Best announcer lines from CWS, 2017 edition

[obbay]

My IQ is dropping every inning I listen to her.

Choked on coffee!

So true, so true........!

she is the mother of the "late breaking rise/curve/drop/screw"

 

[JAD]

My favorite is when they describe a riseball as "hoppy"...

 

[Hawkeyes]

It was full count 2 outs runner on first. Obviously the runner takes off on the pitch. Announcer says that coach put the hit and run on there.

 

[Cannonball]

OK, so this one cracked me up but I don't remember who said it. "Her riseball is really breaking hard upward those last three feet." How about this classic. "Good bunters learn how to bunt the ball with the last 2 inches of the bat." (I could count on one hand the number of balls bunted in fair territory on the last 2 inches of the bat.)

Edited to add:

I think that Amanda has been very good in the booth for this tournament. A couple of others have made me raise an eyebrow or two.

 

[Greenmonsters]

Michelle Smith's understanding of the finer technical aspects of the game has evolved since her playing days as much as her hairstyle IMO.

 

[Phathead]

Not sure who but think it was smith, "she keeps the rise just under the batters hands". I thought the point of a rise or high fb was to just get it over the hands and bat.

 

[Cannonball]

Not sure who but think it was smith, "she keeps the rise just under the batters hands". I thought the point of a rise or high fb was to just get it over the hands and bat.

Yeah, that was a good one!

 

[shaker1]

Mendoza said, "Pendly's in the very front of the box to hit the rise before it breaks". Talk about a late break!!

 

[Cannonball]

Did you see the air that Barnhill got on that pitch Pendly just hit? She was a good 3 inches off the ground with that back foot.

 

[FastPitchCat]

paige lowary is pitching 75 mph. that ball is going to come in in less than a second. good math.