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"Payton Tidd put together a good day in the circle" by hibernianangst

Quote from F$U softball head coach Lonni Alameda. My comment regarding Tidd was that she was "junk ball" pitcher and not a power pitcher. In my opinion Tidd is not the type of pitcher you can ride to the College World Series. Look at the pitchers for Oklahoma, Alabama, UCLA, Oregon, Florida, F$U, Arizona, Arizona State, etc who take their teams to the Series. Notre Dame does not have a pitcher on their roster like the pitchers on those teams. Those pitchers can pitch every game, everyday and be effective. Tidd would be a great complimentary pitcher to a starting big arm. F$U has a freshman pitcher, Kathryn Sandercock, who throws 66-67 and is presently 8-0. She is the type of pitcher that eventually takes you to the College World Series. Sandercock is from Bishop O'Connell in Virginia. Sandercock is the type of pitcher Gump has failed to sign. Sandercock pitched 2 innings on Friday in the win against Notre Dame facing the minimum six batters with while throwing only 16 pitches.