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OF scratches 2 runs.

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7-5 Buna

Wild inning scores 3 for Buna.

2 controversial calls by home plate ump, a hidden ball trick, and a few hits were entertaining! 

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7-3 Buna

OF strands a runner at 3rd after a baserunning miscue.

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4-3 Buna

3 up 3 down

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4-3 Buna

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4-3 Buna

Buna scores 2 and knocks out OF starter. 

Armstrong in to pitch. Buna gets picked off twice at first and ends the inning with a K.

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4-3 Buna

OF manufactures another run after a lead off single and stolen base.

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Buna scores 2 and leaves the bases loaded to end the 2nd.

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OF scores a pair in the top of the 2nd.

RBI’s for Bradley and Gipson.

2-0 OF 

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18 minutes ago, WOSgrad said:

Please forgive the way I set this out,but I am no better with the quotes feature more than any of you and I wanted to make sure I got to all of KF's question:

Question No. 1: So are certain baseball rules supposed to be taken serious & followed by Texas high school baseball coaches & others are not?

Answer to Question No. 1: No.  Rules regarding eligibility of players are clearly set out in the UIL rules. It is the understanding of any superintendent, principal, athletic director, coach or sponsor that having an ineligible student participate in a game or activity, regardless of the reason he is ineligible and regardless of the school, carries a no tolerance policy of forfeiture of that game or activity. In fact, my understanding is that Coach Landry is ready to accept the consequences of whatever the 22-4A executive committee finds on Tuesday and there has been no talk of retribution against the reporting party by anyone within Bridge City ISD.

Question No. 2: Does reporting a rule violation make a person, coach or school wrong for doing it?

Answer to Question No. 2:  No.  Unless the reporting school delays reporting the infraction to gain an advantage in the standings.  Now, there is no indication that happened in this case, and as with with the original alleged infraction, there is no indication of malice in the report.  But has been known to happen in other cases.

Question No. 3: Is it better just to keep quiet & think its just a simple mistake because the coaches are dumb or it was no big effect on games?

Answer to Question No. 3: See answer to Question 2.

Question No. 4: Are certain coaches or teams off limits to question or report?  

Answer to Question No. 4: No.  As stated above, Coach Landry is ready to accept the findings of the 22-4A executive committee.

The game will police itself. Nobody in their right mind would publicly make a statement about retribution. 

All of this will come to light, the good and the bad.

Rake1

45 minutes ago, KF89 said:

So are certain baseball rules supposed to be taken serious & followed by Texas high school baseball coaches & others are not?  Does reporting a rule violation make a person, coach or school wrong for doing it? Is it better just to keep quiet & think its just a simple mistake because the coaches are dumb or it was no big effect on games?  Are certain coaches or teams off limits to question or report?  

Asking for a friend....

Tell your friend.....

Yes to a degree. It’s been like that forever. As stated earlier as an example, practice times are rarely documented and virtually every team in every sport “bends” that rule to a degree. If a school wants to play CSI or Law and Order and wants to enforce “every” rule to the exact letter then I certainly hope their house is clean because they invited others over to dig around. 

As a rule of thumb we all know nothing good happens when folks start digging. 

Rake1

11 minutes ago, WOSgrad said:

My understanding is that the folks at Bridge City do know the school that reported the infraction.

Like I’ve said before, it will all come out eventually and everyone will know. I’m like everyone else here, I have seen nothing and for me to say it was a specific school would be nothing but speculation on my part and I’m not going to go near that. 

Rake1

Absolutely nobody wins in this situation, that’s the only thing I know to be true. The offending program will receive a just punishment of some sort according to rules which will in turn affect coaches and players in some way.  The program who anonymously reported the infraction will eventually be found out and they will suffer as well in the court of public opinion and with their relationships with other schools. If the report was done with some sort of malicious intent to gain advantage that school has done nothing but place a giant bullseye on their own back for the future. 

In keeping with the “unwritten rules of baseball” that I personally hold so dear where the game polices itself, I wouldn’t be surprised if BC gets the chance that they score a few “extra runs” on the reporting program in the future either. If it was my team I would blow out a rotator cuff waving in runs from third every chance I got. Like the great line from the movie “Remember the Titans”......

“Herman, leave no doubt!”

Rake1

A couple of honest observations.....

There isn’t any team in the area that is 100% completely clean. I’d be willing to bet a spare 100 bucks that if you put a clock on most any sport that they actually practice longer in a week than what UIL allows. That’s breaking rules but nobody really worries about it. Just like what’s going with BC, nobody worried about that until it meant they (the reporters) gained an advantage. 

I am all for calling someone to task if they were “overusing” a kid by playing too many games. For example, pitching too many innings and jeopardizing their health. Calling up a kid from JV to run bases on occasion doesn’t do that in my mind despite what others may think. Before anyone piles on I understand there are rules and they are to be followed. I also understand that folks who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

Lastly, for those who report anonymously.......

“what is done in the dark will always come to light”. 

Eventually it will all come out and we will  find out if those who reported did so maliciously or in the true spirit of the rule.

Respectfully,

Rake1

9 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Haven't seen a single high school baseball game this season. Just going off what a very informative person told me. It was my 2nd guess.

You just said what everyone was thinking is all I meant. 

Rake1

11 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Somebody near by tattled.

AAW I knew you wouldn’t let us down! 

Rake1

10-0 OF Final in 5 innings

Bradley with a No Hitter. 

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9-0 OF

Evans walkoff single!

OF wins 5-4
Final

Coach Erickson gets win #100

Rake1

OF ties it up and still batting with 1 out.

Warren scores on an errant throw to first.

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4-3 Warren

We got FREE BASEBALL!

Heading into the top of the 8th

Tied

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Evans ties it up with a bomb to left.

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No outs

Warren tripled in the go ahead run in the top of the 7th

3-2 Warren 

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Armstrong hits a missile at the first baseman that turns into a double play. Michele hits a laser back to the pitcher for the 3rd out.

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