2017 Softball Season Thread

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:45 am

qwertyus wrote:To be fair, I only started following UA softball a little bit 2 years ago when I caught a game on P12 network, but I have not seen a team this dominant. Softball seems to me to be very hit/miss, with teams sometimes getting on a roll, but nobody DOMINATING the space. But this year the Cats aren't just beating teams, they're CRUSHING them. We'll see what happens when Oregon comes to town, but I've got some high hopes for this team. When you've got so much power, it really frees up the rest of the team (at least from my baseball experiences, whenever we were raking, we all felt looser because we know that one run allowed won't kill us).

To be fair, I only played Little League and Seniors (LL, but 15-16 y.o, I wasn't good enough for HS ball, couldn't hit well), so take that suggestion with a grain of salt!

No grain of salt here, Q. You're spot on. With Carranco, Mulipola, Mercado, Harper, Palomino, Mauga, and Statman in the batting order, we have so much power it's just overwhelming. Couple that with O'Toole and McQuillin and it's small wonder we are crushing them. Speed? Got that too. Fielding? Does anyone think Caitlin would let that slip? This team has it all. For a long-time UA softball fan this team is a lot of fun.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 1:24 pm

Run rule sweep (all 3 games)

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 2:30 pm

Run ruled all 3 games, that's what you do to the bottom team in the league. I just wish the baseball team would've done the same...

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:01 pm

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:21 pm

ChooChooCat wrote:Run ruled all 3 games, that's what you do to the bottom team in the league.

Yes, that's exactly what you do to them.

That #11 on Stanford had a nice catch to rob Mauga for a home run though.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:39 pm

Next up for the ladies is a 3 game set @Utah. That won't be a walk in the park as they have a top 25 ranked team this year.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:37 pm

Congrats Coach!

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:54 pm

What took them so long to induct him in?

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:08 am

Irish27 wrote:What took them so long to induct him in?

I dunno, but he's been in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame since 1996.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:33 am

Cats ranked #2 in the country.
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/softball/d1" target="_blank

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:56 am

Irish27 wrote:Cats ranked #2 in the country.
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/softball/d1" target="_blank

Arizona is #1 in the ESPN/USA poll and #1 in RPI.

prh · Post by **prh** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:17 am

prh · Post by **prh** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 5:28 pm

Excited for this weekend, I'm currently planning on going Thursday and Saturday. Anybody else in town for the games?

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:22 pm

prh wrote:Excited for this weekend, I'm currently planning on going Thursday and Saturday. Anybody else in town for the games?

By in town do you mean Salt Lake City?

prh · Post by **prh** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:34 pm

ChooChooCat wrote:
prh wrote:Excited for this weekend, I'm currently planning on going Thursday and Saturday. Anybody else in town for the games?
By in town do you mean Salt Lake City?

Ha yes sorry

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:43 pm

prh wrote:

Sure would like another shot at Florida St.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Thu Apr 13, 2017 8:17 pm

Cats take the first game @ #14 Utah, 5-1.

GYMIL · Post by **GYMIL** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:50 am

We can't wait to watch the Oregon St. vs. Washington baseball game live tonight instead of the U of A Softball game live.

Thanks PAC 12 Network and Comcast.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:33 am

GYMIL wrote:We can't wait to watch the Oregon St. vs. Washington baseball game live tonight instead of the U of A Softball game live.

Thanks PAC 12 Network and Comcast.

The softball game is before the OSU/UW baseball game. Starts at 3 Tucson time.

GYMIL · Post by **GYMIL** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:17 pm

YES - BUT BEFORE BASEBALL GAME IS USC REPEAT FOOTBALL. Sorry for the "caps" only available by streaming.

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 1:15 pm

GYMIL wrote:YES - BUT BEFORE BASEBALL GAME IS USC REPEAT FOOTBALL. Sorry for the "caps" only available by streaming.

I have to watch a lot of softball games by streaming, including yesterday's. Would I prefer t.v.? Of course, but streaming isn't all that bad.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:03 pm

Get a chromecast and watch it in Chrome and you can stream it to your tv. Apple has a similar system too. Or hook up a hdmi cord. I'm assuming you have a newer tv of course. You would think people want to see the #1 or 2 team in the country so it would be on tv instead of reruns. Thanks a lot Larry Scott!

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 4:31 pm

Not a good start

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:10 pm

Girls lose 6-3.

They're only 41-2 now, so it's time to jump ship guys.

prh · Post by **prh** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:40 pm

Anybody watch the game online? Did they show any replays of the play at the plate? I was along the first base side, maybe 10 feet up the line, and it looked like an obvious safe. That call cost us at least 2 runs in the 6th.

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:11 pm

prh wrote:Anybody watch the game online? Did they show any replays of the play at the plate? I was along the first base side, maybe 10 feet up the line, and it looked like an obvious safe. That call cost us at least 2 runs in the 6th.

I did. Tough call.

ChooChooCat · Post by **ChooChooCat** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:09 pm

Girls lost again 3-2, Utah won the series. We had every opportunity to win and couldn't get it done. We didn't get a single homer this 3 game trip.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:09 pm

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:10 pm

Utah scores a run in the bottom of the 7th and they beat the Cats 3-2 and take the series. Hope the players stay focus.

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:50 pm

Really rough weekend I feel. Offense was completely devoid of timely hitting. Hitting was pretty absent the whole series honestly. They had some chances today but just couldn't get it done, even with a new lineup today.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:06 pm

Wouldn't of happened if we would have put out the lead runner at second instead of going to first. Spinning like our first baseman did was almost harder to go as her momentum on that groundball took her right to second. Maybe the SS was late covering the bag?

prh · Post by **prh** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:26 pm

azcat49 wrote:Wouldn't of happened if we would have put out the lead runner at second instead of going to first. Spinning like our first baseman did was almost harder to go as her momentum on that groundball took her right to second. Maybe the SS was late covering the bag?

If I'm correctly remembering which play that was, yes, Mo was a bit late getting there. I really wanted that out at 2, but the timing was just a little off.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:58 pm

Hopefully the bats stay hot when Oregon comes to town this week. By the way, Mauga getting closer to the home run record.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:23 pm

Mauga hits her 20th.

2-0 'Cats bottom of 5

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:40 pm

O'Toole gets out of bases loaded jam. Still 2-0, bottom of 6th

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 6:59 pm

Cats win game 1 2-0

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:39 pm

Cat's defense is crazy good. Perez, Hughes, Carranco, Mercado, and Mauga with clutch plays. Just wow!

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:10 am

What happened here? Was this a surprise visit from a hubby/boyfriend deployed?

Never mind, saw this further.

Puerco · Post by **Puerco** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:15 am

He threw out the first pitch. Supposedly two years since she'd seen him.

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 8:22 am

Would love to see Mauga break the NCAA record. Was not happy when O'Toole had to sit out her first year but now I am extremely happy because every team that has a chance to win it all needs that one dominant pitcher.

84Cat · Post by **84Cat** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:07 pm

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:38 pm

Quite the offense-heavy game today. 10-7 victory

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:55 pm

PieceOfMeat wrote:Quite the offense-heavy game today. 10-7 victory

Great to finally get to see a televised game...

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 7:33 am

pc in NM wrote:
PieceOfMeat wrote:Quite the offense-heavy game today. 10-7 victory
Great to finally get to see a televised game...

Thanks to Pac12 Network, yesterday's game was the 13th I have been able to watch, either streamed or televised.

pc in NM · Post by **pc in NM** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:12 am

MrMeow wrote:
pc in NM wrote:
PieceOfMeat wrote:Quite the offense-heavy game today. 10-7 victory
Great to finally get to see a televised game...

Thanks to Pac12 Network, yesterday's game was the 13th I have been able to watch, either streamed or televised.

I don't consider the Pac-12 network to be "televised"....

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:24 am

pc in NM wrote:
MrMeow wrote:
pc in NM wrote:
PieceOfMeat wrote:Quite the offense-heavy game today. 10-7 victory
Great to finally get to see a televised game...

Thanks to Pac12 Network, yesterday's game was the 13th I have been able to watch, either streamed or televised.
I don't consider the Pac-12 network to be "televised"....

How dumb.

One of my favorite poems:

Here lies the grave of Michael Day
who died defending his right or way
His way was right
his will was strong
and he is just as dead as if he had been wrong. Ogden Nash

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:04 am

Losing that 3rd game kinda sucked, but can't win em all and already had the series in hand at least.

UALoco · Post by **UALoco** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:21 am

MrMeow wrote:
pc in NM wrote:
MrMeow wrote:
pc in NM wrote:
PieceOfMeat wrote:Quite the offense-heavy game today. 10-7 victory
Great to finally get to see a televised game...

Thanks to Pac12 Network, yesterday's game was the 13th I have been able to watch, either streamed or televised.
I don't consider the Pac-12 network to be "televised"....
How dumb.

One of my favorite poems:

Here lies the grave of Michael Day
who died defending his right or way
His way was right
his will was strong
and he is just as dead as if he had been wrong. Ogden Nash

I know. I apologize for this tangent: I have P12 with Dish and although I only have the main network, they do an "ok" job of televising good Arizona teams. Sometime's it is so frustrating when they are showing a mediocre Stan vs Cal matchup with we have ranked teams playing at at the same time but that only happens ever so often. I just don't understand why I don't get the regional channels, even when I pay for the upgraded sports packages. Makes not sense why Dish and P12 can't figure that out.

For those folks who "have" to have NFL sunday ticket, I have found that Redzone is just fine for me. NFL sunday ticket is just overkill.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:45 am

UALoco wrote:
I know. I apologize for this tangent: I have P12 with Dish and although I only have the main network, they do an "ok" job of televising good Arizona teams. Sometime's it is so frustrating when they are showing a mediocre Stan vs Cal matchup with we have ranked teams playing at at the same time but that only happens ever so often. I just don't understand why I don't get the regional channels, even when I pay for the upgraded sports packages. Makes not sense why Dish and P12 can't figure that out.

On SlingTV, which is owned by Dish, they carry all six PAC-12 Regional networks on the extras sports package.

MrMeow · Post by **MrMeow** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:55 am

UAEebs86 wrote:
UALoco wrote:
I know. I apologize for this tangent: I have P12 with Dish and although I only have the main network, they do an "ok" job of televising good Arizona teams. Sometime's it is so frustrating when they are showing a mediocre Stan vs Cal matchup with we have ranked teams playing at at the same time but that only happens ever so often. I just don't understand why I don't get the regional channels, even when I pay for the upgraded sports packages. Makes not sense why Dish and P12 can't figure that out.
On SlingTV, which is owned by Dish, they carry all six PAC-12 Regional networks on the extras sports package.

One of these days I will set things up to stream content to my t.v. I have been in no hurry because I generally don't watch t.v., only select sports. Meanwhile, to watch UA softball on Pac 12 network, I created a username and password with Dish. When games aren't actually televised on Pac 12 network (and they televise something dumb instead, like Stanford vs. Cal in the above example), I log in on my computer and watch the games streamed.

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