Please go watch your giants game.

OB73-I turned the SFG game off, too, trailing Miami 8-0 after 4 innings. LOL

The coaching decisions for pitching and catching have been puzzling all year. After this 17-1 loss vs Stanford embarrassing wonder what this coaching staff has in store for the rest of the weekend?

Today, Cal mustered one hit in the B6th to avoid a Stanford no-hitter. The game invoked the mercy rule with the Cardinal dominating 9-0 in 6 innings.

Softball vs Stanford University on 4/25/2026 - Box Score - California Golden Bears Athletics

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Stanford shuts out Cal 5-0 on Sunday for a weekend sweep. The Cardinal outscored the Bears, 31-1.

Today was a much more competitive outing for the bears, unfortunately hitting was not there this weekend. Senior day on Stanford's field is interesting to think about. 5-0 is still a good game against Stanford. They didn't really get their bats going til second half of the game.

Can't wait for the softball portal

Ccajon2 said:

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Can't wait for the softball portal

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Do you think Cal will get some talent to come in and immediately help for next year? They struggled bad. Do you think the HC needs to make changes on his coaching staff?

After following Cal this year and looking at last year, ppl are acting like this team was #1 in the ACC last year. They were bottom middle and squeezed into the NCAA tournament and lost first round. This year was terrible, but many act like they were the top team last year. They weren't even though the past players are doing great this year. Imagine having to hear ALL year every game on national TV that these aren't the coach's players. How do you think that affected this current year's team?? Although true, maybe having the teams back and saying this is my team this year and we are going to work as hard as possible, maybe that would have gave some life to this current team.
As for lineup and pitching decisions, yes they were very questionable. It seemed like they wanted who they wanted and that's who they stuck with good or bad. Many times changes were made way too late with the game being already out of reach. Stuck with the same arms most of the conference games with the same results, so that's a little scary going into next year knowing that things weren't switched up when it wasn't working. Same with position players. Cant keep ppl on the field in vital positions that hurt your chance of winning and have little to no energy in important positions. Seems like bats were prioritized over solid defense instead of a good balance of both.
As far as portal additions, ppl are not running to play for Cal like some may think. If they are all American status or trending that way, then believe Cal can't afford them (maybe 1) and they will be competing with check books from the SEC and Big Ten. Also, the team hasn't been a top 25 team in a while so many players are not going to want to stress themselves with the Cal academics and play for a non-contender. There are some good pieces on this current team but coaching them up needs to happen and adding more to what is already here. With that said there were some bright moments in the circle, offensively, and defensively this year, but who knows who will enter the portal or not. I doubt there are any coaching changes for goodness sake it's year 1 ppl. Even if there needs to be I doubt it is happening in year 1.

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calbearsfan said:

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Why are we playing at Furd this weekend??? They didn't like the stadium in Saratoga where the games were originally scheduled?

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Maybe a conflict with the field?

This is what was posted on Calbears.com:

"The series was originally scheduled to be played at West Valley College in Saratoga where Cal would have hosted the Cardinal - but the series had to be relocated to The Farm."

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My theory is that Cal/Furd looked at WVC and realized they didn't have the capacity or the ability to host the large crowd that softball can reel in. Don't get me wrong, WVC was nice but it definitely wouldn't have been able to handle the crowds that showed up last weekend. Considering that ever home game in Saratoga there has been no tickets, no options for concessions, and... I'll describe it as "minimal" staff presence outside of the coaches and folks in the booth, it seems like a no-brainer to relocate to The Farm.

Needless to say, I can't wait for our new digs to open.