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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
That was a classic team of Missouri underachievers. Up 4-0 with two outs in the last inning against Bradley and they give up six straight baserunners and five runs to fall down 5-4. They actually ended up tying the game and winning in extras, but it was vastly inferior competition.
They were up 6-1 against Kansas and again nearly crapped away a lead the next day, then managed to lose two straight to Nebraska. I believe that of the teams that were in their position in the last three years (needing one win to secure the regional while the other needed two), 45/48 had ended up winning the regional. Even worse, they did it at home.
They get hyped a fair amount by the local Tiger radio station, but they step on their clits every year.
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I pay very little attention to softball (because it's kind of a b.s. sport), but they were without their best pitcher for this regional and also lost Thomas to injury at least 2 of her years, according to something I read on PowerMizzou.
Of the programs at Mizzou, softball seems to shit the bed the least. Six straight super regionals before this year, 3 straight WS appearances leading up to that.