Texas sweeps Texas Tech in WCWS finals, wins second consecutive softball national championship

4 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

It also has less distance available to curve away from your bat.  And of course the ball is like 50% bigger.

Gotta side with the reaction‑time guy here. The whole point was how fast it gets on you, not how many inches it has to wiggle on the way in. A 70 from 43’ is still on the hitter quicker than a 92 from 60’6”.

The ball being bigger doesn’t magically slow time down, and ‘less distance to curve’ doesn’t make it easier to hit - unless we’re just making up physics now.”

58 minutes ago, Ace Recruiter said:

This. Kavan, Kennedy and all the pitchers mentioned here are a big part of the rise in popularity of the sport. Kennedy got paid the most and yes she is dominant, but so are all the pitchers mentioned in your post. Kennedy is getting presented as the Caitlin Clark of softball and that she is not. She is part of the reason, but she is not the tip of the spear in that regard.

Exactly, as most don't even know how to spell her last name. 

The Tech coach reminds me of the late comedian Buddy Hackett who used his speech impediment as part of his act. 

1 hour ago, Ace Recruiter said:

This. Kavan, Kennedy and all the pitchers mentioned here are a big part of the rise in popularity of the sport. Kennedy got paid the most and yes she is dominant, but so are all the pitchers mentioned in your post. Kennedy is getting presented as the Caitlin Clark of softball and that she is not. She is part of the reason, but she is not the tip of the spear in that regard.

No one said she was the tip of the spear and I didn’t even say she was the best Kavan definitely showed how it’s done 2 years in a row. I said tip of the hat to Canady in a show of respect and said she did help put eyes on sport for these women. There’s a difference in saying she did well versus saying she did “nothing for the sport” when being one of top pitchers of her time isn’t a small feat. She couldn’t beat us, we got to prove that twice when it mattered but no need to sit here and bash her was my point. 

40 minutes ago, dentonhorn said:

Exactly, as most don't even know how to spell her last name. 

Touche! 🤣

3 minutes ago, THookem said:

 

We’ll see about his poise in Dallas. 

16 minutes ago, SB21 said:

No one said she was the tip of the spear and I didn’t even say she was the best Kavan definitely showed how it’s done 2 years in a row. I said tip of the hat to Canady in a show of respect and said she did help put eyes on sport for these women. There’s a difference in saying she did well versus saying she did “nothing for the sport” when being one of top pitchers of her time isn’t a small feat. She couldn’t beat us, we got to prove that twice when it mattered but no need to sit here and bash her was my point. 

IMO, she didn't do anything more than those other pitchers mentioned above. She obviously contributed, but so did many others. She benefited financially from Cody and friends trying to buy their spot as a top tier athelic department and good for her. To say that she took a bunch of nobodies to the title game is a stretch considering the tampering involved and the All-Americans they paid for and put around her. 

Anyway, Horns are back to back champs and that's what's important 

🤘

7 minutes ago, THookem said:

 

F Skip

12 hours ago, SuperDave0805 said:

We lose some key players but with Kavan, Katie Stewart, Kayden Henry, Viv Martinez, Jaycie Nichols and Hanna Wells coming back Texas should be primed another title run next season. Just need to find a #2 pitcher and a catcher 

I believe we got a really pitcher transfer from Oklahoma that had to sit out a year. We should. We should be good with pitching.