I've seen umps tell players to go to the dugout and stay there for 15 minutes for a passing rainstorm like this. That was BS what the umps did here.

Prolly way harder to grip a wet softball than a wet baseball too

What’s the downside for pausing a game for 10 minutes? Send everyone to the dugouts and wait a few minutes. Crazy.

3:33 the girl cowering in the back with a bat has me rolling

Pitcher should have pulled the Lucas Sims and throw every ball back to the umpire for a new one until the game was delayed

lol i guess the only option was for the coaches to get ejected to waste time until the rain passes 😂

SEC Baseball tornament several years ago, it was pouring rain and they still made Georgia pitch the top 1 where they gave up several runs. Then called a rain delay and let LSU pitch the bottom 1 after it had passed. Never recovered from that soggy half inning.

Actually smart for the coaches and catcher to get ejected and the team rushing the field, causing as much delay as possible (including the one that came back). That allowed the rain storm to pass.... if they'd continued just pitching who knows how many wild balls could've been thrown.

@4:39 First baseman's foot is LITERALLY underneath the runner's foot, but they call her safe 🤨

Very solid " Ball Don't Lie" results here.

Umpires fucked up, plain and simple

Paused at 3:37. There may actually have been a ghost out there, that Umps face is one thing, but look at the girl in the back…

3:35 The opposing team batter standing there like you did when you were a kid and your parents were arguing about something.

That was a bada$$ catch and celebration at the end. The dive, the catch, doesn't even need to check because the ball is secure, and just gets up and says that's how it's done.

If the rain is passing quickly isn't that more of a reason to just pause for a moment?

I'm so sick and tired of the egos of umpires,and their freaking egos like psychotic cops!

The thing hes talking about at 4:00. Left girl put ball in right girls glove. Right girl didnt notice. When she puts her hand out for the ball, left girl taps her glove to let her know she already has the ball.

Wth, was that Angel Hernandez warming up to pollute yet another MLB season?

Perfect example of umpires leaving their brain in the locker room. They could have taken a 10 min break.

It's low-key genius to start a melee and a scuffle with the ump during the rain and buy yourself some time for it to pass through. I see what you're doing coach.

I love these breakdowns especially when you analyze the handshakes or glove pats or whatever.

I watched this live and was pretty happy with California winning this, (even though I am a Ducks fan) since the umps screwed them in one inning and the rain stopped just as California was ending that inning. Louisiana only got a run because the ump did not want to halt the game during a downpour, which he definitely should have but his ego was too bruised from wanting to play on the first time he gave the ball back.

number 8 seems like a good person to have on your team

It’s always a shame when the umpires are idiots and the cause of incidents like this. The three pitch rain may have been a catalyst, but it was not the cause. The umpires having very poor judgement was the cause. Then the failure to call two strikes strikes, probably because the umpire was all out of sorts and arrogant. These guys should not be allowed to umpire another game.

From what I read this was a double header, and Cal lost the first game like 8-0. Before that during the national anthem some of the Cal players were kneeling, and the some of the crowd was yelling "stand up", "liberal wokeness", and lots of boos. At least one person in the crowd was trying to get people to stop yelling at the players. So there was some bad blood right from the beginning. I was just at an SDSU Minnesota game, and a couple of the Minnesota fans were being pretty rude. They were heckling the umpire the whole game. When there was a minor delay in adding a point to the score board, a man was yelling "they can't do math in California because of common core". I took my 9 and 6 year old daughters to see this game. We still had fun, but it sets a really bad example to have parents and fans acting like this. I have been a softball coach for 1 year now and we have only had 1 incident of a parent behaving really badly, but when it happens it really ruins the atmosphere of camaraderie and good sportsmanship for the kids. Having grown up playing baseball as a kid, one of the things I really like about softball is the atmosphere has generally been a lot more positive between opposing teams. We always tell our kids that softball is a community and we should treat all these other girls with respect. You might even be on a team with them one day.

I coach high school softball. Last season we had to play a whole game in the rain. It was terrible. Three coaches and we had a system going where after every pitch, pitcher calls time, throws the ball in, get a new one, then we dry out the used one with 3 on reserve. Longest game I’ve ever coached, it was about 3 hours.

How on earth do you grip a softball when it's wet? This was insane. Glad Cal got the dub

They would have stopped the game if the home team was fielding

It doesn’t matter the sport, gender, or level of play: “Let’s goooo!!!” is universal 🙌

What a real shocker that ULL fans (not Louisiana, but UL-Lafayette) are hooping and hollering for a coach gets thrown out for wanting whats best for the safety of everyone on the field…. Nice to see Cal come out on top after that fiasco.

Amazing. If the rain is passing through in a couple of minutes, then just wait a couple of minutes.

That must have been the most satisfying win ever for all the Cal players. I know I would be "angry cheering".

Seeing those obnoxious fans who were taunting the ejected coach lose was very satisfying.

If it's going to pass quickly, wouldn't it just make sense to put the game on hold for a few minutes until it does?

this game started by the cal players being heckled by the opposing fans because some of them took a knee during the national anthem. Emotions high in this one.

Good on Cal for getting back in the game and winning after getting royally screwed over by the umps.

Every bit of this interaction and breakdown was awesome!. 😎👍🏼

The girl at 3:35 is petrified 😂

Glad Cal kept their composure. That was some BS

#8 for cal MVP! Calmed her team the best she could also made the play they called safe was clearly out & RBI.... This breakdown had me hyped!

Imagine tryna grip a bigass softball when it’s raining like hell

Umps wouldn't make these kind of calls if they had to walk to their cars after the game unescorted.....

Typically announcers will say “in the circle” in reference to the pitcher (instead of “on the bump”). Thank you for covering college softball!

Those umps can’t miss their reservation!

That was a heckuva catch by 11 there. It's hard to get footing on wet turf. It can feel like you're spinning your wheels in mud.

It doesn’t matter the sport, sex of the athletes, or level of play, officials find a way to screw up what should be simple and obvious.

I played baseball at a pretty high level before I hung up the cleats. And I’m in Florida, I can’t tell you how many times we’d go sit in the dugout for 5-45 minutes to wait for a storm to pass. This is just the ump wanting the game to be over in the bottom of the 7th

Love the softball breakdowns

Really love the use of “placid” for that Ragin Cajun there. Good stuff Jim.

Great grab in centerfield

Umps wanted Louisiana to win so bad, how’s that backfire taste?

Looks like typical Louisiana corruption to me. Constant stupidity that place. YES, I was BORN THERE, so I know 1st hand how it goes down there. That's why I left!

Funny because my son delt with this same thing this weekend. He pitched 10 pitches in a downpour before they finally had to call the game lol

Softball Jomboy is SOOO back baby!!🙏🙏

VT had a similar problem. Scored 4 in the top of the 7th that was taken off the board. Thanks Auburn.

Absolutely horrendous umpiring. It was clearly not possible to handle the ball, and wild pitches that didn't hit any batters were probably the BEST-case scenario.

Karmaball. As if cal didn't have it bad enough playing a ranked team on the road, they had to fight weather and umps too, and win in extras. Good for them.

your stuff is the best!

At 3:34 the Raijin Caijin batter looks like she just saw a ghost bahaha

IDC but that Cal coach that got tossed is a smoke showwwwww

I always get right into when you do your thing!😂

Jomboy: That rain comes outta nowhere That one fan: I always keep a poncho. You never know. You never know.

Are rain delays not a thing in college softball? You play through or it's cancelled? If it's a short rain then it's a short delay, what's the problem?

"Yesssss! Fuck yeah! Let's gooo!" 😂😂😂😂😂

That’s a good assistant coach, taking the ejection to delay the rain.

This was awesome!

Good guys won in the end

Fcng umps make an asinine decision and their egos break when they won't admit the idiocy...

Okay I love how the portrait moves with the progress bar

Explanation on the mysterious handshake at 4:15 - softball players (I’m not sure about baseball) usually shake/dap hands first and then tap gloves below. The reason this time looked funky was because the pitcher was a lefty so hand touched glove and hand touched glove

Cal had to go through hell to win that game, but deservedly so. That ump should be ashamed of himself and return the money Louisiana paid him.

Softball breakdowns? Hellllll yea!

I can attest playing softball in the rain SUUUUCKS. Catching a throw sucks, holding the ball sucks, batting sucks. It ask hurts. But it makes for some awesome highlight reels.

Respect @ Cal... way to stay in it to win it!

Umps need to go back to school..... this is on them.

Imagine the fans at the end of the game. Still lost with unfair run.

We need these awful umps to be replaced by AI already. They single-handedly ruin games.

High five glove tap hand off: I think it is a synchronized handshake between the two players where they exchange glove taps with the free hand.

Good breakdown today jomboy

Extremely smart, heads up play by the assistant coach to cause a ruckus for a few minutes to buy her pitcher time for the rain to pass. I'm sure they were also genuinely upset that the game wasn't paused, but that's why she was smiling on the ejection.

Thank goodness Cal was able to regain the lead for the win and prevent the theft by the clown crew.

Great game , great recap

not a softball fan, but it's always interesting to see the difference in dynamics between this and baseball, especially with that sweet, sweet, Jomboy commentary

So basically it shows the Louisiana parents are trash, the team itself was trash, and the umpires at the game were trash and couldn't make any progress without an advantage. Their character really came out on those few passed balls

Aditional necessary context: Cal players kneeled for the national anthem and were subsequently heckled by UL fans.

This was great.

The glove handshake with the pitcher was purposeful. The pitcher is a lefty so it throw the double high five off 😂. Usually it’s a high five and a “glove five” from a righty to righty

Holy crap ... were they playing for a billion dollars? Take it easy people, lol.

Holy crap the amount of sexism in the comments is mind blowing. Talking about hearing people screaming, acting like MLB doesn't have rain delays, suggesting that the video be watched on 2x speed, people who probably never played above Little League critiquing peoples slides. There's some toxic as fuck masculinity coupled with very fragile egos on display front and center. Good breakdown more softball please.

@jomboy the glove slap is something softball girls do. You usually see it after the throw down to start an inning when they bring the ball back to the pitcher

Yo that catch at the end was incredible

I could not imagine the screaming and shrieking from these women in this game…😮

Women sports is embarrassing

I love the mini rant about the glove high-five 😂

Louisiana rain is like that. Sometimes, you'll get these micro-cloudbursts that last only a couple minutes. I remember parking at Cajun Field and watching as the other side of the parking lot was in a torrent while I was bone dry. Fuckin eerie seeing it travel like that.

Now that is a ‘ball don’t lie’ moment

Looks like a good game!

love your lip reads!!! lol those should be a TOP 10 of their own, hahaha

I really didn’t expect that game to b so good, they’re talented.

All the umps in this game need to be demoted to calling T-ball games