What's On
La la la, just your normal, run-of-the-mill shutout win over a lower-seeded tea--oh. Oh no.
MUtigers.com: #15 @MizzouSoftball Falls in Extras in SEC Tournament Opener
Post-Dispatch: Mizzou softball collapses in SEC tourney opener
KC Star: Mizzou softball’s tumultuous week continues with extra-inning loss
Without the events of the last week, we could just say that Mizzou took its eye off the ball or shifted down into third gear as a sort of energy conservation thing -- now that they had all but beaten South Carolina, it was time to focus on the next game -- and got bitten. But with the events of the last week, we'll turn this into more of a "mental exhaustion"/"their minds are elsewhere" thing, and ... for all we know, that might be dead on. Regardless, Mizzou had a chance to generate some positivity yesterday, almost did, and then very much did not. Good times.
If there's a silver lining here, I guess it's this: This team now gets another day or two of mental recuperation before next week's NCAA Regionals. That might not be the worst thing in the world.
Columns for the Columns
Post-Dispatch (Ben Frederickson): Mizzou athletes look shortsighted in wake of protests
PowerMizzou (Gabe Dearmond): Power struggle
A positive, softball-related piece!
The Missourian: A fighting spirit: Missouri softball's bat girl invigorates, inspires team
Actually, let's talk about anything else besides the softball thing at the moment
The Trib: MU to pay North Texas $1.3 million for 2021 game
That wasn't really what I had in mind
MUtigers.com: @MizzouWBB to Participate in Preseason WNIT
That's fine
MUtigers.com: @MIZ_TrackField Ready for SEC Championships in Tuscaloosa
Sure, that too, but can we just change the subject from Mizzou altogether?
SB Nation: How and why the Australian pipeline to American football works
Ahh, that's better
Sure, yeah! The FedEx Big 12 has a nice ring to it!
Perfect! Those guys are awesome
There's also this:
SB Nation: Max Scherzer ties MLB record with 20 strikeouts against Tigers
UNBELIEVABLE! Max Scherzer ties an MLB record with 20 strikeouts in a game as Nationals win. pic.twitter.com/bL87jgWHPt
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 12, 2016
This is Scherzer's 41st start with Nats. 2 no-hitters, a 16-K one-hitter and a 20-strikeout gem. Almost 10% of his starts have been historic
— Chase Hughes (@chasehughesCSN) May 12, 2016
#MADMAX, ladies and gentlemen. pic.twitter.com/qAooDwCThY
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) May 12, 2016
Max Scherzer fans 20 Tigers, the final pitch of his 20th K and what that looks like on the videoboard https://t.co/Zy96THFrKm
— The Cauldron (ICYMI) (@CauldronICYMI) May 12, 2016
Holy #Strikeouts...#MadMax - congrats on making history!!
— Barry Odom (@Coach_Odom) May 12, 2016