Lee opened the game very shaky, and fell behind 3-0, closed the lead to 4-3 in fourth and could have tied the game but for bad baserunning in bottom of fourth. Campbellsville drew away in last two innings as Osborne tired after throwing a ton of pitches.

Lee, even though having, by any measure, a successful All A tournament needs to do a couple of things, in my opinion, to move to the next level in baseball. The schedule needs to be upgraded so that the Bobcats can see better pitching on a more consistent basis. I realize that weather and necessity to schedule around All A has caused cancellation of some games against better teams, but still a few more games against some tougher competition would help.

Lee has one of the most beautiful and best tended fields anywhere, but the lack of lights probably hurts scheduling, particularly at home, as I would imagine teams are reluctant to travel very far to a game that starts at five or five thirty, that may or may not be done by dark, and which precludes j.v. games of more than an inning or so.

That being said, congratulations to the team and coaches for a great run in the tournament, and I along with all those Lee County fans that were at Applebee's Park today will be pulling hard for a repeat later on this spring.

I will say it again and again. Classy group of young men, great coaching and solid program. Congrats to Lee Co.