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Mission Accomplished. No 26-1 games

Mission Accomplished. No 28-15 games

The TBCA held a vote. Vast majority of coaches voted for this format. It sounds like the TSSAA needs to get some kinks out. Monday a great #1 will win with less than 105 pitches. 3 days rest is required. Ready to go again Friday https://cms-files.tssaa.org/documents/tssaa/2020-21/baseball/Baseball-Pitch-Count-Policy.pdf Softball is looking at implementing a pitch count https://www.nfhs.org/articles/is-it-time-for-pitch-counts-in-high-school-softball/ My hunch is when they do softball will want this format as well just in case their pitcher throws too many on Monday and can't pitch on Friday.... Seen softball pitchers throw 170 pitches in one game.... Amazing.....

"So why is the NCAA format the same in baseball and softball? Double Elimination regionals and 2-3 supers" You mean just like the "Powers-Limbaugh" plan? LOL! Pitching in softball is even a bigger factor than baseball. BUT 1 pitcher CAN pitch in multiple games. NCAA Softball chooses to make it a series like any baseball or softball series should be. They have another motivating factor. Money. Baseball vs Basketball Alabama has small 1A schools. https://www.ahsaa.com/Portals/0/2020-22 Classification Final Published Numbers_1.pdf Their basketball post-season begins February 14 for 1A https://scorebooklive.com/alabama/basketball/brackets/3630 Ends on March 2nd for 1A Baseball begins February 16 for everyone https://www.ahsaa.com/Portals/0/Publications/2022-2023/93810 Baseball.pdf?ver=6nXEeDFUv2IXpVGY0SFnJA%3d%3d&timestamp=1659038894367 People can try to find or create reasons to not like this new format. Other states have been doing this for years. Even their small schools. Baseball is a game of strategy. Running game. Defensive alignment. Pitch calling. The most important thing that sets baseball apart from every other sport is the handling of a pitching STAFF. Who to pitch when? No More 1 big arm winning 2 games 4 days apart to get to Spring Fling. No more meaningless games to decide who sells cokes and who buys gas. No more having your season end 1-0 on a walk of HR when your ace and their ace went head to head so one team's #2 never steps on the mound and the other pitches in a game that does not have the season riding on it. That is not baseball.

"What good would that do? The window to finish would just be pushed up earlier too. Everyone will be ready for Sectionals on Wednesday." Look at Alabama's baseball calendar that hasn't changed since I was a kid there in the 1960s and 70s. https://scorebooklive.com/alabama/baseball/brackets/4292 If you do not finish 1st or 2nd in you Area, your last game is on April 15 (1A thru 6A) or April 22 (7A) No district tournament, Finish 1 or 2 or call it a year. Your first game is February 16. Two months. Same at Tennessee for regular season and district tournament. https://www.ahsaa.com/Portals/0/Publications/2022-2023/93810 Baseball.pdf?ver=6nXEeDFUv2IXpVGY0SFnJA%3d%3d&timestamp=1659038894367 Look at Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi. https://www.ghsa.net/2021-2022-ghsa-class-aa-state-baseball-championship-bracket https://khsaa.org/sports-activities-events/spring/baseball/ https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/baseball/brackets/2022-mississippi-1a-baseball-championship Baseball is NOT softball, football or basketball. Softball can throw same pitcher. Football has the same QB. Basketball has the same point guard. Baseball is NOT a 1 and done sport. It is about TEAM, including a pitching STAFF.

"This new baseball format makes about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine. This rain is now going to force teams to change their entire strategy for region/sectionals because some yahoos who don’t coach think they are smarter than everyone else. Did you ever think about rain? Or smaller schools who don’t have resources as other schools? The Region window needs to start sooner. If the TSSAA would have allowed schools to play Wednesday or Thursday given the forecast for yesterday and today we wouldn’t be in these predicaments. But I am sure that one school who pushed this so much enjoys it because they got their nice shiny turf field so it doesn’t affect them. " I started pushing this in 2001 22 years ago - well before anyone had any turf. Tennessee is a big state - there is always a chance of rain somewhere in the state during the month of May. I pushed this for 22 years because I was tired of watching teams get to Spring Fling with 1 big arm and then when he isn't on the mound the games get ugly. Examples just in 'A'? Old Format after District Tournament: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - Spring Fling Throw 1,2,1 New Format Friday 1vs2 and 2vs1 #1 vs #1 pitchers Saturday L1 vs L2 #2 vs #2 pitchers W1 vs W2 #2 vs #2 pitchers - Winner hosts Substate WG3 vs LG4 #3 vs #3 pitchers - Winner travels to Substate Only difference is #2s are in have-to-win games instead of a game that decides coke sales or buying gas for Friday. #3s come into play if needed. Substate - 2 out of 3. #3 may not be needed? So one more starting pitcher needed if you lose a game either weekend. And what this DOES solve is teams that have one (1) good pitcher that in the old days won on Monday and Friday with that one pitcher and then get to the Boro and run out of pitching. How do I know that? I have seen it in action in 1A baseball since 2006. Since Spring Fling Came to Murfreesboro - Some 1A scores 2006: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20050401 10-0 16-6 17-7 12-2 12-0 2007: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20060401 11-0 14-3 11-1 10-0 11-1 19-1 12-3 15-1 26-0 13-2 19-6 13-3 2008: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20070401 9-0 11-2 16-10 15-8 10-4 2009: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20080401 17-1 13-3 10-2 12-7 11-0 14-3 13-2 20-1 15-6 13-8 18-4 2010: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20090401 16-3 13-0 16-6 10-0 2011: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20100401 12-2 11-8 12-3 16-6 15-2 9-0 12-6 23-4 2012: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20110401 11-3 11-1 10-3 13-3 11-3 8-1 2013: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20120401 18-2 13-5 12-9 18-1 12-1 2014: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20130401 11-1 13-5 2015: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20140401 11-2 11-0 16-4 2016: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20150401 11-1 11-2 13-5 12-7 2017: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20160401 16-1 11-6 10-2 11-1 2018: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20170401 13-1 16-0 10-2 13-1 2019: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20180401 10-2 10-1 12-8 13-6 No 2020 2021: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20200401 10-0 10-0 11-1 15-5 2022: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20210401 11-0 13-0 10-1 11-1

We need to get TSSAA to start season a week earlier....

"But don't sit down here and try to tell me that because you have worked the state tournament since it came to Murfreesboro, and you spectate from your awesome seat, that you know what is best for us. " - XBOX "And for some reason you think because you force a "series" and added games on already stressed pitching (because they have to catch, play shortstop, etc.) is going to dramatically increase play and avoid "slugfests" at the state tournament?" - XBOX Old Format after District Tournament: Monday, Wednesday, Friday - Spring Fling Throw 1,2,1 New Format Friday 1vs2 and 2vs1 #1 vs #1 pitchers Saturday L1 vs L2 #2 vs #2 pitchers W1 vs W2 #2 vs #2 pitchers - Winner hosts Substate WG3 vs LG4 #3 vs #3 pitchers - Winner travels to Substate Only difference is #2s are in have-to-win games instead of a game that decides coke sales or buying gas for Friday. #3s come into play if needed. Substate - 2 out of 3. #3 may not be needed? So one more starting pitcher needed if you lose a game either weekend. And what this DOES solve is teams that have one (1) good pitcher that in the old days won on Monday and Friday with that one pitcher and then get to the Boro and run out of pitching. How do I know that? I have seen it in action in 1A baseball since 2006. Since Spring Fling Came to Murfreesboro - Some 1A scores 2006: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20050401 10-0 16-6 17-7 12-2 12-0 2007: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20060401 11-0 14-3 11-1 10-0 11-1 19-1 12-3 15-1 26-0 13-2 19-6 13-3 2008: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20070401 9-0 11-2 16-10 15-8 10-4 2009: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20080401 17-1 13-3 10-2 12-7 11-0 14-3 13-2 20-1 15-6 13-8 18-4 2010: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20090401 16-3 13-0 16-6 10-0 2011: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20100401 12-2 11-8 12-3 16-6 15-2 9-0 12-6 23-4 2012: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20110401 11-3 11-1 10-3 13-3 11-3 8-1 2013: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20120401 18-2 13-5 12-9 18-1 12-1 2014: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20130401 11-1 13-5 2015: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20140401 11-2 11-0 16-4 2016: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20150401 11-1 11-2 13-5 12-7 2017: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20160401 16-1 11-6 10-2 11-1 2018: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20170401 13-1 16-0 10-2 13-1 2019: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20180401 10-2 10-1 12-8 13-6 No 2020 2021: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20200401 10-0 10-0 11-1 15-5 2022: https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20210401 11-0 13-0 10-1 11-1 A team will need 3 good starting pitchers instead of depending on 1 great pitcher, People that argue for the old way tend to be the ones that just want to get to the state instead of the ones wanting to win a state title. Baseball is a true TEAM sport. Pitching is what makes it different from softball or football that have 1 pitcher or 1 quarterback.

https://khsaa.org/sports-activities-events/spring/baseball/ seems to be having problems. Getting "502 Bad Gateway"

Baseball IS a Series Sport. Look around. Every state around us uses a 3-game series format. https://www.ahsaa.com/Sports/Baseball/2022-State-Baseball-Playoff-Pairings https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/baseball/brackets/2022-mississippi-1a-baseball-championship https://www.ghsa.net/2021-2022-ghsa-class-aa-state-baseball-championship-bracket I have worked Spring Fling in Murfreesboro since it has been moved to Murfreesboro. Look at the scores over the years, especially 'A' class. Teams get to Spring Fling because they had an arm that won on Monday and Friday. They get to bracket play in Spring Fling and once that one arm has thrown some of the scores get ugly. Slugfest. Baseball is about the best TEAM getting there and winning, not the best pitcher. David LImbaugh co-creator of the Powers-Limbaugh Post-season plan....

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The Scott Hall TSSAA Pitch Count Rule Addendum.... Before the game each coach writes the target pitch limit for their starting pitcher on both teams' pitch count form. If a new pitcher enters the game, that process is repeated. When a pitcher is 10 pitches away from that limit, on either team's pitch count, the coach is notified the pitcher is 10 pitches away. If there is any discrepancy in the pitch count when this takes place, it is addressed. IF the coach wants his pitcher to go past his pre-determined limit, he has to provide a new limit and the process is repeated, again when the pitcher is 10 pitches away from that number. What do ya think?

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https://tssaasports.com/history/results/?sport=baseball 2003 - When Spring Fling moved from Chattanooga to Memphis and went from 4 teams to 8 teams https://tssaasports.com/event/bracket.cfm?id=20020401

https://www.coacht.com/tennessee/article.cfm?id=358997