Softball Stats
Softball Potpouri
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Mississippi Mascots
Softball Rhyme Time
100

The basic stat for a batter, the formula for this average is simply hits divided by at bats

batting average

100

Before the bright yellow ball, softballs were this color

white

100

The biggest event in this Communist sport starts in a few days

Soccer

100

The only vegetable mascot in Mississippi

Fightin' Okra of Delta State

100
A two bagger gets caught making a mistake

double trouble

200

When a fielder misses a ball that allows a runner to advance, it is scored as this

Error

200

Scissor Sisters? First name of Mississippi State pitcher who shut out Oklahoma to make the World Series

Delaney

200

Sport where love means nothing

Tennis

200

The two schools whose mascot comes from the Confederacy

Ole Miss and Millsaps

200

Leaving a team designated area in a hurry

dugout bugout
300

The term ERA, which is used to measure pitching efficiency, stands for this

Earned Run Average

300

Baseball bases are 90 feet apart, softball bases are this many feet apart

60

300
Greatest sport ever, it was invented by indians. Feather, not dot

Lacrosse

300

Two birds of prey are Mississippi mascot, although one is more of a hoot

Southern Miss (Eagles) and MUW (owls)

300

An upset batter

bitter hitter

400

Be specific, this symbol/character is used to note when a pitcher strikes out a batter without the batter swinging

Backwards K

400

Something's Bruin: This West Coast school dominated softball in its early days, and has won 12 national championships. They find themselves in the World Series again this year for the 34th time

UCLA

400

The ball in this sport has 336 dimples

Golf

400
Besides Belhaven and Millsaps, the only other school whose mascot is featured with a sword

William Carey (Crusaders)

400

Former Belhaven star pitcher gets help

Kennedy Remedy

500

OPS, a relatively new stat used in softball and baseball stands for on-base percentage plus this stat

slugging percentage

500

The distance between the pitching circle and home plate

43 feet

500

With a name like this, no wonder China dominates at this sport

Ping Pong

500

The only mascot to be repeated amongst Mississippi 4 year colleges

Bulldog (State and Tougaloo)

500
Position #1 tattles on you

Pitcher Snitcher

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