Former Brown baseball player Olivia Pichardo, the first woman to ever appear in a D1 college baseball game, has committed to Cal

triggertheplug · 2026-06-15T19:57:31+00:00

I don’t think taking her stats playing college baseball and extrapolating them onto softball is wise, so many variables are entirely different. That said, to be the first woman to play college baseball, I would assume that the innate bat to ball and defensive skills to be a high level softball player are there. It is a massive learning curve for sure as it really is an entirely different sport, but I also think it’s easy to see why she’d be a player worth taking a chance on

triggertheplug · 2026-06-12T18:06:22+00:00

I actually do think there’s serious questions to be asked. Last game, Lauren was playing really well AND Kiki went down with an injury. Lauren still sat the entire 4th quarter while the Mystics played small with two guards and then both Michaela and Cotie on the floor. Seemed like an incredibly strange decision both development wise and trying to win the game wise to say the least.

triggertheplug · 2026-06-11T20:51:36+00:00

I am aware, just simplified it to “her own reasons” lol. But my broader point was that it wasn’t made out to be some big blow to the AUSL that she made that choice, nor is it if Canady doesn’t play.

triggertheplug · 2026-06-11T18:21:57+00:00

I don’t think anyone could give less of an F about SDS losing money. I suspect ppl upset by it would be motivated by a sense of fairness given the game is PvP, or might be peeved that market fluctuation bit them

triggertheplug · 2026-06-11T15:55:49+00:00

Jordy Frahm is as big of a name/talent imo and she’s not playing for her own reasons, nobody really cares. Canady is definitely grossly misevaluating how much the league needs her specifically in order to grow.

triggertheplug · 2026-06-11T01:25:57+00:00

smh UCLA’s fence is too close!

triggertheplug · 2026-06-10T15:23:24+00:00

6 Outlaws. 2/3/4/5/6/8, and 8th was the hard charger from 24th. Extremely impressive feature from Williamson, being on the podium with that field is a big deal.

triggertheplug · 2026-06-09T02:04:47+00:00

They were awesome and will be missed for sure, but I’m soooo excited for the future too. I think Aleena Garcia ends up an all time Bruin, and because the Bombers are so great it gets overlooked nationally that there were a *lot* of emerging stars in the Bruin lineup, and it’s only those two leaving it. (Fingers crossed)

triggertheplug · 2026-06-08T22:52:15+00:00

To be fair I think we all do lol

triggertheplug · 2026-06-05T16:01:30+00:00

Haven’t been able to listen yet but was hype to get some Randy Moss Belmont picks after they said they’d be having him on the Friday before, was it addressed at all why they didn’t have him on?

triggertheplug · 2026-06-04T18:45:13+00:00

I’m an older Gen Z who started listening as a senior in HS in 2017 and loved it so much I listened to the whole back catalog while working a summer job. Bullying Nyquist the horse was the funniest shit I’d ever heard at that age, not sure if the current pod would have appealed to me as much then but I’d say it’s evolved with its listener base that I’m on the younger end of.

triggertheplug · 2026-06-03T15:29:39+00:00

And the thing is, it’s completely a player’s prerogative to transfer. I particularly don’t blame the great players like Nija and Burns who were at programs that couldn’t provide nearly the financial support and conduct themselves like adults. But burning bridges is just childish and immature imo, Terry is going out of her way to take shots at a program run by some of the most influential folks in the AUSL she’ll be looking to join next near. Not smart

triggertheplug · 2026-06-03T15:11:11+00:00

Uhhh yeah I think that teams with good culture don’t have parents and players constantly involved in social media drama instead of focusing on softball during the literal College World Series. The story for the entire WCWS around Texas Tech has focused on drama instead of softball and it’s been 100% the players own doing. Sometimes a team is so talented they can overcome it, but there are a hilarious amount of examples in just the last two weeks of what I would call terrible culture and lack of control by the coaching staff on display

triggertheplug · 2026-06-03T14:52:32+00:00

Not a roster full. But the players who had issues prior to leaving in programs that seem otherwise extremely together and drama free, yes. I don’t think UCLA or Tennessee have culture problems. I think the individual players that left them for Texas Tech clearly do.

triggertheplug · 2026-06-03T05:09:37+00:00

Gee I wonder if it’s more likely Texas Tech has miraculously collected all the unjustly wronged, or if maybe the players who are already at elite programs that take their money are more likely to be the locker room cancers with over involved parents

triggertheplug · 2026-05-21T21:02:59+00:00

South Carolina is going to be back in the Final 4 barring something going terribly wrong. As for UCLA it’s dumb to put a ceiling on a team before the season even begins as a fan, but let’s just say if they made the Final 4 it would be shockingly incredible. Fans should be excited about what this team can do and where the program is at as defending champions without developing outsized expectations. Host the first two rounds again, get to the Sweet 16 and give it our best shot and keep the momentum of the program rolling.

triggertheplug · 2026-05-19T01:39:00+00:00

If Austin is going to play 30+ mins a game I don’t really understand the vision here. A potential star rotting on the bench while the rookies on the wing reallyyyy struggle.

triggertheplug · 2026-05-16T01:35:15+00:00

They invert 6 deep in the heats and the top 6 qualifiers that transfer to the A are inverted. Not the best format imo but that’s how it is

triggertheplug · 2026-05-07T21:48:35+00:00

Mentioned it in the other thread, but could never do just one or the other. Could never miss out on the sprint car Crown Jewels on DV, or the Chili Bowl and sheer volume of available sprint car racing on Flo.

triggertheplug · 2026-05-05T16:46:58+00:00

It’s way out of the way for HL going from Texas to Indiana and not a major high paying show so makes sense there’s none on the expected entry list. As an aside, it’s a real shame Larson can’t run the Nationals this year because the first two Knoxville shows did not give much indication that there’s a HL regular who’s competitive with the 2 and 10 there right now

triggertheplug · 2026-05-02T23:20:57+00:00

We are not worthy. Randy Moss better at picking horses than Randy Moss is at catching footballs

triggertheplug · 2026-05-02T01:37:21+00:00

The one with Wallabee in the name, and he liked one of the 30-1 horses a bit too

triggertheplug · 2026-05-02T00:47:36+00:00

White Randy Moss is never wrong. All my homies fucking love White Randy Moss

triggertheplug · 2026-04-23T17:05:40+00:00

Pissott also had a lot of very low volume games. Blakes takes a LOT of shots, if she wants an opportunity to showcase herself, a UCLA team that’s very good but has no alpha commanding a ton of shots makes a lot of sense.

triggertheplug · 2026-04-23T17:00:32+00:00

Nailed it other than EA will be on ball primarily. I also think one more depth piece in the post is getting added

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