SB Open Thread vs Cal on ESPN2
The SB team is playing Cal in the Regionals on ESPN2. Cal defeated Pitt yesterday to advance.
ESPN has the game scheduled and announced at 4pm. the MgoBlue website that is linked to the NCAA Regional Brackets has the game starting at 6:30pm. Usually TV is more acurate, so I am opening this thread assuming the game is at 4pm.
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Pitt leads Cal 5-2 in the 5th.
MGoSoftball, who would you rather Michigan play?
Pitt is just "happy to be here" whereas Cal has something to prove. Cal is a "better" team there is no doubt. Cal was looking past Pitt for tomorrow's rematch with us.
Pitt won 6-3.
With a weird twist of fate I'll be in town tomorrow. Can anyone familiar with the last day fill me in on how tough getting a ticket will be? Full disclosure: this is the first place I've gone to, so if the box office still has tickets I'll be unaware for the next few minutes.
Edit: MGoBlue is sold out, no results on Craigslist or StubHub. Help! Please! Anyone!
I would hang out by the outfield entrance by the main parking lot. You will find a ticket.
Your M Card is not accepted at NCAA Sanctioned Events. I did this a few years ago as my schedule opened up and I said what the hell, and went to the game without a ticket. You will not have a problem finding a single in the outfield bleachers.
Hopefully it works out, and hopefully it's a short one. I'll be in Ann Arbor for all of about five hours before catching a flight. If it goes two games I'll be following on Twitter, which would really suck after being there earlier.
They had signs up before the game today saying tickets were available at the gate, so you might be in luck. Hope you can make it!
It's Pitt.
6-3 final over Cal.
Cal is a much better team than Pitt. I do not want to jinx us but we could be done early tomorrow.
Its W. Kentucky and Georgia in the other Regional with W. Kentucky holding the top spot. I think we can take either one of these teams in the Supers.
they are praising this umpiring crew as "dynamite," meanwhile the strike zone is literally random.
The announcers are referring to the "outside edge," but the ball is literally in the opposite batter's box.
I don't know who we would have preferred to face, so it's really neither here nor there, but as much as I enjoy these games, the strike "zone" just drives me batty.
have been kissing ass all day. I know they are trying to make the game interesting for the "common folks" but they need to calm down.
The Umpires were inconsistant that is for sure but that is the nature of softball. Some umpires call the game "nose to toes, dugout to dugout" while others have a more traditional baseball strikezone.
I prefer the smaller strikezone because it forces the pitchers to try and pitch around us. However our powerful lineup takes advantage quickly.
"The first diagram will be a horizontal representation depicting the width of the strike zone. The limits of the width are bounded by the edges of the 17-inch wide home plate plus the width of the softball as it grazes either edge."
HA HA HA HA HA.
http://cagesplus.com/prop-addresses-college-softball-strike-zone/
Apparently, that's a diagram the NCAA "Playing Rules Oversight Panel" put out there.
I still don't get why they can't find better umps than this, but I guess it is what it is.
I would not have believed it. I would imagine that most people, coaches and players prefer the smaller strikezone. Pitchers hate it.
It makes the game more interesting to watch from the common folk. Now I have been coaching for 20 years so a 1-0, dual no hitter is a great game IMO. But I understand most people like to see offense.