Conner drills Dixie 17-7. Big night for Max Simms who went 4-4 with a HR and 6 RBIs for Conner. Conner advances to the semifinals and will face Ryle on Tuesday at 5 pm at Dixie.

 

Maybe it is a coincidence, but I have seen Dixie freshman play 4 times the past 2 seasons. In those games I have seen their coach pull their team off the field and forfeit, throw a ball (hard) into his own dugout in disgust, be ejected twice, argue repeatedly over calls, and now tonight scream across the field at the Conner staff after the game for "running" the score up. I don't know him from Adam but the Dixie coach seems to cross the line on occasion.

 

1) He has never been ejected. Not once in his career. You can check the KHSAA listing of ejections to confirm that.

 

2) The ball last year two hopped into an empty dugout.

 

3) The arguing of calls normally came on calls in which he there was a valid argument.

 

4) Stealing bases when up 10, 11 or 12 runs is bush league and that is what was said tonight after the game.

1) He has never been ejected. Not once in his career. You can check the KHSAA listing of ejections to confirm that.

 

2) The ball last year two hopped into an empty dugout.

 

3) The arguing of calls normally came on calls in which he there was a valid argument.

 

4) Stealing bases when up 10, 11 or 12 runs is bush league and that is what was said tonight after the game.

 

 

Sounds like you know a little too much about the situations? Hmmmmmmmmmmm :idunno:

Sounds like you know a little too much about the situations? Hmmmmmmmmmmm :idunno:

 

Because I spend a lot of time around Dixie baseball.

1) He has never been ejected. Not once in his career. You can check the KHSAA listing of ejections to confirm that.

 

2) The ball last year two hopped into an empty dugout.

 

3) The arguing of calls normally came on calls in which he there was a valid argument.

 

4) Stealing bases when up 10, 11 or 12 runs is bush league and that is what was said tonight after the game.

 

Erroneous on all accounts. I personally saw him ejected twice. Perhaps it wasn't reported to KHSAA by the umpire but he was ejected. On the throw it may have hopped but it was thrown hard and it was not an empty dugout. It scattered Dixie players. Right way and a wrong way to argue calls. Baseball is a differerent animal than football or baseball. I agree he did have a beef tonight on the hit batter ruling, but still.....to yell to the Conner player and ask him if he got hit was, well to steal your term, was bush league. And Conner attempted to steal one base on an 0-2 pitch in the bottom on the 5th up 17-5. Batter struck out so no stolen base was recorded.

I've seen alot of freshman games be blown with a 10+ run lead. IMO you keep playing with that much game left especially against a team you have some history with as I've stated in the examples above. Lets not forget the Conner catcher received a broken thumb in a earlier game this year vs Dixie with a cleats high slide into home so perhaps that had something to do with Conner wanting to win convincingly.

Erroneous on all accounts. I personally saw him ejected twice. Perhaps it wasn't reported to KHSAA by the umpire but he was ejected. On the throw it may have hopped but it was thrown hard and it was not an empty dugout. It scattered Dixie players. Right way and a wrong way to argue calls. Baseball is a differerent animal than football or baseball. I agree he did have a beef tonight on the hit batter ruling, but still.....to yell to the Conner player and ask him if he got hit was, well to steal your term, was bush league. And Conner attempted to steal one base on an 0-2 pitch in the bottom on the 5th up 17-5. Batter struck out so no stolen base was recorded.

I've seen alot of freshman games be blown with a 10+ run lead. IMO you keep playing with that much game left especially against a team you have some history with as I've stated in the examples above. Lets not forget the Conner catcher received a broken thumb in a earlier game this year vs Dixie with a cleats high slide into home so perhaps that had something to do with Conner wanting to win convincingly.

 

1) He has NEVER been ejected. That's a fact. He has been restricted to the dugout once last year against Conner at Conner.

 

2) Dixie players were out of the dugout already when the ball hopped in as they were shaking hands.

 

3) They stole twice in first and third situations tonight, both with the runner advancing safely.

 

4) When the Conner catcher broke his thumb earlier this year it was on a head first slide into the plate in which the catcher's thumb hit the helmet.

 

But I guess you are always right...

Oh and don't forget the Conner player responded that no he did not get hit by the pitch.

Because I spend a lot of time around Dixie baseball.

 

Don't have a dog in the fight but honestly, I have to go with NKU on this one, as NKU knows just as much about Dixie baseball, as does Max and is one of the good guys also!

1) He has NEVER been ejected. That's a fact. He has been restricted to the dugout once last year against Conner at Conner.

 

2) Dixie players were out of the dugout already when the ball hopped in as they were shaking hands.

 

3) They stole twice in first and third situations tonight, both with the runner advancing safely.

 

4) When the Conner catcher broke his thumb earlier this year it was on a head first slide into the plate in which the catcher's thumb hit the helmet.

 

But I guess you are always right...

 

I couldn't disagree more with you, especially on point #4, as I was literally 10 feet from the play. Guess we will chalk this up to if you were watching the game(s) with either a Dixie or a Conner hat on. And not to drudge up past history, but the ball thrown in the dugout last year was NO way an empty dugout. I was sitting on the 3rd base line and saw the ball 2 hop hard in the dugout, bounce around, and watch 5-6 Dixie players jump up and get out of the way. Believe me, I am all for intensity and sticking up for your team but again, right wrong or indifferent, you just can't do that in baseball.

I couldn't disagree more with you, especially on point #4, as I was literally 10 feet from the play. Guess we will chalk this up to if you were watching the game(s) with either a Dixie or a Conner hat on. And not to drudge up past history, but the ball thrown in the dugout last year was NO way an empty dugout. I was sitting on the 3rd base line and saw the ball 2 hop hard in the dugout, bounce around, and watch 5-6 Dixie players jump up and get out of the way. Believe me, I am all for intensity and sticking up for your team but again, right wrong or indifferent, you just can't do that in baseball.

 

I'm not sure how you are confusing a headfirst slide with what you deemed a "cleats high slide". When you see the Conner catch please ask him which one it was. Because I heard the Dixie coach use it as a teaching moment for his runner that he should never slide headfirst into home or he could possibly be the one with an injury. I'd be willing to bet everything I own it was a headfirst slide, would you do the same?

Already asked him and confirmed. It was NO WAY a head first slide. Again, I saw it with my own eyes and have first-hand knowledge it was a foot-first slide. I will say it's controversial if it was a "dirty" slide, in fact, I'd say it was just a hard slide into home, but there's no way I will concede the Dixie player slid head-first nor will you ever convince me the ball was "tossed" into an "empty" Dixie dugout.

Already asked him and confirmed. It was NO WAY a head first slide. Again, I saw it with my own eyes and have first-hand knowledge it was a foot-first slide. I will say it's controversial if it was a "dirty" slide, in fact, I'd say it was just a hard slide into home, but there's no way I will concede the Dixie player slid head-first nor will you ever convince me the ball was "tossed" into an "empty" Dixie dugout.

 

I'm done with this conversation because I can tell you #10 from Dixie slid in headfirst on the play in question. I too saw it with my own eyes. But to each his own. If you want to continue to try and make Dixie players and coaches look bad, so be it. Spreading false statements does nothing but make you look bad.

I'm done with this conversation because I can tell you #10 from Dixie slid in headfirst on the play in question. I too saw it with my own eyes. But to each his own. If you want to continue to try and make Dixie players and coaches look bad, so be it. Spreading false statements does nothing but make you look bad.

 

And I will tell you #14 from Conner blocked the plate and had a Dixie player slide (feet first) into his glove which bent back his right thumb which was on top of the ball in his glove on the tag, and subsequently broke it. Again, not saying it was dirty. But, I'm sure the Conner coaches remembered it and perhaps that had something to do with them being a little more aggressive this evening in a game with a comfortable lead. Not to mention it was freshman baseball in the regional quarterfinals where anything can happen at anytime. And I don't need to say or do anything to make the Dixie coach look bad. He does a fine job of that all on his own.

1) He has NEVER been ejected. That's a fact. He has been restricted to the dugout once last year against Conner at Conner.

 

2) Dixie players were out of the dugout already when the ball hopped in as they were shaking hands.

 

3) They stole twice in first and third situations tonight, both with the runner advancing safely.

 

4) When the Conner catcher broke his thumb earlier this year it was on a head first slide into the plate in which the catcher's thumb hit the helmet.

 

But I guess you are always right...

 

No dog in this fight but I view #3 above a bit differently than a straight steal of 2nd of 3rd base up 10+ runs. Staying out of a force out is smart baseball. Once you are up 10+ runs I can see advocating station to station base running.

Erroneous on all accounts. I personally saw him ejected twice. Perhaps it wasn't reported to KHSAA by the umpire but he was ejected. On the throw it may have hopped but it was thrown hard and it was not an empty dugout. It scattered Dixie players. Right way and a wrong way to argue calls. Baseball is a differerent animal than football or baseball. I agree he did have a beef tonight on the hit batter ruling, but still.....to yell to the Conner player and ask him if he got hit was, well to steal your term, was bush league. And Conner attempted to steal one base on an 0-2 pitch in the bottom on the 5th up 17-5. Batter struck out so no stolen base was recorded.

I've seen alot of freshman games be blown with a 10+ run lead. IMO you keep playing with that much game left especially against a team you have some history with as I've stated in the examples above. Lets not forget the Conner catcher received a broken thumb in a earlier game this year vs Dixie with a cleats high slide into home so perhaps that had something to do with Conner wanting to win convincingly.

If it was already 17-5 in bottom of 5th, why wasn't the game already over with a 10 run rule? no run rule in the tournament?

If it was already 17-5 in bottom of 5th, why wasn't the game already over with a 10 run rule? no run rule in the tournament?

 

Good catch. It was the top of the 5th.