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Old Thu Jul 17, 2014, 07:37am
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Originally Posted by Manny A View Post
Frankly, I wouldn't think too highly of a coach who would allow his/her pitcher to stay out there and have IP after IP after IP called to the point that the game gets that ridiculous. Any coach worth his/her salt would remove the pitcher after a few walks and a couple of runs, and not let the pitcher suffer all of the embarrassment and indignity that comes with an IP-induced blow out.
Don't know. Didn't Candrea do that a few years ago with Kenzie Fowler?

She was a serious leaper and Candrea never stated she wasn't illegal, but the umpire's shouldn't have been so adamant about calling it. And, of course, after the game Fowler stated, on air through the tears, that she hadn't been called illegal before (even though the NCAA stats page showed that she had).

The first question in my mind is how does a player reach that level and not get corrected by a staff which was supposedly world-class? Second question, did they really care? I think Candrea believed his offense could overcome the free passes and they often did.
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