Coach White talks replay

https://https://www.alsfastball.com/news/11734/308/Kiwi-coach-Mike-White-calls-for-video-replays-at-College-Women-s-World-Softball-Series.html

Mike White's post game thoughts. Can't say I argue the umpires have been horrible.

Well sounds like he is spot on. Just not sure even with replay that all the bad calls would be reviwable. And you gotta love the call out of Barnhill though he did not mention her by name...pretty sure he would be happy to teach his girls to pitch with Men's rules

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Black Sox pitching great Mike White has called for video replays to be introduced to softball and asked for pitching rules to be clarified after his University of Oregon team lost in the semifinals of the Women's College World Series.

White - head coach of the Oregon Ducks since 2009 - watched his team lose 4-2 to the University of Oklahoma on Monday (NZ Time).

Oregon led 2-0 after a two-run home run by senior Danica Mercado in the top of the fifth inning before 7300 fans in Oklahoma City.

But White was disappointed with an umpire's call on a bunt play when Oklahoma, the defending champions, kicked off the bottom of the fifth.

Oregon catcher Gwen Serkis was forced to make a throw and fired the ball wide of first base to start a four-run rally.

Oklahoma's Lea Wodach laid down a bunt which appeared to enter foul territory, but was called fair.

White conceded in postgame interviews that Oregon "lost the game" after Oklahoma exerted pressure.

But he felt "questionable" umpiring calls contributed to Oregon's two losses at the tournament - to the University of Washington in the first round and Oklahoma.

"Obviously the thing I'd like to see going forward, and I think this tournament has really illustrated it, is the need for an instant [video] replay, a need for the ability to make a challenge," he told the Eugene Register-Guard newspaper.

"There's been so many games decided by some calls that I think there were incorrect calls to be quite frank, and that made a big difference.

White pitched for New Zealand and the United States in six world championships between 1984 and 2004 and won two gold medals with the Black Sox.

He pitched a perfect game (no hits or runners on base) in the Black Sox's 1996 grand final win.

The Wellingtonian made some cryptic comments about pitching issues at the College World Series.

"I just want to know from a coach what the pitching rules are going to be going forward," White told the Register-Guard.

"And I won't say any more on that because there's a big controversy on that, as well, why are some players allowed to cheat and why some aren't, and what am I supposed to teach my players .... and to teach other people?

"So we need to get that sorted out."

Oregon's Megan Kleist (21-4), who earned a win and a save in elimination games Saturday, took a shutout into the fifth against Oklahoma before unraveling.

Oklahoma got its rally started when Lea Wodach reached on an error. She bunted, and though the ball was moving towards foul territory, Oregon catcher Gwen Svekis picked it up and made an errant throw to first. Wodach ended up on second.

Oregon coach Mike White thought the ball went into foul territory, and he thinks there should be a way to find out.

"One thing I'd like to see going forward, and I think this tournament has really illustrated it, is the need for an instant replay, a need for the ability to make a challenge," White said. "There's been so many games decided by some calls that could have gone — I think were incorrect calls to be quite frank, and that made a big difference. This game is played at a high speed. Umpires are human. You should have the ability to challenge a call."

Been wondering this myself, even the Little Leaguers have replay.

Ever since UofA, had such a disasterous outing, when Fowler was called illegal, the umps have ignored most IPs. I think they were instructed to let it slide.

Glad White said something wish more coaches would jump on board

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Glad White said something wish more coaches would jump on board

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but who is going to hear you if you don't do it during a game when people are watching. Maybe at the next NCAA softball meeting enough coaches will speak up and a few of them will just come out and let it be known that if the NCAA is not going to change the rules then come World Series time when everyone is watching ESPN they are going to make a big deal of it and force the umpire to either call it or kick them out of the game for objecting too many times then let the announcer explain exactly what is going to the audience and how the pitcher either is or is not legal and why it never gets called.

why ruin a good story?