2022 Texas Softball - Locked and Loaded

[Rickylovesweed 14535]

OU's lineup is too good. 

Might limit them for 1 game but that's about it. 

[FloridaHorn 4769]

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

UCLA opted for Azevedo

And OU leads 3-0 already, no outs.  Walk, double, 3 run HR.

and that is why I said to start Faraimo. Now their hands are tied. OU is too good to fool with offspeed 2-3 times through the order.

Edited June 6, 2022 by FloridaHorn

[ClubWhatever 12154]

I haven’t watched Alo much but it looks like you want to stay up against her and preferably up and in.  She seems to really like it low.  

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

50 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

I think they start Faraimo, get to the 3rd and then go to Azevedo. You can always bring Faraimo back in if needed to close things out. It will interesting to see what OU does if UCLA can get a couple early off Trautwine.

They should have started Faraimo…in hindsight.

[Js1 85473]

See if UCLA has a response in them, 1 or 2 runs would be nice

[Kel Varnsen 8540]

Isn't that a similar play to what they called Janae out on? At least JJ was on the line most of the time. That OU player was totally inside the line.

Edited June 6, 2022 by Kel Varnsen

[Rickylovesweed 14535]

This is going to be over soon. 

[FloridaHorn 4769]

15 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

They should have started Faraimo…in hindsight.

LOL, for me it wasn't hindsight, I posted my opinion in the 6th inning of game 1. If they started Faraimo, they could've went to Azevedo and then reentered Faraimo late in the game. The only way to beat this team is to stay ahead of their adjustments. Now they are going to Faraimo in the 2nd and she is going to have to go the distance.

[Kel Varnsen 8540]

I don't think it would have mattered who they pitched...

[Js1 85473]

6 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

LOL, for me it wasn't hindsight, I posted my opinion in the 6th inning of game 1. If they started Faraimo, they could've went to Azevedo and then reentered Faraimo late in the game. The only way to beat this team is to stay ahead of their adjustments. Now they are going to Faraimo in the 2nd and she is going to have to go the distance.

I never have thought KIP to be more than an above-average coach who can recruit well (bc she's at UCLA).  Looks like that thought continues. 

[Pam Cummings 9653]

Alrighty then.

[Tailgate 3022]

Absolute beast.

[FloridaHorn 4769]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I never have thought KIP to be more than an above-average coach who can recruit well (bc she's at UCLA).  Looks like that thought continues. 

She doesn't even recruit well. UCLA recruits itself....if she was that good, she would have Jennings and Alo on her team. 

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

5 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

I don't think it would have mattered who they pitched...

[FloridaHorn 4769]

Alo has the swing that all power hitters should be taught. The way she keeps her hands back so long, allowing her hips to clear, creates so much bat speed. It's amazing to watch that girl swing the bat. 

[Js1 85473]

2 minutes ago, FloridaHorn said:

She doesn't even recruit well. UCLA recruits itself....if she was that good, she would have Jennings and Alo on her team. 

That's what I meant, UCLA recruits itself.  She's not doing that much to make it better - above-average at best.   

[Js1 85473]

Also this is my fear of exactly how our semifinal would go too - maybe we pull an upset in game 1 out of desperation, but then OSU remembers they're the 2nd best team in OKC and kick our ass in the if-necessary game. 

[FloridaHorn 4769]

You may have HTSD, that’s Horns Traumatic Stress Disorder and is common among Longhorn faithful over the last 12 years

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Also this is my fear of exactly how our semifinal would go too - maybe we pull an upset in game 1 out of desperation, but then OSU remembers they're the 2nd best team in OKC and kick our ass in the if-necessary game. 

[Sbbruin 21866]

This is not going the way I had hoped.

[SL Xpress 7517]

2 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

This is not going the way I had hoped.

 

They seem like they're pretty good. You guys took one. That was impressive enough. The only teams the Sooners have lost to this year are in the Final Four.

[Sbbruin 21866]

1 minute ago, SL Xpress said:

 

They seem like they're pretty good. You guys took one. That was impressive enough. The only teams the Sooners have lost to this year are in the Final Four.

Yeah, I read they had mercied  the other team something like 39 out of 56 games.  

[bschoolprof 6271]

Also this is my fear of exactly how our semifinal would go too - maybe we pull an upset in game 1 out of desperation, but then OSU remembers they're the 2nd best team in OKC and kick our ass in the if-necessary game. 

I think we will lose the first one, but then again I’ve doubted this team all year.

[quigley 1563]

2 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Yeah, I read they had mercied  the other team something like 39 out of 56 games.  

As an OU fan, UCLA's pitching depth made them the biggest challenge in WCWS. Good game, at least the first one.

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

11 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

 

They seem like they're pretty good. You guys took one. That was impressive enough. The only teams the Sooners have lost to this year are in the Final Four.

Uh….Final 3!

[Tailgate 3022]

Watching history at this point. Unreal player.

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

2 minutes ago, Tailgate said:

Watching history at this point. Unreal player.

Yea, but the team in red lives in Oklahoma.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Oklahoma seems angry about the first game 

[SL Xpress 7517]

8 runs in one inning seems like a lot. Is that a lot?

You know what the difference was in the game? The pitcher UCLA started out with. I'm sure of it at this point.

[Js1 85473]

9 minutes ago, Tailgate said:

Watching history at this point. Unreal player.

They’ll just bring in another who will hit 200 career HRs or some shit 

[SL Xpress 7517]

BTW, in the bottom of the 5th, total bases is now OU 23, UCLA 2. 

The difference is UCLA being the home team. We're about to see that evened out here.

Edit - Woo hoo! A baserunner! A real live baserunner! Goooooooo Bruins! You got this!

Edited June 6, 2022 by SL Xpress

[Pancho 44909]

3 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

It’s their school hand signal. I mean that literally. It’s been that way for decades. They’re the ones that started the whole thing. I used to get kids throwing Horns down at me in an Oklahoma high school back in the 80s because they knew I was a rabid Texas fan. It’s not new. 

They buy all kinds of gear licensed by Texas with the horns down or the Longhorn symbol upside down. They’ll throw the Horns down when they make great play even when Texas isn’t involved  

I get that people are perplexed by it, but it’s ancient fucking history at this point. Every one else doing it is the new thing. 

This is correct. 

Our fans need to stop thinking they do the horns down because they are constantly thinking of Texas.  That is incorrect.  It's clear they fully believe that is just their hand signal.  They've never had one (like the cool other universities) so they've adopted that.  It doesn't really mean "fuck Texas" rather it means "go ou."

[ruitxn 298]

1 hour ago, FloridaHorn said:

Alo has the swing that all power hitters should be taught. The way she keeps her hands back so long, allowing her hips to clear, creates so much bat speed. It's amazing to watch that girl swing the bat. 

She could have been a great golfer too. And…would make more money!

[SL Xpress 7517]

1 minute ago, Pancho said:

This is correct. 

Our fans need to stop thinking they do the horns down because they are constantly thinking of Texas.  That is incorrect.  It's clear they fully believe that is just their hand signal.  They've never had one (like the cool other universities) so they've adopted that.  It doesn't really mean "fuck Texas" rather it means "go ou."

Well, kinda. It's a nifty combination all in one. Look, they celebrate people who cheated to get their land. They're not right thinking people. No way around that.

It's going to be interesting being affiliated with OU, Arkansas, and A&M all at the same time. They can have a battle royale for who hates us the most.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Last 3 teams still alive are

OU
OKST
Texas

Big 12 commissioner:

[SL Xpress 7517]

I feel like UCLA is getting sympathy cards from the Tutsis. 

If Texas somehow makes it past Oklahoma State, I'm not above considering some kind of food poisoning.

[dcar00 14321]

29 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

I feel like UCLA is getting sympathy cards from the Tutsis. 

If Texas somehow makes it past Oklahoma State, I'm not above considering some kind of food poisoning.

do you know a Patel in Stillwater?

[Pato del Muerto 52553]

3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

do you know a Patel in Stillwater?

And how would that help?

[Rickylovesweed 14535]

45 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Last 3 teams still alive are

OU
OKST
Texas

Big 12 commissioner:

aggy counts this as 2 SEC teams. 

[LTtxfan 49327]

19 hours ago, Js1 said:

2.5 months ago I thought these girls hated softball and playing for Mike. Because they sure looked like it and Mike’s new style wasn’t working 

Today:

 

Great stuff Js1

Would be interesting to hear from players after the season about what changed -- they sure seem to have more joy playing now.

Kinda funny seeing Mike "fly the bird" when he felt like his players weren't getting a fair game -- wonder how much of an effective that had for this team as well ??

Really have enjoyed watching the two regionals + WCWS with Horns showing so much fight and heart. 

Been a fun ride -- let's go Horns !!  🤘

[FloridaHorn 4769]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

They’ll just bring in another who will hit 200 career HRs or some shit 

She may already be there in the form of Tiara Jennings

[FloridaHorn 4769]

24 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Great stuff Js1

Would be interesting to hear from players after the season about what changed -- they sure seem to have more joy playing now.

Kinda funny seeing Mike "fly the bird" when he felt like his players weren't getting a fair game -- wonder how much of an effective that had for this team as well ??

Really have enjoyed watching the two regionals + WCWS with Horns showing so much fight and heart. 

Been a fun ride -- let's go Horns !!  🤘

Mike has done a masterful job late in the season playing the “Us against to world card.” The team believed it, and the NCAA did him a favor by sending them way out west, as that was just more fuel for his fire.

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

Sheik (?) starting on the mound.

[Js1 85473]

Czech gets the start. No change in the defensive lineup. Day stays at DP

[Js1 85473]

And OSU going with Day, not Maxwell 

[FloridaHorn 4769]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Czech gets the start. No change in the defensive lineup. Day stays at DP

This could be a genius move or a total fail, and nothing in between 

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

Almost

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

K

[Js1 85473]

Just now, Cairn Horn88 said:

Almost

Sun -> shade and wall 

[Cairn Horn88 8277]

The ump hehind the plate is the same one who ejected White for giving the finger…hmmm.