JJsqueeze
Dad, Husband....legend
A few things:
Nunely ran out of gas around the 4th or 5th inning. Lawson had a game plan and it ultimately failed, but everyone here has to admit that Kentucky went much farther then they should have, and it probably all has to do with having Nunely in the circle.
If you put in the slowest pitcher you have available, she would have been rocked. The teams in the WCWS are not your typical HS or basic travel team.....they are the best of the best. If they know a pitch is going to come in slow, they will destroy it. These kids totally know how to adjust.
Nunely's dad was not upset that his daughter was getting gassed or that she was being abused by keeping her in the circle. He was pissed about the errors and big hits. In the 8th inning Baylor leads off with a double and the camera catches the dad walking away and picking at his rear. This guy turned his back on his daughter and my guess is she saw it. When Baylor won the game, the camera catches this guy with his hands on his hips with a pissed off look on his face. How about some applause for having a great run???? Show some pride.......
Dad was acting like a jerk....they should have pulled her sometime in the 6th or between innings...but I understand where the coach was coming from, she was trying to give Nunley what she had earned and that was to take the team as far as she could. In the end I think she did some harm by letting Nunley stay in there. If they had lost with another pitcher then Nunley would not have to go into next season with her last thought being that collapse, she could have gone in just remembering how she performed great and took them far and she could be a little bitter at her coach for pulling her with the game on the line.