In the infamous 1 inning varsity game, Ryle eliminated themselves on what I hope was a bad case of promlag. With 2 outs and runners on first and second a routine ground ball to the shortstop was flipped to the sub secondbaseman who obviously forgot he had a runner on first and failed to step on the bag. In the confusion, the runner at second rounds third as he was running all out with two outs and scores without a throw.

Ballgame.....Simon Kenton 1 - Ryle 0

In the infamous 1 inning varsity game, Ryle eliminated themselves on what I hope was a bad case of promlag. With 2 outs and runners on first and second a routine ground ball to the shortstop was flipped to the sub secondbaseman who obviously forgot he had a runner on first and failed to step on the bag. In the confusion, the runner at second rounds third as he was running all out with two outs and scores without a throw.

Ballgame.....Simon Kenton 1 - Ryle 0

 

BTW..the score of the six inning called due to darkness game was:

 

Ryle JV 4 - Simon Kenton Varsity 4...thus creating the one inning game that we could have played in full this morning.

I was reminded of a game back in college where our ace was pitching and the right fielder, Buckley, dropped a routine fly ball in the bottom of the 9th and we lost 2-1. After the game, the Coach said: The headlines tomorrow will read "McClain loses again". He went on to say: "But if I was writing the headlines,it would read, Buckley Makes _ _ _ of Self". In today's game, our ace was pitching and the incredible mental error allowed the winning run to score, so guess what my headline would be for today's game? Congrats to SK on advancing.

Tough crowd.

 

I'd say SK's pitcher WON the game since Ryle couldn't score.

 

I vote we cut some slack to a high school kid who made a mistake.

 

Is Ryle the only team in NKY that has not actually had a team beat them this season?

Tough crowd.

 

I'd say SK's pitcher WON the game since Ryle couldn't score.

 

I vote we cut some slack to a high school kid who made a mistake.

 

Is Ryle the only team in NKY that has not actually had a team beat them this season?

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"I vote we cut some slack to a high school kid who made a mistake."

 

No kidding.

"I vote we cut some slack to a high school kid who made a mistake."

 

No kidding.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Adam Dunn misses a few fly balls... that's something to talk about... but he gets paid big bucks not to drop them. HS kids make mistakes all the time. This is one game, I'm sure the kid feels bad enough.

 

On a side note... that's a classless thing for a coach to say it doesn't matter who he said it to from little league, knothole, highschool, college, or pro... it's uncalled for.

On a side note... that's a classless thing for a coach to say it doesn't matter who he said it to from little league, knothole, highschool, college, or pro... it's uncalled for.

 

What are you talking about?

Tough crowd.

 

I'd say SK's pitcher WON the game since Ryle couldn't score.

 

I vote we cut some slack to a high school kid who made a mistake.

 

Is Ryle the only team in NKY that has not actually had a team beat them this season?

 

Understand I am just bringing up a question, and not looking for a fight cshs81.....

 

But will everybody do this when the young QB from school XXXXXX throws a poor pass that gets intercepted, to lose the game? Or the senior guard from school BBBBBBB who only makes 2 out of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to lose the game, or blows an assignment, on an inbound play to give up the winning score? How do you report/inform/tell those who weren't at the game what happened, if you don't report/inform/tell them the deciding point in the game? What would happen to BGP if only the scores were to be reported, and became totally PC? I think that if a young man/woman puts on the uniform he/she has to understand the good and the bad of doing so. If you want to be Saturdays hero, then you had better be prepared to be Saturdays goat too, you can't have it one way without the other.

 

Oh btw then, shouldn't we stop posting when a young person does a great job on/in the field/gym also?

Here are some corrections, comments and insights for this thread. The final score of the game was 5-4 as it was a suspension and not a replay of a game suspended due to darkness.

 

There is a huge difference between a physical error, which I have never criticized on BGP and will never criticize, and a mental error. This play was a complete failure to be mentally into the game. 7 other players out there were at Prom and did not have a normal night of sleep, so prom is not an excuse.

 

Here's exactly what happened including field talk: Runner on second with two outs. Coach Roesel calls for an intentional walk to set up a force. The strategy works perfectly as the batter hits the ball right at the shortstop, who underhands the ball to the second baseman who goes to cover the bag. Second baseman steps on the bag and then steps off of it well before he catches the ball. Second baseman says to shortstop while the ball is in the air: Why are you throwing the ball to me? Shortstop says, tag the bag, tag the bag. The player just stands there. Then, I guess realizing the mental error, he drops his head and holds the ball while the winning run streaks across the plate.

 

This is what happened. The player is not mentioned by name. Nothing would have been said if this was a physical error. Coach Roesel had every right to blister the player for lack of focus that cost his team a game but I doubt that he said anything except to the entire team. He is a very fair coach and an even better man. He is finding out who can do what at what positions to prepare the team for the post-season. Even though our record is far short of where it should be at this point in the season, this was a painful learning process that will help us in the long run.

 

As for our college coach, we had to bite our lips to keep from laughing as his statement was hilarious. You had to know the Coach, who was a truly kind and funny gentleman, and his relationship with Buckley. I will never forget that incident as it was one of my funniest memories of college baseball even though the loss was painful at the time. The statement was not uncalled for. It was well deserved.

 

Again, congrats to SK. They won, we lost.

"But if I was writing the headlines,it would read, Buckley Makes _ _ _ of Self". In today's game, our ace was pitching and the incredible mental error allowed the winning run to score, so guess what my headline would be for today's game? Congrats to SK on advancing.

 

Oldguy - I list the above as what I have a problem with. Yes, we can say the kid made an error/mental mistake/whatever. It happens. Reporting what happened is fine. You cannot omit the error. However, I have a problem with the above. The line in bold print went over the line IMO.

 

The coach should be the one blistering the kid in the post-game huddle.

cshs, just a difference of opinion for one of the few times. I see what you are saying and apologize if that phrase offended you. Actually, the college situation was a physical error and I have seen big leaguers drop routine fly balls. A mental error in sports makes a fool of youself and hurts your teammates that are working their butts off. There are no excuses for mental errors......period.

Understand I am just bringing up a question, and not looking for a fight cshs81.....

 

But will everybody do this when the young QB from school XXXXXX throws a poor pass that gets intercepted, to lose the game? Or the senior guard from school BBBBBBB who only makes 2 out of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to lose the game, or blows an assignment, on an inbound play to give up the winning score? How do you report/inform/tell those who weren't at the game what happened, if you don't report/inform/tell them the deciding point in the game? What would happen to BGP if only the scores were to be reported, and became totally PC? I think that if a young man/woman puts on the uniform he/she has to understand the good and the bad of doing so. If you want to be Saturdays hero, then you had better be prepared to be Saturdays goat too, you can't have it one way without the other.

 

Oh btw then, shouldn't we stop posting when a young person does a great job on/in the field/gym also?

 

Well said Theoldguy. Just reporting the facts.

Tough crowd.

 

I'd say SK's pitcher WON the game since Ryle couldn't score.

 

I vote we cut some slack to a high school kid who made a mistake.

 

Is Ryle the only team in NKY that has not actually had a team beat them this season?

 

Please cshs81...your destain for Ryle is way too obvious...and as usual, your wrong again....the mental error LOST the game

Understand I am just bringing up a question, and not looking for a fight cshs81.....

 

But will everybody do this when the young QB from school XXXXXX throws a poor pass that gets intercepted, to lose the game? Or the senior guard from school BBBBBBB who only makes 2 out of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter to lose the game, or blows an assignment, on an inbound play to give up the winning score? How do you report/inform/tell those who weren't at the game what happened, if you don't report/inform/tell them the deciding point in the game? What would happen to BGP if only the scores were to be reported, and became totally PC? I think that if a young man/woman puts on the uniform he/she has to understand the good and the bad of doing so. If you want to be Saturdays hero, then you had better be prepared to be Saturdays goat too, you can't have it one way without the other.

 

Oh btw then, shouldn't we stop posting when a young person does a great job on/in the field/gym also?

 

 

Very true. We all use names of the star players in a game and very few ever name the people whose play cost their team in a given game. And, we should not use the names IMO. But, what's the big deal about telling the truth about what happened without mentioning names?