2022 College Season

I don't know if folks know this or not.

In the conferences where there is technology, balls and strikes are monitored at the plate. The umpires have to maintain a certain % to stay in that conference or for those in training to get the job. Each  conference with this availability has their own umpires in conference play that rotate games.

After each game a report goes to the conferences as well as coaches. I don't know if this counts on weekday matchups but does when two different conferences have a weekend series. Standards have to be maintained to keep the job or get it.

I dont know what's standard. I just know there is accountability.

This is why we tend to question why a strike is a ball or ball is a strike.

I am not sure that umpires are not questioned on the report.

That's where the challenge comes in during a game. 

Posting here now- what is up with Texas college baseball?  Pitcher levels player rounding third after he hits home run…check out video  

https://twitter.com/roflo/stat...aEw8KRv45q7SfpCKpg2A

@Gunner Mack Jr. posted:

Posting here now- what is up with Texas college baseball?  Pitcher levels player rounding third after he hits home run…check out video  

https://twitter.com/roflo/stat...aEw8KRv45q7SfpCKpg2A

That occurred in a game between conference opponents in Region 5. I was watching the game and saw it happen. Have never seen anything like it in my life at any level. I know both these teams pretty well and can tell you that one of them is the mouthiest bunch I have ever heard in my life. To me, this is a result of allowing bat flips, hand gestures, and other forms of showing up an opponent that some people think is entertaining. I say it’s trash and can lead to this. I’m in no way condoning this incident but respect for the game and respect for your opponent needs to be restored. This incident may keep the instigating team out of post season play. Bad deal all the way around.

Going to assume the kid wasn't exactly a choir boy when he was rounding the bases.

That being said - pitcher has 34 others on the team and nobody was exactly in a rush to pull him out of the angry mob that was forming - aside from the catcher. Going to assume this was not that much of a surprise to them.

Good news is if he gets kicked off the baseball team I'm sure the football team would love to have him. That was a fundamentally sound hit. 15 yards for defenseless receiver but it looked good.

@PABaseball posted:

Going to assume the kid wasn't exactly a choir boy when he was rounding the bases.

That being said - pitcher has 34 others on the team and nobody was exactly in a rush to pull him out of the angry mob that was forming - aside from the catcher. Going to assume this was not that much of a surprise to them.

Good news is if he gets kicked off the baseball team I'm sure the football team would love to have him. That was a fundamentally sound hit. 15 yards for defenseless receiver but it looked good.

The team in the field has a post season berth at stake. Their players kept their composure in an attempt to not have the game declared a forfeit b/c of their participation. It wasn’t about not coming to the aid of a teammate - it was about trying not to watch their season go up in smoke right in front of their eyes. But they weren’t successful. The other team (that was batting) is a cellar dweller and has nothing to lose (except maybe a coach) so they baited the P and he took the bait. Region rules are if benches clear the game, and the next 2 are declared forfeits - and that’s what’s happened so far.

1 -  A beautiful day (kinda windy) of baseball ruined.

2 - did you check back of ticket for refund policy?

3 - Both my kids individually by text said "get the next (or best) kid" and eventually the other team will police it themselves. Kids w/ no beef don't like being thrown at.

My son goes to Hill which is in this conference and we have already played both teams this year.  Played for years with players on both of these teams.  I sure didn't see much taunting from the batter on the video and what I saw this season is that when NCTC is down in the game like they were prior to this HR, they are extremely quiet and look disinterested in the game. 

I know what the rules are, but there has to be some exception given for NCTC.  They watched their player get assaulted 15 feet in front of them and their response was what it should have been.  They didn't attack or try to fight other Weatherford players.  If I saw a team sit on the bench when that happened, I would be so ashamed of them.  Good job by the NCTC teammates!

@2020txcatch, I beg to differ. I have been in the visiting dugout at NCTC during games. They are the biggest bunch of sh*t talkers I have ever heard - regardless of the status of the game. And the parents aren’t much better. I guess that’s no big surprise.

Btw, this is the second on the field brawl incident this year involving NCTC. The first one was with TCS Post Grad and went virtually unreported.

@adbono, I will certainly defer to you because of your years of watching them. Still, I don't blame any of the kids on the NCTC team.  Everyone in the baseball world knows about this event because trash talking wasn't dealt with like it normally is every other game.

One thing about their cellar dweller status.  I see that as a result of their coach not over recruiting and if you go there, you are going to play.  They simply don't have the numbers that other teams do and its like a 4A school playing 4 games against a 6A school every week.  You aren't going to win a lot, but you are going to get on the field, get your numbers and move on to your 4 year school.  Do you agree with that?

What's funny is that before yesterday's games, I was telling my father that the only chance of Hill making the playoffs was for a team to end up forfeiting a bunch of games due to their record against teams ahead of them.  And I'm sure you know what happened to our 10 run and 5 run leads in back to back games yesterday...so that window of opportunity went away quickly.

#8 ranked Virginia Tech Hokies (not the other VA team in Charlottesville) are playing at Fenway Park this Saturday to honor former BC captain Pete Frates and ALS awareness.   I really wish I could be there.  Definitely will be streaming the game wherever I am this weekend.   Hokies are on a roll.

https://hokiesports.com/news/2...2-als-awareness-game

https://hokiesports.com/news/2...rs-top-25-polls.aspx

@2020txcatch posted:

@adbono, I will certainly defer to you because of your years of watching them. Still, I don't blame any of the kids on the NCTC team.  Everyone in the baseball world knows about this event because trash talking wasn't dealt with like it normally is every other game.

One thing about their cellar dweller status.  I see that as a result of their coach not over recruiting and if you go there, you are going to play.  They simply don't have the numbers that other teams do and its like a 4A school playing 4 games against a 6A school every week.  You aren't going to win a lot, but you are going to get on the field, get your numbers and move on to your 4 year school.  Do you agree with that?

What's funny is that before yesterday's games, I was telling my father that the only chance of Hill making the playoffs was for a team to end up forfeiting a bunch of games due to their record against teams ahead of them.  And I'm sure you know what happened to our 10 run and 5 run leads in back to back games yesterday...so that window of opportunity went away quickly.

I will be happy to share my thoughts about  NCTC in a PM. But not publicly

I see on ESPN that the kid has been suspended 4 games which for a pitcher is like none.  ESPN has the full clip up in the article on the suspension. No bat flip, the kid who hit the HR doesn’t appear to be chirping at the pitcher and the HR trot was normal pace.  There has to be a history between the two guys.  

@Gunner Mack Jr. posted:

I see on ESPN that the kid has been suspended 4 games which for a pitcher is like none.  ESPN has the full clip up in the article on the suspension. No bat flip, the kid who hit the HR doesn’t appear to be chirping at the pitcher and the HR trot was normal pace.  There has to be a history between the two guys.  

Dude, the kid was talking sh*t all the way around the bases. Lots of words beginning with F.

@adbono posted:

Dude, the kid was talking sh*t all the way around the bases. Lots of words beginning with F.

You can tell in the video that words were being said. After he rounds 2B, he turns his head toward the pitcher for a moment and obviously says something. Right after the field umpire starts pointing at the runner almost like he was getting ready to eject him.

@adbono posted:

Dude, the kid was talking sh*t all the way around the bases. Lots of words beginning with F.

I just read that he was taunting.  I know you are not condoning the pitcher's actions in response to words.  No question the pitcher was at fault here.  Do you coach Weatherford or something?  This has hit a nerve with you.

@Gunner Mack Jr. posted:

I just read that he was taunting.  I know you are not condoning the pitcher's actions in response to words.  No question the pitcher was at fault here.  Do you coach Weatherford or something?  This has hit a nerve with you.

It hasn’t hit a nerve but I’m not a casual fan when it comes to Region 5 JuCo baseball.  I know exactly what happened and I have explained it in previous posts.

Son's season is over due to shoulder pain.  Going for contrast MRI next Thursday, Labrum concerns.  Life of a pitcher.  He wasn't getting many opportunities but did very well with the ones he got.  The team is in first, he will watch the remainder of the season.   

The article below got my attention.   This player is currently ending his 7-year college career.... not a typo.  Good for him.  Got his master's, and could have become a lawyer too I guess with the three extra years.

https://www.baseballjournal.co...year-college-career/

Gunner, that's rough, I hope he recovers well.

Weatherford has kicked their tackling pitcher off the team:

https://www.espn.com/college-s...s-opponent-hit-homer

Son got his first college win today. Came in with 2 outs in the 5th with tying and go ahead runs on base. Tying run scored. He then held them scoreless until his team could walk it off in btm 10. Longest college outing to date, and a high in strikeouts. Has been a tough season up until the last few weeks, very happy for him.