9 AA baseball

[bigchief]

They used to all count in baseball. Only four teams made it to the state tournament and all the schools whined about that. So, they changed it to the current set up which is just like the region finals in baskeball and softball have always been.

 

There is not enough time for best of three series. The championship would end up in the middle of June. Then you hurt your kids from getting real exposure during summer tournaments. Only local colleges are ever at high school games. Big schools are at the exposure summer tourneys.Weather could also pose a problem.

 

Make every game count. If you are good, you are good everyday.

[putboobieincoach]

I would love for the District Tourney to be eliminated if it meant we could add best of three to the regional/sectional games. JMO.

[takeahack]

They used to all count in baseball. Only four teams made it to the state tournament and all the schools whined about that. So, they changed it to the current set up which is just like the region finals in baskeball and softball have always been.

 

There is not enough time for best of three series. The championship would end up in the middle of June. Then you hurt your kids from getting real exposure during summer tournaments. Only local colleges are ever at high school games. Big schools are at the exposure summer tourneys.Weather could also pose a problem.

 

Make every game count. If you are good, you are good everyday.

Doesn't have to be best 2 of 3.  Region could be 4 teams from Region in a double elimination series.  On Monday 1 vs. 2 from each district.  Tuesday, winners of 1st 2 game play and losers of 1st 2 games play.  Tuesday winner of winners game hosts sectional.  Wednesday Loser of winners game plays winner of losers game and winner of that game goes on road in sectional.  Still have sectional to determine state tourney participants.

 

Doesn't take any longer than current system and a team has to have more than 1 arm to get to State.

 

In AAA in current system you get to ride 1 arm into state tournament.  I'm only using Tullahoma as an example because they are a good team but they pitched Sheffield last night and beat a great Siegel team.  Siegel goes home and now Tullahoma rest him Wednesday and win or lose is no difference because they pitch him Friday to go to the State tourney.  I like my chances of getting to the 'Boro riding Sheffield whether I am on the road or at home.  

[ksgovols]

^^^This Exactly!

 

Just combine the regions into a 4 team double elimination tournament and do away with the seeding game on Wednesday would be exponentially better than 'who's got the best #1' game on Monday that sends a good team home.

 

Then at state, 2 pools of 4 and a best 2 out of 3 championship.  Let's see who's got a pitching staff and who's riding one arm.  The over/under on some of those A and AA 2nd and 3rd games could be in the 20's.  Their #1 is toast, #2 is getting there and you wind up with 15-2 games at the state tournament.

 

Setting baseball up similar to basketball or softball means nothing except the guys setting it up don't know anything about baseball.  Riding a stud arm hurts a kid's chances of getting noticed, if that's really what high school baseball is about, more than playing a format that forces coaches to use a pitching strategy and rest their kids arms. 

Edited May 14, 2014 by ksgovols

[straightbill307]

Should be a great year of baseball! Can't wait to get the lines painted down

[ksgovols]

We just need some mowed grass and buttercups blooming Straightbill!  I'm ready!