Florida's #1 ranked signing class for this year has 2 girls from Florida, 2 from Texas, 1 from California and 1 from Indiana. Extra Elite Softball Rankings has P Keegan Rothrock as the #1 recruit, Ava Brown in the Top 5, Mia Williams, Alyssa Hovermale and Ariel Kowalewski all in the Top 20 and Cassidy McClellan a Florida POY in 2021 and coached by the Goelz's sisters' Dad. Awesome class!! Gators Sign Six to Talented 2023 Class - Florida Gators
This is Michigan's first year with a new coach and when they played in the USF tournament last year they were a Top 15 team. That was my point. USF had another ranked team besides UF there. And Yes - The reason it got so big so fast is that is was started by Michelle Smith, the Queen of Women's softball, who is ESPN's best color commentator. She got the city and big donors to commit the resources to make it happen, then got ESPN to agree to televise the games, which attracts the better teams.
Yep. I think she's like the Babe Ruth of Women's Softball in Japan, too. Made a bunch of money playing over there.
She’s awesome. From a commentary standpoint I could use a lot more of her and Jessica Mendoza and less of Beth Mowins. I’m sorry but Beth rubs me the wrong way lol.
All horrible on ears IMO(expect Kayla Braud..lol).. but if Mendoza doing softball will keep her off baseball Im all for it. Softball player as baseball analyts is equivalent to ping pong player as tennis analyst IMO.
Personally I hate having Mendoza call in the post season. She has to relate everything to baseball and doesn’t shut up.
And awful on baseball IMO..lol Comes across as know it all on both. Which is fine if you do, but she dont. especially baseball. I think my biggest pet peve w/ softball announcers is calling the bases 1, 2 3... "out at 1" instead of "out at first" I know its player lingo, "cut 1" etc.. just sounds silly to me in a broadcast. Former baseball players dont do it when calling baseball.. Not sure why the former softballers do
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As much distaste as I have for bama Kayla was a great player and imo she’s pretty good at commentary.
Mendoza is knowledgeable but not a great communicator, IMO. I could listen to Michelle Smith all day. She has a pleasant way of talking, knows the game inside out and has so much understanding and knowledge of softball it makes it enjoyable to watch while listening to her analyze what's going on. Beth Mowins' voice just grates on the brain.
The closest thing Beth Mowins has said that could be considered a compliment to UF softball in my 12 years was passive aggressive at best. I simply don’t like her.
Max Preps has Rothrock #1, Williams #2, Brown #4. If that signing class of 6 doesn't bring home a national championship or two nothing will.
So was I , just saying if Mendoza belongs anywhere, its softball not baseball. but espn ..box checkers