Some guy coaching the Oklahoma City University Stars, an NAIA softball team in the Sooner Athletic Conference, racked up his 1,700th career victory two weeks ago. He shook hands with the losing Panhandle State players, spoke briefly to his own team, and went home. It didnīt mean anywhere near as much to coach Phil McSpadden as his 1,614th victory, when his Stars went an astonishing 68-1 to win the 2017 NAIA championship. In college softball, not all numbers are created equal. On Friday night, Arizona softball coach Mike Candrea was so overwhelmed by winning his 1,600th career game that he a) didnīt give a speech, b) point to the sky to thank the softball gods or c) pose for photographs while...
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