2022 Texas Softball - Locked and Loaded

[Js1 87175]

Jefferson Big 12 record watch -

314 hits after today. 15 from tying Sami Williams’ 329

[Js1 87175]

We are currently 11th in RPI

Seriously - who the fuck thought we'd be top 11 in the most important metric for postseason seeding after we went 0-fer in Clearwater? 

Starting a nice little 8 game homestand in the next 3 weeks  - Louisiana on Wednesday, ISU this weekend, UTA on April 6, followed by a week off and then OU April 14-16.  

8 game homestand, followed by a 7 game road trip that is all conference (OSU, Tech and a single game at Baylor) 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Gotta win all of our games against Kansas ( ✅ ) , ISU, Texas Tech, and Baylor to keep pace with the 2 Okie schools that will almost certainly win all their games against those opponents. 

[torre 1298]

https://soonersports.com/sports/softball/stats/2022/baylor/boxscore/11800

 

Seeing this thead,  reviewed OU and OKSt schedules.

Baylor had a 1-0 lead yesterday vs OU thru 6.2 and Jennings hit a 3 run walkoff HR.   Heartbreak...   Baylor's pitcher was Omre,  Fresno St transfer.

OU has run ruled 25 of 29 opponents.   Saw a few innings of their game vs Kentucky on SECN.   Jordy Bahl, their ace pitcher, is a machine.   Will be interesting to see MW's hitting and pitching strategy.

[Pato del Muerto 53460]

35 minutes ago, torre said:

OU has run ruled 25 of 29 opponents.   Saw a few innings of their game vs Kentucky on SECN.   Jordy Bahl, their ace pitcher, is a machine.   Will be interesting to see MW's hitting and pitching strategy.

I can’t imagine his strategy will matter much. 

[Js1 87175]

7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I can’t imagine his strategy will matter much. 

We are boned 

[Catpfish 618]

Hope Trautwein (transfer in from North Texas) has given up 1 earned run in 47 innings.  I thought she might struggle a little, but nope 

[Js1 87175]

2 minutes ago, Catpfish said:

Hope Trautwein (transfer in from North Texas) has given up 1 earned run in 47 innings.  I thought she might struggle a little, but nope 

At this point in time, anyone expecting a transfer pitcher to go to OU and struggle is delusional.   Gasso is the Nick Saban of softball.   Jesus fucking Christ, what else is there to accomplish for her? 

[FloridaHorn 4886]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

At this point in time, anyone expecting a transfer pitcher to go to OU and struggle is delusional.   Gasso is the Nick Saban of softball.   Jesus fucking Christ, what else is there to accomplish for her? 

In a year or so, she will be able to add a SEC Championship to her record.

[FloridaHorn 4886]

By the way, really sad news from this weekend with the passing of Joan Joyce. Coach Joyce was the only coach FAU has ever had and was a true legend. She is the greatest American female athlete of all time, is a member of several Hall of Fames, and played professionally in several sports. When my daughter was being recruited, she was one of the most genuine coaches we got to meet. Rest High Joan!

[Js1 87175]

Already mentioned RPI yesterday

#11 RPI (up 1 spot)
#15 CSM (up 5 spots)
#15 D1 Softball (up 1 spot)
#16 Softball America (no change)
#19 ESPN/USA Softball (up 4 spots)
#21 USA Today/NFCA (up 3 spots)

The major media polls are still wary on us, but they didn't buy into the post-UL/LSU hype as much as the others.  We appropriately rose for our 4-0 record last week but were lower for the major media polls last week. 

And surprisingly, Texas' 26 wins so far is only surpassed by OU (29), FSU (30), UCLA (28), Alabama (28), Florida (27), Georgia (29) and Auburn (27) for ranked teams.  Our 9 losses are better than teams ahead of us like Washington, Clemson, Arizona, LSU and equal to Tennessee and Michigan

[LTtxfan 49991]

 

[LTtxfan 49991]

 

[LTtxfan 49991]

HaHaHaHa  😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

[LTtxfan 49991]

 

[Js1 87175]

1-0 us on a bases loaded walk. Drew 3 straight 2 out walks 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Should have been another run walked in but the umpire gave the ULL pitcher cosplaying as an adult film librarian a very generous call outside the zone. 1-0 top of the 2nd now

Edited March 30, 2022 by perfectchaos007

[Js1 87175]

2 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Should have been another run walked in but the umpire gave the ULL pitcher cosplaying as an adult film librarian a very generous call outside the zone. 1-0 top of the 2nd now

They have Dolcini a questionable strike 3 at the shins. Gonna be wild 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Just now, Js1 said:

They have Dolcini a questionable strike 3 at the shins. Gonna be wild 

We got the same home plate ump from the UT aggy baseball game last night

[Js1 87175]

2-0 us. Terrible defense by UL

[Js1 87175]

3-0 us. More terrible defense, OF took an awful read on that

[shadow_operative2.0 16258]

4-0, Mary took forever to get to the plate there. 

[Js1 87175]

4-0 us. Challenging if Iakopo was safe. Questionable send - I guess if we have the ump from last night, we can have David Pierce at 3rd

That’s obstruction by the letter but I bet they don’t call it 

Edited March 30, 2022 by Js1

[Js1 87175]

Yeah told ya. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16258]

Holy fuck, blew that lead. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Error bug infecting our team again today. 

[ClubWhatever 12285]

9 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Error bug infecting our team again today. 

There was no visual evidence to overturn the tag at 2nd. The umps fucked that up.

[bschoolprof 6341]

52 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Should have been another run walked in but the umpire gave the ULL pitcher cosplaying as an adult film librarian a very generous call outside the zone. 1-0 top of the 2nd now

That chick was smoke. Sad to see her go. 

[ClubWhatever 12285]

12 minutes ago, bschoolprof said:

That chick was smoke. Sad to see her go. 

[Pato del Muerto 53460]

She’s a freshman from barbers hill as well?

[shadow_operative2.0 16258]

Walk this bitch off. 

[ClubWhatever 12285]

Never played or coached softball but I declare that the “run up” method of batting is stupid. 

[Pato del Muerto 53460]

Getting frustrated at all of these hard hit foul balls and outs with nothing productive. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Might be one of those fuck around and find out game. We fucked around in the 3rd inning with 2 errors and giving up 4 unearned runs

[Pato del Muerto 53460]

And of course they hit one hard in the air and we can’t get to it.  Silly game. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16258]

And there it is. 

[Js1 87175]

I’d rather get our ass beat than blow a huge lead to end a big streak. How stupid. 3 fucking errors 

[shadow_operative2.0 16258]

Ain’t dead yet. 

[bschoolprof 6341]

Errors galore, runner thrown out at home, a mike white special. 

[shadow_operative2.0 16258]

Now we’re dead. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

We lose. The unfocused and error prone Texas softball team from February came back.

[Js1 87175]

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

We lose. The unfocused and error prone Texas softball team from February came back.

Huzzah! 

[torre 1298]

Gerry Glasco can coach softball  !

Down 4-0, kept battling.   That little centerfiielder with the outstanding plays is a freshman.   Doubt if he cares how many homeruns she hits.

Did you all notice that Singleton with with MW to the circle ?   Seems he is taking over the defense ?   I have not noticed that before.

[Goodman 3282]

3 hours ago, torre said:

Gerry Glasco can coach softball  !

Down 4-0, kept battling.   That little centerfiielder with the outstanding plays is a freshman.   Doubt if he cares how many homeruns she hits.

Did you all notice that Singleton with with MW to the circle ?   Seems he is taking over the defense ?   I have not noticed that before.

I noticed it, just not really sure what to think about it all right now. You can't let that one get away.

[Js1 87175]

7 hours ago, Goodman said:

I noticed it, just not really sure what to think about it all right now. You can't let that one get away.

Yeah. Disappointing to lose yesterday but we did go 17-3-1 in March after 9-7 in February.  Didn’t lose a game from March 5 until March 30

[LTtxfan 49991]

 

[torre 1298]

Iowa St (19-13),  Big12 stats, 4th hitting and pitching, 3rd in fielding.   We are 3rd in hitting and pitching, 5th in fielding (.957).

6PM Fri, 1PM Sat, 12PM Sun  LHN

 

This is Iowa St's opening conference series.   They have been battle tested with losses to Wash, UCLA, and Arizona.   On paper won't be the easiest team to sweep.

 

https://big12sports.com/stats.aspx?path=softball&year=2022

[shadow_operative2.0 16258]

Solo yack in top 1. 

[Js1 87175]

Down 0-1 already. 2nd batter hit a solo HR

[ClubWhatever 12285]

Can’t throw an offspeed pitch for a strike.  Teeing off on belt high meat.