frank_davis

Talk about a great kid with a great, unassuming attitude...Jake's the guy! I'm pretty sure he's a Junior. I can't wait to see him play next year. Is he playing for the Colonels again this summer? His game has improved dramatically since last year, and he wasn't bad then! It seems as if his confidence has improved greatly and it's paying off offensively as well as defensively. I don't think POY this year, but next year it'll be a different story.

BESR bats are NOT illegal! If they are BESR certified, AND stamped accordingly, they ARE legal. It's in the rulebook...the NFHS rulebook.

I've watched Travis "Choppy Jr." (sorry Chop, you're dad is still the original) play for many years...as a matter of fact, I've even watched him playing a little tee-ball. He's always played a year above his age. This has been the only season of his career that he has been an "older" kid on a team. He played for the District 22 KNOTHOLE, American Legion team from Newport that would routinely enter "select" tournaments and kick-butt, not to mention winning the Greater Cincinnati Knothole Tourney numerous times. The tropheys that this team collected was astronomical! It was a great group of ballplayers. And yes, any college would be lucky to have this fine young man fall in their lap.

Oh YES they would! Like Villa, city employees are part of a union that would demand the "right" to work on the field. Gotta love it!

Is the Ludlow job up for grabs?

It's not a good idea to raise the leg and hold it up until you decide if the runner is going because stopping the motion is a balk as well.

Doesn't Knothole follow the MLB rulebook? There is no delayed dead ball in MLB, is there?

I didn't realize high school and major league baseball are one in the same. I apologize. I should have also realized that text book isn't the same as rule book. My mistake.

From what I hear it's going to be Dennis Ollier. He'd be a good choice. He knows what to expect from the kids there. He's been involved in the game for years and I think he's even had some experience down at Bracken Co.

I'm not sure what game you were watching or what rulebook you're referencing but... the throw was definintely off target neccesitating the SS to pull his foot. I was sitting on the 1st base side of the field and it was obvious. BTW, I've never seen a reference to "shadowing" either, what is this, could you explain where a runner is out if the bag isn't touched?

Clyde, wouldn't that be an error on the 2nd baseman since the throw was wide?

I think they were making sure that the right guy was going to take the appeal.

I heard so that the lights wouldn't have to be turned on.

Close, low scoring game, Dixie by 2.

I can't find him anywhere... I think he's in hiding!

Congrats to Brad, his team, and his staff on a complete beat-down of the Raiders. I've never seen Ryle beaten like that. Nothing seemed to go Ryle's way. When given the chance to make a play, Ryle's defense was solid, it was the long-ball that killed them. Hoskins had a solid game. Should be an interesting Regional.

Wouldn't touch this game with a ten foot pole, very even. Whoever brings their A-game.

They're not????? Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the offense lose 5 or 10 yards when a holding penalty is assesed? Doesn't a player in basketball get ONLY 5 fouls? How many pitches does a batter get? If he goes to the plate 5 times a game and sees 6-8 pitches per AB, isn't that 30-40 pitches? So in your terms of thinking, ONE pitch-call is more important that a foul in basketball? And one pitch-call is more important than giving up 5-10 yards on a football field?

Da Birds! Run rule in 5. No steals allowed. No steals attempted.

I hope not. Bob is a good coach as well as a good guy.

Mental errors don't show up in the box scores.

It was total self destruction on the part of NCC in the 4th. Highlands preyed on a disshelved NCC defense by aggresive baserunning forcing error after error. I don't know how many runs were earned but I do know that errors fueled this upset. Nonetheless, good win for HHS.

Have not seen Sexton. Smallwood may throw that hard. Roenker may hit it two or three times per game. However both Smallwood and Roenker both throw with a little more control.

I wouldn't doubt it, the kid was throwing HARD! Probably the hardest thrower in the 9th. He needs to work on control though.

Great minds think alike Coop!