Tulsa softball
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We are sitting second right now. We always seem to be pretty friggin competitive at softball. It seems at odds with the one guy on the board, which makes it seem like Strimple, which makes it seem like she is John Phillip's softball coach.
if you are talking about Softballdad I think he is gone. His kid graduated.
I've been critical of Strimple and not afraid to admit it. Under Bargfeldt TU was a perennial top 25 team and always a challenging out in the NCAA tournament despite always getting sent to Norman or Fayetteville for regionals. We haven't been close to that under Strimple and her recruiting, especially when it comes to pitching, has been subpar. Now, I will admit she seems to have a couple of starters that could be labeled 1 & 1A this season. Bats have been good under Strimple, defense so so.
We'll see how things go the rest of this season and if she has TU back competing for an NCAA bid and AAC championships, I'll back off the criticism.
I, too, have been a little critical of her pitching. I have stated and still will state she needs a good pitching coach. She knows how to teach hitting but she is horrible at calling pitches and which pitch to call in certain situations. Last year our back up catcher ended up taking over a few games and our pitching did amazingly better during those games. Strimple is a great batters coach and actually makes good line-up decisions. Her only achilles heel is her ability to understand the pitching game. That is ok if you have an assistant who does understand it.
With your truck when he was crossing the street....
I didn’t really pay attention to the guy. I just figured he was someone new with a lot of piss and vinegar. Which is fine.
Then in I think it was his second season, he started denying his daughter was on the team saying his only daughter was 8 years old or what ever. After he told us his daughter was on the team and gave something away so it was simple to figure out her name.
Now 3-0 lead for TU, 2 outs bottom of the 6th.
This is the first action Ive actually been able to watch this year. I love the approach our hitters take at the plate. Almost everything I saw was hit hard.
Moore can sling it from the circle. Unfortunately softball umpires are not the same as MLB umpires and their treatment of star pitchers. Moore had quite a few pitches that if she was Greg Maddux she would've gotten a strike call on. She is extremely accurate with spotting her pitches. What I couldn't tell is if she has a full compliment of pitches (fastball, curve, rise ball, and change/drop). This team will be a problem for lots of teams this year if we stay healthy and the pitching stays effective
Moore can sling it from the circle. Unfortunately softball umpires are not the same as MLB umpires and their treatment of star pitchers. Moore had quite a few pitches that if she was Greg Maddux she would've gotten a strike call on. She is extremely accurate with spotting her pitches. What I couldn't tell is if she has a full compliment of pitches (fastball, curve, rise ball, and change/drop). This team will be a problem for lots of teams this year if we stay healthy and the pitching stays effective
She has decent movement and a surprisingly good change up that she doesn't use often. Her fastball is on the slower side but it does have movement.. her main thing is she can put it exactly where she wants it.
What a great win over #5 Osu great players great coaching and desire to win ,
At the end they dumped Gatorade bucket on Strimple fun to see
AAC not looking bad for the top teams. Want us higher still but in a decent spot to get teams looked at.
Wichita St is 27
Charlotte is 28
Tulsa is 37
FAU is 41
USF is 42
ECU is barely in top 100 at 99
The top 5 teams can make a push
Wichita St is 27
Charlotte is 28
Tulsa is 37
FAU is 41
USF is 42
ECU is barely in top 100 at 99
The top 5 teams can make a push
The video work has improved substantially over the last couple of years.
Lots of games to be played. The UNT pitcher on Friday night was really slinging it. She wasn't big but she looked like she generated a ton of leg drive and velocity on her pitches. Not only that, her pitches had some subtle late movement. I don't know if she pitched all 3 games for UNT but she is definitely their ace (as described by the guy calling the game on ESPN+ on Friday). I know Moore pitched Friday and I only think I saw one UNT batter really square a ball up before the HR. It seems that TU has 2 legit starters which will help them and the defense is better this year.
I think TU will be OK. They've got some work to do and the AAC is usually good enough that they can get 2-3 bids to the tournament.
Nice come back win yesterday scoring 3 in bottom of the 7th to win 6 to 5
We won again today 5 to 3. Swept UAB 3 to 0.