I watched a good portion of the 5-1 LSU victory over Arizona.
Some observations:
Early inning, maybe the first. First base umps calls BR out on a banger while running toward first. He never did stop, read the play, and make the call. I've been dinged on evaluations for this.
Early inning, again. PU rotates to 3rd to call runner out when she tried to go from first to third. Again, call was made on the run. I don't think the ump ever came into fair territory to make the call.
Both pitchers showed extreme restraint w/ PU strike calls. I think the LSU pitcher walked about 9 batters (and gave up only the 1 run!) and the Arizona pitcher had at least a handful of walks.
I kept rewinding the TiVo to see where the pitches were missing. This guy had a zone about the size of a postage stamp.
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