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Forgot which thread it was on, but there was a lot of talk recently about the WCWS being in OKC every year to the advantage of ou.

Looks like the 2028 Olympic Games (LA) will be hosting the softball games there as well. That’s a major WTF for me, because I’ve never heard of events being so far away from the main games. But congrats to the state of Oklahoma I guess…

The canoe slalom event will be there too, as L.A. has no whitewater facility.
Apparently, there's been a buzz about that event being in OKC. The softball story was a surprise.
The IOC has been allowing far-off-site venues in lieu of building new ones as a cost-saving measure.
The State of Oklahoma really had nothing to do with it. It's been all OKC acting on its own initiative to build the stadium and the whitewater facility.

I wonder if the Olympics should be spread out even more around the world, maybe a central location for track and field, and then much of the rest that takes up space or needs room or special facilities held anywhere that wants it.

The "Olympic Village" experience is not nothing, from what I understand.

I think that the athletes who are going to compete in OKC are going to be in L.A. before and after their events. Certainly for the opening and closing ceremonies.

The LHN will live on, rebranded as a streaming network.  Really no different than most other schools that have online/streaming platforms.


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I like that

Good News

I wonder if Dish will continue to carry it.

steal the Aggies coach?

That's currently the elephant in the room.
I don't know what makes a good college baseball coach. I couldn't give you a list of strong candidates. I know Schloss was on the list before. He's playing for the NC tonight.
I'm not expecting that to happen, and couldn't promise that it'd be a good thing if it did. It's the easy answer.

I usually have lunch with my pitching coach after a lesson (Pete Smith).  I asked him about his being a pitching coach at some college and his response was "It's all political now, who you know, not what you know."

He has shown me a ton of stuff, some small technique oriented things I never knew, and some pretty large I should have known.  I KNOW he could benefit your average college level 19 year old pitcher, even if the guy has been getting decent coaching all along (which might not be true).

I have a notion it's the same with a HC.  The assistants in baseball may be more important than the HC at the college level.  Kids come in fairly raw, even if they've played travel ball out the yin and yang.

There is so much technique that has to be done the right way every time, so you have to repeat it the right way every time, over and over.  I'm still working on getting my plant foot being more consistent.  I can tell when it wonders because my control wonders.  No wonder.  Driving with your left arm is an amazing technique I never knew.