 4 hitter, has been the 4 hitter, and will be the 4 hitter next year. Joley being hot right now just means that maybe Atwood will see a few more pitches to hit. Atwoods issue is that she is pressing. Teams are pitching around her and she refuses to take a walk.

This. The lineup will be and remain, Maloney, Henry, Scott, Atwood, Mitchell, Stewie, Goode, DP, Bennett 

Mike doesn’t tinker with the order much. Sometime Stewie and Goode flips if Stewie is in a slump. KB has been fine at turning the lineup over 

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3 hours ago, Vito Andolini said:

Js1, 

I just wanted to acknowledge your contributions to this site.  I have no fucking idea how you do it, as the volume is ungodly, but you consistently produce knowledgeable and entertaining posts in multiple threads.

It seems you really thrive on the women’s sports subjects, where it’s perhaps needed the most (buncha neckbearded, drunken slobs posting alongside you, who often need enlightenment). Some high-activity posters are cunts, but you seem like good people. You make Surly better.

Thanks.

Hey man, what the fuck? Are you pre-menopausal or something? Nobody else better start sharing their feelings around here. 

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

To be fair, he says the fans deserve 3 games which is his rationale for Texas in 3.

It’s been some great softball. I’m a little nervous. 

Is Raider Power no longer a board? What is the free tech board? Do tech fans even know they have a softball team? Can they spell softball? (Kidding, sort of)

When I checked out Red Raider Insider earlier, this is what I gathered:

1) Not a single thread on softball started by a mod. They're dead silent on the finals tonight.

2) One meta-thread for the season that started in mid-March with various folks initially chiming in to mock watching women's softball. It's now at 44 pages. 

3) 4 other softball threads, one asking for help in understanding the softball rules. 

While there is just this one thread on this site, it's a very active thread and has been around since long before the season started. 

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20 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Hey man, what the fuck? Are you pre-menopausal or something?

Post.

And don’t get me started on how important you are to the site, why you’re just… damn, here come the waterworks! 

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7 hours ago, FloridaHorn said:

I know it is stating the obvious, but whomever wins tonight's game has a huge series advantage. A win by Texas would allow them to trot out Mac Morgan for game 2 and use TK in a closer type role. If, and it's a big IF, Texas can get a run or two early in this game Canady will be faced with the mental fatigue of trying to be perfect. 

Great point. When was the last time she pitched while trailing on the scoreboard? Must have been a while. Obviously didn't have to go back out there after giving up the 7th inning dinger to OU. 

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45 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

Post.

And don’t get me started on how important you are to the site, why you’re just… damn, here come the waterworks! 

He's a poet, and he's a picker
He's a prophet, he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.

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5 hours ago, Vito Andolini said:

Js1, 

I just wanted to acknowledge your contributions to this site.  I have no fucking idea how you do it, as the volume is ungodly, but you consistently produce knowledgeable and entertaining posts in multiple threads.

It seems you really thrive on the women’s sports subjects, where it’s perhaps needed the most (buncha neckbearded, drunken slobs posting alongside you, who often need enlightenment). Some high-activity posters are cunts, but you seem like good people. You make Surly better.

Thanks.

Here, here.

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