Recent content by TomHoot

Bahl is tired. In addition to pitching yesterday, she was hitting like Babe Ruth, running like Lou Brock, sliding, etc. One closeup showed her winded. By the end of yesterday's game, she was slowing down and not so dominant. She's not superhuman. She was probably sore this morning and slow...

They do seem to like hearing themselves talk.

Time for a change of subject. I'm not one to question Karen Weekly's every move. But I do wonder at establishing Emma Clarke as the everyday DP. Not that she's bad, and she does have some power. But she's hitting .226. Rodriguez is hitting .341, and we mostly use her as a pinch hitter...

Would someone PLEASE tell the color commentator that "especially" is not pronounced "EX-specially"? She has done it at least six times!

It is curious that the fielding errors are widespread and not limited to the two young ladies in question. There are certainly many possible explanations. One common factor is the number of innings Pickens is throwing. Is it possible that those fastballs are coming off bats so hard that they...

I’ll grant you that these teams aren’t very good. But this tournament was set up months ago, when it would have been difficult to know that. From their standpoints, there are positive things. Presumably, they get paid to come here. They get a chance to see how they compare to a team like UT...

I didn't mean to seem critical. I just used your post to "bounce" off of. My favorite part was when someone would hit the ball, and the camera would stay focused on the hitter and not where the ball was going. Or when the announcer didn't know what the score was. Great stuff. Presumably...

You may not be far off. The telecast had many of the marks of a fledgling broadcasting department experimenting: the bad camera placement, limited equipment, no real producer/director, no close-ups, no replays, an announcer who really sounded inexperienced, lack of stats. Maybe McNeese thought...

Naw, the best was the male announcer who, when Georgia Tech reached 23 points, said (twice): "Georgia Tech is one point away from being...one point away." We sure are going to miss Cajic.

I'm not here to defend the coaching staff or make excuses; just pointing out what we have lost in the last three years. Penske left, and left the program in the lurch, and with little time to find a suitable replacement. Three of our best players (Huff, Simmonds, Rain) left soon after to...

That's good, seeing as how we are going to be losing Malloy, West, Puni and G.

It's a badly written rule. When Alabama asked for a review, the umps had no choice but to invoke the letter of the law. Hopefully, it will be changed soon. What was annoying was that Mealer didn't, in any meaningful way, stop the third baseperson from getting to the ball. She got there in...

Would someone please tell the male TV announcer that the phrase "The fans have came..." isn't proper English? It's the fourth time this weekend I've heard variations of it. It might affect his career advancement in his chosen profession.

Most likely, the contract with the play-by-play announcers was only for the weekend. They were gone by today. That's OK; they weren't very good. Sometimes, blessed silence is best.

It's not good to draw too many conclusions from the first three games, two played against the #19 team in the country. If we want make a deep run, Orsini, White and Pickens have to get chances to get comfortable on the mound. As some have said, Karen is trying to give them confidence while...