Lady Gators rolling in softball semi-regionals

[Yankeetown]

Florida 11, Alabama St 0. (5 innings)
Florida 5, UCF 0. (Closer than it looked, we added some runs late.)
Florida 8, UCF (up from loser's bracket) 0. (5 innings.)

3 games, no runs allowed. Needless to say, excellent pitching. I believe our top three pitchers are #1, #2, and #11 in the nation in ERA.
Excellent defense, timely hitting with contributions from the entire line-up.
My favorite play was probably when Kelsey Stewart stole home while the pitcher was gathering her thoughts.

Looking strong going into the Regional Finals.

If you are a sports fan, you should be watching these Gators. Serious talent. And they are the defending 2-time National Champs, going for a three-peat.

 

[bradgator2]

I bet that SEC tournament refocused them. Perfect timing.

 

[Gatordiddy]

Florida 11, Alabama St 0. (5 innings)
Florida 5, UCF 0. (Closer than it looked, we added some runs late.)
Florida 8, UCF (up from loser's bracket) 0. (5 innings.)

3 games, no runs allowed. Needless to say, excellent pitching. I believe our top three pitchers are #1, #2, and #11 in the nation in ERA.
Excellent defense, timely hitting with contributions from the entire line-up.
My favorite play was probably when Kelsey Stewart stole home while the pitcher was gathering her thoughts.

Looking strong going into the Regional Finals.

If you are a sports fan, you should be watching these Gators. Serious talent. And they are the defending 2-time National Champs, going for a three-peat.

Great job by the Gator Gals... here's a great photo and I noticed something... a trend if you will

 

[grengadgy]

Playing the Dawgs next weekend in Gainesville best 2 out of 3 .

 

[MJMGator]

Playing the Dawgs next weekend in Gainesville best 2 out of 3 .

I thought the Dwags got eliminated?

 

[grengadgy]

I thought the Dwags got eliminated?

They were 2 to win 1 today. They lost the 1st game but won # 2. All SEC Super regional.

 

[BostonGator84]

Interesting...doesn't seem like they've played UGA yet this year.

UGA went 12-12 in the SEC this year. Good for 8th in the conference. On paper, we should take this easy but you never know in the Playoffs.

 

[grengadgy]

Interesting...doesn't seem like they've played UGA yet this year.

UGA went 12-12 in the SEC this year. Good for 8th in the conference. On paper, we should take this easy but you never know in the Playoffs.

We only played 8 SEC teams this year.

 

[BMF]

Glad to see this...hopefully the baseball team gets it together in the SEC Tourney.

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Stomp UGA. Embarrass UGA. Run rule their asses in two games.

 

[rogdochar]

Florida 11, Alabama St 0. (5 innings)
Florida 5, UCF 0. (Closer than it looked, we added some runs late.)
Florida 8, UCF (up from loser's bracket) 0. (5 innings.)

3 games, no runs allowed. Needless to say, excellent pitching. I believe our top three pitchers are #1, #2, and #11 in the nation in ERA.
Excellent defense, timely hitting with contributions from the entire line-up.
My favorite play was probably when Kelsey Stewart stole home while the pitcher was gathering her thoughts.

Looking strong going into the Regional Finals.

If you are a sports fan, you should be watching these Gators. Serious talent. And they are the defending 2-time National Champs, going for a three-peat.

Very cool play. UCF pitcher threw a bases-loaded walk and while our "forced-in" runner was jogging
home from third Kelsey sprinted her "free-pass" from 2nd to 3rd and while that disappointed pitcher,
with the ball returned from catcher, turned back staring at the ground, Kelsey almost ran up the back
of her "walk-in" teammate in scoring additionally. Hilarious and swift smarts = extra run.
turned her back

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

The home plate steal on a walk was perfectly done! It looks like the 3rd baseman was the only one who even saw something was going on!

I can't stop watching it!

https://amp.twimg.com/v/e7b31f73-3fe4-40b4-ad39-a5c5cf5d680f

 

[MidwestChomp]

The home plate steal on a walk was perfectly done! It looks like the 3rd baseman was the only one who even saw something was going on!

I can't stop watching it!

https://amp.twimg.com/v/e7b31f73-3fe4-40b4-ad39-a5c5cf5d680f

That is fantastic. No one was watching from the other team.

Oh, and Gators are gonna smash the puppies in the super.

 

[GatorBart]

Playing the Dawgs next weekend in Gainesville best 2 out of 3 .

FYI - the super regional is Thursday/Friday - 7PM Thursday, 5PM Friday and 8PM Friday (if necessary).
Go Gators!

 

[Ancient Reptile]

Absolutely hilarious! The third baseman points ineffectually at stealer as if to say "Naughty, naughty! You really shouldn't do that. It's not nice."

 

[Delg8tor]

It surely was a great heads-up play. However in hindsight I bet the next batter wishes she hadn't stolen home. She cost her a grand slam! Not there's anything wrong with a three run HR. It just not the same.

 

[Delg8tor]

OK. Time to step up on my soapbox. Is anyone else tired of the announcers mis-using the phrase "walk-off"? A walk-off HR is a home run that ends the game. A HR is really the only hit that can truly be a walk-off. You cannot have a walk-off double (other than a ground rule double, that could be the other legitimate walk-off hit I guess. ) a double is earned by hitting the ball somewhere where you are able to run your ass off and make it to second base before the throw gets there. Yes your teammates scored the winning runs but it wasn't a walk-off. Same goes for singles and triples. They cannot be walk-offs because by definition you have to make it to the base before the throw gets there or you will be out and that will nullify the runs that scored in the case of a single. That actually happened over the past week. Girl hit a screamer to RF and the runner from third and possibly even second, can't remember, scored but because she hit it so hard the right fielder was able to come up throwing and threw her out at first. Runs nullified third out, inning over. But I guarantee that if she had made it to first they would have said she had a walk-off single. Fvking Idiots.
The whole reason the term came to be is because you literally can walk to your base that you earned with your hit, touch the base or home plate and then walk off the field into the high fives of your celebrating teammates.

 

[Delg8tor]

I am not disputing that a game can or can't end on any of those plays. But other than the walk, the rest are not "walk-off" plays. Which is my point. Just about any come from behind win gets called a walk-off and it just isn't accurate. And IT DRIVES ME NUCKING FUTZ!!!!

 

[Delg8tor]

I googled this
the term itself has been bastardized a bit from the original meaning which was strictly referring to game-winning home runs and is now used to describe ANY game-winning hit that ends a game
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This is exactly my point. Good find!

 

[Delg8tor]

I don't doubt the term was coined 27+ years ago. But it is just the last few years that the media has gone overboard with the "bastardized" use of the term.