NCAA Regional Championship: Louisiana vs. Baylor G1 & G2

[ATXCajun]

Alright coach, who do you put in for your cleanup hitter who has 14 homers, a .304 average, and slugging .590 on the year?

I said nothing about taking her out. I love Sam. I just think she can clean it up by being patient, coach.

[jllanclos]

I said nothing about taking her out. I love Sam. I just think she can clean it up by being patient, coach.

I know that during our Sat game against Baylor, it looked to me like we were taking some terrible cuts at some bad pitches.

When ESPN interviewed Mike in-game, he said they're selling out to try to hit the outside pitch, because the ump obviously isn't going to call that a strike.

I guess it seemed to work Saturday. So what do I know? LOL

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[ATXCajun]

I know that during our Sat game against Baylor, it looked to me like we were taking some terrible cuts at some bad pitches.

When ESPN interviewed Mike in-game, he said they're selling out to try to hit the outside pitch, because the ump obviously isn't going to call that a strike.

I guess it seemed to work Saturday. So what do I know? LOL

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think that Mike said that Stearns was hitting her spots on the outside and getting strike calls on the curves that she was running inside, so that was why they had to sell out on one side or the other. It doesn't make sense for him to say that we are going to sell out for outside pitches that are not being called strikes. I do agree that Sam seemed to choose the outside in the second game on Sunday, and it did get her a base hit and the homer. It also helped with her patience, which was the point of my original post.

[CajunFan3406]

Damn. I'm going to have to keep this one handy.

First thing that popped into my head when I read you're reply. That's what watching too much South Park does to you.

[jllanclos]

First thing that popped into my head when I read you're reply. That's what watching too much South Park does to you.

I love it. Most appropriate Ragin' Pagin reply ever.

For a lot of different posts. LOL

[CajunEXPRESS]

So will I, since I don't coach softball, but I will also enjoy sharing my opinion about what I observed.

This is why I don't post much anymore. I'm pretty comfortable sharing my opinion and having someone strongly disagree. It's the on-high "you're not the coach" crap that really makes this not fun anymore. I know I'm not the coach, man. I'm a guy on a message board (since 2002) trying to enjoy sports conversation about the team that I love.

Enjoy Cajun sports however you like. Expect reasond criticism when you throw a student athlete under the bus because she isn't living up to your expectations. After all you can defend yourself, they can't.

[GeauxCajuns]

Back to a comment about the games, I couldn't help but think after the first game that they poked the hornets nest and were about to run into a buzz saw.

[jllanclos]

Back to a comment about the games, I couldn't help but think after the first game that they poked the hornets nest and were about to run into a buzz saw.

In hindsight, holding back a fresh Jordan vs 400 pitch stearns was brilliant. christina very well could have won it herself, but I felt like there was no way stearns could keep us down another 7 innings. Glad I was right for once. LOL

[CajunEXPRESS]

Yea, it is important to be right when your rightness results in a victory.

By the way? Everyone is giving Stearns her just due, but Jordan allowed two single run games in fourteen innings, that is pretty special.

[CajunFan3406]

Yea, it is important to be right when your rightness results in a victory.

By the way? Everyone is giving Stearns her just due, but Jordan allowed two single run games in fourteen innings, that is pretty special.

Yup and she did it despite having control and strike zone issues for both games.

[GeauxCajuns]

Yea, it is important to be right when your rightness results in a victory.

By the way? Everyone is giving Stearns her just due, but Jordan allowed two single run games in fourteen innings, that is pretty special.

did she throw 14 innings? i thought one of the games was a mercy rule.

[RaginDave]

You are correct, she threw only 6 innings on Sunday night in that 6 inning mercy rule game, so she gave up 2 single runs in 13 innings of work.

Not to mention Christina Hamilton, taking a lot of pressure off of Jordan by pitching a gem vs Weber State. This allowed Jordan to be able to pitch both of those games vs Baylor.