Whitney Young Press Release Forum - Your Opnion Is Needed

Great Idea, then i can igore that entire section. Because it seems that every topic becomes infected. Maybe we can play a beatles song in the background.

CPLZ - I am a moderator and I get the frustration.

Mr. Ormond - I suggest backing off. Several of your threads have already been closed and from responses you are getting in your latest threads, people are becoming very annoyed - understandably so.

Time for MO to be ejected---it is like vermin in the grain bin

Number 2 sounds like a great idea. But maybe we should just stop responding to him. I'm one of the biggest offenders. But I'm drawn into his nonsense like a moth to a flame.

Nonsense? Did someone mention nonsense?

Like a moth drawn to a flame.



Please note that both the moth and the candle are available for sale exclusively at The Youngsters Bookstore located conveniently inside Whitney M. Young Magnet High School at the east end of the Student Promenade and Wall of Fame. Look for our sign...the sign of quality!

I think it is perfectly fine what he is doing. All he is doing is supporting a school. Nothing wrong with that, so lay off.

If people are that frustrated with the topics that he posts, if you see anything labeled Whitney Young, just stay away. So many people have so much wrong with him but he is doing nothing wrong. He is using a website for the purpose that it is here for, Posting information on highschool sports

I agree that ignoring the posts is the best approach. I think this forum serves as some kind of mental health outlet for him which is fine. Imagine how the world might be different if Mark David Chapman had such an outlet.

cubbum22: I think many here, including myself take the position that MO posts while occasionally refer directly to HS sports, often times they are as if Crash Davis took a K Wood fastball around pluto. I personally am at the point where i scan over his posts and read the fallout and comments posted by others.

Even though i might disagree with the way Ormond hypes W.Y. constantly , he certainly has the right to do so . Comments Like the one from tr hit saying he should be banned are way out of line. Whats a guy from connetticut doing sticking his nose in here ? Heres some advise to you mr. hit ...dont read his posts if you dont like him

dudes, lets just drop it....

I find it funny that the kids have the best perspective on this. Some adults need to grow up a bit and learn from these kids. If you don’t like WY stuff or stuff from MO then don’t read it and definitely don’t respond to it. He is posting positive things about HS sports, mostly baseball. I think he needs to calm down a bit with the things that don’t relate to hs sports and we would all be fine with it.

Keep working hard,
Justin Stringer
Do It Right Baseball
Lane Tech Baseball
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Exactly Ormond does have the right to do so. Like Cubbum said this website its about hs sports and thats all hes doing. Doesnt bash any of the players just writes good stuff about them. Nothing wrong wit his posts

hence the name High School Baseball Web????

I like Mr. Ormond. He brings a water cooler to our games and he gives free Gatorade. He's cool.

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Originally posted by LTBB47:
I find it funny that the kids have the best perspective on this. Some adults need to grow up a bit and learn from these kids.

I didn't realize that you sought kids counsel on this...which kids were they?

MO is tiresome, but this is the USA and he can post what he wants.

However, I do find it ironic that he has refrained posting to this thread that has the words "Whitney Young" in it.

Since you invited me in........

I happen to believe that there is considerable talent in the CPL; it is the largest league in the state and is one of the largest public leagues in the country. Because of the size it might take a bit longer for the talent in the CPL to be recognized and to shake out. The size of the CPL is enormous just because of great number of schools which participate. Every school has a right to field a team and then they get measured against the best, whether it be Lane, Clemente, Jones or Young, etc, etc. Because I have been following both CPL baseball and basketball for the last two years I have been to most every high school in the CPS system. Despite living in Chicago for 25 years this has taken me down many streets and into many neighborhoods I had never previously ventured into. It is highly likely that I have visited more high schools than most of the regular contributors on this site. How many of you Catholic supporters have been to St. Sabinas or Leo lately? There is a lot of IHSA history that has been made at those two places alone.

What I am seeing within this area of the web site is that most of these threads are self congratulatory back slapping of each other about how great the surburban schools and catholic schools are. It is a real "old boys" network. However, there is more to this great metropolitan area than just the catholics and suburbans. I am also more than fascinated with the attention all of my threads about CPL and Young receive. So keep reading and reacting and if it makes you think about something differently so be it, as the Internet has definitely changed the rules of engagement and of how schools and players can be effectively promoted.

If you want to report on what is going on at the high school you happen to watch then I suggest you go for it. There is a real hunger for high schoool sports reporting and the Sun Times does an average at best job and the Tribune rarely takes the time to put something in its print publication product. The Illinois Forum is one of the most active on this web site, second only to the state of Texas. It would make the Illinois Forum a whole lot richer if the bickering among the few stopped and it were understood that the Illinois Baseball world does not revolve around those schools which only a few decide warrant attention on this web site.

I have been watching the Class of 2009 players develop for 8 years. Since I now sit in the CPL and at Young, I intend to promote, support and advance the CPL and Whitney Young for the next two years. I also realize that many feel that Young and Jones do not deserve to be in the IHSA Sectional Playoffs. So be it, we are there and I suspect that my detractors are not. If we get bounced out we got farther than we ever got before and then it starts all over with preparations for next year. In baseball you are only so good as the last game you played.

My best regards to all.

Well said, lets move on.

Good Luck today and on Saturday (I know you like Dave but you should 10-run Jones). If DeLasalle can scrape a run across vs. Mt. Carmel I would say you guys are favorites to advance in your sectional.
Are you throwing Coleman/Clement today and saving Max for Mt.C/D on Sat? If he throws like he did at Wrigley he will be tough to beat!

Keep working hard,
Justin Stringer
Do It Right Baseball
Lane Tech Baseball
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