drevans956 said:

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Adios folks,

Come back tomorrow a totally different team or go home.

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Well. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

Tobias Funke said:

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drevans956 said:

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82% of game 1 winners go on to WCWS so it isn't emotion.... losing game one is doubling down at the cramps table... very low odds!

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Look I understand being frustrated, but blaming menstrual cycles for this loss is a little uncalled for

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You must be a liberal if statistics and facts are a menstrual cycle to you! LOL

Any clue why Harrington did not start today. I know her situation but she practiced this week and was clearly ready to go. How do you not pitch your ace in game #1?

Aggies2009 said:

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The Chicken Ranch said:

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Aggies2009 said:

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Justanotherposter said:

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I don't like saying we choke but that is what we did today.

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In a game we were favored to lose?

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Maybe it is too much to ask for an A&M team to rise up and be great.

We just don't have what it takes as a school to win and win big games.

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Then we can expect you to give up on the team and never post again?

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Good lord! You haven't been following Texas A&M athletics very long have you? Bless your heart.

the Vols have won 3 of 4 vs. the Ags by comfortable margins. Tennessee may simply be the better team.

and part of being better...is having all your players healthy and ready to play

Long enough.

I'm just wondering why you, if you've given up on the team, are still here? It seems kinda mentally ill for you to know a result, as you claim to, and continue to follow.

The Chicken Ranch said:

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I agree. At some point it has to become evident that our implosions are mental and part of a culture, rather than lack of talent.

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Yeah. I'm sure that some 20-year-old athletes who "haven't followed Aggie sports for long" care about stuff in the past.

Aggies2009 said:

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Long enough.

I'm just wondering why you, if you've given up on the team, are still here? It seems kinda mentally ill for you to know a result, as you claim to, and continue to follow.

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Why? Because no matter how much I want to look away, I can't.

mgreen said:

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Any clue why Harrington did not start today. I know her situation but she practiced this week and was clearly ready to go. How do you not pitch your ace in game #1?

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I don't know. I'm wondering that too. She was doing the best coming into this series. And last weekend Show had problems with starting bad. If not Trinity I would've pitched Lexi and not Show.

Alright, that confirms it, then. My apologies. Carry on.

W said:

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well, there is something that the current players have in common with the former players of the past 20 years...the coach

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Why did Trinity not pitch?

We are now 1-3 on the season vs. Tennessee.

Trinity is 1-0
Show is 0-3

Now, I was not a math major at A&M, but something seems strange about this.

If this is a punishment...I understand Trinity missed the Regionals, and therefore we didn't start her due to to missing.

Otherwise, I'm very confused?!?

I scanned the thread and didn't see it mentioned, but the UT slap hitter that had the 2 out hit down the right field line had her foot completely in front of home plate. Is that an issue anymore? I didn't hear the commentators mention it either.

Just checked the replay on watchespn and it starts at the 46-ish minute. She isn't close to staying in the box.

Ags06Win said:

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Why did Trinity not pitch?

We are now 1-3 on the season vs. Tennessee.

Trinity is 1-0
Show is 0-3

Now, I was not a math major at A&M, but something seems strange about this.

If this is a punishment...I understand Trinity missed the Regionals, and therefore we didn't start her due to to missing.

Otherwise, I'm very confused?!?

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Lots of people, including me, have been asking that. And no one has an answer because it was unreasonable to start Show.

Ags06Win said:

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Why did Trinity not pitch?

We are now 1-3 on the season vs. Tennessee.

Trinity is 1-0
Show is 0-3

Now, I was not a math major at A&M, but something seems strange about this.

If this is a punishment...I understand Trinity missed the Regionals, and therefore we didn't start her due to to missing.

Otherwise, I'm very confused?!?

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She missed the regional because her father died. I seriously doubt not starting was for missing the regional.

Certainly reasonable to wonder why she didn't start. I hope she gets the start today.

Perhaps she didn't pitch because she probably recently rejoined the team and maybe wasn't ready yet. Or maybe the game plan they came up with originally didn't include her starting Friday because her status was up in the air and they wanted to continue with how they practiced.

She wasn't punished for missing the regional.

It wasn't unreasonable to pitch Show, either. She pitched well in the regional and I seriously doubt they figured she would get rocked by Tennessee. Everyone was fairly confident (including posters in this thread) in how she'd pitch and they were wrong. Time to stop second guessing it and move on.

In reality it would be nice to hold Tennessee to 1 run or to shut them down completely, but as I said in other threads, I'm not as concerned with the pitching as I am with the offense, and I figured we would have to be able to produce runs. I posted that we may have to win a game or two in the series 8-7 or something similar. When we can't score or hit, when 2 runs for Tennessee are as good as a hundred, then Tennessee has won already.

For those posting about sports psychology and the like... this is the Super Regionals. These are the biggest games of the year, and if the coaches can't get them focused and mentally ready, or if the players aren't receptive to it, then that's indicative of a serious, fundamental flaw in the program. Let's hope that isn't the case.

Whoosh!

Just win today. 1 game at a time.

Belton Ag said:

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Perhaps she didn't pitch because she probably recently rejoined the team and maybe wasn't ready yet. Or maybe the game plan they came up with originally didn't include her starting Friday because her status was up in the air and they wanted to continue with how they practiced.

She wasn't punished for missing the regional.

It wasn't unreasonable to pitch Show, either. She pitched well in the regional and I seriously doubt they figured she would get rocked by Tennessee. Everyone was fairly confident (including posters in this thread) in how she'd pitch and they were wrong. Time to stop second guessing it and move on.

In reality it would be nice to hold Tennessee to 1 run or to shut them down completely, but as I said in other threads, I'm not as concerned with the pitching as I am with the offense, and I figured we would have to be able to produce runs. I posted that we may have to win a game or two in the series 8-7 or something similar. When we can't score or hit, when 2 runs for Tennessee are as good as a hundred, then Tennessee has won already.

For those posting about sports psychology and the like... this is the Super Regionals. These are the biggest games of the year, and if the coaches can't get them focused and mentally ready, or if the players aren't receptive to it, then that's indicative of a serious, fundamental flaw in the program. Let's hope that isn't the case.

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Thank you.

I was not insinuating she should have been benched for missing... some coaches will sit players the next game after they have missed regardless of the reason.

I understand why she missed... just seemed a little strange that we did not pitch our ace. (The only pitcher to have beaten Tenn!)

Anybody want to share the score? Thanks

Saturday's first pitch is 4:00 PM CDT.

Trinity is starting

HR by Gregg. 1-0 Tennessee.

1-0 Tennessee in first.