daynknight

Let's see: Farragut returns- 2008 National Rookie of Year 2 All Americans 4 All State Players 5 All Region Players 6 All District Players And each of them knows that all that means nothing if they don't do better next year.

The states' coaches apparently wanted to show that great baseball is played in Tennessee, and picked their top team with that in mind. I guess cbg feels it was unfair to give the mound to a 13-game winner from a state championship, nationally ranked team who holds the record for strikeouts in a state tournament game and had the most scoreless innings pitched in this year's tournament. But others would say the kid proved he belonged when he pitched a complete opening game win over Georgia (which has many more top players than Tennessee). They would say the Norris freshman from Science Hill proved he belonged when he got a key hit for the win against last year's champion, Missouri, and that Tennessee's high school coaches are a bunch of old-school guys who apparently got it right. I understand that cbg and others might think that Tennessee shouldn't have such players there to give its top team the best chance to win as many games as it can, regardless of their race, age, origin, year in school, or whatever. But then, some still believe in merit that shines between the lines, even if it is not politically correct.

Looks like Team Tennessee has gotten off to a strong start==getting a win from a freshman! For a link to tournament summaries see: http://www.tbca.org/2008juniorsunbelt.htm#Linescore I also heard that the Stallings kid is bangin' the ball ALL over the yard.

Bartlett is a worthy competitor for the state championship. So is Farragut, so people shouldnt complain about its pitchers. Farraguts pitchers hit batters 3 times the whole tournament. They knew nothing about the kid they hit other than that he seemed to crowd the plate Ravenwood hit 6. I think it would be crazy to say that they were all headhunters. The ball just gets loose sometimes. As far as Farraguts freshman pitcher pointing at folks, Ive heard that when a dugout of baseball players acts like taunting and clapping softball girls, he may point at some he strikes out to show the consequence of softball field behavior. If his opponents respect his game, he respects them. If you like softball girl behavior at baseball games this may bother you--otherwise you may think its pretty cool. In any case its probably not worth trashing a good program, a great coach and a talented kid over. Anyway. He's not gonna play in the championship on two days rest with Farragut's All American Ramsey totally rested for Bartlett. Id guess that Bartlett will throw Hatfield. I hear hes a stud who should be ready to turn it around fast.