Tidewater Games - 3/23

IR 10-2

Indian River 10, Nansemond River 2.

Junior Dean Ali hit his 2nd HR in 3 games, a 3-run shot. Senior lefty Chris Cartwright pitched 6 solid innings before Junior Matt Dickason shut the door in the 7th. Junior Josh Carter made some great plays at 3B to keep NR at bay.

The Braves scored 10 runs in the first inning, but couldn't finish off the tough Warriors team.

More details to come.

Tonight should be a good game,Great Bridge at Indian River?Bring warm jackets.

The ugliest thing about the GF WB game was the home plate umpire #88 strike zone, both Cody Cox and Nick Thompson were squeezed like I have never seen before. Can't really complain though he was consistant calling it tight both ways.

I don't think giving the ump's number, name, etc is a good idea.
It is ok to say he was tight, but he if he is consistent and both ways, that is fair.

I would to agree with both DCHEAT and HR Fan that the strike zone was tight and consistant thru out the game last night. It comes down to the players learning that in the process of the game and being aggressive early. GF did a better job later in the game than WB hitting early in the counts in their at bats.

Players are taught throughout baseball that you can't blame the umpire. At this level of play, you learn the zone and adjust. If the players can't do that, then look to the coach/es and ask "what have they been teaching?". When a team does well one doesn't say, "the umpire won that game".

Good point striiike3

Anyone know why Monday's games were ignored by 757eamz? Thank goodness we get updates here.

Not true Striiike3,We often complain that the Ump won it for the other team,unless WE win.Try spelling radar backwards,tell me what ya get?(Parents)

Striike 3, I may be missing it but I don’t see where anyone was blaming the umpire like you suggested. DCHEAT referenced a tight strike zone for a WB pitcher AND a GF pitcher. While an umpire may have been consistent, consistent is not accurate. I don’t recall any baseball rules defining a strike zone with the word consistent. Have seen too many umps in rec ball consistently call pitches at the ankles as strikes. Consistent but not accurate. Should an umpire be allowed to decide at the beginning of a game that each side is to have 4 outs per half inning? That would be consistent but not in compliance with baseball rules. All baseball rules have a defined strike zone; umpires should learn to call it.

That's interesting, Steinbrenner, but how can we expect our local umps to call what the guys in the Big Leagues won't call? The strike at the waist and at the knees does not exist in the Bigs often times. Since calling a game is subjective, it is impossible to be "accurate". "Accurate" is an ideal that will never be acheived. A pitcher is taught (should be taught) that umpires, like all humans, are fallible and make errors. Control what you can control, and move on. There is no "vacinity rule" in the books, but everyone agrees that it exists. Baseball is beautiful for these nuances, if nothing else.

I did not give his number to down grade the umpire's performance. I was giving everyone one on this site a little scouting info if you see him behind the plate his strike zone is ugly tight. I would'nt worry too much "HR" he knows he has a number on his sleeve and he knows his zone is tight.