[d4cohn]

Little interest on Cardboard for a Stanford sport making a big improvement with a bright future.

Stanford arguably had the easiest path to the World Series but the bats didn't come through when needed.  In the regional Stanford played a team that went into a slump the end of the season.  Plus their top pitcher seemed to be off her A game for most of the series.

Stanford was in one of two super regionals having no seeded team.  OSU is very talented and got hot at the right time of the season.  Best of luck to them.

I get the idea of an easier path playing an unseeded #3 regional seed, but at this stage in the tourney, there are no easy paths. OSU has played us incredibly tough and close the last two seasons, so either way it was going to be very tight. My analysis is that Mazon, as a redshirt senior, really put her team on her back and pulled them across the finish line. 

In the critical fifth inning yesterday after Mazon came in, she showed one pitch in each AB to Hayes and Gindlesperger that were gettable pitches (however, both pitches were taken for strikes). When an elite (and potentially All-American) pitcher makes that one mistake, you have to take advantage, because the rest of the AB, she gave us nothing good (both AB ended in strikeouts).

Also re people posting about the game, I think many people may have been at the game (BobK and others). There are a lot of people that care about this team, know they had a fantastic year, and with a year of more offensive development (plus it sounds like the addition of at least a couple of great hitters), this team can contend again for WCWS and possibly a national championship.

[d4cohn]

Little interest on Cardboard for a Stanford sport making a big improvement with a bright future.

Stanford arguably had the easiest path to the World Series but the bats didn't come through when needed.  In the regional Stanford played a team that went into a slump the end of the season.  Plus their top pitcher seemed to be off her A game for most of the series.

Stanford was in one of two super regionals having no seeded team.  OSU is very talented and got hot at the right time of the season.  Best of luck to them.

I get the idea of an easier path playing an unseeded #3 regional seed, but at this stage in the tourney, there are no easy paths. OSU has played us incredibly tough and close the last two seasons, so either way it was going to be very tight. My analysis is that Mazon, as a redshirt senior, really put her team on her back and pulled them across the finish line. 

In the critical fifth inning yesterday after Mazon came in, she showed one pitch in each AB to Hayes and Gindlesperger that were gettable pitches (however, both pitches were taken for strikes). When an elite (and potentially All-American) pitcher makes that one mistake, you have to take advantage, because the rest of the AB, she gave us nothing good (both AB ended in strikeouts).

Also re people posting about the game, I think many people may have been at the game (BobK and others). There are a lot of people that care about this team, know they had a fantastic year, and with a year of more offensive development (plus it sounds like the addition of at least a couple of great hitters), this team can contend again for WCWS and possibly a national championship.