MMWS

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Originally posted by justabitoutside:
Very impressive, indeed. Both teams had exceptional pitching. Frankly, the hitting wasn't bad, the pitching was just that good. One of the most entertaining games I've ever watched. Good pitching, good defense, good umps, good strategy, etc.

Maybe the strongest Mavs team in quite a while. We might hear some more from them before this is over.

The near-future of McKinney baseball, even though it will be diluted between the three HS's, looks pretty good.

Speculation: Alex Baker on the hump tonight.

JABO

JABO,

It was nice meeting you Tuesday night. See you again if you're there any the rest of the week!

Someone please post/re-post the website to follow this tournament.

Thanks!

Here is the main website:

MMWS

Hope this is the one you wanted.

DBAT Run-Ruled the Dallas Giants something like 12-0

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Not crying over spilled milk here.....but IMHO.......ML got a 3rd strike looking on the 3rd batter of the ninth inning that would have been the 3rd out. The ump gave him that pitch all night, but squeezed him on that pitch. He ended up walking that batter and the rest is history. It could've been a different outcome had the ump rung up that kid.....but hey....that's baseball for sure! Still a great game that I'll never forget!

People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else??????????????

obn~you're the best! Tell BD good luck!!!!!!!!!

PD-

congratulate your team, and more specifically your son on that amazing play at 3rd... was he really out? hmm.. but you give it to him with that play

i am espically glad since someone on the opposing team tried to hot dog a homerun that ended up going foul... i thought that kind of showboating only happened in the major leagues..


oh well.

BTW... are you sponsered by UA? or just a model..

jb --- I think the kid was safe at first -- and I'm not sure the ball wasn't foul. I think they rewarded PantherSon for making a good play. There were a few "odd" calls tonight.

It wasn't a pretty game, but our offense has been tough to stop.

DBAT 12
Giants 4
5 innings

WP - Merck

Model for UA??? HA! (pick an old fat guy and ask him to wear your hats and shirts --- that will sell the product!)

It was a heckuva play at third. The ball was fair, and the runner was safe. Thankfully, it wasn't a close game because it appeared the giants got jobbed on the play at 2nd as well. But with 8 errors to their credit, I doubt the Giants are complaining.

Count on both of those two teams playing better. Just one of those nights. The McKinney Mavericks layed an egg in the late game to get eliminated 10-1. Michigan threw a real nice pitcher though.

JABO

JABO -- not sure which play at 2nd you are referring to -- a DBAT kid was called out on a force play -- it appeared that the Giants SS jumped to catch the ball from 1st and was not on the bag. Apparently, the rules are slightly different than we have seen called this year in that a runner can "take out" a fielder as long as he slides into the bag, without spikes up, which he did. I thought the ump missed the call in favor of the Giants. On another play at 2nd, it looked like the DBAT player (running on the play) beat the ground ball force....but the runner was called out. Both calls went in favor of the Giants. As you said though, these plays did not have an impact on the game.

DBAT did make two errors and a few other misplays that cost them runs. The Giants are a good team, they just made too many mistakes tonight.

Congrats to DBat and to Kaleb Merck

My mistake, PD, the Giants did benefit by the call at 2nd. I was referring to the force play where it appeared the runner had beaten the force.

JABO

Congrats to DBAT!

Took my youngest out to the game last night and we had a good time. Both teams barrelled the ball up all night although the errors and miscues made play a little sloppy. Very uncharacteristic of both teams I am told.

Hope these two get to hook up again before the Series is over.

Dbat GM
Is there a possabilty of DBAT getting a BYE in there somewhere like the other teams yall are about to face.

OP......... Missed the game last nite but from reading on here yall did your thing AGAIN.... congrats !!! I do have one question iof I may ( I hope I'm not out of line) if so just let me know.. Did he really pitch 132 pitches??? GOOD LORD what an arm. any worries about that? Do you think a high school coach would allow 132 pitches? If I may ask what was his hardest clocked pitch? I will continue to watch when I can.. Hell I will be watching this kid on T>V. one day... No Doubt !! Keep up the good work.. GO DBAT

Most HS coaches wouldn't even think twice about throwing a kid 130 pitches. Saw one kid throw 160 this spring

There are no more byes until round 6. If there are 3 teams left after Saturday night and any of the teams left have not had a bye, then that team would receive a bye into round 7 (the championship game).

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Most HS coaches wouldn't even think twice about throwing a kid 130 pitches. Saw one kid throw 160 this spring

I know some HS coaches who would, and be very upset with a summer team coach doing this. And if they didn't, might be in the best interest for a parent to consider it. I see way too many kids going down with arm problems. Sure, in the heat of the moment things seem fine. What happens a year or two from now.

My HS coach threw me 143 pitches in one of the first games of the season. He tried to play it off by telling me i was under 100, but when I walked into the dugout and looked at the pitching chart I saw he was a little off

things they'll do to win

anyone rememeber that guy kerry wood?

How did the johnson kid pitch last night for the Giants. Sounds like the defense did not help his cause. I have know the family for years and have not had a chance to get the details on his perfomance.

he pitched fairly well. DBAT can just hit pretty much anyone

thanks for the report. The Mickey Mantle site now have some updates and have included box scores for the games. It had him at 4 2/3 innings and only 1 earned run, 4 hits and 1 walk. Nice job

Drew's defense let him down. The DBAT offense applied the pressure. It was just one of those games. As you know, there are many things that do not show up in box scores. And don't put too much stock in the ones on the MMWS website....(they're not 100% accurate). No offense MMWS!

Two of the Giant's 4 runs should have been cut down at the plate....again, no errors recorded. Another one scored as the result of a throwing error.

As was stated earlier, it was not a high-quality game from a logistical standpoint. Having said that, DBAT dominated. We have friends on the Giants and my comments aren't meant to offend anyone....they're just my opinion of the game. At one point, the score was 5-4....and #22 just missed a long home run. A few more feet and the ending might have been completely different.

All in all, it's game that both teams are glad is behind them.

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People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else??????????????

John G,

You got me. I guess I'm a hypocrit! But it was the truth!! I have failed many times and will fail many more!!

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Originally posted by surething:
OP......... Missed the game last nite but from reading on here yall did your thing AGAIN.... congrats !!! I do have one question iof I may ( I hope I'm not out of line) if so just let me know.. Did he really pitch 132 pitches??? GOOD LORD what an arm. any worries about that? Do you think a high school coach would allow 132 pitches? If I may ask what was his hardest clocked pitch? I will continue to watch when I can.. Hell I will be watching this kid on T>V. one day... No Doubt !! Keep up the good work.. GO DBAT

Surething,

I know what you mean about the pitch count being up there. I wasn't keeping count during the game and was surprised to hear it was 132. Matt has thrown well over 100 pitches on several occasions and he has NEVER even told me his arm was sore the next day. Not even the muscles in the shoulder. He had only thrown 60 pitches in the prior 2 weeks, which was last Saturday night at a practice, so his arm was plenty rested prior to the outing.

I would have been concerned had this happened during HS because it would have still been early in the season, but with it being August and he's thrown 119 1/3 innings this entire year, his arm can handle it. I think the pitch count thing gets over-rated at times anyway. Pitchers should be able to throw 132 pitches this time of year without much problem in my opinion.

To sum this up, I definitely wouldn't want him throwing that many pitches on a regular basis, but like I said, with it being August, the fact that he's thrown almost 120 innings this year and the 2 weeks off he had prior to the outing, I don't think it was a real big deal.

The fastest pitch I saw on the Stalker that a Met scout that was there had was 87mph. He was sitting at 85-86 most of the game. The starter for Puerto Rico was at 83-85 and the lefty that they brought in the last 2 innings was hitting 88 pretty consistently.

It's funny you mentioned the DBAT thing. Matt's regular team is actually DBAT, but he wanted to play with his hometown team, the Mav's, in the MMWS this year. I think they will end up winning this tournament. They are hitting like crazy right now. There will have to be some kind of stud to come in and shut down their offense for them to lose.

PD, as official scorekeeper of the game last night, none taken I'm usually pretty accurate with the errors, however.

JABO

With these losses for the Mavs, why so many excuses about little thing? They lost the game and ML played for the wrong team in this tourney and should have been loyal to his team. Is DBAT still the fav.?

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With these losses for the Mavs, why so many excuses about little thing? They lost the game and ML played for the wrong team in this tourney and should have been loyal to his team. Is DBAT still the fav.?

WS,

What excuses are you referring to?

DBAT beat Puerto Rico tonight 7-3 to go 3-0 in the tourney. They play the Trombly Cubs tomorrow at 1pm. I say DBAT is the favorite after the performance they had tonight. I know the Cubs may have something to say about that though.

JABO -- I wasn't referring to a particular game -- and I appreciate the many at this tournament that are volunteering their time -- thanks!

Tonight:

DBAT 7
Puerto Rico 3

WP -- Nowell
LH -- Merck (3-3)

Also, the Giants eliminated the Midland Braves.

congratulations PD

i would have stayed for the entire game had it not been my 3rd game of the day

i saw some good baseball on the part of your team

keep it up

Way to go DBAT! Should be a good one at 1PM - I'll be there.

Also, congrats to the Giants. Will be just four teams left after today's early round so I hope both Dallas teams are still in it.......and one's undefeated.

Just so you know, those of you who may be driving to the games at Al Alford field, the church parking lot is now closed and off limits.

The city guys do not pick up trash in this parking lot, so I was out there until around 2:30 a.m. picking up trash. The diaper was the last straw. Whoever had KFC wasn't any help, either.

This post was much nicer than the one I was thinking about posting at 3:00 a.m.

Have a good day and enjoy the baseball.

MMWS -- I know your post wasn't meant to be funny but it make me smile as I double-checked to make sure the diaper had not, at one time, belonged to my grand-daughter.

I know you are tired -- I want to thank you (and I will do it in person) for all that you do to make this tournament unique and wonderful. Your teams are great!

THANKS!

PD-

Good luck to your team at the 1 o clock game.. ill be there rootin em on

any speculation on who could be throwing this game?

Puerto Rico defeated Mid-Michigan Tigers, 7 - 3, at Craig Ranch.

Currently at Al Alford in the bottom of the 3rd, Trombly Cubs are leading DBAT 5 - 3.

DBAT beats Trombly 9-8 on a passed ball.

DBAT won agianst Trombly 9-8. They will play again tonight at either 6 or 9 depending on the outcome of the Dallas Giants game.

At Craig Ranch........after 7......Dallas Giants 4, California Rockies 4.

Gotta wait to see what the result of that game is before we know matchups, and then draw for game times.

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DBAT beats Trombly 9-8 on a passed ball.

SWAC,

I bet the catcher's parents aren't thinking that was a passed ball! Being an old pitcher, I would like to think that was a passed ball, but I would have to call that one a wild pitch!!!

Way to go DBAT - was an exciting game!

Just two wins away....