Fake softball energy trend

[CoreSoftball20]

I did think it was funny when the OU third baseman went ballistic after a walk, then booted one at third right after in the next inning

Kinda one of those, you get what you get

 

[CoachJD]

On a thrown ball in NCAA, you have to have intent for it to be interference. She was facing the other direction, so I don't think you could justify any claim of intent. She also didn't prevent any play from occurring, it was just the ball coming back in.

It's like the MLB play a few weeks ago where the runner scores and unintentionally/unknowingly kicks the ball while walking away, allowing another runner to score.

I don't like that you can unintentionally interfere when there isn't a play happening and create a play where you get rewarded for it. I agree that I would like to see that become a dead ball.

Yes, I think just a dead ball is fine. No actual penalty if unintentional, and I agree the OU player was not trying to do it.

 

[The Man In Blue]

I did think it was funny when the OU third baseman went ballistic after a walk, then booted one at third right after in the next inning

Kinda one of those, you get what you get

And how did the batter react when she reached first base? Was she flexing and howling at the moon?

Agreed about karma. It just needs to be a bigger b1+ch sometimes.

 

[LEsoftballdad]

And how did the batter react when she reached first base? Was she flexing and howling at the moon?

Agreed about karma. It just needs to be a bigger b1+ch sometimes.

One of the batters got grazed by a pitch on the thigh. The umpire didn't see it, but the player rightly claimed that she was hit, so they went to replay. When it was confirmed she was hit, she ran to first base flailing her arms and doing her best Joe Carter imitation.

 

[CoreSoftball20]

And how did the batter react when she reached first base? Was she flexing and howling at the moon?

Agreed about karma. It just needs to be a bigger b1+ch sometimes.

She did nothing of course...she should have started screaming and stomping around and the bench should have done the
same thing

 

[_MIA_]

If the WCWS were in another state they wouldn’t…wait I am confusing things that old men on the internet are complaining about..

 

[PharmerBrown]

I was raised at a time when you didn't show up the opposing players and team. If you did, there were consequences for those actions. As TMIB said, act like you've been there before. Does it turn me off when a batter goes nuts over a walk? Yes, but I'm not their target audience. Do my girls behave like that when they get a seemingly inconsequential walk in a game? Absolutely not. I feel it's classless. Is it done to intimidate the other team? Perhaps, and OU has been so successful that it's hard to argue against, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

I guess I'm just old. I prefer the bench clearing brawls the Yankees and Red Sox used to have. Seeing Graig Nettles knock out Bill Lee was a highlight of my youth. I used to enjoy the bruhahas in hockey between the Islanders and Rangers or Flyers. Maybe that's why Slapshot is one of my favorite sports movies. But the game was different back then. The players policed themselves. Show up a pitcher after a homer, the next guy gets drilled. The next guy then tells the original guy to knock it off because he's tired of getting hit. That doesn't happen now. Again, maybe I'm old.

Then again, with all the protection batters wear nowadays, getting drilled doesn't mean as much as it used to.

Like when Brito spiked her bat and went nuts over a walk, when the pitch before she watched strike 3 (that didn't get called) float across the center of the plate against Tennessee.

I guess I'm old too.

 

[cbullard]

And how did the batter react when she reached first base? Was she flexing and howling at the moon?

Agreed about karma. It just needs to be a bigger b1+ch sometimes.

Exactly. Lol. FSU made some big plays in the game. And they didn’t go nuts like OU. It’s just so cheesy. They win. So I get it. But it’s so forced

 

[cbullard]

Like when Brito spiked her bat and went nuts over a walk, when the pitch before she watched strike 3 (that didn't get called) float across the center of the plate against Tennessee.

I guess I'm old too.

Maybe I’m old too. Lol. Going nuts over plays for the sake of doing it.

 

[cbullard]

This tweet was hilarious.
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