Sideline Pics

“10” time cover photographer for Dave Campbell's Texas Football & Basketball Magazines.

[Sideline Pics @hamiltontx]

Living the dream...I've always had a deep passion for sports and photography..and I'm having a hell of a time shooting for @dctf and @DCTBasketball! Thankful to have published "10" covers for the greatest sports magazine in Texas! #cover10 @jettduffey @Jatavionsanders @m_sasser0

[Sideline Pics @hamiltontx]

@Mavsera1132 @NationMffl @ShamsCharania This is solid.

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@Pitt_SB @macyhamilton04 Happy Birthday! 🎂🎈🎊💙💛

[Sideline Pics @hamiltontx]

Happy birthday @macyhamilton04! Love you and hope it’s an amazing year for you!

[Pitt Softball @Pitt_SB]

Wishing @macyhamilton04 a very happy birthday today! 🥳🎂

[Sideline Pics @hamiltontx]

@RebelsOlsen As a D1 slapper Dad, I completely agree. 😎

[Chris Olsen @RebelsOlsen]

This may be a wildly controversial post...

Softball has always been a beautiful game because there has never been just one way to dominate.

You could beat people with speed.
You could beat people with defense.
You could beat people with pitching.
You could beat people with situational hitting.
You could beat people with toughness and IQ.

Yet somewhere along the way, we've started acting like the only thing that matters is how many balls leave the yard.

Home runs are exciting. They should be celebrated.

But when accolades, rankings, and recognition become disproportionately tied to one statistic, we risk losing sight of what actually wins softball games.

The kid hitting .500, maybe all singles, matters...

The shortstop making plays and turning hits into outs matters.

The slapper creating chaos every at-bat matters.

The pitcher producing outs, not strikeouts, matters.

The athlete moving runners, taking extra bases, and doing all the little things that never make it into social media graphics... they matter!

A game built on speed, athleticism, pressure, execution, and teamwork is slowly being reduced to a home run derby.

And maybe it's time to have an honest conversation about the ball itself.

When offense becomes so dominant that pitchers and defenses are increasingly marginalized, the balance of the game starts to disappear. Maybe it's time to nerf the ball a bit and bring the game back to what made it great in the first place, a game where pitching matters, defense matters, speed matters, and every run has to be earned.

The best players are not always the ones hitting the most bombs.

Often, they're the ones most indirectly impacting winning.

Let's be careful not to reward one skill so heavily that we forget to recognize what made this game in the first place... the complete softball player.

[Sideline Pics @hamiltontx]

@slmandel @Aggie_Mark 🤘🏼

[SpaceKnights @TheSpaceKnights]

Sometimes your most important heroes are the unsung ones.

Redshirt sophomore,Taylor Kittleman, was in the dugout and noticed that the FSU baserunner left early.

She asked for Coach Bear to initiate a challenge, which eventually wiped 3 FSU runs off the board.

UCF won the game 4-2.

You're our hero @KittlemanTaylor!

Photo credit: @UCFKnights

[Justin McLeod @justfactsmaam]

My biggest takeaway from this? This is after Fordham was eliminated on Saturday, yet there they were, watching a great ballgame and having fun together. Really cool and a sign of great culture and chemistry.

[Rhiannon Potkey @RPotkey]

This is what it’s all about. Pinch hitter Katie Hoffman with a two-run single for @SDCoyotesSB to tie the game 4-4 in the 7th.

The emotion from her and the coach saying “I’m so proud of you.”

[Sideline Pics @hamiltontx]

@htx_bxn @NCAA There are restrooms at the baseball stadium…. It’s a really nice facility.

[Pitt Softball @Pitt_SB]

More than a game 💙 🩷

Proud to support the @NFCAorg StrikeOut Cancer initiative.

[Pitt Softball @Pitt_SB]

Good start to the weekend 😼

[Pitt Softball @Pitt_SB]

HAIL TO PITT 🟡🔵

[Pitt Softball @Pitt_SB]

ENDS IT WITH ONE SWING 💥

Shelby walks it off with a home run in the bottom of the eighth ‼️

FINAL | Pitt 5, Syracuse 4

[ACC Digital Network @theACCDN]

They got creative with this one 👏

@Pitt_SB | @Pitt_ATHLETICS | #H2P

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

HS Athletes: When you're 25 you're going to realize that the people who demanded your best were also the ones who cared about you the most

[Pitt Softball @Pitt_SB]

HAIL TO PITT 🟡🔵

[Pitt Softball @Pitt_SB]

PANTHERS WALK IT OFF ‼️‼️

FINAL | Pitt 8, Penn State 7

[Pitt Softball @Pitt_SB]

PANTHERS RALLY FOR FIVE RUNS ‼️

BOT 7 | Pitt 7, Penn State 7