ESPN College Baseball Coverage

ESPNU has coverage - BUT here in VA where we are holding regionals, we have coverage of teams from everywhere but here!!!! ESPNU had coverage last year but our cable provider did not have ESPNU. Everyone was happy when they added the channel but now they aren't carrying any games of local interest!!! What's the point???? I want to know when poker became a sport?????????

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Originally posted by jj12303:
ESPNU has coverage - BUT here in VA where we are holding regionals, we have coverage of teams from everywhere but here!!!! ESPNU had coverage last year but our cable provider did not have ESPNU. Everyone was happy when they added the channel but now they aren't carrying any games of local interest!!! What's the point???? I want to know when poker became a sport?????????

Good news.

College sports all-access is broadcasting many games for free over the Internet. Enjoy and pick the game you want to watch!

http://all-access.cbssports.co...de=ncaa&media=181759

Why would ESPN televise this stuff? Because the WCWS has always had good ratings relative to the time of day it's shown and made ESPN money. After the success they signed a long term deal. A lot of kids playing ball are girls playing softball who probably don't want to be subjected to baseball when the WCWS can be watched. It will get crowded as the series proceeds.

The Atlanta regional is on espn360.com

Why watch women's softball? It's fun to watch SEC teams hammer west coast teams, that's why.

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Why watch women's softball? It's fun to watch SEC teams hammer west coast teams, that's why.

Did Florida come back to beat UCLA yesterday? And where was that SEC school Alabama at? Oh, forgot Hawaii beat them at Alabama to leave them home..

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Originally posted by Bulldog 19:
Did Florida come back to beat UCLA yesterday? And where was that SEC school Alabama at? Oh, forgot Hawaii beat them at Alabama to leave them home..

See what I mean? College rivalries, and even conference and region rivalries transcend the given sport.

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Originally posted by SultanofSwat:
Why watch women's softball? It's fun to watch SEC teams hammer west coast teams, that's why.

My daughter is a basketball player, so I usually wouldn't get into a softball discussion, and I'd much rather watch college baseball. However, I have to admit that I enjoy watching the coverage of the softball world series every year. There are some very good athletes out on the field, and they play just as hard as!

The one thing that I've noticed watching Girls Softball during the series the past couple of years is the amount of "West Coast" Girls playing on SEC teams...

Tennessee: 6 West Coast Players (5 Calif)
Florida: 7 West Coast (All 7 from Calif)
Georgia: 4 West Coast

On the flip side:

UCLA: one player from Florida, everyone else "WC".
Arizona: one player from Texas, everyone else "WC".
Washington: 100% "West Coast".

As I said, I don't have a true Softball interest, but I'd have to say...the SEC loves recruiting here on the West Coast!

2012and I have watched the WCWS for the past several years. The fundamental play is always worth watching. Also, our area, Chicago Southwestern Burbs, has been well represented, Michigan - walk off homer the year they won, Georgia - starting 3rd base.

Women's basketball on the other hand ----

Have attended WCWS games many times. My oldest & his GF were in attendance last night for UCLA game & stated Hall of Fame was PACKED.

morning paper has attendance last night @ 8694, a single session attendance record. Had split screen going last night, both WCWS & Mens regional.

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Originally posted by igball:
Instead of covering the college baseball regionals, we are subjected to the women's softball championships. There must be a total of around 500 people in the stands for these championship games, consisting mostly of parents and family no doubt, so you have to believe the national audience will be about the same.

Why would ESPN televise this stuff? There cannot be an audience for it. My guess is in order to get the Super Regionals and Omaha, the NCAA shoved this down their throats. Am I wrong?

Too bad that some feel that women's sports don't deserve attention for one of their most important and serious sport. BTW, you don't have to be subjected to it, watch something else.

Let's see, in the fall we get to watch men's football (all day Saturday on almost every channel) and in December and January during the televised big bowl games, in the winter we get to watch men's college hoops (don't forget coverage for March Madness) and in the spring we get to watch men's baseball. And in June there is about 10 days of coverage for Omaha, not to mention the playoffs as well.

ESPN is doing it right, I doubt that the NCAA has to force them into anything, they've always televised the supers and the CWS.

FWIW, we have college bb playoffs here on two stations, you might want to address that issue if you have no games to your local cable company.

Nothing new! There are hundreds of stations and thousands of different programs and the majority of the time there isn't anything on TV that I like to watch....... that's why I fish.
Fungo

To me the big problem is not the softball because I watch softnall every now and again---the problem is ESPN telling you that you have college baseball, I had it one three of their channels to, and then you find softball or lacrosse or a rerun of the D-2 chamionship for the 14th time--they have sufficient channels to do a better job than they do--and CBS sports disappeared from the scene--no college baseball on their channel now

CBS games are on the net


http://all-access.cbssports.co...de=ncaa&media=181759

and ESPN 3 has a few games as well.

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The one thing that I've noticed watching Girls Softball during the series the past couple of years is the amount of "West Coast" Girls playing on SEC teams...

California has always been the mecca of women's softball. While there are good players in other states, when college softball programs want to build up their program they pursue the CA girls. A couple of years ago a Virginia team won ASA nations. It was the first time a non CA team won. A couple of years ago Michigan won the WCWS. It was the first time it wasn't won by a PAC10 team. Michigan had mostly regional players.

Softball is a different game than baseball. It's fast. Fielders have to get rid of the ball quickly to have any chance of making a play. There used to be a lot more 1-0 and 2-1 games until the NCAA moved the rubber back three feet to forty-three feet.

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Softball is a different game than baseball. It's fast. Fielders have to get rid of the ball quickly to have any chance of making a play. There used to be a lot more 1-0 and 2-1 games until the NCAA moved the rubber back three feet to forty-three feet.

And the fact that a "slap hitter" is able to hit the ball 250 feet...

The softball on ESPN is fine. Some people even like it. I just wish the college baseball games on ESPNU (at least here) were available in HD. Not sure if the issue is with Cox or with ESPN.

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"Nothing new! There are hundreds of stations and thousands of different programs and the majority of the time there isn't anything on TV that I like to watch....... that's why I fish.
Fungo"

Grab the popcorn Fungo...fish on!





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Originally posted by Bulldog 19:

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Softball is a different game than baseball. It's fast. Fielders have to get rid of the ball quickly to have any chance of making a play. There used to be a lot more 1-0 and 2-1 games until the NCAA moved the rubber back three feet to forty-three feet.

And the fact that a "slap hitter" is able to hit the ball 250 feet...

You're showing your lack of knowledge of the game. When a slap hitter hits a homer she's not slapping at the ball. They still may stride up. But if you watch in slow motion or frame by frame at some point it will look like plant, stride and drive. It's a lot like the baseball hitting drill when hitters step and swing off a tee.

Is this a baseball site????

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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"Nothing new! There are hundreds of stations and thousands of different programs and the majority of the time there isn't anything on TV that I like to watch....... that's why I fish.
Fungo"

Grab the popcorn Fungo...fish on!





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Fish on!

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Originally posted by jemaz:
The softball on ESPN is fine. Some people even like it. I just wish the college baseball games on ESPNU (at least here) were available in HD. Not sure if the issue is with Cox or with ESPN.

Issue may be Cox as I am watching in NY in HD on ESPNU on Cablevision