Like Larry King, I Have a Softball Question to Ask You
by T Kyle King on Apr 26, 2010 5:30 PM EDT
in Baseball
Email
PrintIn the interests of equal time, I am going to try to be upbeat about University of Georgia athletics. This will be difficult to do, since the Bulldogs are performing poorly in nearly every sport, but I’m going to make an effort. Consequently, I am turning my attention to softball. Yes, softball.
Were you aware that the Georgia softball team is 40-8, ranked tenth in the country, and has a fifteen-game winning streak dating back to April 3?
Were you aware that Alisa Goler earned Rinnai Who’s Hot Student-Athlete of the Week honors by going two for four with two home runs, five RBI, and six walks in last weekend’s sweep of the South Carolina Gamecocks?
Were you aware that Lu Harris-Champer recorded her 700th career head coaching victory last weekend?
Were you aware that, with five games remaining before the SEC softball tournament beginning in Fayetteville, Ark., on May 13, the Bulldogs stand at 17-6 in conference play?
Well, if you weren’t aware before, now you are. This leaves us with a decision to make. Should I continue to ride out the rest of the Diamond Dogs’ season or turn my attention (as I have done before) to a softball squad bound for postseason play? I’m not guaranteeing that I will abide by the will of the majority---I did that before, and it turned out poorly---but I will take into account your votes in the poll below.
Go ‘Dawgs!
8 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
Can I vote for #2 and #4?
… ‘cause I think both are true… and, while we’re at it, #5 ain’t far off, either.
I blame myself and your optimism equally for the fall of Georgia athletics....
This past year I abandoned my tradition of playing and beating every opponent in NCAA Football on the Xbox 360 prior to that week’s game. We all know how that worked out. I won’t be doing the same this year although I’ll need to print up another cover for the game as they’ll be putting Timmy the Football Messiah on the front of the game….speaking of which, anyone know how to mod a console so I can avoid putting any money in his pockets? :-)
It’s bad enough that he gets to play with Knowshon….he doesn’t need my cash.
Aside from my own transgressions, I should point out that the 2009 Football Season was going swimmingly until you picked us to beat Okie State.
JINX! JINX! JINXY JINXY JINX!!!
Although maybe by talking about it, we have engineered an anti jinx? Its all we can hope for.
Softball?
Don’t get me wrong here T Kyle, but women’s softball? In my days of matriculation at our beloved Institution I blithely agreed to umpire a women’s softball league. I learned many lessons that summer, but the most important I believe was to stick with men’s sports whenever possible. There’s far less chance of getting disemboweled at almost any point in the contest. Besides, I absolutely could not bear the pace of the game. I of course wish them well(they are Dawgs after all) and will keep up with them via paper and interwebby, just not in person. I am prepared for any verbal abuse this may cause me as nothing could compare to what I endured that summer of ’76.
A lot has changed in softball since the summer of '76
Many of the players are not only feminine, but attractive as well. Some of them are downright hot. All that aside, today’s college softball game is extremely entertaining, and in my opinion, a better game to watch than college baseball. In baseball, a 10 run lead can disappear in 1 inning and nobody is shocked. Errors and pitching don’t matter as much because you can always make up the 5 runs that scored because of terrible play in the field or the three walks given up before the homer. In softball, some of the pitchers are so good, that a 2 run lead is almost insurmountable.
UGA is one of the top teams in the sport this season and together with Alabama, LSU, Florida and Tennessee, should make the SEC tourney very interesting. Those are 1/3 of the top 15 schools in the country….
I don't know, skigator93.
You definitely do have…
,
but you’ve also got…
I mean, it looks like that second guy girl could beat up Mark McGuide in his steroid years.
by vineyarddawg on Apr 27, 2010 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions
My point exactly
Back in the 70s, MOST of the players looked like Exhibit B. However, I think today there are many more examples of Exhibit A on the diamond, and far fewer Exhibits B!!!
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Dawg Sports
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
