How good is Forney baseball

What time are the games today? Any knowledge about who will be pitching today? Not going to be able to get out to Waxahachie today so keep me filled in.

Any updates on Forney's games? I got one update that in the bottom of the 6th of the first game Forney was up 4 to 1, but that's all I have so far.

Forney beat Birdville 4-1. McEuen threw a 1 hitter and Eatherly closed. Forney defeated W.T. White in game 5, 7-4 with Blakely getting the win and Shea White closing.

How is the weather up there? Will there be any impact on tomorrow's game.

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Originally posted by JackRabbitDad:
How is the weather up there? Will there be any impact on tomorrow's game.

It's not good JackRabbitDad it's been raining all day! Looks like the big game will have to be resceduled! By the way I talked to Corey the other night at Poteet. He's a good young man!

Any news if today's game vs Poteet is still going to be played and where and time?

I got information that the game will be at Poteet tonight.

It's going to be at 7:30 according to my "mole".

Where is the field they will play on?

Behind Poteet High school.

Which is where everyone in that district will finish - "Behind Poteet High School"!

BT
Thanks for the confidence in Poteet. But there are at least two very good teams in this district besides us. And I believe that it will be very tough to beat them 4 times. We have a big test tonight with Forney. Those guys can swing the sticks from what our scouts said last weekend. I hope we can keep it close tonight and have a chance at a victory.

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Originally posted by Big Train:
Which is where everyone in that district will finish - "Behind Poteet High School"!

Oh no! Big Train remember they are not that good! They will finish 3rd in the district! Yea right!

Does anyone know the radio station in Mesquite that carries the Pirates games and whether or not it is available on the internet? I, as it turns out, will not be able to drive up and attend, but would like to listen if I can.

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Originally posted by JackRabbitDad:
Does anyone know the radio station in Mesquite that carries the Pirates games and whether or not it is available on the internet? I, as it turns out, will not be able to drive up and attend, but would like to listen if I can.

JRD I don't know if they stream on the internet but the station is 88.5 fm Mesquite.

KEOM 88.5. Don't know if they are carrying the game since it was supposed to be at Forney.

Beast, thanks. I'll check it out at 7:30 and have my fingers crossed.

JRD
According to there web site they are broadcasting a softball game West Mesquite vs. Terrell at 7. But who knows it may be rained out.

Beast,
Thanks. Just my type of luck. I hate "blind" rooting. I never know how much good (or bad) I'm doing for the team. Good luck tonight. I hope it's a game that is well played, close and both teams can be proud of their performance, win or lose. However, that's a lot to ask of 18 year olds with a rivalry game that each wants very, very badly.

You have a PM JRD

Poteet beat Forney 5-0. Poteet's defense was outstanding for Blunt who threw a perfect game with 10k's.

get rid of this thread. Especially after last night. No one cares.

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Originally posted by hornsr1:
get rid of this thread. Especially after last night. No one cares.

hornsr1 - ....if you don't like the topic then don't open it. If the thread was called "How good is PW baseball" you would be all over it...

There are people that care, congrats to Austin Blunt and Poteet on a very nice win!

Blunt also had a home run in the win.

Great effort from a young man whose been doing this for a long time now. Howard is getting a good one next fall.

Austin would be on Dale Hansen's sunday night show this week if the producers weren't concerned that they'd have to put his dad on, too. The elder Mr. Blunt has the quintessential "face made for radio." If anyone, anyone at all, would agree to pose as Austin's "good looking stunt double dad" the kid could finally get some publicity.

Austin did a great job. Forny was very flat and Poteet took advantage of a few miscues. Forney looked uncomfortable from the time they stepped on the rubber.A difficult place to play on a uncomfortable surface. The Forney hitters never got comfortable in the box and Austin just kept throwing strikes and the hitters just looked. Not taking away from Austins performance it is a rare feat. Pottet did not look as good as I expected but Forney made them look better. it is early and we will see how it plays out

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get rid of this thread. Especially after last night. No one cares.

You want to get rid of this thread because a bunch of 16-18 yr old kids had a bad game? Your smarter than that hornsr1. This game was 0-0 into the bottom of the 3rd and if it weren't for a couple of spectacular plays on defense we would be talking about a different outcome. Blackmon made two or three bad pitches and Poteet took advantage. You can't get rid of a thread because of that. Beast and I have been trying to tell y'all that we aren't that good and I think last night showed that. We just took advantage of some mistakes and Forney didn't get that chance. It's a long season and it will still be Forney, Red Oak, and Poteet all right together when May rolls around.

Good observations go pirates, Forney only had a couple balls hit out of the infield all night, both were pretty good hits too, but when that's all you get from your hitters you really don't have any chance. Both teams looked fairly equal taking away the errors by Forney. Looks like both teams are fairly equal but haven't seen Red Oak play. Could be a good race for district this year.

Any word on the Forney games today in the I-30 Classic. I think they played Rockwall and Odessa Permian (glad it's not football).

I-30 Classic
Day 1

Rabbits- 2
Rock- 5

Rabbits- 1
Mojo- 12

Mojo-2
Rock- 11

Terrell- 0
Heath- 8

Terrell- 0
Midlothian- 5

Midlothian- 4
Heath- 12

Wylie- 13
Dallas Christian- 10

Dallas Christian- 9
Royse City- 2

Wylie- 10
Royse City- 6

Wylie 10 - RC 6

This is an interesting tournament. Win on Friday and move to the winners bracket side? Sitting starters and pitching jv type pitchers is not a formula for winning and that shows in the scores from yesterday

Which games do you see "jv type pitching"?

The first game yesterday was just ok but the second was very typical jv quality with 75/77 fast ball. Forney did not help the pitcher by making lots of erors but the team knows when this type pitching is happening it is a slugfest. The ball was hammered all over the park.

If you can command pitches and hit spots, MPH should not matter. If the team plays bad, then they play bad. Everyone still has to throw it, catch it, and swing it just like the other team, no excuses.

I am puzzled now. Did the opponents start JV pichers that Forney was unable to hit, or did Forney start JV pitchers and fail to provide them with run support to offset their lack of a fastball??

By the way, nothing wrong with JV pitchers. I bet we were all related to one at some point.

I heard Forney won their game today. Does anyone have any details? "Way-remote" dad is thirsty for input.

The word I heard is yesterday's game against Rockwall was relatively uneventful for Forney offensively with the exception of a 2-run home run by Blakely. Forney pitchers gave up 2 home runs,one by Hay and one by Eatherly. The final was 5-2. The game against Odessa Permian was a horrible defensive game. Regardless of pitching, the ball stayed in the park and dropped and misplayed by most all Forney defensemen. The final was 12-1. Both Forney losses. To try and lay blame on the pitching is a total scapegoat. I was told Forney had 7-8 errors, not typical of Forney baseball.

Today's game against Midlothian was a total opposite of yesterday's games. Forney came out offensively and got the runs when needed. Blakely hit a grand slam in the first inning and the rest of the squad contributed as well at the plate. Hits/walks up and down the lineup. This game only had a couple of errors and a good outing for Jeffery on the mound going the distance for the win. Forney wins 10-7 over Midlothian.

Forney plays tomorrow at 10:00 am @ Rockwall Heath.

This was all passed onto me by FHS staff and friends that keep me up to date on the games.
Hope this helps JackRabbitDad.

Thanks XXPlayBallXX. Sounds as if Forney can be rather inconsistent as a team. Hope they can settle down and play without errors and allow the offense a chance to come through.

I said JV type pitching not JV pitchers. Yes there were lots of miscues but you can't just serve it up at 74 regardless if you are spotting it. Also you have to put your best 9 on the field not play weaker players if you are not going to get an A game on the hill. Not scapegoating as I said lots of errors. Poor performance all the wy around. Forney is a little inconsistent a the plate but pretty solid defensively with their starters in place.

A wise man once said you are only as good as your weakest link.