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    PGF nationals

    Is the 18u platinum division of this tournament that just finished in Irvine the top tournament in the country, IYO?
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    Monica Abbott retires

    Monica Abbott announced her retirement today. She's a softball treasure, if not a national treasure. Always classy. Best wishes to her future endeavors.
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    What's the college rule on this ...

    Let's say the starting pitcher is batting for herself in a college lineup. She's replaced by a reliever. When the pitcher's place in the lineup comes up, the starting pitcher re-enters the game and bats. I believe that's legal. But then can the same reliever re-enter the game and resume pitching?
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    Interesting article on former player living with concussion symptoms

    My daughter was a travel ball teammate of former South Carolina player Madison Owens for a season. Thought highly of her and her family. She has an interesting story to tell about career-ending concussions. She started quickly at South Carolina, then I couldn't find what happened to her. Wish...
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    Tournament champions

    As for the Power 5 conferences, congrats to Arizona State, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Nebraska and Florida State. Except for FSU, those are schools that hadn't won in a while, some not ever. Oklahoma's dominance aside, it seems that college softball is showing more widespread success among the...
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    Sweet swing by this little kid

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    Bragging on ex-teammates

    My DD's career didn't get to college, but I'm proud that three of her former travel-ball teammates rank No. 4, No. 8 and No. 11 in ACC hitting right now. I don't think it's a problem sharing who they are - Logan Morris of N.C. State, Tricia Awald of Georgia Tech and Ellie Mataya of Boston...
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    Veronica Nelson & the lost art of the intentional walk

    In 2021, there was only one intentional walk issued in the WCWS. It’s going out of fashion. Not saying that's wrong, but interesting. In 2003, Cal’s Veronica Nelson alone drew 11 intentional walks in one WCWS – 7 times w/ the bases empty and twice with a runner at 1st. In the first round that...
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    Should you ever contest a steal of 2nd w/ runner at 3rd?

    I have play-by-play data from the WCWS since 1997, and I've found this statistic to be fascinating. Only one player has been thrown out trying to steal second with a runner at third in the last 25 years at the WCWS. Those attempting to steal 2nd are successful 93 of 94 times with a runner at...
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    How Oklahoma compared to, say, Ted Williams

    OU just posted their final stats. They hit .405 on the season. The last MLB player to hit .400 was Ted Williams in 1941. I prorated OU's team statistics to match the number of plate appearances that Williams had (606) to compare the two ... *Sac flies were counted as outs in 1941 MLB.
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    College softball simulation

    A few months ago, I posted that I'd created a game to simulate college softball that includes top teams and players of the past. It began as a cards-and-dice board game, but in the process of testing it, I put the game on Excel, and all that morphed into a full-fledged Excel game. If anybody...
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    College softball board game

    So, I’ve invented a board game that simulates college softball. It’s just a hobby, not trying to sell anything. The game plays kinda like Strat-O-Matic or APBA if anybody ever played those games. Roll dice, get the result of the play. I just set up a Twitter site (link below) in case anyone...
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    How much better is college softball now than 10-20 years ago?

    I've been having fun watching some older college softball games. One below is UCLA vs. Cal in the 2003 WCWS. I've watched others from this era with Natasha Watley, Jessica Mendoza, etc. I'm not going to poison the jury with my opinions. More interested in yours. How good is the quality you...
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    Extra year for college players

    Before the covid thread went poof, I was enjoying the discussion on the extra year for college players. How many players will exercise this allowance, and how many will get on with their lives? I don't have a dog in the fight (or daughter in the arena, as it were), so haven't thought much about...
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    Frequency of force outs at high levels

    Scenario: Power 5-level college game. Runner at first. Less than two outs. Ground ball ... If you had to guess, how often is there going to be a force at second base for each of the 5 infield positions? And how often will the runner advance to second on the out? Is it 50/50? Is it 70%...
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    value of cheap education

    so a while back I posted about how DD's college coach was giving her the cold shoulder. yada yada yada and she decommitted last week. Shed no tear. Happy to be a regular student somewhere else than play where's she's not comfortable. But now a small NAIA school has approached and there's a...
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    New college coach making us nervous

    DD is committed to a school with a new coach. Coach has said verbals will stand. DD has talked with the coach and they've exchanged texts, but sometimes texts go unreturned. We're talking fewer than 10 texts since season ended so it's not a barrage of them. What should she make of that...
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    Online HS stats

    My daughters high school team has a little argument going on about the coach putting stats on maxpreps. It makes some look good but embarrasses others. Mine is doing OK so she doesnt care but I think I side with those who believe they should stay private or should have everyone's permission...
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    DD not a fan of HS coach

    DD is not hitting much in HS ball. She's a sophomore. She has committed to a college team. This is a new school. The head coach is new. He frequently tells her not to dip her shoulder. He nags her about it. It might be that she's tilting too much, I don't know. But she does not believe in...
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    Performance anxiety

    I wonder if anyone here has had a child, or who coached a player, who had real bad performance anxiety. My daughter is struggling with it right now. High school season just started, and she says she feels nauseous during the game and cannot relax. She’s not playing particularly well, and her...

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