Lady Vols Softball

#878
#878
Volfan2012 said:
Another reason to leave her there. She has to prove herself against better pitching.
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Oh yes she has never proved to me she is a 3-6 hitter since day one! lived on reputation for the first 3 years. For a catcher she should have a better eye at the plate but she does not. Swings at high pitches always. Love her though!
 
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sccshortstop said:
Oh yes she has never proved to me she is a 3-6 hitter since day one! lived on reputation for the first 3 years. For a catcher she should have a better eye at the plate but she does not. Swings at high pitches always. Love her though!
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Maybe it runs in the family. Madi had a habit of swinging at high pitches, too.
 
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#881
Volfan2012 said:
They are 10 and 3 so far long way to go but they probably get 30 wins at the worst.
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That's why I originally said they were a good team. I looked em up before game and saw they only had 2 losses...so I assumed they were pretty good. I was not aware they were picked to be near last in conference.
 
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#882
#882
Softball is one of my main sports of interest when it comes to the Vols. I care more about softball than mens baseball. Hard for me to respect or have much interest in any sport that Vandy has recently dominated. Just can't get into it or care too much.
 
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djohnnyg said:
That's why I originally said they were a good team. I looked em up before game and saw they only had 2 losses...so I assumed they were pretty good. I was not aware they were picked to be near last in conference.
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Where teams are picked and where they finish are usually much different. We've seen that happen a lot lately in a lot of sports.
 
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#886
Love where Kiki has come from a freshman to a sophomore like night and day. She was the number two player in the country coming in had a freshman year that wasn't what we'd hope to see and this season were seeing everything we expected. Sometimes takes time to adjust takes some longer than other only took her a season.
 
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#887
We have moved up some in both polls. Reflecting on where we are getting ready to start real SEC play: Megan has our pitchers throwing strikes and attacking the strike zone. Yes Ashley is back but we are overall improved. Hitting is improved. Our biggest improvement is on the defense (we see you Miss Davis). Still troubling at times is baserunning, we steal bases well, but our decisions on the base paths is still lacking at times. We are getting ready to start BIG girl softball over the next few weeks but I like where we are and lets go play the games!
 
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kregman said:
We have moved up some in both polls. Reflecting on where we are getting ready to start real SEC play: Megan has our pitchers throwing strikes and attacking the strike zone. Yes Ashley is back but we are overall improved. Hitting is improved. Our biggest improvement is on the defense (we see you Miss Davis). Still troubling at times is baserunning, we steal bases well, but our decisions on the base paths is still lacking at times. We are getting ready to start BIG girl softball over the next few weeks but I like where we are and lets go play the games!
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I dont remember the last good base running team ! Our weak link is the same since A. leach graduated. Another weakness i have noticed is Ally seldom throws out a runner stealing. She has to throw from her knees and it could go anywhere. JMHO as always.
 
#893
#893
sccshortstop said:
I dont remember the last good base running team ! Our weak link is the same since A. leach graduated. Another weakness i have noticed is Ally seldom throws out a runner stealing. She has to throw from her knees and it could go anywhere. JMHO as always.
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Not many have tried to this point, LSU will run if they get on with the right people.
 
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volcity said:
They better be ready to hit this weekend against LSU
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We will find out this weekend for sure. LSU has by far played a tougher non conference schedule than UT. Can’t afford to lose this series and then go to Alabama the following week!
 
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sccshortstop said:
Oh yes she has never proved to me she is a 3-6 hitter since day one! lived on reputation for the first 3 years. For a catcher she should have a better eye at the plate but she does not. Swings at high pitches always. Love her though!
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Lived on reputation? I'll give you that she has struggled this year, but that's just not accurate for her first two years.

As a freshman in 2019, she was hitting .328 and led the team in RBIs and doubles when she injured her knee.

When the season was suspended in 2020, she was leading the team with a .403 average and was tied for the lead with 7 doubles. She was also third in RBIs with 16, only two behind Ayala's 18.

Those numbers aren't "living on reputation," they show that she was one of, if not the, best players on the team each of her first two years.

She may not end up as good as Madison, but Madison in four healthy seasons was one of the three best position players in Tennessee history. So holding her to that standard to measure her success is just silly.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
She may not end up as good as Madison, but Madison in four healthy seasons was one of the three best position players in Tennessee history. So holding her to that standard to measure her success is just silly.
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I agree with the premise of what you're saying, but Madison she wasn't healthy her first year. She had a shoulder issue all season and had surgery on it in the offseason. She had a subpar season both at the plate and in the field her first season.
 
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#897
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volman128 said:
I agree with the premise of what you're saying, but Madison she wasn't healthy her first year. She had a shoulder issue all season and had surgery on it in the offseason. She had a subpar season both at the plate and in the field her first season.
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Fair enough, Madison hit .292 with 5 homers, 8 doubles and 27 RBI in 58 games in 2011 before having her shoulder rebuilt in that offseason.

So in that light, Ally's freshman year of .328, 3 homers, 5 doubles and 20 RBI in only 22 games was actually better than Madison's, if we're going to get into the comparison business. If you extrapolate out those per game averages over 58 games, she would have projected to about 8 HR, 13 doubles and 53 RBI.

Sophomore year, 2012, Madison hit .311 with a monster 63 RBI, 11 doubles and 10 home runs in 66 games. Ally through 23 games at a .403 average, 7 doubles, 2 HR and 16 RBI. So that works out to 18 doubles, 5 HR and 40 RBI. Average and doubles project higher for Ally, I'd give the edge to Madison.

Everything can't be equally compared, which is why I don't want to be in the business of doing it, I just take issue with the opinion that someone putting up those kind of stats was "living on a reputation."
 
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I've wondered this for a long time. I was watching my grand daughter's middle school team today and her team was stealing the other team blind. They couldn't stop our base running. Also, I'm astonished that UT has stolen 40 bases in 41 attempts. What I don't understand is....why don't fastpitch teams ever pitch out?
 
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DeerPark12 said:
Fair enough, Madison hit .292 with 5 homers, 8 doubles and 27 RBI in 58 games in 2011 before having her shoulder rebuilt in that offseason.

So in that light, Ally's freshman year of .328, 3 homers, 5 doubles and 20 RBI in only 22 games was actually better than Madison's, if we're going to get into the comparison business. If you extrapolate out those per game averages over 58 games, she would have projected to about 8 HR, 13 doubles and 53 RBI.

Sophomore year, 2012, Madison hit .311 with a monster 63 RBI, 11 doubles and 10 home runs in 66 games. Ally through 23 games at a .403 average, 7 doubles, 2 HR and 16 RBI. So that works out to 18 doubles, 5 HR and 40 RBI. Average and doubles project higher for Ally, I'd give the edge to Madison.

Everything can't be equally compared, which is why I don't want to be in the business of doing it, I just take issue with the opinion that someone putting up those kind of stats was "living on a reputation."
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Point taken!
 
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#900
DeerPark12 said:
Fair enough, Madison hit .292 with 5 homers, 8 doubles and 27 RBI in 58 games in 2011 before having her shoulder rebuilt in that offseason.

So in that light, Ally's freshman year of .328, 3 homers, 5 doubles and 20 RBI in only 22 games was actually better than Madison's, if we're going to get into the comparison business. If you extrapolate out those per game averages over 58 games, she would have projected to about 8 HR, 13 doubles and 53 RBI.

Sophomore year, 2012, Madison hit .311 with a monster 63 RBI, 11 doubles and 10 home runs in 66 games. Ally through 23 games at a .403 average, 7 doubles, 2 HR and 16 RBI. So that works out to 18 doubles, 5 HR and 40 RBI. Average and doubles project higher for Ally, I'd give the edge to Madison.

Everything can't be equally compared, which is why I don't want to be in the business of doing it, I just take issue with the opinion that someone putting up those kind of stats was "living on a reputation."
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I never agreed with the notion she was living off reputation, I was just pointing out that Madi was injured her first season, lol
 
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