7 minutes ago, 40acres said:

Id rather play stanford.  There ace doesn’t throw changeups which kill us

Well Stanford starting to cook the tigers so seems likely 

7-0 all 7 in one inning the 5th 

Standford is really fast 🏃💨 especially Mahler 

Edited May 27, 20242 yr by Daniel Lovell

Softball has an umpire problem that they need to fix.  Either give coaches more challenges or let them keep challenges if they are upheld.  Almost every game I have watched has some horribly obvious missed calls that required challenges and coaches are often out of challenges by the 4th inning or earlier.

A few examples from this weekend

1. Mike White had to use challenges on obvious missed calls that should have been resolved by the 4 umps on the field instead of having to use a challenge.

2. The A$M coach had to use a challenge on the ground ball "triple play" that was fouled off the batters foot.  It was obvious that happened, yet the four blind mice missed it and required A$M coach to make the challenge.

3. LSU got screwed on the ground ball that I believe hit the runner.  They didn't review that, but they should have used a crew chief review (unless those aren't allowed until 6th inning and if not, why not?).  It would have been the third out and 1-0 Stanford.  Instead, Stanford scored 6 more runs with two outs.  NOTE:  There were questionable calls in both directions, but this one was huge.

The questionable umpiring has been hard to stomach, even in games in which I'm not emotionally invested.

Run ruled them ig 8-0 ended on a hr in the 6th 

Edited May 27, 20242 yr by Daniel Lovell

2 minutes ago, southpaw said:

Softball has an umpire problem that they need to fix.  Either give coaches more challenges or let them keep challenges if they are upheld.  Almost every game I have watched has some horribly obvious missed calls that required challenges and coaches are often out of challenges by the 4th inning or earlier.

A few examples from this weekend

1. Mike White had to use challenges on obvious missed calls that should have been resolved by the 4 umps on the field instead of having to use a challenge.

2. The A$M coach had to use a challenge on the ground ball "triple play" that was fouled off the batters foot.  It was obvious that happened, yet the four blind mice missed it and required A$M coach to make the challenge.

3. LSU got screwed on the ground ball that I believe hit the runner.  They didn't review that, but they should have used a crew chief review (unless those aren't allowed until 6th inning and if not, why not?).  It would have been the third out and 1-0 Stanford.  Instead, Stanford scored 6 more runs with two outs.  NOTE:  There were questionable calls in both directions, but this one was huge.

The questionable umpiring has been hard to stomach, even in games in which I'm not emotionally invested.

I thought it hit her to but I noticed every time they challenge they just stick with ruling on the field anyways which is pretty frustrating 

Edited May 27, 20242 yr by Daniel Lovell

1 minute ago, Daniel Lovell said:

I thought it hit her to but I noticed every time they challenge they just stick with ruling on the field anyways which is pretty frustrating 

They overturned the ones that Price and the A$M coach challenged in game 1.  I didn't count them all, and bang-bang play challenges will be iffy.  But some of these calls are so horrid that it's impossible to believe all 4 umps missed the calls.  The foul off Trinity Cannon's foot was so obvious it never should have needed to be challenged by A$M.

2 minutes ago, southpaw said:

They overturned the ones that Price and the A$M coach challenged in game 1.  I didn't count them all, and bang-bang play challenges will be iffy.  But some of these calls are so horrid that it's impossible to believe all 4 umps missed the calls.  The foul off Trinity Cannon's foot was so obvious it never should have needed to be challenged by A$M.

I agree and I don’t understand why they don’t get the challenge back doesn’t make sense to me 

Great pitching start 

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