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"mj bears proved themselves tonite....taylor hill proved why he is the district mvp........the pitching duel proved to be a nail-biter........dustin murphy proved to be a slugger....and the mj bears proved to be a solid team...a team that knows how to back there pitcher with a great defense.......the mj bears visiting fans also proved themselves tonite showing nothing but support................all around mount juliet proved alot for 9AAA baseball........go bears" I wasn't there so tell me what happened. All the proofs listed are nice but how bout some facts. Like the score.

Growing up in Northwestern Indiana in the 50's and 60's, about all we had was WGN radio and a few games on WGN-TV. Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd, Jack Quinlan, and Lou Boudreau are names that bring back fond memories. Vince Lloyd covered the Cubs on radio for 23 years starting in 1949. I remember his call of a Sandy Koufax perfect game. Jack Quinlan did Cubs play-by-play from 1955 through 1964 and was killed in an auto accident before the 1965 season. Lou Boudreau did color commentary from 1958-1987 (except for 1960 when he manged the Cubs). But Jack Brickhouse is the name and voice I will always remember. A tribute to Jack Brickhouse can be found at http://wgntv.trb.com/sports/wgntv-brickhouse-jackbio.story

Mt. Juliet at Lavergne, 6:30.

There is also the rainout between White House and Hendersonville to be madeup. It is scheduled for Tuesday at White House.

MJ is home tonight against Gallatin and is at Lavergne Wednesday. I believe Hendersonville is away tonight at Lavergne, away tomorrow at White House, and away Wednesday at Gallatin. MJ and Hendersonville split their head-to-head competition, MJ winning 2-0 and Hendersonville winning 1-0.

Wilson Central at Mt. Juliet at 6:30. A makeup of Friday's rainout.

Mt. Juliet has several outstanding individual pitchers, but even more impressive is the depth of the pitching staff. Looking at the top 6 hurlers, seniors Brown, Costley, Klahn and Shao, junior Cotham, and sophomore Hill, the staff has a combined record of 20-6 and an ERA of 1. 418. They also have 215 strike outs to go with 58 walks and a combined opponent batting average of 0.181

Mt. Juliet 8, Wilson Central 0. Caleb Cotham threw a 2 hit shutout, striking out 16 and walking none. Cotham also reached base 4 times including a three run homer and a total of 5 RBIs. Wilson Central is now 5-1 and MJ is 4-1. MJ plays a makeup game against Beech tomorrow.

White House had 5 runs on 8 hits and 4 errors. Cody Sullins and Garrett had home runs. Mt. Juliet had 7 runs on 7 hits and 2 errors. Ryan Hill hit his 8th home run and Ryan Self hit his second, a three run shot in the 5th inning which broke up a 4-4 tie.

Another good reference is the official rules of baseball at http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official...es/foreword.jsp Section 10 gives rules for the official scorer, and section 10.22 states in part ...(f) On base percentage, divide the total of hits, all bases on balls, and hit by pitch by the total of at bats, all bases on balls, hit by pitch and sacrifice flies. NOTE: For the purpose of computing on base percentage, ignore being awarded first base on interference or obstruction. How you keep your stats depends on what you want to do with them. If they are going to be for public use, such as the Tennessee State Record Book at http://www.tbca.org/TBR%20State%20Record%20Book.htm then the stats need to be kept according to the rules. If you are using them for personal use, then you can keep them any way you desire.

Mt. Juliet 3, Smyrna 0

Mt. Juliet 4, Mercer County, KY 3.

Yes, three grand slams by three different batters. The last one was a walk-off in the 10th inning.

Hardy pitched for MJ; Helm for Hendersonville.

The rules say "ordinary effort". By definition, if etraordinary effort is required, there is no error. But the tricky part is defining ordinary effort. That calls for the scorer's opinion.

I'm glad to see there are people who care about keeping the scorebook correctly. I keep the book for our team and put a lot of effort into getting it right. I also prepare six pages of year-to-date stats for the coach (batting, pitching, fielding, catching, baserunning, opposing pitching) after each game. I'm glad our coach has never asked me to change anything to inflate stats. It's good when you work with people of high integrity. Occasionally you get a little flack from parents, but if you show them the rules for scorekeeping, and explain why a scoring decision is made, you can take the personalities out of the decision. For example, the other night we had a man on second, two outs, and the batter hit a ball into the outfield gap for an apparent rbi double. On an appeal by the defensive team, the batter was called out for missing first base. I think most people would credit the batter with a hit, but since he never officially reaced first base it was scored a 7-6-3 putout and the run did not count since the third out was a force out at first. Interesting play. I appreciate all the bean-counters out there who do it right. If there are any who want to do it right but may not know how, check out this web site. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official...l_scorer_10.jsp It will tell you more than you wanted to know. And if you print a copy, you can show it to the fan who wants to argue with how a play is scored.

Mt Juliet lost to Hendersonville at Hendersonville April 14.