#3 over #12 in the L.I.T.

What's up with this score? Eastern beats Trinity at all levels. Trinity brought down a varsity catcher to catch in a JV game and allowed several past balls and could not even throw down to second. This picture seems to be off balanced. The fire power the Rocks have could only place 1 run across the dish!! I bet Rocks baseball is missing Stoner at this point. He did more than people give him credit to last years squad. Granted, these games don't count for much, but can play head games with the young kids.

What's up with this score? Eastern beats Trinity at all levels. Trinity brought down a varsity catcher to catch in a JV game and allowed several past balls and could not even throw down to second. This picture seems to be off balanced. The fire power the Rocks have could only place 1 run across the dish!! I bet Rocks baseball is missing Stoner at this point. He did more than people give him credit to last years squad. Granted, these games don't count for much, but can play head games with the young kids.

 

This "varsity" catcher wasn't one of the coaches kids was it?

That's the problem with High School. They should never allow fathers of players coach at any level at a school. Too much pressure on the kid, regardless of talent level. Trinity is well known for this action and you would think, someone (Mullins) would say it has to stop. Mullins saw it while his own kid was playing baseball. Then again, it's not all about winning, it's about developing/preparing these kids for the future.

I think when you allow Dads to coach you open yourself up to a lot of scrutiny. When it comes to what team the kid makes and how much playing time he gets there is a perception, fair or not, of preferential treatment. If the Dad is a really good coach and you really need him then you better be really objective when it comes to the kid and make sure he earns his spot. From what I know, there are some really talented sophmore catchers at Trinity who may have been overlooked.

What does THSROCK have to say about all of this? I wish there was a web site to view batting averages, errors, era's, etc. etc.