Michelle Lepianka Carter
Last Modified: Saturday, May 23, 2015 at 11:32 p.m.
Because the seven innings of a softball game pass so quickly, allowing as few as 21 offensive opportunities, there is a special sort of pressure to the sport. Magnify that with good pitching and the pressure is almost audible, hissing and seething like steam out of near-bursting pipes.
Mix in Alabama vs. Oklahoma — a great softball rivalry over the past five years — and it can border on the unbearable, on both sides.
That’s what happened at Rhoads Stadium on Saturday.