BobcatAttack.com - For Fans of Ohio University Sports

Welcome Guest!
Create an Account

site search

where to watch

about us

advertise with us

help

BobcatAttack.com Message Board

Ohio Olympic Sports/Other Sports

Topic: Softball Question

Topic: Softball Question

Author

Message

cincybobcat99
General User

Member Since: 11/8/2007
Post Count: 192

Status: Offline

Softball Question

Posted: 5/12/2014 1:12:55 PM

Honest softball questions, because I don't know anything about softball:

Is the concern over arm injury in women's softball not that great?

Savannah Jo Dorsey numbers for the tournament are insane!! 4-0 with four complete games in four days (including 13 inning shutout). Great for her, but my arm get sore just looking at the video and thinking about all those pitches.

Kinggeorge4
General User

Member Since: 12/22/2004
Location: Guysville, OH
Post Count: 999

Status: Offline

RE: Softball Question

Posted: 5/12/2014 1:42:42 PM

The motion of pitching is more natural than baseball so less wear and tear. It is not uncommon to ride your pitcher through a tournament like we did. I only had 3 pitchers at most on a summer team, a dominate pitcher with a reliable back up and either an up and coming pitcher or one who threw junk and played in the field well.

GO BOBCATS
GEORGE

cincybobcat99
General User

Member Since: 11/8/2007
Post Count: 192

Status: Offline

RE: Softball Question

Posted: 5/12/2014 9:47:40 PM

Thanks for your reply. I can see the motion would be easier on the elbow, but looks like the shoulder injuries would be greater in softball. Of course, I guess the injuries in baseball are elbow.

UpSan Bobcat
General User

Member Since: 8/30/2005
Location: Upper Sandusky, OH
Post Count: 3,799

Status: Offline

RE: Softball Question

Posted: 5/12/2014 10:36:50 PM

There's really no injury concern for softball pitching. Maybe just a slight concern for fatigue but these pitchers are used to making these motions over and over. It makes softball much different than baseball because the vast majority of teams are going to just use one pitcher. If you have one really good pitcher, you can beat anybody and go on a run like the Bobcats did.

TheBobcatBandit
General User

Member Since: 8/25/2013
Post Count: 611

Status: Offline

RE: Softball Question

Posted: 5/13/2014 10:00:17 AM

I also have a question. How does the tourney work for softball? Is it double elimination or lose and go home? and how many teams make it out of a region

Shawn Sellers
General User

Member Since: 1/4/2005
Location: Columbus, OH
Post Count: 220

Status: Offline

RE: Softball Question

Posted: 5/13/2014 1:00:51 PM

TheBobcatBandit wrote:

I also have a question. How does the tourney work for softball? Is it double elimination or lose and go home? and how many teams make it out of a region

The regional, which is the initial round for the Bobcats in Lexington, is a double elimination pod between 4 teams. The winner of the Regional (1 team) goes on to the super regional to play a best of 3 series against 1 team. The eight winners of the super regional go on to play in the Women's College Softball World Series in Oklahoma City. The World Series is also a double elimination format.

Last Edited: 5/13/2014 1:01:39 PM by Shawn Sellers

Bobcatbob
General User

Member Since: 12/21/2004
Location: Coolville, OH
Post Count: 1,344

Status: Offline

RE: Softball Question

Posted: 5/13/2014 2:26:26 PM

"You got a pitcher, you got a team."

The King

Brufus
General User

Member Since: 12/13/2011
Location: Wherever Miami and Michigan suck
Post Count: 407

Status: Offline

RE: Softball Question

Posted: 5/14/2014 1:45:06 PM

Shawn Sellers wrote:

TheBobcatBandit wrote:

I also have a question. How does the tourney work for softball? Is it double elimination or lose and go home? and how many teams make it out of a region

Exactly the same format as NCAA Baseball tournament

Showing Replies:	1 - 8 of 8 Posts
Jump to Page:	1

View Other 'Ohio Olympic Sports/Other Sports' Topics

There are 208 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com

203 Guests
5 Registered Users:
	SBH, JSF, ou1982, GraffZ06, RSBobcat

There are no other users looking at this page.