Michigan Softball vs ND Open Thread @5:37pm
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Ground ball moves the runner to 3rd with one out. We need a STRIKEOUT right now.
1st ND batter doubles off the wall. Runner at 2nd, no outs.
two change-ups in a row. Foul ball, still 0-2.
two outs, tying run still at 3rd.
I appreciate multiple showings of your avatar today.
She never has a headache, either.
hot hitter (more ways than one, IMO). First and third with two outs.
MICHIGAN WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you immensely for the updates, I am in buffalo and can't watch, go blue
Comeback for the ages !
I STAND CORRECTED!!
Made it a lot tougher than it probably needed to be but now we just need to beat Kentucky tomorrow and forget about a rough day today.
U R THE MAN........GO BLUE
Beat Kentucky.
Way to go, M Softball! Way to show heart and come back. GO BLUE!
Way to go lady Wolverines....and against Notre Dame the win is even better.
1pm tomorrow. we'll have to win twice right?
twice, or just once? KY hasn't lost, have they?
We have to beat UK twice because they're 2-0 and we're 2-1 and it's double elimination format. I think we can do it. UK weaseled out the first game. we can beat them twice. go bluuue!
They won baby.got to play them again tomorrow Ohhh yeah.
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We would have to beat them twice cause they havent lost and its double elimination.
Really, really fun.
Brian Kelly is shaking his head
great comeback...unbelieveable, great to job girls! lets pull out 2 wins vs. UK!
Great to see we get another shot at UK after JT not pitching her best and our bats waiting until the 6th/7th to get anything going. Hopefully this late inning rally will carry over to tomorrow so we can play UM ball from the beginning instead of dragging out the late game nail biters like we have. Game 1 pressure is probably on us, even at home, but a simple win turns the tides and puts it right back on them. Great win today and I look forward to the 1 PM game tomorrow...GO BLUE!!!
game. I have been around softball for 20 years. The grit and heart that this team showed brought a tear to many an eye today. The kids never gave up. The dugout was rockin.
A few back stories that you did not see on TV. I was close enough to hear hutch give commands. I NEVER heard any panic or anxiety in her voice. Every single inning she told the kids to hang in there and keep fighting.
The game was almost stopped in the 6th inning. A ND player was rounding 1st and slipped on the bag. She almost twisted an ankle. The Ump said, "If it doesnt lighten up, we will stop play." It is still raining in AA so the game probably would have been called because it is after the 5th inning and thus a complete game. I asked an NCAA official and she said that it would be doubtful that they would have resumed play tomorrow in order to get ready for the final game(s).
Marley Powers gets the game ball. Here is a kid that gets thrown into the spotlight and came up bigtime. My hero
Tomorrow will be tought to take two but we can do it. I heard JT say she wants to pitch both games.
Thanks again for your "insider sneak peek" to on-the-field conditions.
I did not see your usual avatar. How have you been?
I was hoping for a little Yakety sax today but not the case.
Maybe tomorrow
I did well on my second Chemistry midterm, which is a relief, because that class is tough tough tough. Other then that, I have to respond to/write some e-mails and some other student work not expressly related to studying material from the class. I'm rambling a bit but I'm still a little suprised by how much non-studying work it takes to really succeed in a tough educational path.
The "NCAA official," whatever that is, was wrong. The game must be played to a completion before the next game can start. It's in the NCAA tournament rulebook. If it had stopped in the 5th or 6th, they would have resumed it from where it stopped (whether tonight or tomorrow morning) before the winner would have played Kentucky.
See page 8 here: http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/4414f18045b43492bcf5fc74b0e395c3/20…
"If play is stopped before a 7-inning game is completed, and the eight-run rule is not in effect, it shall resume at the point of interruption."
A rain delay would certainly have caused a different feel to the rest of the game, though. I doubt it would have played out the way it did with a rain delay.
Marley Powers deserves praise for her play this weekend, stepping into the lineup for Nicole Sappingfield.
reserves the right to halt games at their descretion...especially when TV is concerned.
The pace of the game was slowed completely by TV. It definately affected all pitchers. It added 30 minutes to the game. One inning late in the game we were ready to get up to the plate and take our hacks. We stepped in the batters box and the pitcher delivered a pitch but the 3rd baseman called "time" and pointed to the TV timeout coach.
The Umpire called "no pitch" and we waited for the commercial to end.
Another thing was I hated to hear the ND fight song every GD time they scored. I wanted to puke.
They can halt, but they can't stop a game and start the next one without completing the previous one. It's right there in black and white. Stoppages happen all of the time at Michigan regionals--I don't remember a regional without one--but they never ever have stopped a game without finishing it later on. TV does not make a difference; the rule is not changable by the TV network, and "The NCAA" has not reserved any right to change the rules on the spot.
I agree, the TV timeouts were getting very, very annoying. I guess that's the price we have to pay to have the games televised, but it was hard to just watch everybody stand around while the plate umpire waited for the signal from the ESPN producer by the visitors dugout.
rules. The 1pm game must go on tomorrow on time. I would imagine that they would get the game completed by 1pm but there is no guarantee.
Thank God the rain held off and it didnt get to that. You talk about ugly.
Sure, TV rules...unless there is a different rule.
TV can't say there are 2 strikes needed to strike out a batter, or 5 balls in a walk, and they can't say a game is less than 7 innings. The rule is written that games must be completed before the next one starts. Not "unless TV says otherwise." The 1 pm game must start on time if it can be started on time. If it can't, it can't. Too often, people don't take the time to learn the NCAA rules. And when they don't, they substitute conspiracy theories for their lack of knowledge. ESPN runs plenty already, don't give them credit for being allowed to change the outcome of the games.
Anyway, I'm glad it worked out the way it did.
but TV DOES dictate the schedule. I dont like it any more than you do. I would imagine that NCAA signs off on it with all parties involved.
Schedule, yes. Rules, no. Read the tournament manual; I linked to it above--TV can not over-rule the length of the game. Seven innings must be completed (unless it's a mercy situation) before the next game can be started. Period.
There are plenty of things in the tournament manual that are dictated by ESPN (like the rule "no mercy rules in the final 3-game series of the Women's College World Series)." If TV dictates a rule change, it's covered in the tournament manual.
The tournament manual clearly states that all regional games must be completed before the next one starts.
but it has some interviews with softball players and shots of the facility, and there's some other news later. (sorry, no embedding)(SFW)
to hear how things turned out. Long story short(er):
-Wifey is a social worker and has a former foster kid in active labor leaving dada bluewave to take care of our little girl
-Megamind blu-ray is messed up, like nationally, and I had to improvise
-download a new Scooby Doo movie, pacify my little firecracker, but in the process watch parts of the softball game
-start to tuck her in before mama gets home, see the unreasonable score, start to get mad and like little Cindy Lou Who, my girl walks up behind me and effectively asks why my Grinch heart is so small.
-TV off for the rest of the night, and I feel shame mixed with frustration over how our season ended in hockey. I even got to the point where I thought "of all our decorated programs, this one never seems to get knocked out early."
That's fucking right. They don't get knocked out early. War, Kentucky.
we can take two from KY. Bell is a one woman show. I just hope she has nightmares and dont sleep.
Same to the female umpire. I hope she has nightmares for a year.
I don't care if Ms. Keller (yes, her real name--Sally, not Helen) has nightmares tonight or not, but I wouldn't object to a 24-hour virus that keeps her from being able to work tomorrow...I don't want to see her back at 3rd base in game 2, calling a strike every time the bat leaves the batter's shoulder. That was just brutal.
Great come back girls. Go Blue!
This was me at the game today in the sixth inning.
Oh wow we won! I think I tuned in late during top of 6th inning when ND was up and was disgusted so I turned it off. Glad it worked out
We all think Michigan star is Amy knapp.good luck out there today.we will beat nd again and make them ho home
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Anyone know if tickets are still available for today's game(s)?
ticket if you need one. Section 7 reserved (no chair back).