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LC eliminates Bearden and Farragut in the district tournament? Say, you think there's a change in the balance of power in 4AAA? LC needs to change their nickname from "Panthers" to "Dragonslayers." Or, maybe, to "Favoriteslayers."

According to the paper, Farragut plays LC at South Doyle this evening at 5:30.

I'm ignorant about Blount County. Are Maryville and Alcoa separate school districts from Blount County?

As the saying goes, "If 'if's' and 'but's' were fruits and nuts, we'd all be happy at Christmas." Of course, that aphorism dates back to the days when getting an orange or some walnuts for Christmas was pretty cool, steam engines were high-tech, and D-B was competitive.

I'm sure that LC is ready to kick some butt in the tournament; they've played a tough schedule that will prepare them for it. The recently took two from York Institute and they aren't any better than South-Doyle. According to CoachT, LC's schedule is ranked 99th out of 106 AAA teams; and that's with LC playing in the toughest district in the state. One wonders who LC would have to schedule to rank lower. Coach Vulture's win total looks good, though, no matter what the kids do in the district and that's what's important, right?

Any score on Lenoir City vs. South-Doyle?

I'm sure the dimwit who said all those things believes he could coach UT better than Delmonico. I'm also sure the dimwit who said all those things believes he's a good coach because he consistently whipped himself at Strat-O-Matic when he was 15. That's not really so bad; I've seen some of those Moms.

As they lost last year to the--what was it, third- or fourth-place team in district 4--I forget--I think they still have something to prove. I take that back; no, I think they have a lot to prove. Good luck to the little squirts, though. Steam engines are obsolete and I have no idea what "clinders" are.

Region 2 folks don't race to the computer to woof about D-B losing, either. It is, after all, only region 1. No point wasting a woof on the minor leagues.

There are some high school coaches who schedule patsies so that their win-loss record looks good (I know a 3-A team that has only won 2 district games in 2 years and that only schedules weak A and AA teams for their nonconference schedule--the coach likes to brag about winning 25 games per year); scouts know that and, actually, kids on those teams are penalized because the scouts know it and discount those kids' stats. Scouts know all about weak coaches and weak schedules. They look at kids playing in strong programs against strong competition; and they look at the kids' talent, not the stats. Stats are too easy for coaches to manipulate by playing lame schedules.

"Swept East Tennessee"? I think that "East Tennessee" starts approximately at Chattanooga. D-B may have swept the three northeasternmost counties in Tennessee, but that doesn't mean that D-B has "swept East Tennessee." I thought Knoxville was in East Tennessee. I thought Chattanooga was in East Tennessee. Perhaps we have different ideas about geography, about what a broom is, and about what a sweeping is. I'm not certain how football threads affect baseball. I thought they were different sports. I know they both have helmets, but in my part of East Tennessee, they use different rules and are played at different times of the year. Perhaps that's not so in Kingsport. Perhaps some folks have been all about cricket, but I thought this was a baseball thread. I don't think many high schools around Knoxville have cricket teams. Naturally, you "don't race to the computer to woof about Halls, Farragut, or S-D losing." You haven't, after all, seen them lose when they play D-B.

It's not bragging. It's a fact. It's history. "Bragging" is describing D-B's record in the "Big" 9.

Anyone who plays for Larry Works at Roane State gets a very special kind of education, in baseball and in life--not to mention expectorational accuracy and adult vocabulary. True story: pitcher gives up a home run in a critical situation on an 0-2 count because he grooved a pitch. Coach Works strides slowly to the mound, looks left, looks right, takes the ball, expectorates, pats the ball into his hand a time or two, signals for a reliever, and says, "So-and-so, you must be the dumbest mother------ in the whole ----ing world." At which point the whole infield--gathered around the mound-- puts their gloves over their faces to hide that they are laughing. Kidding aside, TN JUCO had one team rated #1 for some time and *another* team in TN JUCO won the national championship? What's that say about the quality of competition?

In a game that included a lot of defensive miscues, a shortstop made a really great diving play; and somebody yelled, "da-da-da; da-da-da." Someone else in the stands said, "It's about time we saw a web-gem, since we've seen so many web-turds."

Recent baseball history is that no matter what D-B's record is, when they hit Region 2 (Knoxville-area) teams in tournament play, the Tribe retreats back to the wigwam to get ready for next year. No matter how much anyone peeps about them. Perhaps the "Big 9" is more "9" than it is "Big." Perhaps a good record in the "Big" 9 isn't peep-worthy.