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She was way off Thursday and Friday with her command, no doubt

Now some of it over the season is the incredible shrinking (and changing from inning to inning) strike zones these umps have had in general. We’ve also benefitted from them with walks ourselves as well. When her command is off that leads her to throwing fatter pitches and relying almost exclusively on the rise which has been scouted. Good power hitters will hurt us when that happens
Posted: 04/21/2025 at 01:19 PM ET
(In response to this post by Hokie_Forester)

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All the discussions on RPI and hosting won’t make a bit of difference
TheAmishHokie • 04/21/25 09:57 AM ET
We were averaging 3 walks per game prior to Pittsburgh
VTChip • 04/21/25 02:45 PM ET
The other issue were a number of wild pitches/passed balls
VAHokie89 • 04/22/25 04:46 PM ET
And it was not because of the ump
VAHokie89 • 04/22/25 04:43 PM ET
Walks
nflhokie • 04/21/25 09:06 PM ET
It was not just trouble with the strike zone. Many of Kleiman's pitches1
VAHokie89 • 04/22/25 04:44 PM ET
There's no "mound" in softball. It's a flat circle but something could
laphroaig • 04/22/25 04:47 AM ET
Yep. Walk rate tripled in Pittsburgh for some reason **
hokiepro • 04/21/25 07:27 PM ET
Most puzzling was Mazz having a comfortable lead and still not being able
nkhooch • 04/21/25 06:00 PM ET
Every pitcher but Grizzard had issues with control
hokiepro • 04/21/25 07:25 PM ET
Right, Cassie did what they told her. Throw strikes. And they couldn't
nkhooch • 04/21/25 09:18 PM ET
It would be interesting to know what pitches were called vs. thrown
VAHokie89 • 04/22/25 04:45 PM ET
It's funny you said that, I was thinking the whole time that their was
PokieHokie • 04/22/25 04:25 PM ET
Lemley has had zero issues throwing strikes this year. I'm telling you its
Hokie_Forester • 04/21/25 12:55 PM ET
It is not the Pittsburgh curse. Those 2 losses were the FIRST losses to Pit
VAHokie89 • 04/21/25 01:46 PM ET
This isn't just a softball thing. VT Sports across the board have struggled
Hokie_Forester • 04/21/25 01:57 PM ET
Don't apply it to Softball, WBB, MBB. Baseball, women's soccer, etc
VAHokie89 • 04/21/25 02:47 PM ET
She was way off Thursday and Friday with her command, no doubt ◄
hokiepro • 04/21/25 01:19 PM ET
Walks were a bit of an issue but they became way worse this week
hokiepro • 04/21/25 12:09 PM ET
GIANT pitch clock right behind batters**
HokieAllMyLife • 04/21/25 12:16 PM ET
That clock is big enough to be seen from Morgantown WV.**
laphroaig • 04/21/25 01:25 PM ET
Yes, 'twas.**
HokieAllMyLife • 04/21/25 01:26 PM ET
I was telling my son yesterday that it must be a VT thing. Baseball is
VTBAMA • 04/21/25 10:20 AM ET