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January 05, 2001
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04/30/2022 10:30 AM ET
Posting History (185)
Softball Board
3 mo ago
Football Board
3 mo ago
Softball Board
3 mo ago
It's absolutely a serious comment. I used to love football...
But now I can just see all the untold evils it occasionally unleashes decades later. It's simply not worth it for a game. I'm glad you can see the positives in what you're doing and I surely hope that you do find positive impacts in the lives of those kids, but I couldn't morally do it myself.
Softball Board
3 mo ago
I'll say the same thing I said on the wrestling board...
Can I vote to eliminate football? It's embarrassing that my school, with all the available knowledge, chooses to continue to be a CTE factory.
Wrestling Board
3 mo ago
Softball Board
4 mo ago
Softball Board
4 mo ago
Felt like the right call to me.
She moved in front of the plate as she was moving to catch the ball and didn't block the plate until she was catching/holding the ball. I think the umps ultimately got it right.
Softball Board
4 mo ago
Wrestling Board
4 mo ago
Softball Board
5 mo ago
Hopefully you're right... last year she was hitting .444 at the end of Feb
So hopefully she can stay consistent as the season progresses.
Softball Board
5 mo ago
I think people were saying that Georgia was missing some of their top arms
If you're ranking the teams as a whole, you should take that into account, so it's not entirely unreasonable to imagine the games might've been very different if all the players were available and rank accordingly.
Softball Board
5 mo ago
Softball Board
5 mo ago
Softball Board
5 mo ago
Softball Board
5 mo ago
Oh, absolutely. It's a fantastic start minus the obvious control issues
And I don't think anyone needs to tell the team that if they don't clean those up, they're going to bite them in the future.
Softball Board
5 mo ago
Here's a link to the full game video
There's also a nice documentary on Youtube titled "HokieVision Presents - Miracle on Dirt"
Wrestling Board
6 mo ago
Football Board
8 mo ago
On what evidence do you base your claim that no one wanted him?
Can you cite a source? Or did you just make it up?
Football Board
8 mo ago
Because you love the school?
I wish more people would choose their school based on the school and academics and not on the sports. I doubt it's happening here, but it would be more for the "right" reasons.
Football Board
8 mo ago
Football Board
10 mo ago
Your point seems to be that everyone who doesn't get a college degree
ends up in a soup line.
Why not build people up rather than attacking them?
If you want to comment on his football abilities, that seems relevant to this forum, good or bad. If you're going to opine on whether or not he'll be successful in life after school, maybe keep that to yourself?
Football Board
10 mo ago
Softball Board
1 y ago
I imagine the auction company that is being used prefers to keep a good rep
Rather than allowing for collusion to drive up prices.
Softball Board
1 y ago
Softball Board
1 y ago
We have the second worst loss in the top 15 of KPI...
The only one worse is Duke's loss at Pittsburgh.
Let's make sure not to match that.
Softball Board
1 y ago
We should still be in the donation matching period...
Who will join me in donating $52 for Bre Peck's 52 home runs?
Softball Board
1 y ago
I'm not particularly interested in paying for admission
Just so the mediocre football program gets more money to help spread CTE to the next generation.
Would much rather contribute to something like this.
Softball Board
1 y ago
Softball Board
1 y ago
There's really no way of knowing. We got the win...
...so in some ways, it all "worked out." Maybe Lemley goes in and gets 3 outs right away. Maybe the same hitters that Kleiman gave up singles/walks to, Lemley gives up home runs.
We'll just never know.
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
I am watching the broadcast. The broadcast is not the wrestling board
Also, the President of the United States is the leader for all of us. They often show up at big events and they represent the country. It transcends politics
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
Feels like a very artificial "accomplishment" to me
They're hyping it but the other 4-time champs didn't have the opportunity for five. Feels like they don't have anything actually worth hyping so they went with the "record" that was literally only achievable due to a fluke outside the wrestler's control.
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
Men's Basketball Board
1 y ago
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
Softball Board
1 y ago
Softball Board
1 y ago
Technically she entered with runners on 1st and 2nd
And they advanced on her first pitch. Was likely a passed ball, though, so not her fault.
Softball Board
1 y ago
Coming into today, Kleiman's ERA has been vastly better than Lemley's...
Lemley certainly has higher highs, but she's also had lower lows. Kleiman has been far more consistent and also done a far better job keeping the ball in the park.
Softball Board
1 y ago
The announcer who insisted multiple times Longwood got a "base hit"
on a fielder's choice to right field?
Softball Board
1 y ago
They didn't seem to care at all about the game...
Would be nice if VT could find some announcers who respected the players enough to talk about the game rather than their snacks.
Softball Board
1 y ago
I'll start by saying I also think it was a ball, but your image misleads...
First off, the camera is not looking directly down the line from pitcher to plate. It's at an angle.
Second, as you admitted, the ball was sweeping left to right. The ump doesn't call the pitch based on where it lands in the catcher's glove (as you seem to imply). He calls the pitch based on where it crosses the plate.
It's impossible to know exactly where it's crossing the plate, but here's my best estimate. Again, remember that the camera angle is a bit off. I'd say it's a ball, but I feel like it's in the river. It's not a full plate-length off as your lines suggest.
Softball Board
1 y ago
Softball Board
1 y ago
Sometimes good pitchers have bad days...
I'm sure you're well aware that at this point your comment already hasn't aged well, though.
Softball Board
1 y ago
Softball Board
1 y ago
Maybe trying to help keep her confidence and pull her out of the slump
While we're still in the early season so she's back to herself before conference games start.
It's a long season. You can't view every situation in a vacuum.
Softball Board
1 y ago
Softball Board
1 y ago
I'm no softball coach or expert, but...
...it did seem that Alabama figured her out by the end of the first game.
First 3 innings:
6 strikeouts
4 balls in play, all hit to 3b (2 groundouts, 1 error, 1 sac bunt)
Inning 4:
Foul out to LF (first ball to leave the infield)
Ground out to 1B
Popup to SS
Inning 5:
Ground out to 2B
Fly out to RF
Double to LF (first hit, third ball out of the infield)
Pop up to 2B
Inning 6:
Single to 1B
Error by 2B
Single to RF
Flyout to LF
Flyout to LF
Inning 7:
Ground out to 2B
Single to LF
Single to LF
Fly out to LF
Fly out to LF (diving catch)
Summary:
6 strikeouts in the first 3 innings. 0 strikeouts in the last 4.
0 balls hit to the outfield in the first 3 innings. 10 in the last 4.
Either Lemley suddenly lost her stuff after 3 innings, or they figured something out.