I'll agree with you that it would have been a different story with pittman on the mound in the championship game.

 

Pittman took the loss I believe against North earlier in the season.

I will be sure and ask Coach McWhorter at North to send a thank you card to the Middlesboro coaches for handing him a regional title.

 

I don't know the situation at Middlesoboro, but why would ANY coach want a team they coach to lose? That makes no sense whatsoever.

 

First off I didn't say anything derogatory towards North Laurel did I? I believe I quoted anamail and was responding to a statement he made. Would it have been a different game with Pittman on the mound...I believe so but we'll never know as I stated. So how is that taking away from north laurel?

 

Second..no you don't know the situation at Mboro, so why make a statement? But to answer your question....baseball season cuts into time to play poker.

 

Lastly, you're right, it doesn't make sense..but thats exactly what was going on. Anamail will tell you, as well as any Jacket fan or player will tell you, the best 9 were not on the field for middlesboro.

 

1. 3 positions, (LF, 1B, 3B) were being played by starters who had little or no experience or practice time at those positions.

 

2. Started a freshman pitcher who had pitched a total of 15 innings all year while we could have started 2 seniors or a junior. And then when the kid finally settles down in the 2nd inning he gets pulled. The senior who replaced him pitches 3 good innings, we get the lead, then he walks the leadoff batter and gets pulled. Then the senior that replaced him walks 3 in a row and gets left in. Tolliver never gets a chance to pitch.

 

I could go on and on...but it would be a novel. We seniors made a legacy with the South Laurel game, no one can take that away. But we still think that the team was held back by the coaches and always will. Guess it doesn't matter now because the season is over and it's time to move on.

 

So I wasn't taking anything away from North Laurel. Congratulations. Anamail and I are simply venting frustrations from the season. And we have a lot to vent.

Burgundy -

 

Tolliver is only a Junior, but he wants to play College baseball. He doesn't play any other sports.

 

I thought you meant Breeding because he's played 1st base all year, except for a couple of games.

First off I didn't say anything derogatory towards North Laurel did I? I believe I quoted anamail and was responding to a statement he made. Would it have been a different game with Pittman on the mound...I believe so but we'll never know as I stated. So how is that taking away from north laurel?

 

Second..no you don't know the situation at Mboro, so why make a statement? But to answer your question....baseball season cuts into time to play poker.

 

Lastly, you're right, it doesn't make sense..but thats exactly what was going on. Anamail will tell you, as well as any Jacket fan or player will tell you, the best 9 were not on the field for middlesboro.

 

1. 3 positions, (LF, 1B, 3B) were being played by starters who had little or no experience or practice time at those positions.

 

2. Started a freshman pitcher who had pitched a total of 15 innings all year while we could have started 2 seniors or a junior. And then when the kid finally settles down in the 2nd inning he gets pulled. The senior who replaced him pitches 3 good innings, we get the lead, then he walks the leadoff batter and gets pulled. Then the senior that replaced him walks 3 in a row and gets left in. Tolliver never gets a chance to pitch.

 

I could go on and on...but it would be a novel. We seniors made a legacy with the South Laurel game, no one can take that away. But we still think that the team was held back by the coaches and always will. Guess it doesn't matter now because the season is over and it's time to move on.

 

So I wasn't taking anything away from North Laurel. Congratulations. Anamail and I are simply venting frustrations from the season. And we have a lot to vent.

 

By saying "the best 9 players weren't on the field" and "the coaches held the kids back" and "if a different pitcher were on the mound" you are taking away from what those North Laurel kids accomplished. I don't believe that was your intent, but that is one of the results. If you want to vent about the Middlesboro situation, you may want to start another thread just for that purpose. JMHO.