Posted May 29May 29 Moderator SIDEARM Integrations GODUCKS.COM A year after taking in the site of the Women's College World Series, the Oregon softball team earned a spot in OKC this week.
May 29May 29 Moderator Oregon Ducks Underdogs vs. UCLA Softball: Preview, Prediction, Odds, College World Series Oregon softball is headed back to the biggest stage in college softball. The Ducks will square off with longtime rival UCLA to kick off the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. How to watch, betting odds, preview and prediction Oregon Underdogs vs. UCLA Softball: Preview, Prediction, Odds, College World Series WWW.SI.COM EUGENE - The Oregon Ducks are back in the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2018, and seventh appearance of all-time. And they will open pla
May 29May 29 Author Moderator Draft Kings must be dubious of whether Grein is back, after her dominating performance against Liberty. The Ducks are No.16; UCLA is No.9. Is that the reason UCLA is favored? Chalk.
May 30May 30 Author Moderator A rather anticlimactic win for the Bruins after the Ducks tie it up in the top of the 7th,
May 30May 30 If I'm honest I think that's the deserved result, there is no way that the second Oregon run should have been scored, I don't care if that's the way the rule is laid out, in no way should that be obstruction. The rule should be changed, it basically encourages teams to make boneheaded running decisions since it's just natural to put your foot on the corner of the plate. It's one thing to put your foot there not allow a runner to slide into home when you are still in the process of making the catch, it's another when the ball beats the runner by a mile. I know this all came out of the Buster Posey injury, but it's gotten ridiculous at this point. I'm not blaming the officials, I'm blaming the way the rule is spelled out.
May 30May 30 Author Moderator On 5/30/2025 at 9:43 AM, spartan2785 said: it's another when the ball beats the runner by a mile. I know this all came out of the Buster Posey injury, but it's gotten ridiculous at this point. I'm not blaming the officials, I'm blaming the way the rule is spelled out. I agree. The announcers were Bruin Blue all game, and when the analyst said she thought, "that unfortunately the call would be reversed" in Oregon's favor, I could only shake my head. But, and Sinicki said so herself that she was lucky she scored, she was out by a mile.
May 30May 30 Moderator Agreed, no team should ever be able to score runs based on a rule technicality.
May 30May 30 Author Moderator On 5/30/2025 at 9:43 AM, spartan2785 said: I know this all came out of the Buster Posey injury, but it's gotten ridiculous at this point. I'm not blaming the officials, I'm blaming the way the rule is spelled out.
May 31May 31 Not a softball expert but it clearly looks like obstruction to me. Catcher, if they decide to try to participate in a play on the runner at the plate, from what I can tell, are required to allow the runner a clear path to base, especially when they don't yet have the ball. It is a bang-bang play but from the replay the ball is hit, the catcher takes a step or two and sets up with one foot clearly blocking the plate and doesn't move. The Duck runner know she is dead but completes the slide resulting in contact during and after the tag. Unnecessary contact from what I understand the rule was changed to prevent from happening. I get that some don't like a runner who was out by a mile being changed on replay for a tying score; but, it appears to me a clear rule every D1 sotball catcher should know backwards and forwards? And I am sure they do. Just a case in the speed and pressure of the moment, a play was made by the defense to try to stop the run in a manner not allowed. If one, "swallows the whistle" what is the point of the rule? Do we just apply it randomly when we decide "Ok, in this case I decide I want to apply it"? By obstucting a not horrible but not exactly insignificant amount of contact happened on a play where the runner should have been out by 10 feet. Be glad to consider different perspectives. Edited May 31May 31 by AnotherOD
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