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Happy New Year, softball world!
We had a fun year in 2019, but are ready for 2020… how about you?
It was a record-setting year for us at Extra Inning Softball, in all measurable ways: total number of subscribers, total articles published and, we’re happy to say total revenues!
We posted about 1,000 stories over the year which gave us a lot to go through when looking for those stories we felt were most impactful. Not surprisingly, we saw a little of everything: tragedies and triumphs, controversies and great accomplishments, amazing plays on the field and inspiring people off it.
Below you’ll find our complete list of the Top 15 Softball Stories of 2019 as well as 10 others we felt were in the running too. It will be interesting to see next year at this time what will have transpired.
Finally, on behalf of our entire staff, I’d like to wish everyone a happy and successful 2020… and, hopefully soon, we’ll see you on the fields!
— Brentt Eads, President/Executive Editor of Extra Inning Softball
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Top 15 Softball Stories of 2019
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- #15… Team USA Dominates Summer Competition… with One Exception
- #14… USA Softball’s 2020 Stand Beside Her Tour… Taking the Brand Nationwide
- #13… Sam Show’s Bat Flips – & Clutch Performances – Light Up the 2019 Season
- #12… National High School Player of the Year Sydney Supple Spearheads Hometown Field of Dreams
- #11… Busy Year for the NPF Including USSSA Pride Out & CA Commotion In
- #10… PGF Nationals Celebrates 10 Years with Barnburner Finishes
- #9… Coaches Accused of Abuse by Players at Power 5 Colleges
- #8… Mark Campbell’s Death Stuns Club & High School Softball World
- #7… September 1 Becomes a Special Day in Recruiting (Again)
- #6… 2020 Tokyo Olympic Field of Six Finalized
- #5… Geri Ann Glasco Dies in Car Accident… Softball Community Mourns, Rallies Behind Glasco Family
- #4… UCLA Back on Top with WCWS Title, Rachel Garcia Repeats as National Player of the Year
- #3… Softball Out at 2024 Paris Olympics
- #2… USA Olympic Team Selected for 2020 Tokyo Games
10 Other Stories Considered
Listed chronologically; click on the links to go to the original story
- ESPN’s increases visibility and coverage of college softball through pre-season tourneys including the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational (February 14).
- Oklahoma school bus carrying junior high softball team crashes, one player killed (March 10)
- Tornado trashes Louisiana Tech field in April, plans for new stadium announced in November (April 24)
- Sam Roe’s family story: amazing adoption story for #1 ranked player in the 2022 class (March 24)
- High school championship: two Florida teams compete for national title as then-No. 2 Winter Springs beats No. 1 Lakewood Ranch (May 25)
- Colorado tragedy: softball parent Will Hamouz dies in white water rafting accident (July 4)
- Florida Gulf Coast League starts collegiate softball in 2020 (August 12)
- Savanna Luther’s customized bat promotes awareness of her dad’s cancer (August 22)
- Diamond Direction Portal Showcase set for June 2020 to connect transfers & college coaches (December 2)
- Bailey Fernandez overcomes childhood brain cancer to play college softball (December 16)