The family and one of my players attended the home opener for my wife's Alma Mater, Canisius College this afternoon. They took on Detroit University. Detroit won the game 11-5.
Game time temp was 47*. It was 32* with the wind chill.
Every Canisius bat was a Demarini. Detroit was a variey of Xeno's, LXT's and Mako's (not the torq).
Glove brands varied. If I was to take a wild guess, I'd tell you A2000's\A2K's and Nokona's were the gloves of choice.
Not one player on either team wore a face mask in the field. It was ~60/40 for girls wearing a face mask on their batting helmet.
The lack of girls wearing batting gloves was astounding to me especially with the temp. A total of 6 players on both sides wore gloves.
If I was to take a guess on pitching speed I'd guess high 50's. There might have been a couple of pitches over 60 mph. All 4 pitchers had good curve balls. I thought all 4 of their change ups were mediocre at best. The 2nd Detroit pitcher was the most effective hitting her spots and mixing speeds well.
More than half of the girls were hitting from an open stance.
Saw a grand slam and another shot to CF. It was cold and the wind was blowing across and slightly in. These were SHOTS! Both came off LXT's.
The ump was giving the river to the pitcher. We sat directly behind home plate and the backstop is pretty short. I had a great view of the plate. Top of the strike zone was the belt.
4 runs in the game were because of wild pitches\passed ball.
I was shocked to see a base runner go 1st to 3rd on a bunt (this was executed 3x's)...2x's it was because 3rd wasn't covered.
Maybe once I thaw out, I'll think of some more...
CP
Game time temp was 47*. It was 32* with the wind chill.
Every Canisius bat was a Demarini. Detroit was a variey of Xeno's, LXT's and Mako's (not the torq).
Glove brands varied. If I was to take a wild guess, I'd tell you A2000's\A2K's and Nokona's were the gloves of choice.
Not one player on either team wore a face mask in the field. It was ~60/40 for girls wearing a face mask on their batting helmet.
The lack of girls wearing batting gloves was astounding to me especially with the temp. A total of 6 players on both sides wore gloves.
If I was to take a guess on pitching speed I'd guess high 50's. There might have been a couple of pitches over 60 mph. All 4 pitchers had good curve balls. I thought all 4 of their change ups were mediocre at best. The 2nd Detroit pitcher was the most effective hitting her spots and mixing speeds well.
More than half of the girls were hitting from an open stance.
Saw a grand slam and another shot to CF. It was cold and the wind was blowing across and slightly in. These were SHOTS! Both came off LXT's.
The ump was giving the river to the pitcher. We sat directly behind home plate and the backstop is pretty short. I had a great view of the plate. Top of the strike zone was the belt.
4 runs in the game were because of wild pitches\passed ball.
I was shocked to see a base runner go 1st to 3rd on a bunt (this was executed 3x's)...2x's it was because 3rd wasn't covered.
Maybe once I thaw out, I'll think of some more...
CP
