2020 Tokyo Olympic Games - Day Two (25 July)

[misskarne]

2 out! Come on Aussies! Strike them out!

 

[ilovepaydays]

Switching over in a hurry to watch this - GO AUSSIES GO! GO SPIRIT

It’s cool that softball is that popular down there. Is baseball gaining traction?

 

[misskarne]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO! Going to an extra innings! COME ON SPIRIT!

 

[Karen-W]

WUT. The and still 0-0 in the 7th inning in softball?

The US women have won their first three games on the strength of their pitching not their offense.

 

[misskarne]

It’s cool that softball is that popular down there. Is baseball gaining traction?

Not really. It's more of a novelty. Whereas softball is the logical progression after tee ball and modball, which a lot of girls play at school and then stay with their friends in.

 

[misskarne]

A runner on third! Come on, come on, come on...

 

[Karen-W]

I'm glad the OG organizers are at least allowing athletes into the venues to watch the other events, similar to what happened at Worlds in Stockholm. Might not have as loud of a crowd but there is at least some support for these athletes in the stands. And, it was so heartening to see crowds on the streets for yesterday's men's cycling road race.

 

[misskarne]

Australia loading the bases. Oh hell, I'm gonna die of stress.

Also, I'm not enjoying that we have American commentators on the Australian broadcast.

 

[misskarne]

Oh, no fecking way that was a strike.

 

[Cachoo]

I must say, if for whatever reason you like watching falls, skateboarding is the sport for you.

I’m trying to figure out the language: Fakey 3 slide roll…or something. But I like it.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, no fecking way that was a strike.

Just switched my feed to stream the game to my TV, lol

 

[ilovepaydays]

All right women - swim well and get that ! No way are they beating

 

[Karen-W]

One thing I've noticed about the softball games earlier this week is that the camera angle toward home plate from behind the pitcher is really bad. It's impossible to tell what's really a strike or a ball. I was questioning some calls until I realized just how skewed that camera angle is.

 

[misskarne]

AUSTRALIA SCORES! AUSTRALIA SCORES!

 

[Amy L]

The screen died on the my cable. I pay Xfinity way too much for this nonsense! I guess I just have to stick to my laptop for the rest of the night.

 

[misskarne]

All right women - swim well and get that ! No way are they beating

Oh christ, I gotta juggle two feeds here

 

[Karen-W]

The screen died on the my cable. I pay Xfinity way too much for this nonsense! I guess I just have to stick to my laptop for the rest of the night.

NBCSN? That happened to me earlier this week. It was odd and it was gone for a good hour or more. Luckily, it was around 1am, so I just went to bed.

 

[misskarne]

GOLD AND A WORLD RECORD! The Aussie 4x100 ladies are just unstoppable!!

 

[ilovepaydays]

All right women - swim well and get that ! No way are they beating

Never mind. It’s - Congrats to !

 

[canbelto]

So this might be a dumb question but ... why can't women play baseball?

 

[HeatherC]

Wow, the ending to the relay was SO CLOSE for silver/bronze! Congrats to the US ladies though on that hard earned bronze medal!

 

[misskarne]

Oh lord, now the Americans have a runner on third. Come on Aussies, hold them out...

 

[Karen-W]

So this might be a dumb question but ... why can't women play baseball?

Same reason they can't play American football. None at all. Though, at least softball is similar enough.

 

[misskarne]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

 

[skatingguy]

So this might be a dumb question but ... why can't women play baseball?

I don't think it's a matter of can't just that women's Softball is a more established sport internationally than women's Baseball - you could ask the same question as to why the men can't play softball.

 

[Karen-W]

I don't think it's a matter of can't just that women's Softball is a more established sport internationally than women's Baseball - you could ask the same question as to why the men can't play softball.

But there are men's recreational softball leagues. I think? I could be wrong but at some point, you have to wonder if the older a man gets the less likely he is to want to wrench his arm pitching in baseball games versus pitching in softball games, right?

 

[skatingguy]

But there are men's recreational softball leagues. I think? I could be wrong but at some point, you have to wonder if the older a man gets the less likely he is to want to wrench his arm pitching in baseball games versus pitching in softball games, right?

Men's softball, just like women's baseball, are played recreationally & internationally, but neither is played as widely men's baseball, or women's softball so those are the sports that are in this Olympics.

 

[Buzz]

Congrats to the ladies in the 100m freestyle relay. Very exciting race! The US had two black ladies on their team, I don’t think that has ever happened before.

 

[mjb52]

I wish I had seven screens

 

[ilovepaydays]

But there are men's recreational softball leagues. I think? I could be wrong but at some point, you have to wonder if the older a man gets the less likely he is to want to wrench his arm pitching in baseball games versus pitching in softball games, right?

The adult softball leagues tend to be coed and are mostly teams formed from weirdo guys the local workplaces and churches.