[Cred]

I think Hannah [Howell] has the ability to be a great player, with a coaching staff that can help her develop on her offensive game (she is already great defensively, as she demonstrated last Sunday against UA). She was ranked #52 nationally, which as a point of comparison, is the same ranking that Maddy Dwyer has in this year's national player rankings. However, when you have a staff that generally doesn't believe in small ball, and Hannah's game in high school was predicated on slapping and power slapping, that is how you end up with a situation where Hannah is hitting 1-for-19. I feel so bad for her and other players on this team, as I feel the coaching philosophy is not bringing out the best in several players' game.

Interestingly, the other sub-.100 hitter for year 2017 that has seen some action in LF this year (update: Howell is now 2-20 and at .100) was described by Hanson in her initial introduction of the player as "a lefty slapper who has the potential to provide a great additional lefty-look in our lineup."

Perhaps those players who were primarily "slappers" upon their arrival at Stanford have all since been exorcised of the slap-happiness that brought them earlier success?

[Cred]

I think Hannah [Howell] has the ability to be a great player, with a coaching staff that can help her develop on her offensive game (she is already great defensively, as she demonstrated last Sunday against UA). She was ranked #52 nationally, which as a point of comparison, is the same ranking that Maddy Dwyer has in this year's national player rankings. However, when you have a staff that generally doesn't believe in small ball, and Hannah's game in high school was predicated on slapping and power slapping, that is how you end up with a situation where Hannah is hitting 1-for-19. I feel so bad for her and other players on this team, as I feel the coaching philosophy is not bringing out the best in several players' game.

Interestingly, the other sub-.100 hitter for year 2017 that has seen some action in LF this year (update: Howell is now 2-20 and at .100) was described by Hanson in her initial introduction of the player as "a lefty slapper who has the potential to provide a great additional lefty-look in our lineup."

Perhaps those players who were primarily "slappers" upon their arrival at Stanford have all since been exorcised of the slap-happiness that brought them earlier success?