In The Circle

I appreciate the access and insight into so many division 1 programs through the interviews.

The best softball podcast!

I really want to like this podcast and support you guys because you support college softball but taking half the show to talk about press box size and a weather man! Interview with another broadcaster and asking about how she felt calling games? That’s something you do in season not right after Regionals!! Talk about the teams and the players. Tell us what team had the best batting average, which team won with defense, which players carried the teams! You said nothing about how the games actually went, you just stated the obvious win and loss record! You guys have an awesome opportunity to stand out in the collegiate softball space and are dropping the ball with whining, complaining and self talk!!

Softball coverage isn’t great in general. Cookie cutter interviews with surface level answers that they recite over and over again. “I knew my team had my back.” Nonsense like that is most of every interview in this sport. But In the Circle is among the worst overall. Their commentary is unintelligent and uninteresting. Their interviews are plain and have zero depth. They take no chance to ask detailed, interesting questions that only the coaches or players they interview could answer. You have Alana Vawter on, an All-American pitcher from Stanford and South Carolina and you waste our time asking her about restaurants? WHO CARES! Anyone can talk about that. Ask her about things only she can answer! She said she only had two and half pitches in her arsenal despite everyone thinking you need five or six. Ask her why. Ask what she considers the third pitch. Ask why she only considers it her #2.5. Ask for her comparison of coaching staffs and conferences she has played under. Something. I could forgive some of this mess if the audio wasn’t a complete disaster. You have other audio playing in the back of podcasts. The quality is horrible. Victor’s is even worse. The intro sounds like it’s from a basement in the year 2004. I think you guys should completely revamp this show. D1Softball should find some real podcasters who actually know something about media.