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I see 2 things in the top pic, first, you can see that the catcher is setup a little away.  This can be seen by his right shin extending out a bit.  He does appear to catch it a little to the right of center, which would also mean the pitch was more over the plate.  Secondly, the hitter does not turn his shoulder nearly as much as in the bottom pic.  
You couple these 2 FACTS, and you can see where this pitch landed.  It was over the plate, and should have been called a strike.
The catcher is also my son, and he tells me that it was right down the middle, without question.  Before anyone says, well of course he would say that, notice in the video that he did start running to the pitcher celebrating before he realized that the ump did not call a strike.
We can sit here and talk until we are blue in the face.  The umpire called it a ball, CS got the game winning hit, and they are playing this week, not BC, even though BC should be.

Vidor would have a problem if they ever started winning. 

Not event the same game or at bat. Top pic night game bottom is during the day. And different umps... Geeze! 
 

I have to agree he shouldn't have done it.  Although I'm ancient, in my day, you'd never run up to an Ump like that.  After the football incident of hitting the Ref in the back, the UIL (or whoever) needs to draw a line in the sand for all sports. That said, I threw a few 55 mph fastballs in high school, and that pitch sure looked like a strike.

And you have to give credit where credit is due... how about that kid from CS that took a un-called third strike, then drove in two runs to win the walk-off?  That's stepping up under pressure.  
Oh, well..... it's time to get ready for two-a-days.  

that's the thing with both games Saturday... Both games had CS's chapter Umps on the dish and they were bias from the start.  But, anyways it's the past time for us to move on.  BC has a very young team that will only get better in the coming years.

Both not one sided at all.  In one game the plate was extended out 6-8 inches at least at times on the first base side and you couldn't get a call on the edge on the other side. Like I said earlier in my opinion that video looks like a strike but doesn't prove anything to me.  

BC was clearly robbed by watching video!  How terrible for kids, parents and fans! 

That is a real shame.  The higher level you go, the less likely you will find one of these hacks that get caught up in their feelings.  Refs, umps, officials should NEVER get involved with fans unless they are being belligerent with the kids or being profane.  I just returned from an event where the refs were high major college or even D League officials.  And you can tell.  
Yes, they are better in general but the biggest difference is how they "handle" games.  They make mistakes just like players and coaches.  But they don't go on the defensive as soon as they do.  I've seen on multiple occasions a ref come over and say, "I blew that one coach" or something similar.  Without fail, the coach replied that he could respect that. 
For those officials who aspire to move up or just do their job as well as they can, you know you are doing your job when you aren't becoming a focus of what is occurring on the field/court.  No one came to see you do your job and you will have done it well if they barely noticed you were there...

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There was nothing that occurred at the Silsbee/BC game that can compare to what took place at Montgomery High in the BC/CS Gm...I've never seen anything like it...BC fans were ribbing the homeplate ump no more than any other team's fans do on any given game night in the state. IMO the Umpire behind the plate that was involved in two questionable calls at second base during Gm 1, was still irritated from being questioned by Coach Landry about those calls earlier that day. It was blatantly obvious by his body language, demeanor, or how ever you want to phrase it that he was ticked off at the BC coaches or fans or both.....He let that effect his calls concerning the strike zone and nobody can convince me otherwise....it wasn't even close to being consistently bad for both teams, it was as one sided as no other game I've ever witnessed.....There was also a scout or Coach from Waco Robinson that commented to a BC parent that "he couldn't believe what he had just saw"....It's hard to fully understand what took place by just reading comments on this board but if you were there or maybe listening to the KOGT broadcast it was absolutely unbelieveable...I would imagine there will be an article in the Orangeleader about the game...

Nothing but crickets.... LOL... if you weren't at the game you don't realize how bad the umpiring actually was.  

it was strike 3 game over....well should have been 

These are kids. Most of them young. Emotions happen, especially at their age. The ending of last nights game, though not condoning actions whatsoever, put the teenagers emotions in overdrive. Let's all look back when we were 14-18 years old, did we make the best decisions at the spur of a momment?? I know I didn't. Maturity comes with age. Thanks to the quick actions of the coaches and some fans that helped get the situation under control, because it could have been way worse. And to speak about some parents getting upset, etc. I don't believe in cussing, etc at the umps what so ever but if that was my my child that was robbed, I would be a little upset also. Unless any of us "bystanders" are in that situation, we wouldn't know how we would react. Speculation and assumptions only cause more damage and misunderstanding. Remeber, once again, these are kids....kids that aren't playing for money or fame, rather, the love of the game. Putting everything on the line with their hearts and soul.

This is what happened. There were 2 outs and the batter had 2 strikes on him. BC pitcher threw a fastball right down the middle and it was called a ball. Next pitch the CS batter gets the game winning hit driving in 2 runs. A couple BC players get in the umpires face (the one who missed the third strike call) after the winning run scored. BC coach ran out and got between his players and the umpire and started arguing with the umpire. I saw a BC player put his hands on the umpire and the coach had to pull a couple players away. The umpire behind the plate was not only bad the whole second game but the whole first game as well. A couple parents ran out onto the field also when all this was going down trying to get the players under control. A SELECT FEW of BC parents were out of line the whole game arguing almost every call. Yeah the umpire for sure blew the call and BC should be advancing but that's baseball. Can't argue balls and strikes. But I also heard that that umpire is from CS chapter.

I guess it's safe to say he's just a little better now...lol

JD3 will have some new fans after this big W...seems like a lot of folks must not know or forgot what he did 2 years ago as a sophomore!

Good luck BC

And wos is home team.  

We need another 22-4a showdown at Lamar next week!   go get the "W" Stangs!!! show them what southeast Texas baseball is all about!. My prediction:  WOS 2-1

We need another 22-4a showdown at Lamar next week!   go get the "W" Stangs!!! show them what southeast Texas baseball is all about!. My prediction:  WOS 2-1

Bottom line is if we didn't have teams like WOS, Silsbee, OF, LCM, and HF in our tough district making us better we'd subcome to an early exit in the playoffs... this proves once again that 22-4a is the toughest district in Texas IMO. Good luck to the Cards and Mustangs in the next round. Let's bring home some state hardware back to southeast Texas guys.

BASEBALL!

Bottom line is if we didn't have teams like WOS, Silsbee, OF, LCM, and HF in our tough district making us better we'd subcome to an early exit in the playoffs... this proves once again that 22-4a is the toughest district in Texas IMO. Good luck to the Cards and Mustangs in the next round. Let's bring home some state hardware back to southeast Texas guys.

Bottom line is if we didn't have teams like WOS, Silsbee, OF, LCM, and HF in our tough district making us better we'd subcome to an early exit in the playoffs... this proves once again that 22-4a is the toughest district in Texas IMO. Good luck to the Cards and Mustangs in the next round. Let's bring home some state hardware back to southeast Texas guys.