Playoffs-How do they do that?

go to www.uil.utexas.edu

both coaches have to agree on alot of things

one game or 2 out of 3
sites
umpires

the play-off bracket itself is already printed but the particulars for each series is up to the coaches to determine.

Thanks Ctiger, I thought that was how it was done (1-3 games) but just wanted to make sure before I misquote.... Now,,,,,,,,what if one coach wants 1 game the other wants 2-3 what do they do? I know I will get that question from some of my friends........

Good Luck to you and your team this year in the playoffs..........

Playoff format will be determined by mutual consent or a coin-flip.
You can find all your answers on the UIL website

Oldbat-never,

This is always an intriguing part of the postseason. Unless things have changed, there are 9-10 different items that the coaches need to agree on when determining the makeup of a series....and if agreement is difficult to come by, then coin flips occur. After the local rounds are complete, these "coin flips" may have to occur over the phone -- a sure source of texas (urban) legend. In '02, Plano East hosted a one-game "series" at our field when Coach English asked the Marshall coach whether the zip code of some poduck west texas town ended in an odd or even number.

Obviously, the key issues are 1) one or three game series, 2) site (home & home, neutral site, or combination), 3) umpires -- usually divided between home/2nd & 1st/3rd, 4) game dates & times (Thu, Fri, Sat -- or Fri, Sat DH, etc.). In addition, there are issues like what baseballs to use.

A coach friend of mine once had to participate in 10 coin flips -- versus a particularly belligerent coach that was quite displeased with the idea of a one-game series. Strange things happen.

Others -- post the stories you've heard -- some are quite intriging.

-PD

Thanks for the info. Panther Dad.
Did you son have another good outing this weekend? I didn't get to my Saturday paper soon enough, before it was taken out, to check on that.

PantherSon struggled a bit against Michael Russo -- 5 consecutive K's over the two games -- but did hit a 2-run homer in his 6th AB (the odds were in his favor). Russo had a lot of success against PE this year. He is a good pitcher. Choate picked up a save for Lewisville as we stranded the tying run at 3rd base in the 7th.

PantherSon also gave up 2 hits to FM on Saturday while relieving in the 7th -- but surrendered 4 runs -- earned/unearned? ummm, open for debate -- and not really that important anyway. Stephen Richards pitched an excellent game against Italiano, Gaviglio, and the JAGS. He actually pitched well in both losses to FM.

Plano East is young -- I think the kids will benefit from this year, despite the ups and downs.

Good luck to the 3 D8 teams in May -- an all D8 regional final is not as bizarre as it sounds.

Heard Choate struggled a little bit with his control at first, but then settled down.

He spent the night here with my son Saturday night, but we didn't get to talk much baseball....they were too busy talking girls.

He did struggle a bit at first, but I think he relieved from the dugout without a good warmup. Bottom line -- he got the out he needed.

Your welcome...Oldbat!!

Thank you Capt. Jack.........just checked out the site.

Where would you find out teams district records?

---the high school section of the Dallas Mornng News sports page -- specifically the "leaderboard"

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/highschools/leaderboard/baseball/