Home Run title for your state

Last year I believe the leader in the San Diego area had 9. I'm guessing that will be hard to match this year. I don't know about the rest of the state
but I think 14 would do it.

Most high schools in the area are about 320 down the lines and 400ish in center.

I have a son who played as a freshman on the college level. On a full size field I was told the number of home runs went form an average of one a game to one a 3 game series.

Pitching, defense (particularly good outfielders), and base running will win ball game this year on the HS level.

To me the 8 number sounds about right for most states; particularly in the NE, where most teams play less then 30 games.

not really sure. i know the bbcor bats are going to make a huge difference. but, i just read an article on kyle carter from columbus, ga. he won a home run derby with 7 in the prelims and 7 more in final. he had the longest homerun at 487 feet i think. doesn't sound like bbcor bats, but i think the article stated no other contestant hit 3 homeruns. kid has a lot of power for his size. he has 45 career homeruns and he thinks he will break the ga state record career mark of 69. to do this it will take 25 this year. pretty big goal. i guess time will tell.

Georgia High School Leader hit 21 last year. Record held by Micah Owings (pitches for the Diamond Backs) at 25. Corey Patterson 2nd on all time list. Following at sixth is Jeff Francouer with 20 ten years ago.

If high school this year follows the College trends of last year; NCAA home run total fell 50%. That trend would predict about 10 being the high this season for GHSA?

Most High School fields in our conference are not 400 ft in center....Our school has the largeat field (355 down the lines, and 380-5 dead center)most are 325-35 down the lines and 370ish center. 12 won our conference last year (player's home field was one of the smallest)Mine hit 6 out at home (10 total), and a teammate hit 4 (6 total).Both will be seniors this year With the new bats, I'm thinking 8 for our conference. We play 22-23 games. For the state, maybe 10-12 HRs. I seen some small HS fields in our state...and some beasts that were JRs last year, who will be returning as Seniors, BBCOR won't be a factor for some.

according to the article on carter at espnrise.com, carter hit 22 homeruns last year. not sure if that is correct just what the article reported.

quote:

Originally posted by GWTW62:
Most High School fields in our conference are not 400 ft in center....Our school has the largeat field (355 down the lines, and 380-5 dead center)most are 325-35 down the lines and 370ish center. 12 won our conference last year (player's home field was one of the smallest)Mine hit 6 out at home (10 total), and a teammate hit 4 (6 total).Both will be seniors this year With the new bats, I'm thinking 8 for our conference. We play 22-23 games. For the state, maybe 10-12 HRs. I seen some small HS fields in our state...and some beasts that were JRs last year, who will be returning as Seniors, BBCOR won't be a factor for some.

BBCOR will be a factor for aal.

A good hitting beast will still hit it over, I've already seen it this past summer and fall.(a "good hitter" already, will be the key) weak hitters, lucky shots with the BESR bats, will be hurt the most by the change in bats, I beleive.

Lots of fields in this area don't have outfield fences. A shot to the gap rolls forever. That counts as a HR as much as a 500 foot bomb over a 400 ft CF fence. Some schools have short fences, like should really be a ground rule double short, but that counts as a HR, too. Some schools have moveable fences. (adjustable )

Antz ... My son hit a homer to right at Norristown junior year. He came back to the dugout saying, "360 my a$$. I didn't even get all of it." At PW the team prevented at least two homers by playing at 350 with no fence. My son must have caught one of Rose*****'s at 390.

Some of the fences in our area are 280 tops. One school's right field is about 250'. One year they had 3 lefties hit around 15 hr each. Ridiculous.

I'm surprised there is no rule saying that a varsity field must have a fence. Those temporary ones can't be very expensive. I haven't seen a baseball field that shares the outfield with another same season sport. Son's former HS used the outfield for a s****r team in the fall but exclusively baseball in the spring with a temporary fence.

At fenceless fields, they call it "all you can get", which means keep running until we tell you to stop. My son hit a moon shot one time that landed on the crossbar of a ***** goal, two towns over. The RF took a few steps back, then just watched it.

"Clang", the other coach comes out and says "obstruction! Ground rule double" and he got it. At another fenceless field, son hit one into the back of the football grandstands, a mile over the OFs heads. RF jogs over, kicks the grass around a little and throws up his hands. Another ground rule double.

Like RJM says, you just play back. HRs turn into long outs. If there's weeds or a cornfield at the edge of the field, you let it go and pretend you can't find it. (like the Cubs do) If you have moveable fences, and you play the big boys, you move the fence back (way back). "They didn't hit any over against us."

Who plays baseball without fences. I have never seen living in Ga or TN a field without a fence for high school. We may have middle schools without them but never high school.

quote:

Originally posted by Jeff Connell:
Who plays baseball without fences. I have never seen living in Ga or TN a field without a fence for high school. We may have middle schools without them but never high school.

I had never seen fields without fences until we moved to PA. Our high school is a legit MLB size park. The wind blows in from left or from left to right in the spring.

Here is my no fence story. The farthest ball I ever hit in HS, easily 450. Fastball down the middle and I killed it back up the middle. Back spin, swung as hard as I could. Absolutely killed it. We were playing on a new field that was the best I had ever played on. Unfortunately, they had not installed the fence yet. Dang centerfielder was about 70 feet out in waist high grass when he caught it. Rounding second the ump gave the catch sign and I was just the first out of the second inning.

quote:

Originally posted by im647f:
Last year I believe the leader in the San Diego area had 9.

Several kids on Rancho Bernardo (San Diego, CA BBCOR) had 10/ea last year and the team had 50 combined. Their field is on the smaller side with a short fence (maybe 8') but that program has VERY good hitters who rake anywhere they play.

With BBCOR, many balls that look like bombs coming off the bat seem to die right at the warning track. There are no more cheap HR's....