Yikes. Besides Christner, bats have looked brutal and Huskies chased Betsa after one out.
Not a great start.
Why the hell did Ramirez go to first instead of third?
This will likely be a mercy rule game.
I don't think Hutch had any reason to pull Betsa so early.
Obviously it's not worth it to put her back in now because this is an automatic loss, but bizarre coaching too.
Just not our year.
Better hit the recruiting trail hard this off season.
I still don't understand why baseball and softball don't start later in the year than they do now. Totally unfair to northern schools to have to be on the road as much as they are to start the season. You're right though, Hutch will get things right. There are a lot of good players that would love to play here I'm sure of it.
Is Blanco the team's ace next season ?
She's going to have to give us some serious innings, even if this freshman from Monroe St Mary's is all that.
It's softball. I had forgotten that the strike zone was the size of a Buick.
Son of a bitch.
UW makes 2 errors and gives us runners on the corners and then we GIDP to end the inning without doing any damage.
I fear that might have been our last best shot today.
Ah...we really needed at least one run in that inning. Wasted opportunity.
And I guess that's the end of that.
Can someone explain why the game ended? Mercy rule for an 8-run lead?
Correct. The run-rule in NCAA is 8 runs, not 10.
but the team just doesn't seem to have the tenacity and fire of recent years past? Obviously, Romo changed the feel of the whole lineup and that whole leadership core was excellent.
This team seems sloppy and unsure of itself, like no one really was able to take the leadership reigns?
I was really frustrated by the play when we ran right into the tag so that Christner could be doubled up at first. That's just bad baseball/softball. Not a play a mentally sharp team makes.
Hutch is the best, so it's sad to see us fall off.
What kills me? Romo has anything like her underclassmen WCWS last year and I think we win it all. I still think if we had won that thriller from Oklahoma in the 2nd game we would have won it all. Romo seemed to press the whole WCWS and just wasn't herself. Wish we could have gotten both Romo's to come here. Then we *definitely* would have won it all last year.
My 2005 shirts are getting old and beat up. Wish to hell I could have gotten a new one from one of the last few years.
The incoming freshmen will need to make an impact if this team is going to have a good season next year. The returning roster is not that strong at pitching or hitting.
what exciting teams those were.
I said the recruiting had taken a dip two years ago and I was chastised and laughed at. Romo's senior class covered up a ton of deficiencies within the rest of the roster.
It's really simple, Michigan needs to recruit higher ranked players. Worst season in 20 years and next year doesn't look any brighter.
That went pretty much as expected...Itll be weird to not see Michigan even in a Super Regional
Or go home. Not dead. Yet.
GO BLUE!
at her job. She's been sucking at her job year after year - she pulls this shit every WCWS.
Know how many fucking outs there are, okay?
It's a simple fucking job.
She's constantly busy reading promo shit and other scores and doesn't get the most essential part of her job down: pay attention to the fucking game you're calling.
She also never corrects herself/never apologizes. I find it just insulting to the women's game. Every baseball announcer is embarrassed as hell if they get the outs wrong. As a player, it's a mistake you just cannot make. Same goes for an announcer.
and it just blows my mind.
I can't stand MRA aholes giving Mendoza a hard time - I think she's great.
But Mowins? Getting that kind of high profile bump? It's ridiculous. She has a nice enough voice, but she makes way too many mistakes for an experienced professional.
(although I'm pretty sure the only reason ESPN is in extremis is because of some truly shitty tv deals they made)
if Hutchins finds a way to pull this Regional out it would probably be her best best wins outside of the 2005 season..All season long Michigan has struggled against top 20 teams..Uncharacteristic for us.. Washington has alot of REALLY big wins this year including handing Minnesota 2 of its 4 losses in games that werent even close...Beating them twice tommorow? in Seattle? MONUMENTAL...and remember they did this at Arizona St a couple years back so its not unheard of.....
is changing channels???
What the fuck is wrong with this woman?
She's not right in the head. Kind of an important piece of information. Oh, good, though, she got her stupid fucking doughnut.
she is profoundly terrible at her job.