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I believe it had something to do with not wanting to cancel the Connor Classic tomorrow.

High. School. Baseball.

I believe that. It happens all the time especially at the high school level. It's just a natural reaction when you see a batter back out or catcher stand up. BTW I've seen a ridiculous amount of umpires mess up a balk call at the high school varsity level, so I'm not at all saying the umpire was right. I didn't see it.

Honestly not sure... I was guessing that he just wanted time and Hammons was the only one who heard/saw him ask for it. I've seen it before where an umpire misses the kid asking for time and the pitcher notices it. They still call it a balk.

Well I didn't see the play just going on what I was told. I heard it was a confusing play, but the right call... and that's coming from a Ludlow person. Either way that's why they teach you to just finish the pitch no matter what. Hammons was told that by his coaches I'm sure and he'll learn from it. Great kid who really wants to make himself better.

It was the right call... Batter asked for time ump didn't give it to him... Hammons stopped his motion in the middle and didn't finish the pitch. You know how balk calls are with the fans though.

Remember you don't have to throw 90 MPH like every other kid in NKY to be dominant. It's about getting people out.

I'd say having good stuff and putting it where he wanted it made him pretty dominant in the 9th Region tourney last year. I expected a pretty dominating performance on the mound this year from him. One of the few who really understand pitching at this stage...

Connor is a very good hitter and gold glove caliber second basemen. His pitching honestly is where he hasn't been as dominant as some expected, but I think they'll take 6-1 any day.

Hammons was clearly the best pitcher on either of these two teams though. I'm not sure it would have mattered who pitched for Dixie.

Gotta say I'm with Clyde on this one. I honestly think it's kind of a fun tradition for everyone involved. The seniors have fun pulling a prank, they get a slap on the wrists and aren't allowed to play, the JV get to play "under the big lights", and the seniors cheer em on.

The biggest thing the umpires did was call a balk on Ludlow with a guy on third letting Dixie tie it up in the top of the 7th. What you should be commenting on is your varsity coach not throwing his ace. I don't care what teams play... I love it when teams don't throw their ace in an important game and it costs them. BTW what was he saving him for?

Apparently UK athletics agrees with me...http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/112108aab.html

You do realize he is very muscular don't you... Do you know how light 175 is? He's not 5'11"... He's 6'3"-6'4"... He'd have to be a rail to only weigh 175.

... He weighs 200.

Well you don't believe right then. He'll be pitching there.

Seems like Rickels has been on fire for the past two weeks. I could be wrong, but it seems like I've seen his name in the stat line for almost every game.

I would agree with you 100%. My point was it's weird how dominant they are at the JV level considering how balanced it is on the varsity level. They have a fine varsity team, but their JV is always dominant it seems.

Biased in what way? I have nothing against Ryle. They just always seem to have a stacked JV team... Literally every year. I didn't mean that to be a shot at their varsity squad, but they aren't exactly a powerhouse at the varsity level like the JV team might lead you to believe.

It seems like Ryle's JV team is always good... As you mentioned they've won the last two... It's unfortunate it doesn't translate to varsity.

Lol... It's called the regional tournament. Are they just going to throw their 4 and 5 and hope for the best?

... I don't think you really want to open that debate up. Two words... Isler, Nutini.

Glad to hear that... Tough year for the kid. Wish him all the best.

:thumb: Haha... Me taking shots... C'mon you know me better than that...:lol: But in all seriousness I actually do believe he's trying to pitch him every four days regardless of the situation. I haven't seen it, so I don't know for certain but that's what it sounded like last night when it came up in conversation.

That was my guess, but I really wasn't sure. I don't know that I like my chances if I'm HC of beating Isler, Beechwood beating Isler, and winning a blind draw.