Jimmy Olson

I would say Cooper and Ryle lost more than any team in the 33rd last year. I think Cooper only has maybe 2-3 guys that started varsity last year. Very young at the varsity level.

I guess really not the reward you would want, but they have went through a lot of pitching. I know they have a quite a bit more though. Chiefs did have them go through 4 on Monday. Z. Shannon went the distance in his outing and I have no idea what the used against CBC today. I agree with the format of this tournament 100%. I sat and looked at the brackets a few times and still really didn't figure it out. If Hunter was 100% he would have faced them on Monday more than likely though. Either way, it's pretty nice outing regardless of the outcome by the Chiefs! :thumb:

And tbeir reward? The mighty Skins. If they had Hunter, I would give them at least a fighters chance. Really weird format for these Connie Mack things.

Chiefs not only in the Connie Mack Regional, but in the Finals. Dunn threw a complete game 2 hitter against Flash Baseball to win 1-0 this morning and Joey Cochran threw a complete game 3-4 hitter against the Riverbats to win 2-0 this afternoon.

The Chiefs start the week in the Connie Mack Regional tournament at Midland before heading north.

I'm going to go off the radar and take 2 Dark Horses.

1. Tanner Verst - Brossart

2. Zach Friend - Cooper

Verst has the work ethic, heart and desire to get better, which I feel will be hard to keep him out of this discussion come next year.

Friend also has the work ethic and a father that played D1 baseball that knows what it takes and I feel he will also be in the discussions come next year.

Keep an eye on both of these boys.

Dunn did not pitch in the first match-up either. He and Ganns only faced each other in the district seeding game and the districts. Dunn faced Boyle in the Doc..

Sorry, I was mistaken then, could have sworn Ganns pitched against Dunn in the first matchup as well. Not really sure why you would discount the Doc Morris game when comparing the 2 teams though. Yes they played at Meinken field but I don't recall any difference in the other games when compared to that one except for Cooper spotting Boone 3 unearned runs in the first on a bad call at home by the ump.

 

The other 2 games Boone scored on errors also so why discount the first game and say the other 2 were better indicators? The district game there were 3 runs by Boone scored on errors so should we say that doesn't count also? The 2nd game played when it was tied in the inning where the fans got out of hand the go ahead runs we're due to an error also. So not really sure how those 2 games are better indicators of the 2 teams. Do you say that only because Boone won those 2?

BLUEGRASS CHIEFS

Nate Arnzen - Bellevue

Brian Dill - Bellevue

Trevor Booth - Beechwood

Luis Burgos - Cooper

Hunter Dunn - Cooper

Aaron Floyd - Boone

Blake Hamilton - Beechwood

Dylan Huff - Bellevue

Jake Lawhorn - Cooper

Tyler Lyons - Ludlow

Michael Mundy - Simon Kenton

Mark Peterson - Summit Country Day

Todd Ramey - Highlands

Blake Roedersheimer - Boone

Blake Schumann - Georgetown

Jared Seibert - Holy Cross

Briley Seiter - Bellevue

Nathan Verst - Bishop Brossart

Keep a rollin boys!

Wow....Number 1.....I wouldn't call that a coach. 2....The parents are either ignorant or stupid. That is really sad:irked:

Tournament past weekend went by outs recorded. I saw a 13 year old throw 132 pitches on Saturday against a friends team and came back on Sunday and the coach pitched him again and he threw 70 pitches on Sunday and still never recorded the maximum number of outs for the 2 days. Sad!!

I’ve only seen the kid a few times and hair aside, he's a player.

As far as getting any special treatment because they are going D1, I would say that's not the case. Dunn is going D1 and he's not on this list. I know he batted .500 for the year with 13 or 14 doubles. He also played in the toughest district along with playing a demanding postion when not pitching. As I agree with the case for King, but I think a case could be made for Dunn also.

Congrats to all the players and coaches! I'm sure arguements could be made for quite a few kids.

Bottom line is that the kid should have hit puberty and have the start of some facial hair. That is usually a good sign they are ready to start throwing more supination pitches. Grips IMO are overrated. The last finger to remain on the baseball on most all pitches is the middle finger, unless your middle finger happens to be in line with your index or ring finger. Depending on the type of change a kid throws would be the only pitch it would not be. I think finger pressure can dictate much more than a grip. JMO on curveballs not creating stress, I would disagree. A curveball is still thrown from the supination side of the baseball. I do agree that a kid can have that many pitches without throwing the curve. 2 seam, 4 seam, sinker and change gives you 4.

Why don't these coaches just teach FASTBALL, SINKER AND CHANGE. That's ridiculous!

My youngest son went to Disney last year and played in the USSSA Elite 32 @ the 9u level. Every team that they played that was from the south threw true curve balls @ 9yrs old. It made me sick watching these young kids throwing curve balls at that age..It was truly shocking!!:ohbrother:

rjs4470...As I totally agree with using the gun for health purposes, as I have personally done in the past, I don't really agree with the curveball/slider call. Besides the good ole heater, the only other pitches that create a natural pronation are the sinker and change. The cutter, slider, slurve and curve are all supination pitches which do create the snap/roll over to the natural pronation after thrown. The wrist should be pre-set on the supination pitches. I totally agree with pitch counts, but at the same time every kid is different. Your gun idea is a very good way to see if the kid is tiring. if he is, THAT is when things start to go wrong. I would venture to say that the first thing most coaches look at on "Little Johnny" is the upper half and where he is releasing the ball ect.. When actually they should look at the kids foundation first and work their way up. My first year as a high school pitching coach, we were doing bullpens and the stud pitcher stepped up to the mound. The kid threw 2 pitches and I stopped him and ask him. Does your arm ever bother after pitching? The kid response was "Coach, it freakin kills me". I proceeded to tell the kid why and it was because of his foundation. He and I worked to get him out of that habit and his arm didn't kill him after he threw that year. I do agree with throws from the field after pitching can create potential issues after pitching. If the kid is a top hitter he needs to DH. I've been told personally from Alan Jaeger of Jaeger Sports, that it would be best if the kid throws 40+ pitches, he shouldn't play the field for a couple days after pitching. This is JMO and thoughts on the subject.

Actually, a radar gun is a pretty important tool. It helps you determine when a pitcher's velocity is dropping, which is an indication of fatigue. Also, when teaching the changeup, you want to be able to truly gauge the difference in speed from the fastball to help determine if the pitch is being thrown correctly and how effective the pitch is. Also, all breaking balls are not bad. I'd never teach a slider to a kid, but there are curve balls that can be taught that don't require twisting of the wrist or hard snaps. Not saying it should be thrown all the time, but it can be done without doing damage to the arm. I do know SWOL has pretty strict pitch counts, but as you mentioned, it's not uncommon to see kids pitch 7 innings then catch or play short. I think the throws that make from the field after pitching can cause more damage than pitching.

Congrats Cougars! Do the 9th proud, but especially the 33rd District!

Ouch.....that's not good. Hope the young man can get back to it soon!

Fracture in his back.

What's the problem with Jones?

Highlands hasn't had their ace for over a month.. Alot of pitching depth for the Bluebirds..

Wow...Picked the 4 yesterday and blew todays. Congrats to Conner and Highlands!

Championship game is against two of the scrappiest teams this year. Conner just keeps winning and HHS finds ways to manufacture runs all season when behind.

 

Should be a fun game.

Where is Qryche "Best Avatar" 11 with the update?

I know, the wheels fell

Off after that play IMO. Remember they were winning at that point.

That surpasses wheels falling off like I mentioned before. Unreal!

I would think that the Dixie pitchers could hold runners on better than Beechwood pitchers did yesterday....JMO!

I didn't see the game. My guess is Coach Baioni had the Birds running and forcing the issue. True?

That's more than just the wheels coming off, that is a crash and burn. Holy Cow!

Wow the wheels have come off for the Colonels. They now trail 7-3 and have 7 errors on the Night.

7 E's though Hellbird....you got to be kidding me!

Dixie had a rough time after Caple missed a throw from Wehrle to home which allowed 2 runs for HHS to go up 4-3. Took the air out of their sails IMO.

3 hits....7 errors....WOW!

Birds up 7-3 after 6. Birds have 3 hits.

There is NO WAY you don't play no doubles. As hard as he throws, it wouldn't have taken much to get over an outfielders head. It only takes one guy to square up on one. It's baseball and a tough way to lose, but it happens and won't be the last time you will see something like that in this great game of baseball.

I've got to question the "no doubles" defense that Boone deployed in the 7th inning. No one on Dixie's team had hit the ball hard ALL EVENING. Dixie probably 30 batters in the game with a few ground ball base hits and a couple of legit singles. Nothing was close to going to the wall. With 2 outs, Boone was giving Dixie a tie game on a single and possibly the win on a long single (but they would prevent the double)......

 

You rode your horse (Ganns) and he performed very well. Why not count on him doing the same thing that he had done with the first 30 batters?

 

Congrats to Dixie and Coach Maxwell. They were positive, patient, and aggressive. Paid off in the end.