What are the differences then? Let's hear themNow we know your the joker in the deck.
What are the differences then? Let's hear themNow we know your the joker in the deck.
@Westwind posted a run expectancy chart for D1 and D3 softball. While I didn't interrogate them completely, the conclusions (at least statistically) seem similar to MLB in terms of sacrifice bunting.Looking at MLB data can be helpful, but fastpitch is more fast-paced, IMO. I remember watching my daughter play a high school game a few years ago, and there being a baseball game played on a nearby field. Guess I hadn't watched a HS baseball game in a while. There was a ground ball to shortstop. I was stunned in the reminder at how much time the shortstop had to make the play. Why are you being so casual, kid? Throw the ball! He could've tied his shoe first and got the batter out.
I have a friend who annoys me frequently with his trashing of college softball because of the number of misplays and mental errors. I try to tell him, 'It's not baseball.' Softball defense is more demanding mentally because of the 60 feet, IMO. Not to mention the smaller hands and larger balls, which makes it a tad harder to field a ball cleanly. More dropped balls at first base. Putting the ball in play with runners on base does create more stress in softball. Whether that means there should be more bunting, I don't know, but just sayin'.
Wonder if those that chose to sac bunt in D1-D3 did so because the pitcher was harder to hit against?Maybe I’m wrong but it looks to me like a sac bunt to move a runner from 2nd to 3rd (standard ITB strategy) actually makes it slightly less likely the run will score? That comes from a guy that would do just that and then squeeze most of the time....
I like watching both at a high level. Watching pre-pubescent boys playing on a regulation sized field can be a bit of a bore I agree.I played baseball until college. Cannot pay me to watch it. Its horrible as a spectator.
Why don't you like it as a spectator?Softball is a more technically demanding game. Faster paced.
And a hell of a lot more fun to watch.
I played baseball until college. Cannot pay me to watch it. Its horrible as a spectator.
Why don't you like it as a spectator?