Women's Softball Tournament at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

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7 minutes ago, Vektor said:

That's so strange. Imagine if any of the other team sports would have a smaller field for women.

I always watch the NCAA where they usually have separate stadiums for softball, so it doesn’t look so weird.

 

 

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Just now, Vektor said:

TV graphics seem alright for these Olympics. It's nothing amazing, but at least it's clean, no weird stuff. 

 

The one issue I have with the broadcast is that for softball the square where the pitcher has to throw the ball is missing. I think that has been part of the broadcast for baseball/softball matches for quiet some time now in the US, and it would help TV viewers to follow the action. 

changing score isn't really fast , it takes some time , but yeah graphics is very well 

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Just now, NearPup said:

Despite what the IOC might think softball is not women’s baseball and baseball is not men’s softball.

 

TBH as long as MLBers aren’t involves I’d rather see men’s softball in the Olympics over men’s baseball.

When I first started watching baseball they still had people chewing tobacco & spitting. You don’t get that in softball so much.  

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Home run!

[thepharoah 2,413]

and here we go with the 1st home run of the games 

[Gianlu33 5,953]

Home run for Japan

[Vektor 3,326]

Nice, we got a homerun on the first match. 

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1 minute ago, Vektor said:

Nice, we got a homerun on the first match. 

I think that today we'll see a lot of American home run, just wait ITA-USA match

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4 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

I always watch the NCAA where they usually have separate stadiums for softball, so it doesn’t look so weird.

 

 

Chiba 2018 Worlds had two fields. The main one for softball and the reserve on which was a baseball field.

 

Not using a softball field at the Olympics is disappointing, but probably the Agenda 2020 is to blame...

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6 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

at least we're having some hits now which's not really bad 

That’s another good thing about softball. It is all about getting the ball in play. Not waiting for the big muscle guy to hit it into the river.