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Gophers got 17 hits and beat Concordia St. Paul at Jane Sage Cowles yesterday. The score was a lopsided 13-3, but Concordia wasn't bad, just lacking anyone close to matching Oakland, Krapf, Valencia, and Chavez's bats, or Burnet's speed. Snippes started in the circle, but she was yanked in...

A cursory look at the Gophers' 2024 Big Ten schedule shows only 3 home series. Is that all there will be? Or are other non-conference series being scheduled indoors?

Here's hoping Fall Ball brings promising newcomers with big bats and above all else some dominant pitching. Anything pointing in those directions?

Sounds great! Love it! (I've been preaching top pitching for years here.)

Who is she? Any info? I've not heard of her before.

On 8/9/24, the Twins pregame TV show featured a nice segment of SS Oakland's hitting prowess, including positive comments on MN's coaching staff.

Maybe someone well-qualfied & willing to stick around to build for the future? Hope so.

I'm sorry but who is Jamie? and "What is happening with Stanford"?

Maybe it all matters. Maybe it doesn't. Allister leaves Minnesota for more money (and maybe other reasons we know nothing about). Canady leaves Stanford for more money (and maybe other reasons we know nothing about). Maybe some people in need somewhere will benefit from part of that money...

That approach feels to me like the Gophers shortchanging themselves. Why not set a goal of building the program to where MN plays, say, UCLA and beats them. Not an easy task, but why shrink from it?

One coach leaves, two new players transfer in. Hard to see if those changes are a big help. A really transformative improvement in the pitching staff, which is not at all impossible, is what the Gophers need above all else.

Yes, they return, but will they hit for power or average? Hope they do, doubt they will. Bat speed needs to get faster.

In addition to returning pitchers, in 2025 they need to find a no. 1 starting pitcher who can log lots of innings against elite teams, plus a good second-line catcher. They need to fill first base, second base, all three outfield positions, and DH. For all those positions they need players who...

I understand your points. They make sense. My sense is why didn't they start as early as 2014 when it must have been obvious they had a special coach. They could've fortified their position by planning in incentives. Of course, nothing is foolproof, but it amounted to another MN loss

I'm convinced Allister would have taken MN as far as she's taken Stanford, if she'd had the loyalty to stay with the MN program she was building, but who knows what lack of support she was given by the MN athletic program & Administration. I'm guessing it was paltry. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Despite Jessica Allister's admirable coaching, Stanford came up a bit short. The Cardinal's advancement gives the Gophers something to shoot for. Hope for the best, but I have my doubts.

Watching the NCAAs shows, as it always does, that the elite teams make spectacular plays and bad fielding/throwing mistakes just like the Gophers do. What the elite teams have that the Gophers lack is a relative abundance of power pitching. Without top pitchers who stop potent lineups, the...

Agreed. "Shift the season by about 6 weeks later in the year" is what I suggested also, which would mean starting April 1 and extending the season at least through July. That would put everybody close to being on the same calendar weather wise. As for student-athletes being home for the summer...

I think you're all being too bland/kind. The February-thru-early-June NCAA calendar playing season was clearly a rig-job by NCAA-SEC-PAC 12 to favor the warm weather schools and allow them to play almost their entire pre-conference seasons (Febr & March) on their home fields v. traveling...

The SEC teams get more bids and possibly have more roster depth because the collegiate softball schedule is skewed to fit their weather (and, in my assumption, less rigorous academic programs.