[d4cohn]

Softball is somewhat unique in sports in that all you need is one very good pitcher to have a chance to win a world series.  In football one very good quarterback would not be enough.  

Well, unless that one generational pitcher loses Game 1 of the WCWS finals because she can't throw an intentional walk pitch out of the zone. :) I am stunned no one has brought up last night's ending (perhaps I missed in this or another thread). But Canady/TTU could very well have lost the national championship because Canady could not throw an intentional walk pitch properly and hit into a double play with the bases loaded with no outs in the Top of the 1st that resulted in 0 runs for Texas Tech in that half inning.

Sure, getting to the championship series is (slightly) better than the semifinals, but I think, at least for this year, it is becoming clear that the only benefit of the move was financial rather than softball (for Canady).

[d4cohn]

Softball is somewhat unique in sports in that all you need is one very good pitcher to have a chance to win a world series.  In football one very good quarterback would not be enough.  

Well, unless that one generational pitcher loses Game 1 of the WCWS finals because she can't throw an intentional walk pitch out of the zone. :) I am stunned no one has brought up last night's ending (perhaps I missed in this or another thread). But Canady/TTU could very well have lost the national championship because Canady could not throw an intentional walk pitch properly and hit into a double play with the bases loaded with no outs in the Top of the 1st that resulted in 0 runs for Texas Tech in that half inning.

Sure, getting to the championship series is (slightly) better than the semifinals, but I think, at least for this year, it is becoming clear that the only benefit of the move was financial rather than softball (for Canady).