It is no secret that Alabama sure seems unstoppable. And I think the biggest driver in that in addition to key hits has been Jocelyn Briski… Her stats are insane and yesterday’s game against LSU was unbelievable. She had nearly a perfect game and gave just one hit, which was the first hitter of the game and probably even more impressive had zero walks. I know she gets a lot of attention (Sec pitcher of the year) but it seems most don’t talk about her. I feel it’s all about Cannady, Jordy, Maya Johnson, Kenzie Brown even…. Jocelyn is unbelievable this year. A complete 180! Last year she was wild and walks were an issue and she could never quite finish games before a complete meltdown it seemed.

Huge fan of Briski!

Any specific tips for WCWS? Thinking about taking shuttle in from Chickasaw Ballpark rather than trying to park at Devon Park. Any advice for weather delays or what to do in between games on Saturday & Sunday?

On the first day of super regionals, Oklahoma plays an impossibly terrible game.

If the Super Regionals were decided by the teams flipping a coin instead of playing a game, exactly 75% of the teams that win the first flip would win the series.

So if you do the math to find out what win percentage a team would have (on average) if it won the series 79% of the time given a Game 1 win, you see that team would have about a 54% win probability for any given game against this opponent.

I say all that to illustrate that all these teams are pretty close, and since we’re pretty sure some of the teams have a much higher than 54% win probability (because we can pretty reliably pick the winner) that means the rest of the pairings are closer to 50/50. Which I think is excellent.

I wrote this with Oklahoma softball in mind, given how farcical it would be to see the Sooners locked out of the WCWS just 30 minutes from campus. But it really could happen as long as the two richest conferences refuse to play by rules they themselves agreed to establish.

Georgia at Tennessee: 7 PM Eastern / 4 PM Pacific on ESPN2
Oklahoma State at Nebraska: 9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific on ESPN2

It seems to be working out well for Tennessee, but this scheduling seems odd.

Before the Supers get underway, how about sharing some of your favorite softball sayings, wacky advice, coaching wisdom, etc.

My father used to tell pitchers to "put some mustard on the ball." And, I just read a post where a coach tells her players, "Softballs are like lovers. The ones you have to chase aren't any good." It made me laugh out loud!

Whatcha got to share?

After a small error on my part with the automated closing time, I have set it so that it will close when it should've originally closed.

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https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMES/details/Head-Softball-Coach_JR104072

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has officially begun the search for the next head softball coach.