OT: UConn softball on FS1

[Fishy]

Get a glimpse of the softball stadium on FS1 right now.

UConn’s hosting PC, with John Fanta in the house.

 

[HooperScooper]

You that bored with your family away? Lol

 

[Fishy]

You that bored with your family away? Lol

I’d probably watch it anyway. It’s sports and there’s UConn uniforms involved - I’m easily amused.

 

[8893]

Anyone ever catch the Raybestos Brakettes back in the day? We lived nearby the stadium when we were kids they were a huge event. I remember seeing this woman pitch back then:

Softball legend Joyce, who famously K'd Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, dies

Joan Joyce, a prolific softball player who famously struck out both Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, passed away on Saturday. She was 81 years old. • Meet the woman who struck out Hank Aaron Joyce was just 13 when she joined the Raybestos Brakettes, a professional softball team based in

www.mlb.com

Pretty amazing to watch. Couldn’t believe how fast they could throw underhand.

 

[djct1999]

Stadium looks great!

 

[jleves]

It looks like Silence of the Lambs gone wild.

 

[arch]

Anyone ever catch the Raybestos Brakettes back in the day? We lived nearby the stadium when we were kids they were a huge event. I remember seeing this woman pitch back then:

Softball legend Joyce, who famously K'd Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, dies

Joan Joyce, a prolific softball player who famously struck out both Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, passed away on Saturday. She was 81 years old. • Meet the woman who struck out Hank Aaron Joyce was just 13 when she joined the Raybestos Brakettes, a professional softball team based in

www.mlb.com

Pretty amazing to watch. Couldn’t believe how fast they could throw underhand.

All the time in late 50s/60s? Cardinals too.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Anyone ever catch the Raybestos Brakettes back in the day? We lived nearby the stadium when we were kids they were a huge event. I remember seeing this woman pitch back then:

Softball legend Joyce, who famously K'd Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, dies

Joan Joyce, a prolific softball player who famously struck out both Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, passed away on Saturday. She was 81 years old. • Meet the woman who struck out Hank Aaron Joyce was just 13 when she joined the Raybestos Brakettes, a professional softball team based in

www.mlb.com

Pretty amazing to watch. Couldn’t believe how fast they could throw underhand.

Isn't there another board to which the mods could move this post?

 

[arch]

Get a glimpse of the softball stadium on FS1 right now.

UConn’s hosting PC, with John Fanta in the house.

Mora in the crowd?

 

[Exit 4]

Thanks- just turned it on

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Anyone ever catch the Raybestos Brakettes back in the day? We lived nearby the stadium when we were kids they were a huge event. I remember seeing this woman pitch back then:

Softball legend Joyce, who famously K'd Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, dies

Joan Joyce, a prolific softball player who famously struck out both Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, passed away on Saturday. She was 81 years old. • Meet the woman who struck out Hank Aaron Joyce was just 13 when she joined the Raybestos Brakettes, a professional softball team based in

www.mlb.com

Pretty amazing to watch. Couldn’t believe how fast they could throw underhand.

Is there any chance I could have seen her in either the Hartford area or along the Shoreline in the mid-60s to 70s? I have very little recollection of being anywhere in coastal Fairfield County prior to 1977, but a sense that I saw her.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

They are having a real nice season. 27-13, 14-2 in the BE. Coach Valentino seems to be turning the program around nicely.

Met her briefly at a travel tourney couple years ago while she was scouting. Got really good vibes (get your minds out of the gutter gents), not surprised to see her achieving some success. If my daughter was a little bit better, would have loved to have her go play for her & UConn.

 

[mauconnfan]

Anyone ever catch the Raybestos Brakettes back in the day? We lived nearby the stadium when we were kids they were a huge event. I remember seeing this woman pitch back then:

Softball legend Joyce, who famously K'd Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, dies

Joan Joyce, a prolific softball player who famously struck out both Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, passed away on Saturday. She was 81 years old. • Meet the woman who struck out Hank Aaron Joyce was just 13 when she joined the Raybestos Brakettes, a professional softball team based in

www.mlb.com

Pretty amazing to watch. Couldn’t believe how fast they could throw underhand.

The Meriden Falcons were formed after the Brakettes in the late 70s early 80s with Joan Joyce as well as many other star women’s professional softball players. Many of the stayed for the summer at the Holiday Inn in Meriden. I was a bell boy there, yep no joke lol. I got to know them even partied with a few on many given nights.

 

[MTHusky]

Joan Joyce was a phenomenal athlete. Her and Birtha Reagen Tickey were unhittable.

 

[huskyblooz]

I root for all our teams! I still can't grasp the people on here who don't. The more athletic success from others, the better for the athletic program & the university.

 

[Fishy]

Stadium looks great!

It looks awesome.

I love that they got it on national TV with Fanta.

 

[Fishy]

Mora in the crowd?

Man is everywhere.

He caught a home run the other day.

 

[mauconnfan]

Man is everywhere.

He caught a home run the other day.

In other words he has good hands as well?

 

[Waquoit]

Man is everywhere.

He caught a home run the other day.

That still cracks me up

 

[Storrs South]

 

[Mister P]

Joan Joyce was a phenomenal athlete. Her and Birtha Reagen Tickey were unhittable.

Barbara Reinalda was also unhittable. If my memory is correct, I think she was the all time winningest pitcher in team history.
Those Brakettes teams were always a powerhouse.

Are they a team anymore ? I remember them changing there name to the Hi Ho Brakettes at one point in the 80’s.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Anyone ever catch the Raybestos Brakettes back in the day? We lived nearby the stadium when we were kids they were a huge event. I remember seeing this woman pitch back then:

Softball legend Joyce, who famously K'd Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, dies

Joan Joyce, a prolific softball player who famously struck out both Ted Williams and Hank Aaron, passed away on Saturday. She was 81 years old. • Meet the woman who struck out Hank Aaron Joyce was just 13 when she joined the Raybestos Brakettes, a professional softball team based in

www.mlb.com

Pretty amazing to watch. Couldn’t believe how fast they could throw underhand.

I watched Joan Joyce pitch a shutout against a 10 man softball team with only 4 Brakettes. My father pitched softball for the Norwalk A&P team. When I was old enough I asked him to show me his pitches. The riser, a curve, and his favorite dipsy doo where he would nick it off his baggy pant leg! Joan Joyce was a special athlete. She was still coaching in Florida right up to the end

 

[MTHusky]

I watched Joan Joyce pitch a shutout against a 10 man softball team with only 4 Brakettes. My father pitched softball for the Norwalk A&P team. When I was old enough I asked him to show me his pitches. The riser, a curve, and his favorite dipsy doo where he would nick it off his baggy pant leg! Joan Joyce was a special athlete. She was still coaching in Florida right up to the end

She was the female Eddie Feigner, King and His Court who I've also seen live when I lived in Ansonia, if memory served the game was in Derby.

 

[Rocktheworld]

You that bored with your family away? Lol

Wifey probably out couch shopping

 

[nhHusky]

Paige and Nika were in the stands watching. Nice to see them hanging out and having fun together.