# NCAA Tournament Thread

**URL:** <https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779>\
**Category:** Softball\
**Created:** [May 11, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779 "2024-05-11T20:45:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 11

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**Author:** ![JohnnyMac](https://miamihawktalk.fans/user_avatar/miamihawktalk.fans/johnnymac/32/52_2.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://miamihawktalk.fans/u/JohnnyMac)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/202 "2024-05-18T21:56:28Z")

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Weird thing to accept, sans science.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/203 "2024-05-18T21:58:56Z")

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The science is pretty clear that being struck by lightning can be less than ideal for the human body…

Having easily digestible/rememberable rules for safety is a good thing, even if they err too far on the side of caution for some circumstances. Worse case, a sports game is cancelled or delayed unnecessarily. Oh well.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/204 "2024-05-18T22:12:22Z")

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Anybody seen an update on our game and the prognosis for getting tonight’s games in? It’s already past time for the start of the UVA vs somebody game and the two somebodies are stuck in the second inning with a tarp on the field.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/206 "2024-05-18T22:27:25Z")

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They are rolling the tarp off the field right now!

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/207 "2024-05-18T22:43:23Z")

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At least I didn’t say wood. When did that change? Was it for safety reasons? Hell, I’ll be 80 next week, if this is the only mistake I make for awhile I will be grateful.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/208 "2024-05-18T23:10:09Z")

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Welcome to the land of the 80-90 year olds. I’m 83, a whole new world!

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/209 "2024-05-18T23:12:34Z")

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I don’t know maybe you could read up on it and find out.

A relatives father in law was killed by a lighting strike with not a cloud in the sky. How far did it travel?

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/210 "2024-05-18T23:13:16Z")

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Greetings from Tampa Bay, lightning capital of the world.

How’s the outlook for the softball game though?

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/211 "2024-05-18T23:15:45Z")

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Game on at 7:15

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/212 "2024-05-18T23:19:11Z")

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Addy Jarvis not sharp. A hard it base hit and a walk to open the 2nd. Got out of it though. Flyers strand runners at the corners.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/213 "2024-05-18T23:23:38Z")

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She gets out of the jam. Still 0-0.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/214 "2024-05-18T23:32:22Z")

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Bases loaded with nobody out. We need a big number here.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/215 "2024-05-18T23:36:18Z")

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1-0 thanks to a bases loaded walk. Still no outs. Pitching change for UD.

Now 3-0 after two in innings.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/216 "2024-05-18T23:53:31Z")

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Dayton’s Centerville Elk Centerfieder makes a circus catch. Stop already!

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/217 "2024-05-18T23:55:35Z")

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Wonder if the humidity the past two weeks has had an impact. Tons of balls dying at the warning track.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/218 "2024-05-18T23:58:23Z")

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I was just thinking the same thing.Balls that normally fly away are dying on the warning track.

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**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/219 "2024-05-18T23:59:00Z")

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The ball travels further when the humidity is higher.

Unless it gets hit by lightning.

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/220 "2024-05-19T00:00:58Z")

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I’m no sexy scientist, but I live in the fog belt and I can tell you that when it’s foggy, you can’t hit a golf ball very far. Too much moisture in the air.

You also can’t hit a golf ball very far if your swing looks like C3PO, but that’s another story.

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/221 "2024-05-19T00:02:22Z")

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Coors Field is a launching pad. Elevation and low humidity.

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**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://miamihawktalk.fans/t/ncaa-tournament-thread/3779/222 "2024-05-19T00:03:13Z")

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Dayton is hitting the ball hard but our defense is making plays so far.

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