Michigan LSU Softball Open Thread

Submitted by Bambi on

Michigan LSU is starting now on ESPN after Florida finally beat Auburn in 9 innings earlier.

Michigan is starting Betsa and is the home team.

Michigan needs to win one of two today to advance to play Florida in the WCWS Finals starting tomorrow.

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Tkriz

May 31st, 2015 at 4:57 PM ^

Great comment on pregame....I haven't seen this much action at home in a long time...I assume you mean on the softball field.



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TyTrain32

May 31st, 2015 at 5:53 PM ^

Ok soooo why dont we finish out the winners bracket and the loser in the final play the one loss team with the winner of the winners bracket getting a bye and a day off while the "2nd" and "3rd" place teams duke it out for the right to play the champ?



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Victor Valiant

May 31st, 2015 at 5:55 PM ^

Interesting that women's softball doesn't frown upon signaling signs from 2nd base. I know it happens in men's baseball but is typically frowned upon and will usually earn a fastball in the ribs.

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falco_alba15

May 31st, 2015 at 7:15 PM ^

Women have to be a little more passive aggressive than that. We get a lot of revenge on the base paths. I can't begin to tell you how many times I rung the bell of a bad attitude player. I was a third baseman and sometimes I'd just let the ball hit her in the back on a pickoff play. I'd put a little more mustard on a tag than needed or I'd aim for a sensitive place. Getting revenge at the plate is harder because the game is so much faster and the base paths are shorter. Pitchers will keep the ball high and tight on players but not in the numbers. I can say for myself that I was not a nice ballplayer.

Keep in mind though that stealing signs usually happens from the dugouts, watching the coaches. For the most part, coaches call pitches.



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freejs

May 31st, 2015 at 6:06 PM ^

complaining about the outside pitch, when they've referred all weekend to the strike zone being a "matter of opinion" and always casually refer to that as "the river." 
(both these things are ridiculous, but that's the current state of softball)

Fuck you. 

As if that k zone is what is always called, lol. 

And Beth Mowins makes more mistakes per inning than any major network announcer out there. She sucks. 

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