RainMaker

I said something earlier on this thread because I thought those saying that this call caused the championship to be "tarnished" when in fact, neither Ashland nor Johnson Central really had a chance to win the tournament, or really affect who did. Now I feel obligated to disagree with everyone calling for Ashland to criticize or punish their coach. How many of you people have ever told an umpire that the call in favor of your team was wrong and that it should be reversed so the other team could win? I'm sure everyone is going to say "me", but you are all lying if you do. Whether it was a homerun or a pulled foot at first, or a ball that hit a batter on the jersey, bad calls are part of the game and I've never seen a coach tell an umpire "even though that helped our team, it was wrong, reverse it." As a practical matter, an umpire can't do that any way. They are always being told they are wrong. As an umpire, you do your best, and you stick to your call absent your crew mates saying that they saw it better. Relying on the reaction of players is implausible. How many times have you seen a batter toss their bat just to have a stike called? Their reaction was that it was ball four. Is the umpire to assume that the player got it right? The umps got this one wrong. They got plenty of them wrong this tournament. Others cost teams game too. Maybe if JC had got a hit before 2 out in the seventh, they wouldn't have needed this call. No one play costs the team a game, right? The call sucked. I've watched the video. I feel horrible for the kid. But I've felt horrible for alot of kids that have been called out on strikes in the dirt and didn't try to show an umpire video. I think those that are accusing Ashland of doing anything wrong are just flat full of it. The next coach or player I see talk an umpire into changing a call because they saw it different to their detriment will be the first time I've ever seen it. Time to move on.

Someone said that this call causes this to be a "tarnished championship" and that Johnson Central should have been playing on Saturday? This game was on Friday morning. Johnson Central is now 0-6 at the state tournament. I watched the video and they clearly got screwed, but they weren't going to make it to Saturday. They would have had to win 4 more games Friday if they won that one. Don't be so dramatic.

Especially when the pitcher that broke her back in 2012 pitched, or at least got the win, in 32 of the 44 despite her injury.

I have heard plenty of coaches say that it affects vision of corner infielders. I just don't understand all of you that are so die hard for masks can't make your kid wear one without KHSAA parenting for you. If you want your kid to wear one, fine, make her. Others might not want their kid to wear one.

I think what I said has been misinterpreted. I didn't mean that you are a bad parent if your kid doesn't wear a mask. I meant that if you think your kid should wear a mask for safety reasons, and feel strong about it, but let your kid talk you out of it, then you are being a bad parent. Don't ask the high school administrators to make a rule just because you can't get your kid to do what you want her to do. Making everyone else do what you are unable to make your kid do is bad legislation.

Too many parents want the coach or organization to parent their kid. If you think your kid should wear one, make her. If you think it is necessary and don't make her wear one because she doesn't want to, you are a bad parent.

I've been a witness to Bloomer. Agree that he is a top not coach, just do not agree that he always evaluates talent correctly. He seems to focus on who he perceives as his "studs".