callumlikeiseeum

Looking for good game to go watch.

No and example why: A 60 year old couple retires and moves to a community. They have no kids in the district, but they must pay school taxes. These taxes are a responsibility of the entire community, not just those who have kids attending the school. and I would like to add this..... No. Home school kids should not be allowed to play due to fact they are not there to go through to tough athletic period where the teams success is built.

The teams that are listed above as teams played last year are all teams that are listed in the tournament this year (except Kelly who is always a good team) Maybe when the tournament bracket comes out and the Bulldogs are actually scheduled to play some of the new teams on there, someone could rightfully give praise a for tougher schedule than the previous year. But at this time, there is no evidence that would make his claim have any merit what so ever. They could conceivably play the close to the exact same people again this year. I once asked one of the winningest coaches in setx baseball history this question. If you had four teams with the exact same kids from August until May, and you were the coach of one of them and had to play the other three in a round robin playoff in the first week of May, who would you least like to see coaching the other three teams. Who could best prepare those other three teams to give them the best chance to beat you? The guy that booster refers to as "previous coach" in his post above, made that list. He even went as far as to say there was one part of the game that this coach was the best he had ever see at preparing his kids at, and that part alone makes his teams very dangerous. I thought this conversation was worth mentioning. callumlikeiseeum

Here is part of the problem. The jasper community was mislead by the media on the process that is in place on how you determine the details of a playoff series. The UIL rules state that if one team wants one game and the other wants two out of three, then they flip. It's that way on every aspect of the playoff match up. If they agree on where to play then no flip. If they don't agree on where to play then they flip. The LCM coach risked playing at Jasper to try to gain home field advantage. The jasper coach did not agree to play there. He lost the flip. The media said he agreed to flip. That's somewhat misleading because that's like saying he agreed to follow UIL protocol. He did not like it, but since they did not agree he was forced to flip for it.

you can have clappers and small bells and small shakers nothing can be extreme like electronic other than music

I hope they did not call a balk for not coming set when picking to first. You do not have to come set to pick to first.

Strange reply to come away with!

How did we go from fifty to fifty thousand? Here is one man's opinion on how and why the problem might have developed. In 1990, only the elite player from this area played true select baseball. The John Pattersons and the Brian Sanchezes of the area. The rest of the kids played HS ball, a few summer ball games with their HS teammates, and those not in football played a few fall ball games with their HS teammates. At this time in history it cost the local kid $50 bucks a year to play the game we love. Then some folks saw people in Houston and Dallas making big money from showcase teams. It spread to this area and several who were self proclaimed baseball instructors in our area began to do the same here in the summers. All you had to be was a successful former player or someone who coached (or raised) a successful former player, and you could line em up and churn out the lessons. Some would do it on the side, some decided to make a run at doing it for a living. Those in the second group had to expand so they could better capitalize financially on the popularity of our sport. To do this they had to have their guys paying them in the fall as well. So they went that route. Some even encouraged many kids not to play other sports so they could keep the flow of that kids parents money into their pockets and they not only coached the kid's teams couple days a week, but for an extra fee, would even coach them more if they would show up a couple more days a week for supplemental lessons on specific parts of the game. As we currently stand some of these people have figured out how to make quite a living off this great sport. All they have to do is control the environment. You might could use some of these tactics to sustain profitability 1) say whatever you have to say to recruit the best kids so you can win ex. tell them its all about the kids 2) it might help to bad mouth anybody else and any other sport that is a threat to taking any kid away from you for any amount of time which would result in a decrease your annual income. 3) when you finally have the hook set on the kid and their parents go to work on them that you are the only person they need to succeed. Tell them their high school coach wont help them play at the next level. Tell them that in all actuality they need not even play high school baseball because you are their ticket. The day enough moms and dads believe that, is the day that baseball in our area has been ruined by greed. Remember that $50 it used to cost to play? Over the course of 10 or 12 years, many families are spending 30? 40? 50,000? dollars doing all of this (more if have injuries from overuse). FYI guys. You could pay your own way to college for that. Ask any college or pro player (that is not in this business, and those that have not drank the koolaid provided by the aforementioned), what were his greatest days in this sport? and the vast majority will tell you, it was putting on their high school uniform and representing their community with the classmates they went to school with since kindergarten. It was the fight for bragging rights between towns and the right to talk trash with our co-workers the next day at work. Some in this business must not have played in that environment and loathe their HS experience but they are short changing any kid or kids that they convince those months out of the year should be four more spent in their gym so that the funds keep flowing. With that said, there are some great people in the area that profit from the great game of baseball, that don't bad mouth others, and participate in America's past time for the right reasons which are the kids and the world's greatest game. Thank you to those guys. If this is you, you will not be offended by what I have written here today. callumlikeiseeum

If you are talking about more than one in red stitch age group I think you are mistaken. Rebels were all rebels. Patriots were all Patriots. Spartans were all spartans. Beasts were all Beasts. BBA was all BBA. Many were aware of the one team that picked up three or four gladiators, but i checked all rosters and dates and no other teams picked up even one player since each team formed. And another thing i noticed was all had their names on jerseys except redstich and the Hurriators as some were calling them. I am just curious who else you thought did.

I watched most of 11u and most of 10u and saw what I think was just about every team and I only saw one team that had pick up players. Are you saying there was more than one? I know the one you are talking about. Everyone there did. But I am reading your post and it looks as if you are saying there are more. Maybe other age groups?

I witnessed a team make admirable adjustments this weekend not to run up the score.  As a fan of kids and baseball I was glad to see it.

Also to txdragon the runners job is not to break up the double play any longer.  That job went away with the slide straight into the bag (on force play) rule implementation. If you slide anywhere other than straight into the bad and make contact with the defensive player on a force out (such as double play attempt), you are out and the runner at first is out.  Thus the days of "breaking up two" are over unless middle infielders go into the "straight into the bag" sliding area which rarley happens because they know either side of that area is safe zone.

You are correct Mo. There is not enough information in your car wreck to tell whose fault it is. BUT! There is however enough evidence in the baseball picture to make a call. Exhibit 1 Can you tell if the runner slid from the picture? Yes The runner clearly did not slide. Exhibit 2 Can you tell if the runner made contact with the fielder? Yes The runner clearly did not avoid contact. Exhibit 3 is given in the description of the play (if accurate).  This play was said to include a catch by the fielder and a dislodging of the ball by the runner. Exhibit 4 If a runner goes into a base standing up and this act hindered the fielder in an attempt to make a play, it is interference. If he does not slide, he must get out of the fielder's way. Excerpt from the umpires helper book. This play has nothing to do with contact made during a slide.  It has everything to do with contact made with out a slide. If the umpire knew the rules then the three seconds you say he had to make the call was plenty of time.  Also the ones that are on here making incorrect statements regarding the play have had more than three seconds to make a decision and they still can't get it right.

In the mid to late 90's it was 20-4A was the toughest district in the region. No doubt! I got this off 20-4A / 21-3A history on this site.  From 2001 on 20-4A has not been as tough.  In 12 years 20-4A has been past the second round only 9 times (LCM 4, PNG 3, and Ned 2) out of forty playoff teams. I do not believe any teams in this district will advance to third round this year either and have seen all play. That is compared to the 12 times (LCM 5, Ned 5, PNG 2) in six years prior to that out of sixteen playoff teams. Seems like we have regressed in this area in recent years. History 20-4A 1995 1. WOS.. beat Jasper/lost to Brenham 2.Nederland.. beat Silsbee/Hallsville/Scarbourgh/Brenham/ at state lost to Coppell 1996 1.LCM...beat New Caney/Brenham/Clear Brook/Carthage/ at state beat south Lake/ lost to Arlington Heights 2.Nederland...beat Jasper/ lost to Carthage 1997 1. Nederland...bye/beat New Caney/Brenham/El Campo/LCM/ at state lost Fort Worth Highlands 2. LCM...beat Silsbee/Athens/Jasper/TxCity/lost to Nederland 3.PNG...beat Hardin-Jeff/lost to Brenham 1998 1. LCM...bye/beat Athens/Sweeny/lost to Ned 2. Nederland..beat Dayton/Whitehouse/Jasper/LCM/lost at state Calallan 3. PNG...beat HJ/lost to Oak Ridge 1999 1. Nederland...bye/beat Magnolia/PNG/West Columbia/lost to Brenham 2. LCM....beat Lumberton/Carthage/lost to Brenham 3. PNG...beat Dayton/Oak Ridge/lost to Nederland 2000 1. Nederland...bye/beat Longview/lost to LCM 2. PNG...beat Dayton/Carthage/Jasper/Tx City/LCM/Arlington Heights/lost state final to Calallen 3. LCM...beat Lumberton/Brenham/Nederland/New Caney/lost to PNG

The coach that is leaving probably won too many games. He was three outs away from the playoffs.  You know how athletic director/ head football coaches hate that.  Well, the majority of them.