Bleav in Softball

The season 7 finale is here! Jenna looks back and highlights the greatest hits from the Safe or Out segment, where each guest gives their hot takes on all things softball - from bat flips and the NIL, to rules, strategy, culture, gear, technology, and more. Plus, she breaks down the 2026 softball year in review and brings it home with some final thoughts.

00:00:00-00:16:50 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:16:50-01:08:35 Safe or Out Highlights

01:08:35-01:09:43 Bring It Home/Outro 

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Jenna is joined by longtime ESPN journalist, Hall of Fame reporter, Emmy winner, cancer survivor and Joy+Us Foundation founder, Holly Rowe! They talk about hanging at the WCWS, why softball is one of her favorite sports to cover, working with the “A” team Beth Mowins, Jessica Mendoza and Michele Smith, all things sideline reporting, the grind and ins and outs of broadcasting, her favorite storylines of all time, elevating women’s sports and breaking barriers in men’s sports, growing opportunities for women, her cancer journey, her foundation’s mission, motherhood, and more.

00:00:00-00:08:50 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:08:50-01:08:22 Interview

01:08:22-01:09:35 Bring It Home/Outro

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Jenna is joined by 4X NCAA national champion and First Team All American at Oklahoma, Team USA player, World Games gold medalist and MVP, and Texas Volts pro, Tiare Jennings! They talk about the fourpeat, coaching on the Sooner staff, the transition from college to pro, helping build the AUSL, the Volts franchise, wearing red, white and blue, the International Cup, LA 2028 Olympic aspirations, her relationship with Patty Gasso, what she learned from travel ball with the Batbusters, how her leadership has evolved, building and keeping confidence, relying on her family and Polynesian culture as her why, why she wears #23, and more.

00:00:00-00:08:30 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:08:30-00:57:55 Interview

00:57:55-00:59:14 Bring It Home/Outro

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Jenna is joined by the first woman to play NCAA Division 1 baseball, USA baseball Women’s National Team member, Brown baseball alum, and Cal softball grad transfer, Olivia Pichardo! They talk about breaking barriers, what it’s really like playing with the boys, locker room dynamics, being one of a few representing women’s baseball, transitioning to fastpitch softball, what sticks out to her about our game, why she chose Cal, what “throwing like a girl” means to her, how she defines femininity, managing media attention and pressure, and more.

00:00:00-00:04:09 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:04:09-01:03:00 Interview

01:03:00-01:04:26 Bring It Home/Outro

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Jenna is joined by All American pitcher, 2X All Big Ten and Pac-12 honoree, new UCLA grad, and Utah Talons rookie, Taylor Tinsley! They talk about her WCWS experience, carrying the load in the circle, her close relationship with the Bruin Bombers, why mentality is everything, receiving the AUSL golden ticket, starting her pro softball career, why she chose pitching, her softball journey growing up to now, representing something bigger than herself, and much more.

00:00:00-00:09:02 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:09:02-01:03:51 Interview

01:03:51- 01:05:44 Bring It Home/Outro

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Jenna is joined by Mississippi State pitching coach, All American pitcher at Arizona, 2X national champion and ESPY winner, Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding Player, and former pro, Taryne Mowatt-McKinney! They talk about the Bulldogs’ first WCWS in program history, her own historic run in OKC as a player, coaching multiple pitchers who went pro, full circle playing for and now coaching with the Chicago Bandits, the AUSL, how the game has grown at every level, living life around softball with wife Brittany and son Lincoln, and more.

00:00:00-00:12:06 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:12:06-01:25:06 Interview

01:25:06-01:26:32 Bring It Home/Outro

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Jenna is joined by All American catcher, Big 12 Player of the Year, new Arizona grad, AUSL draftee, and Portland Cascade signee, Sydney Stewart! They talk about why Arizona was the best two years of her life, the Wildcat community, her transfer process, receiving the golden ticket from Jennie Finch, living out her dreams to become a pro, why she chose catching, repping for the tall girls, growing up in the Bay Area, coming from a diamond sports family, and more.

00:00:00-00:07:59 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:07:59-00:51:38 Interview

00:51:38-00:52:49 Bring It Home/Outro

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Jenna is joined by ESPN commentator, NFCA Melinda Fischer Distinguished Service Award winner, Lafayette College basketball alum, Hall of Famer, and the voice of the WCWS, Beth Mowins! They talk about calling softball for over 30 years, two decades in the booth with Michele Smith and Jessica Mendoza, coining the term “Mayhem” for the postseason, broadcasting and her process, revealing the NCAA bracket at the Selection Show, breaking barriers, her favorite sport to call, how having an athlete background shaped her, OKC, and more.

00:00:00-00:06:22 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:06:22-00:34:57 Interview

00:34:57-00:36:11 Bring It Home/Outro

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Jenna is joined by Stanford sophomore pitcher, National Pitcher of the Week honoree, and ACC strikeout leader, Zoe Prystajko! They talk about why Jenna nicknamed her ‘Zoe Prystrikeout’, how leaning on her teammates helped build confidence in year two, Cardinal bullpens, developing a drop ball in the offseason, why she pitches lefty and throws righty, the brand new Stanford Softball Stadium, Head Coach Jessica Allister’s leadership, Stanford Athletics’ 50 year streak of NCAA championships, the postseason mindset, majoring in bioengineering, her recruiting process, playing travel ball for Tony Rico’s Firecrackers, and more.

00:00:00-00:07:19 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:07:19-00:45:48 Interview

00:45:48-00:46:58 Bring It Home/Outro

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Jenna is joined by 3X Olympic medalist, Hall of Famer, 2X NJCAA POY and national champion at Palm Beach CC, NPF and WPSL pro champion, and East Texas A&M assistant coach, Crystl Bustos! They talk about winning gold with the Dream Team in Athens 2004, setting the Olympic home run record, how her vision separated her as a hitter, why junior college was the right path for her, how she hit the ball THAT hard, being known as the Babe Ruth of softball and the Big Bruiser, transitioning to coaching and building a program, softball IQ, and more.

00:00:00-00:08:48 Intro/Covering Our Bases

00:08:48-01:11:00 Interview

01:11:00-01:12:29 Bring It Home/Outro

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