SEC Championships
 

Here's one for Ed.

Announcer makes the comment that she heard an unbelievable statistic the other day. The Philadelphia Phillies will be attempting to make it to their 3rd straight World Series this year and no team has done that since the Cardinals in the '40s, pre-WWII. Huh?

It was actually the Cardinals in 42, 43 & 44, right in the middle of the war

Ouch!!

Plate umpire takes a ball off the batter's elbow to the stomach and goes down. Patti Lyons left the game in the top of the 5th and was replaced by Scott Brians.

I guess it will be the umpire's fault for whomever loses the game. :rolleyes::D

As predicted, LSU is coming back ;) Just tied the game up with a 4-run (so far) 5th inning.

Announcer (Smith, I think) talking about how the pitcher couldn't throw fro the 15+ minutes they were waiting for a replacement umpire.

I know if this happened in ASA, I'm letting the pitcher throw as much as she elects to during th delay.

Anything in NCAA which would prohibit that?

Did it look like Patti got hit in the ribs or the groin? Was he even wearing a chest protector? It looked like it hit him high in the chest and then the groin, but it didn't look like a hard hit. Must have hit him right on a rib or something?

belt buckle maybe?

Pat was 'knocked out' on a foul tip a year or so ago too.

(that being said, I love his zone behind the plate)

He may have been wearing one, but not a full one. At first, I thought maybe it caught him in the groin just above the cup, but I think it caught him just below the rib cage.

This year, I dug out my old ribbed Rawlings UGP CP I bought about 40 years ago. Very comfortable and provides great protection from the collar bone to the belt buckle.

The hit down the left field line by Alabama for what should have been a double. The 3BU had good postion but called her out when she was safe easily. The girl slid in head first, hands touched second, body then came into the base and then the tag was made. Looked like an easy one to get right. Dave

People complaining about umpires, someone better check that bottle on the scorekeeper's desk.

Batter swings at a pitch in the dirt long before the catcher has an opportunity and they ruled it a passed ball.

I have no idea how anyone would expect the catcher to cleanly field a ball in the dirt with a bat in your line of vision.

Here we go again. That was NOT a foul tip. Dave

(hanging head in shame) :)

We saw a different play. No doubt it was close, but I saw the runner with an abnormal wide turn and approach angle try to reach the base with a hand to the fielder's left foot blocking the base (legally). But I thought the tag was there before the body got to the base. Left hand may have gotten in, but the umpire didn't have TV and replays.

I was actually paying more attention to the point she didn't seem to finish her overhand.:cool:

Maybe she was out since she didn't get upset. Left hand looked to be into bag before the tag, which would have been closest to the umpire, but I have DVR slow motion which umpire didn't. Dave

Me neither, so I'll take your word for it.

Shipwreck is probably right. After about the, I dunno, 8th replay from multiple angles, it looked like she miiiiiiight have gotten that hand in a split second before the actual tag, even though the ball beat her by a mile.

But again, real-time? Dead-to-nuts out.

That's news to the 1972-73-74 Oakland A's. MAKE the World Series? Ha! The mid 70s A's scoff at just making it to the World Series. Captain Sal, Joe Rudi, Catfish, Campy, Rollie and frieds won three in a row.

That's why they get the big bucks. Any coach at that level would expect it.

Was that the actual scorer's ruling or the TV announcer's?

What the coach expects doesn't matter to the official scorer, the scoring rule does.

If they had four umps there why didn't they just work a four-person crew? Obviously if any of the umps were hurt or injured they could then go to a three-person crew.

Is this solely for the sake of consistency with the regular season?

The NCAA softball doesn't use 4 I would assume, because they do not have it in the SUIP manual. All aspects of umpiring is covered in the manual and they do not prescribe to 4 man mechanics.

Yet those who really do get paid the big bucks would whine and cry until it was changed to a WP :D especially if PB/WP were included in the contract involving any performance bonus.

That is what was posted on the scoring line at the top of the screen and the box score has multiple WP & PB for LSU, so I can't really be sure of what the final ruling was on that particular instance. AND I'M NOT searching through a play-by-play log looking for it.

Meanwhile, this is the All-tournament team:

All-Tournament Team

Megan Bush, SS, Florida
Corrie Brooks, 3B, Florida
Kelly Grieve, CF, Tennessee
Ivy Renfroe, P, Tennessee
Cody Trahan, P, LSU
Jessica Mouse, 3B, LSU
Kirsten Shortridge, CF, LSU
Jennifer Fenton, CF, Alabama
Whitney Larsen, SS, Alabama
Kayla Braud, 2B, Alabama
Kelsi Dunne, P, Alabama

So, am I the only one who believes there is little emphasis placed on any other defensive position other than pitcher?

I've heard the same from ASA, yet we have used them regularly at NCs. Bbut with a 60' infield, someone would have to go out on every ball or you may think you are on the football field at Boise St.

Even if one of them is name Linda! ;) :)