Bat Sports: The 2025 college baseball/softball thread

[dixiehack]

Seems weird to start with a quote from last year's football offseason thread but here we are.

We have entered the $1 million dollar NIL deal for a softball player era.

Stanford's biggest star lured to Texas Tech with $1 million deal

The Red Raiders are No. 10 to start the season. But that wasn't enough in a 3-1 upset loss to Mississippi State in the second game of the season yesterday.

 

[BTExpress]

10 SEC teams in the top 15 softball rankings. Six out of the top 10 in baseball.

Crappy football is bringing down the conference.

 

[HanSenSE]

With it's regular stadium undergoing an upgrade, Stanford will play home games at Stanford Stadium this season. They peeled off some of the grash in the football stadium for an infield.
https://gostanford.com/news/2024/12/12/stanford-unveils-2025-softball-slate

 

[Batman]

With it's regular stadium undergoing an upgrade, Stanford will play home games at Stanford Stadium this season. They peeled off some of the grash in the football stadium for an infield.
https://gostanford.com/news/2024/12/12/stanford-unveils-2025-softball-slate

It's not like they were using the last 10 yards of it anyway.

 

[HanSenSE]

Meanwhile, sad news out of Hawaii. Long time radio voice of the Rainbows Don Robbs has died. Aired more than 2,000 games to the islands, including one he had to do from the patio of a dorm room overlooking the field at San Francisco.

Don Robbs, the "Voice of Rainbow Baseball", Pashes Away - University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

 

[micropolitan guy]

With it's regular stadium undergoing an upgrade, Stanford will play home games at Stanford Stadium this season. They peeled off some of the grash in the football stadium for an infield.
https://gostanford.com/news/2024/12/12/stanford-unveils-2025-softball-slate

Plenty of seating for those big series against Virginia, Clemson and Syracuse.

Mrs. Micro and I are headed to Arizona next week for the opening weekend of the college season. Four games at Surprise Stadium, a real jewel. Always a treat to escape the mid-winter PNW gloom.

 

[tapintoamerica]

10 SEC teams in the top 15 softball rankings. Six out of the top 10 in baseball.

Crappy football is bringing down the conference.

Would love to know what % of national softball NIL $ resides in the SEC.

 

[HanSenSE]

But they try so hard ...

 

[Twirling Time]

Would love to know what % of national softball NIL $ resides in the SEC.

Probably all of it, now that OU is in the SEC.

 

[Batman]

The mother of Auburn's Cade Belyeu died Friday morning, after a battle with cancer. He played Friday night and hit a home run.

 

[Batman]

 

[HanSenSE]

Christy Mathewson weeps.