Posted by: SteveA () on Wed Jun 4 09:24:02 2003

Anybody watch the Women's College World Series?
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> 19 Homeruns, a new tournament record - the old record was 7.
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> Veronica Nelson, Cal 1b, hit a couple despite being walked almost every other time. Is she rotational? How can you be that big/heavy and rotate your lower body quickly?
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> Mims/UCLA hit some bombs too. It looked like she was more throw the hands. Anybody disagree?
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> The monster shot of the tournament was from the freshman from Louisiana - Danyele Gomez - she hit the base of the 300 foot fence off of Osterman- the best pitcher. Power, no doubt.
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> Texas got two homeruns from Poppe and Hall.
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> Maybe the game is going to change. Any comments?

I saw Mims differently. Classic no-stride approach; exaggerated back shoulder tilt and upswing; Hips lead the hands. I taped and watched her in slow-mo and thought she was the most rotational hitter I saw during the series.

Another point: The Louisiana-Lafayette team upped their home run average by approximately ten-fold after getting Epstein's tapes. The coach himself admitted as much.