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Hrothgar and I have had our disagreements over the past few years on how we have viewed the Gopher softball team’s capabilities. However, one way in which we do agree on is the importance of pitching in the sport of college softball. This year it is so clear to me that if Pease is the...

11 more regular season games to go; each one of them are now very important and I am sure our team knows that. They have to be at their best for this late season stretch.

For the incoming class that will be freshman in the 2025 season we currently have two commitments (Susa from Ohio and Easton from Kentucky) who will fill spots left by four graduating players who are now Juniors (Hambrick, Ehlke, Ceynowa, and Gardner). Are there any Minnesota high school...

I mean… come on! Gophers softball got a conference win on the road 13-1. Can’t the coaches catch a break from the criticism if only for today?

Not good.

This is such an important statement for us softball fans to consider and always remember.

Their schedule over the next couple weeks should help them with that (racking up wins).

This dirt has been plowed several times before over the past few weeks. We get it. Plus, adults repeatedly running down college age athletes isn’t all that cool.* * note: I admit I have criticized player performances before, but not incessantly and by name.

They are trying to win me back.

My enthusiastic interest in this team is waning. I am not proud of that statement… just communicating my truth as just one Gopher softball fan. I can however exclaim a big “thank you” to this Gopher softball program because during the previous several years (starting in 2014 but especially...

I don’t buy this. The average college player (and I am going to limit my window as to “college” to let’s say the top 150 RPI NCAA teams) is going to be bigger, faster, stronger, and all around better than the average 18U club team player. In part this is going to be true because the average...

That Chavez has become a player over these past few weeks.

Why would Hrothgar do that? Pease’s pitching was great today. Hrothgar only trashes the pitching when it is stinky.

I just think players play the game and coaches take the complaining from fans like us.

“I was being sarcastic. Of course all of these pictures come with some talent” The written word doesn’t express sarcasm well.

I think we are talented for a Big Ten team. Talented enough in my mind to get into the top 3 of the conference. But really… are we THAT talented?

Of course we will never know so it is easy for me to say the following: it didn’t matter.

For what is worth… which isn’t much… I strongly disagree with these critiques on coaching decisions on our pitchers. These posts seem like sorta petty complaints made out of frustration. Pease will give us a fair chance to win game 3.

We scored 7 runs… against Danielle Williams (the concensus, pre-season, top pitcher in the Big Ten) … at Northwestern’s home field… resulting in a one-run loss. It’s really not THAT bad.

We should probably accept the possibility that it goes the other way starting next year. Pease in 2023 is a lot like Moulton/Groenewagen/Fiser between 2013 and 2021 - assuring their team an excellent shot at a win each game they started on the rubber. We will have a lot of pitchers on the...