Photos of the week: 4.27.2026

This week was wholly astir softball! Margo covered nan Tigers’ last midweek crippled against Kansas City connected Tuesday and 1 of nan 3 games against no. 8/9 Tennessee complete nan weekend, while Dan and I covered nan different two. Take a look astatine nan photos of nan week below!

Margo’s photograph of Gracie Britton present is truthful nosy to me! Britton had conscionable deed a double disconnected nan first transportation she sewage and drove successful 2 runs for nan Tigers successful their 7-1 triumph against Kansas City. Naturally, a small ceremony is perfectly warranted, and her excitement is intelligibly palpable successful this photo.

This changeable from betwixt innings of nan crippled against Tennessee connected Thursday is ace appealing to me. I’m a immense instrumentality of nan monochromatic uniforms (all white, each black, each gold) and nan colour blocks successful this image are truthful visually pleasing. Moreover, nan style Madison Uptegrove makes pinch her arms arsenic she winds up to propulsion and her hairsbreadth flies successful nan aerial really appeals to me!

It’s ever awesome for america photographers erstwhile we get a changeable of a play that’s evidently a large one, and moreover much truthful erstwhile that emotion is supported by our chap colleagues. Margo sewage a shoutout successful nan Rock M Slack for this shot, and nan photograph was specifically applicable for True’s article recapping nan game! The truth that some of their legs are flying successful nan aerial really emphasizes nan action of nan infinitesimal and nan value of nan play.

This photograph of Dan’s from nan crippled against Tennessee connected Friday is really beautiful to look at. The warmth of nan lighting from nan sun mounting is truthful bully and nan measurement Addy Waits is backlit gives conscionable nan slightest halo effect to nan image. I besides emotion nan measurement nan remainder of nan squad is cheering from nan dugout and their shadows are formed onto nan section down Waits!

While this photograph is comparatively elemental and unexciting compared to immoderate of nan different shots here, there’s thing really bully astir nan calmness present of Addy Waits waiting for nan pitch. Earlier I said I’m a bigger instrumentality of nan monochromatic uniforms and though this combo is decidedly not achromatic connected black, nan photograph is framed successful a measurement that decidedly showcases nan achromatic jersey more, to nan constituent wherever we benignant of disregard nan striped achromatic pants. Because of that and nan truth that nan jersey is much of a neutral colour arsenic opposed to a gold, nan colors of nan bat and nan crowd guidelines retired moreover more.

More sliding! Though this changeable doesn’t picture a awesome infinitesimal for nan Tigers, it’s a awesome illustration of a tightly changeable sports photo. We get each nan important specifications beforehand and center, and nan measurement nan ungraded is kicking up, nan shot is intelligibly loose, and Addy Waits’ hairsbreadth is flying up each adhd a batch to nan ocular liking here.

When this happened location were 2 players connected guidelines and I had positioned myself to get photos of a play astatine third. As this play occurred, I realized I was besides successful a awesome position to get photos of nan ceremony astatine location sheet while nan players successful nan dugout besides celebrated. I chose to usage this photograph complete different photos I sewage of nan squad celebrating different large plays because it was much unsocial successful position of composition, and, conscionable for illustration Dan’s photograph from above, I’m a immense instrumentality of nan layering! (Editor’s note: I americium obsessed pinch this photo.)

To adjacent retired this week’s file we’ll look astatine these 2 photos honoring nan seniors! My friend Maddie Steuber, who useful pinch nan team, gave maine a heads up that nan players would beryllium crossing nan section to retrieve their rocks, truthful I was capable to tally astir nan concourse to get them successful time. I ended up liking these pictures much than ones wherever nan players were picking retired their rocks, and I deliberation that’s mostly because it highlights nan squad move and support (literally, considering they were carried connected their teammates’ shoulders).

Check backmost successful adjacent week to spot nan past caller photos of nan twelvemonth from nan 3 of us!