Bear Down Wildcats

Oh FFS

Well foo

Should have started Denham. Not that it would have mattered with our mistakes out there.

APC with the homer again. nice.
let's get more

Not getting any runs in the bottom of the 6th really was the game. You have to get the runs in against a team as good as UCLA.

Dang. 6-2 loss.
most painful part was the horrible mistakes we made in the field.

get that out of our system, we've got a hard road ahead of us, but we can still do this

On the bright side we get to watch our girls play tomorrow instead of waiting until Sunday.

azgreg wrote:On the bright side we get to watch our girls play tomorrow instead of waiting until Sunday.

Always look on the bright side

azgreg wrote:On the bright side we get to watch our girls play tomorrow instead of waiting until Sunday.

Big challenge for coaches and team to regain composure and enthusiasm tomorrow...

... couldn’t have three better personalities on the staff for that challenge than Candrea, Mowat and Lowe, though.

Bummer they couldn’t get it done tonight. Who do we face tomorrow?

azcat49 wrote:Bummer they couldn’t get it done tonight. Who do we face tomorrow?

Winner of Washington/Minnesota. When we win that one we move down to the other pod.

azgreg wrote:

azcat49 wrote:Bummer they couldn’t get it done tonight. Who do we face tomorrow?

Winner of Washington/Minnesota. When we win that one we move down to the other pod.

No, we get the winner of Bama/Florida. If we win that then we get the OU/OSU winner from tonight. We literally switched to the other side of the bracket.

ChooChooCat wrote:

azgreg wrote:

azcat49 wrote:Bummer they couldn’t get it done tonight. Who do we face tomorrow?

Winner of Washington/Minnesota. When we win that one we move down to the other pod.

No, we get the winner of Bama/Florida. If we win that then we get the OU/OSU winner from tonight. We literally switched to the other side of the bracket.

Just saw that. I thought the switch occurred later. If you look at the bracket there is a line going from the winners bracket game straight down to the game with the winner from the Washington/Minnesota game.

https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/softball/d1/2019/cws" target="_blank

On the bright side I'm all for the opportunity to knock out a SEC team.

He lady cats may get screwed by this weather delay and lose out on facing heir opponent in he 2nd game of a doubleheader

Frybry02 wrote:He lady cats may get screwed by this weather delay and lose out on facing heir opponent in he 2nd game of a doubleheader

We'll play them one way or another. If we don't play today it gives McQuillin one more day of rest, which is nice.

ChooChooCat wrote:

Frybry02 wrote:He lady cats may get screwed by this weather delay and lose out on facing heir opponent in he 2nd game of a doubleheader

We'll play them one way or another. If we don't play today it gives McQuillin one more day of rest, which is nice.

I’d would rather have denham today vs most likely a teams #2. I should also be careful what I wish for

Yeah Denham today and then game 2 tomorrow. That would be my line of thinking. Might be irrelevant now.

I'd still go Denham for the next game.

Am I crazy or is the Washington pitcher throwing illegal pitches every time? It sure doesn't look like she is dragging her trail leg

Frybry02 wrote:Am I crazy or is the Washington pitcher throwing illegal pitches every time? It sure doesn't look like she is dragging her trail leg

Looks like a little hop to me as well.

Am I watching the right game. Is Bama going to run rule Florida up 11-0 right now?

So it seems like our game will start no earlier than 9 AZ time, right? Do they have any rules about late games or is just gotta get them done?

I mean we're getting fucked either way by the weather delay but still.

prh wrote:So it seems like our game will start no earlier than 9 AZ time, right? Do they have any rules about late games or is just gotta get them done?

I mean we're getting fucked either way by the weather delay but still.

It might hurt for Sunday. But 9 pm is not that late for a west coast team. Not sure what time zone Alabama is in but it would be 11 pm or 12 am. That's an advantage for the Cats.

The game starts at 11 pm Alabama time

Game started early.

Well, Denham didn't last very long

Foo, bases loaded and we come up empty. We need the bats to come alive soon

FUCK! Bases loaded, 1 out, and we strike out and line out.

I don't see how we can win if we can't score with the bases loaded.

We have far too many wasted at bats. At least 4 times this week we’ve failed to score with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs.

That was the stupidest fucking stolen base attempt in softball history.

Good season ladies. Maybe next year.

spent the day traveling so i could only follow sporadically via a box score, so no real idea how the game went, but....

AZCatGirl wrote:Good season ladies. Maybe next year.

^this

after 9 years we got back there and this experience should be good for the returning players.

Next year let's take the whole damn thing

I'd say we need to add a transfer pitcher to get back to OKC next year. The bats will be good again and we've got a good incoming class coming in to fill some holes, but pitching is still a question mark for next year at the moment.

For next year 1B, DP, an OF spot, and a pitching spot are up for grabs.

ChooChooCat wrote:I'd say we need to add a transfer pitcher to get back to OKC next year. The bats will be good again and we've got a good incoming class coming in to fill some holes, but pitching is still a question mark for next year at the moment.

For next year 1B, DP, [b]an OF spot[/b], and a pitching spot are up for grabs.

An OF spot??? Please explain.

MrMeow wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:I'd say we need to add a transfer pitcher to get back to OKC next year. The bats will be good again and we've got a good incoming class coming in to fill some holes, but pitching is still a question mark for next year at the moment.

For next year 1B, DP, [b]an OF spot[/b], and a pitching spot are up for grabs.

An OF spot??? Please explain.

Carli Campbell should not be in the starting lineup. Hell she didn't even start for roughly 90% of the season. We have two highly rated OFs coming in and Jenna Kean, who started 90% of the season out there until Candrea inexplicably benched her for Campbell at the end of the season, is returning. I'd say that spot is wide open next year.

Great season ladies! You got the program back to Oklahoma City. Thank you to all the seniors, especially Taylor. Next year could be the most dangerous offensive team in the country. Looking forward to see if Jessica can break the home run record.

As for pitching, Denham will be the #1 pitcher. She improved last year and hopefully she will get even better next year. As for who is the #2, right now it's Schuld, but let's see if Candrea brings in a transfer.

I would not be surprised if Palomino-Cardoza moves back to first base next year and we see a shake-up in the outfield. I can see Bella Dayton coming in and starting in center. As long as Kean does not transfer, I see her starting in left next year. I do not know why Candrea stopped playing her in the last month of the season, but she is too good to be sitting on the bench. The last outfield spot might not be decided until after the non-conference games are over.

Palomino was too damn good in center to move her back to first quite frankly. I'm not sure who mans 1B, but it shouldn't be Palomino after a fully healthy year. Also benching Kean, a .311 batter, for Campbell, a .240 batter, for the final month of the season is one of the most baffling decisions I've seen from Candrea. Campbell was good defensively, but Kean was far from a slouch in the OF, so I just don't get it.

ChooChooCat wrote:Palomino was too damn good in center to move her back to first quite frankly. I'm not sure who mans 1B, but it shouldn't be Palomino after a fully healthy year. Also benching Kean, a .311 batter, for Campbell, a .240 batter, for the final month of the season is one of the most baffling decisions I've seen from Candrea. Campbell was good defensively, but Kean was far from a slouch in the OF, so I just don't get it.

If Bowen can play first, that could be an option. Everything I have read about Dayton is she is fast and a great defensive player. She is a lefty slap hitter, perfect to hit in the 9th spot or leadoff position. Don't know if Candrea will bat Palomino at the top of the order or go back to what he has always done. Also, with Palomino's history of injuries, would make sense to play first.

Irish27 wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:Palomino was too damn good in center to move her back to first quite frankly. I'm not sure who mans 1B, but it shouldn't be Palomino after a fully healthy year. Also benching Kean, a .311 batter, for Campbell, a .240 batter, for the final month of the season is one of the most baffling decisions I've seen from Candrea. Campbell was good defensively, but Kean was far from a slouch in the OF, so I just don't get it.

If Bowen can play first, that could be an option. Everything I have read about Dayton is she is fast and a great defensive player. She is a lefty slap hitter, perfect to hit in the 9th spot or leadoff position. Don't know if Candrea will bat Palomino at the top of the order or go back to what he has always done. Also, with Palomino's history of injuries, would make sense to play first.

Would've made sense to play Palomino first this year, but it didn't happen and she was immensely important in center field all year and remained injury free. She ain't leaving center.

Also sounds like we if Dejah Mulipola does make the USA team she won't be playing for us next year, but will he back in 2021. So that sucks for next year.

ChooChooCat wrote:That was the stupidest fucking stolen base attempt in softball history.

I am still in shock at this call

Great season but until we have a dominant pitcher again, I feel like we are not winning another WCWS

Our coaching too the past couple of years when it has mattered has seemed so suspect to me as well

I just wonder why we can not recruit or develop a dominant pitcher like we did for so many years

Newportcat wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:That was the stupidest fucking stolen base attempt in softball history.

I am still in shock at this call

Great season but until we have a dominant pitcher again, I feel like we are not winning another WCWS

Our coaching too the past couple of years when it has mattered has seemed so suspect to me as well

I just wonder why we can not recruit or develop a dominant pitcher like we did for so many years

We have a dominant incoming pitcher for the 2020 class. We're very likely going to add a very good transfer pitcher for next season though. That stolen base call was so stupid I refuse to believe Candrea called it.

This is the 2020 pitcher we've got coming in.
https://www.maxpreps.com/m/career/gende ... s,softball" target="_blank

UCLA putting the wood to Oklahoma

ChooChooCat wrote:

Newportcat wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:That was the stupidest fucking stolen base attempt in softball history.

I am still in shock at this call

Great season but until we have a dominant pitcher again, I feel like we are not winning another WCWS

Our coaching too the past couple of years when it has mattered has seemed so suspect to me as well

I just wonder why we can not recruit or develop a dominant pitcher like we did for so many years

We have a dominant incoming pitcher for the 2020 class. We're very likely going to add a very good transfer pitcher for next season though. That stolen base call was so stupid I refuse to believe Candrea called it.

This is the 2020 pitcher we've got coming in.
https://www.maxpreps.com/m/career/gende ... s,softball" target="_blank

Geezus! Batted 530 last season as a junior, with a .36 ERA in the circle (over 24 games). Please hurry!

MrMeow wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

Newportcat wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:That was the stupidest fucking stolen base attempt in softball history.

I am still in shock at this call

Great season but until we have a dominant pitcher again, I feel like we are not winning another WCWS

Our coaching too the past couple of years when it has mattered has seemed so suspect to me as well

I just wonder why we can not recruit or develop a dominant pitcher like we did for so many years

We have a dominant incoming pitcher for the 2020 class. We're very likely going to add a very good transfer pitcher for next season though. That stolen base call was so stupid I refuse to believe Candrea called it.

This is the 2020 pitcher we've got coming in.
https://www.maxpreps.com/m/career/gende ... s,softball" target="_blank

Geezus! Batted 530 last season as a junior, with a .36 ERA in the circle (over 24 games). Please hurry!

Playing for a small christian school, in a small christian league, I wonder what level of competition she faces....

pc in NM wrote:

MrMeow wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:

Newportcat wrote:

ChooChooCat wrote:That was the stupidest fucking stolen base attempt in softball history.

I am still in shock at this call

Great season but until we have a dominant pitcher again, I feel like we are not winning another WCWS

Our coaching too the past couple of years when it has mattered has seemed so suspect to me as well

I just wonder why we can not recruit or develop a dominant pitcher like we did for so many years

We have a dominant incoming pitcher for the 2020 class. We're very likely going to add a very good transfer pitcher for next season though. That stolen base call was so stupid I refuse to believe Candrea called it.

This is the 2020 pitcher we've got coming in.
https://www.maxpreps.com/m/career/gende ... s,softball" target="_blank

Geezus! Batted 530 last season as a junior, with a .36 ERA in the circle (over 24 games). Please hurry!

Playing for a small christian school, in a small christian league, I wonder what level of competition she faces....

I'm not sure, but she's ranked in every softball recruiting site's top 10.

UCLA wins the WCWS.