Everything posted by bschoolprof
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
let's walk it off.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
MW is a fucking genius.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
next year, they'll have Canady!
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
Totally agree. Switching gears a little, she strikes me as the ideal kind of catcher for MLB if they ever automate the zone. Rocket arm, great hitter. Basically, an outfielder. Can't block well, but moneyball says that's worth the tradeoff. Can't frame? Who gives a shit, no longer needed.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
I'm really proud of Katie C's AB last night. She has quite the fan club pulling for her on this site. It's so hard to come in cold as a PH, let alone facing the best pitcher in the game, easily one of the GOATS of the sport. She battled her ass off. Kudos to her.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
I'm reminded of something funny a colleague told me. Things every man is convinced he can do better than anyone else: 1) run a search committee (this is academia-specific, sorry) 2) build a fire 3) manage a baseball/softball team
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
Re not blocking, anyone that's watched Reese and knows baseball/softball knows she can't block, which is a shame because that's the easiest of the big 3 skills to learn. She's long and tall, which hurts her, but her struggles there are pure technique. Just dreadful. In the past we overlooked it because she's such great hitter - you can overlook a little bit of shaky defense if you are a generational hitter. But in the post-season, every little thing matters, and our defensive meltdowns - a hallmark of MW ball - came back to bite us last night.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
Counting on this lineup to prey on a "tired" Canady is foolish. We will have to scratch our guts out just to get a couple runs, just like we did last night and tonight. We really, really don't match up well against her. Tonight was the night to get it done. We got 3 runs off her. That should have been enough to win, if we're gonna win it.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
That's why he's an idiot. You play to win, not fuck around. Now the pressure is all on us. Exactly the spot we don't want to be in.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
If we win tomorrow it will be in spite of MW. The dude is so unclutch.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
Just terrible coaching across the board IMO.
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Yes she can. She's a beast.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
VH sux. MW is one stubborn mofo.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
our lineup after KS is trash.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
VH sux at DP. Should play KC. Working on reverse jinx.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
jesus fuck, I can't take the stress.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
Pull Mac. Terrible plan.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
I would go with TK. No fucking around. There is no tomorrow. Well, there is, but we should not play like it tonight.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
KC used to have funny interviews with the team on her TikTok. Then it got hacked and is a lingerie store now. I like to pretend it’s still her.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
Maybe she can call her shot and lay bunt down a la Jake Taylor.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
Gotta shut the door tonight. I've always felt that winning game 1 and losing game 2 seems worse than the reverse - it's puts all the pressure back on you, and robs momentum. We need a new approach at the plate tonight, hopefully with a better homeplate umpire that doesn't give Canady a bullshit zone. Which of our rotating cast of 8 hole DPs can best lay a fucking bunt down?
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
This. Should have done that more in game 1. We are not gonna simply gonna go up there and belt a bunch of extra base hits on her.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
she's money at adjusting to offspeed.
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
For those that didn't see it (https://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4683-2024-and-2025-softball-rules-book.aspx): See note 3
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Texas Softball 2025 - Second to no one.
it's already in the rulebook, plain as day, as an addendum.