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Let’s hope she can contribute in the circle in Clearwater next February (2024)… because that long weekend could be brutal if we don’t get good pitching.

Yeah, well… I just don’t think it’s the administrators that are the problem in terms of “national competitiveness.”

It certainly clears a lane for the Gophers to remain at or near the top of the Big Ten conference. As I typed the above I am reminded of the catastrophe of UCLA entering the conference in a couple seasons. Oh well… maybe I will have to spend my time following politics or something rather...

Further evidence that DenHartog was special. She could have went the Lindeman/Kern route, but she gave Minnesota her 5 years.

Still only one Gopher in the transfer portal as of June 3… meaning it may be a very low out-transfer year for us. I find this to be a good thing suggesting we have very good team chemistry. But that may mean a non-existent “in-transfer” year for us given our current roster count assuming...

My Way-too-early opening day lineup prediction: 1-Chavez (5) (righty) 2-Ehlke (3) (lefty) 3-Oakland (6) (righty) 4-Krapf (2) (righty) 5-Leaschber (7) (lefty) 6-Burnett (8) (righty) 7-Valencia (9) (righty) 8-Hooper (4) (lefty) 9-Schwartz (DH) (righty) Pitchers - Hambrick, Schwartz, Richardson...

It looks like the first Gopher softball player in the portal so far in 2023 is Claire Ceynowa. I am just a bit surprised by that.

The first major issue/question before any talk about getting any in-transfers through the portal is who is leaving, including seniors with their COVID year of eligibility. The math of roster size will control so much here. Remember, during senior day they only honored Pease, Bradley, and...

Life tip: don’t be petty.

Gopher Fan number #1 is right though. This is what is interesting to me now; the future. Rugger14 is going to have to set up a new 2024 Softball board for us.

You just wait to see what Northwestern is like next season! They graduate out of eligibility a great group of their players who are absolutely the core of their current team. I am not saying Northwestern will be bad, just that they will have a season next year very similar to some of the past...

No it wasn’t. I expected to be entertained by tracking their play today. I am disappointed. In fact, I expected them to be playing in the Big Ten Championship game. I was disappointed last week at this time. In my mind, those are extremely high expectations for a program whose location means...

Yeah… the non-delusional camp.

“Competitive”… what do you mean by that word? On the positive side, no similarly situated team to the Gophers (meaning Big Ten Team) has been to as many NCAA tournaments as us since 2014.

By my own definition of expecting the Gophers to play at least four games in the NCAA regionals for the weekend to be a good one… this weekend was not that.

I would keep her going as she is warm but didn’t throw too many pitches (only 80) in the last game.

She lost the no-hitter on a bunt. That’s too bad.

But… Pease is throwing a no-no.

And as I have said for years now, the aspiration for fans of Big Ten teams in the NCAA softball/baseball tournament should generally be to play four or five games. Being the last team eliminated is a very good end result in a regional and by fans having that more realistic expectation, they will...

I thought, by rule, a team can only reinsert players off their starting lineup list?