This is not the Arizona State Softball team that most people are used to.
Trisha Ford’s Sun Devil teams were defined by the long-ball and double-digit showings on the scorecard.
Megan Bartlett’s team (4-1, 0-0 Pac-12) is going to have a different identity, and we got our first glimpse of that this past weekend at the San Diego State Season Kickoff, where ASU went 4-1 in its first five games of the season.
“The reality is, a 4-2 win is going to be the same as a 14-2 win,” Bartlett said in her preseason media availability last week.