Pitching Our Way Back into the Olympics
Today's blog is a guest post from high school student Lydia Dunbar. She had a high school assignment to write about something important to her. She chose softball, specifically why it should be brought back to the Olympics. And unlike C and R, she even provides the links at the end where she got … [Read more...]
Softball Standouts Plourde and Prezioso Represent Atlantic 10, Exemplify Mid-Major Potential at Next Level
Former Atlantic 10 softball standouts Sara Plourde and Sarah Prezioso find themselves in the minority of players in the professional and international ranks. Following their stellar careers at UMass and Temple, respectively, it is not their skills that set them apart from the world+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s best … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned in Softball Propel Broadcasting Success
In a fast-moving sport like college softball, where nuances such as the grip of a pitch, path of a swing, or angle taken to a batted ball can determine a game+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s outcome, it is easy for inexperienced eyes to miss the finer details of the game. For college softball broadcasters Michele Smith, … [Read more...]
PT Playbook: Softball 101
Softball is a direct descendant of baseball (sometimes referred to as hardball to differentiate the two), but differs from it in several ways, of which the chief four are: The ball is always pitched (thrown to the opposing team+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s batter) underarm +ACY-ndash+ADs in other words, it is released when … [Read more...]
Softball and Baseball were Missed in London
We+ACY-nbsp+ADs-received this press release that is worth sharing about women's softball being missed in London. I would add to it that men's baseball was also missed. We would like to see both women's and men's softball, along with women's and men's baseball added to the games in the future. There is no … [Read more...]
Women’s College World Series Softball
The WCWS has two amazing programs fighting for the ultimate prize and pride for their respective colleges. Alabama Crimson Tide has never won the college world series but has had several appearances behind coach Pat Murphy. They are going against a tough Oklahoma Sooner team in which the program has … [Read more...]
Jessica Mendoza: Softball’s Olympic return hinges on MLB
Softball+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Olympic return hinges on MLB Mar 13 5:06 PM ET +AHw By Ramona Shelburne ESPNLosAngeles.com+ACY-nbsp+ADs Jennie Finch is a wife, a mother of two and a successful businesswoman. Since retiring from softball she+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s run the New York City marathon, written a book and launched an online … [Read more...]
Softball: Cathedral City Classic wrap up
The Cathedral City Classic which is held in Palm Springs, California is the most prestigious NCAA Division 1 softball tournament outside of the Women's College World Series. After dropping eight spots in the ranking last week the University of Oregon Ducks go 4-0 scoring 40 runs to their opponents … [Read more...]