I don't claim to completely understand it, but Bailey Castro had been fair-to-middling at the plate last year until she adopted that technique. Afterward, her bat was on fire for the Regionals, Supers, and WCWS. This year she had even more HRs than Lauren Haeger and was on a tear until she got sick with the flu about a week before the post-season.
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Jerry D. Belloit <[email protected]> wrote: > I am still puzzled by this behavior. It seems that the batters have to > “hurry” to get the bat back into a hitter stance. I think I had both eyes > on the ball in a regular batters stance when I played softball years ago. > > Jerry > > m <[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of * Sandy Alonso > > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2015 10:17 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] Softball, wow! > > > > To answer about the "appearing to bunt but clearly not going to" - the > batter is "squaring up" to get a better look at the trajectory and spin of > the ball. Essentially getting both eyes clearly on the pitch as it heads > towards the plate. > > I don't know all the rules regarding substitutions, but the team is > allowed a certain number of substitutions (pinch runner, pinch hitter). > That part is still past me. > > Pitchers can be taken from the game and returned, but there are certain > rules on that. Say for instance last night when they pulled Ocasio for > Gourley, if they then pulled Gourley for Haeger, and then subsequently > pulled Haeger, the only pitcher that could return is Ocasio. > > As for slappers, it's pretty unique to baseball probably because you > couldn't possibly make adjustments on the run at the speed men throw. > There's only one player in baseball that was almost a slapper that I can > recall - Ichiro Suzuki. > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 7:13 PM, C.Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > > One of the articles said the Gator coach made a boo boo by not putting > someone back in the Game. Anyone know what that was about??? > Charlie > > > > On 6/2/2015 6:59 PM, Helen Huntley wrote: > > Well I do know that pinch running is just like it never happened. Batter > can go back in. Seven innings is regulation. Anything beyond that is extra > innings. > > Now I don't really understand the DH rule, which they call designated > Player. So last night the pitcher batted and so did Lauren as the Dp, so > apparently one defensive player did not bat. Hard to keep straight. But > we'll be watching tonight for sure. > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 2, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don’t get that. Nor do I get running halfway down the third base line > to “slap hit” the ball. > > What is that all about? > > I still like softball. Don’t get me wrong, but I just don’t get the rules > yet. > > Take out the pitcher, then bring her back in? Just what inning is this > thing supposed to end? After 7? 8? 9? Last night was extra innings, I get > that. But I’ve seen a couple of games go 8. > > Pinch runner and the hitter comes back in? > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Bob Parks Realty, LLC > > Real Estate Broker > > 145 Maple Row Blvd > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Helen Huntley > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2015 5:23 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] Softball, wow! > > > > Yes, that was bad base running on Michigan's part--thank goodness. > > Why do so many of them show bunt when they come up to bat? Sometimes it's > really obvious that they wouldn't be bunting. I don't get it. > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jun 2, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Me too. That was amazing. > > If the runner on third for Michigan had taken off, the game would have > turned out a lot differently. > > I hope we score a lot of runs tonight early. My heart is on a > defibrillator after that. > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Bob Parks Realty, LLC > > Real Estate Broker > > 145 Maple Row Blvd > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Stompin' Gator > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 02, 2015 4:26 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Softball, wow! > > > > After that seventh inning last night all I could say was "Wow!" > > > > Come on Gators, get up and go! > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier > (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 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