Frankly, it is primarily the catcher to blame. Watch the replay. Catcher is standing over the plate for an intentional walk.
I saw that, her fielding percentage was .882 last year which is much worse than the players she would be replacing!
Well, if we are going to pile on let's pile on. Mia led the team in strikeouts with 34, next worse Rylee at 25.
1990 was talking about the UK shortstop but since you brought it up, Mia's strikeout to plate appearances ratio was 7.3. That's not good.
Let's be honest the catcher, the coach, and the pitcher were all asleep at the wheel. Surely the pitcher knows not to throw the ball over the plate during a IBB regardless of where the catcher is set up. All of those pitches were too close for comfort.
I read she has never thrown an intentional walk before. Granted, she has seen enough ball to know how it should be done. But, if the catcher had set up 2-3 feet off the plate as normal, no pitch would have been close to the plate.
Trust me I understand what you are saying. I just refuse to believe that as a college pitcher she doesn't know that she cannot throw the ball over the plate during an IBB. Seems like after the first pitch being way too close for comfort, the coach would have gone out and made sure everyone was on the same page.
This. The call was odd, and both the pitcher and the catcher should have been aware of where the pitch was being called for and where it was being thrown. Even the commentators mentioned that one of the pitches looked like a strike before the swing. Go GATORS! ,WESGATORS
I give credit to Reese Atwood, she had situational awareness and took advantage of it. She saw that the second pitch was actually a strike and decided that the next one that came close she was going to hit
Agreed. I don't know why Glasco didn't freak out and call them together and instruct the catcher where to stand. Watch the replay. While the catcher's target is high and out of the strike zone, the target is on the outside corner of the plate and in the strike zone.
For whatever it is worth, and just for the heck of it, I totaled up Mia's career numbers. Over her career she hit .271 with 69 strikeouts to 29 walks. She had 25 home runs and a comparatively small 62 rbis. And 23 errors. More telling, IMO, she played those two years in 19 playoff games. She hit .175 with only one home run and only six rbis.
As far as what anyone is told, regardless of the context. And to reiterate a point I've made before on GC. You usually know what people want you to know. Whether it's an individual, their parent, a spokesperson, or a corporation. College sports, pro sports, or life in general. You can count the number of GC posters on one hand that likely have credible intel. Which makes them incredibly valuable. Conversely, and with all due respect, many insiders actually fall in the know what they want you to know category. Maybe why it's best to take most things with a grain of salt.
She was looking forward to next season and was going working hard to make it back to OKC. She ended by saying that she would see me and my brother (sb72) at The First Banquet in February. She signed off with Go Gators!
If I counted right, Gator softball has 10 players on the current roster: Rothrock, Brown, Oxley, Miller, Erickson, Shumaker, McLellan, Thomas, Cahalan & Comia. Pitcher Leah Stevens & infielder Kalie Matsumo should be on campus this summer for a total of 12. That leaves a LOT of portal work to be done. I hope Coach Walton had most of these slots already lined up so that he's not out there scrambling for leftovers.
Good career move for her. Hope she can leverage it in a couple years to an even better locale/position. .
