Spring Break
Softball: MU's best kept secret
Mike Zoller
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: Sports
Two RedHawk pitchers, first-years Shalise Lugo and Meredith Linch, two-hit Marshall Tuesday, allowing just one run. Even the run they did give up was exciting. Marshall scored its lone run on a home run which probably still hasn't landed yet.
So the pitching was great, the home run hit by Marshall surprised me - I didn't think you could hit a softball that far - and the defense was the icing on the cake.
Now, I've never played competitive softball - unless you include my fraternity's softball team - but that ball is very big and comes at you very fast.
When I played baseball, I played second base and center field for a number of years, and I don't know how comfortable I would be going out onto a softball field and trying to take groundballs. There's a much different strategy for softball than there is for baseball.
Remember, in softball the players are much closer to the batter. The pitcher is just 43 feet away from the batter. In baseball it's just a tad over 60 feet from the pitcher to the batter.
So while even though these girls don't throw as fast as the guys, the difference in the distance makes the ball seem like it's coming at you at insanely high speeds.
Softball has everything baseball has to offer, yet the stadium is constantly empty.
Not enough people head out to the softball stadium and they are missing out. Softball is a great sport to go out and watch and enjoy with your friends during a spring evening or weekend where you have some time to kill.
This weekend softball has four games at home, two Friday, one Saturday and one Sunday. I highly suggest you head out to the stadium, which is right by Yager, and experience Miami softball firsthand.
So the pitching was great, the home run hit by Marshall surprised me - I didn't think you could hit a softball that far - and the defense was the icing on the cake.
Now, I've never played competitive softball - unless you include my fraternity's softball team - but that ball is very big and comes at you very fast.
When I played baseball, I played second base and center field for a number of years, and I don't know how comfortable I would be going out onto a softball field and trying to take groundballs. There's a much different strategy for softball than there is for baseball.
Remember, in softball the players are much closer to the batter. The pitcher is just 43 feet away from the batter. In baseball it's just a tad over 60 feet from the pitcher to the batter.
So while even though these girls don't throw as fast as the guys, the difference in the distance makes the ball seem like it's coming at you at insanely high speeds.
Softball has everything baseball has to offer, yet the stadium is constantly empty.
Not enough people head out to the softball stadium and they are missing out. Softball is a great sport to go out and watch and enjoy with your friends during a spring evening or weekend where you have some time to kill.
This weekend softball has four games at home, two Friday, one Saturday and one Sunday. I highly suggest you head out to the stadium, which is right by Yager, and experience Miami softball firsthand.
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