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The stats are great!The wins are terrific!
This is an Historic Run and Moment in all of sports!
No arguments with any of that. However, the stats feel a little hollow right now, to be honest. Not because the stats are meaningless, but because they don't matter anymore for the Ultimate Goal of the Team.
Game 3 with OSU was a reminder of how tough OU can be when they are on their game. Games 1 and 2 was a reminder of how vulnerable OU can be when they aren't. As much as I loved the vibe and electric surge of emotion when Parker hit one out, there will not be a Redemption Game 3 in the postseason, unfortunately. If it were a best of 7 games, it would make for a whole different dynamic, eh?
Hats off to Texas and OSU as teams that took two out of three from our stat-toting ladies. Maybe they helped us see a blueprint of how it is possible to win two out of three against the Sooners....and the team can use that blueprint to plan a strong counter for the future. Or, maybe we got beat because the other team was better that play, that inning, that game, that series ....that happens, too.
Whatever it is that knocks our senior-laden team of All-Americans off the surfboard at times, I'm hoping the Sooners can catch a huge wave of momentum on in to the beach. My honest hope for the team is that they can play free, with focus, and with joy - and love each other all the way.
Personally, I think they have been doing that, and giving their All every game. AND, sometimes, this year, their best is not enough to win. Two things can be true at the same time.
It's gonna be a nail-biter from here on in, IMO. The margins are thin for the win this year. Four-peats in softball deserve no less of an historic long-shot to glory perhaps. We CAN win it all. At the same time, I also feel it is up for grabs. OU is very good. Will they be great? That is the question.