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No. At Smith County.

York over Smith last night 10 to 6.

Understandable. I can see both side's points that were trying to be made. Thanks for the "kudos" and well wishes for the team and injured girl. She will be back in a couple weeks hopefully. Same goes to you and your team as well.

I'm the only York parent that I know of that's commented on this thread and to my knowledge my post could not be taken as "complaining about the score being ran up". It was posted in defense of my dtr who was called upon to pitch although she isn't and never has been a pitcher. As for the others that seem to be defending the York team in a sense...I have no idea who they are but apparently they are not from York's area or they would have known the issues at hand regarding our backup/replacement pitcher. Looks more to me like they have a different opinion of sportsmanship, which everybody is entitled too. I will give it to Dekalb...they have a very good team. It happens that way at times. And somewhere down the road, they or another Dekalb team or any other team for that matter may have a night such that York had last night. I hope they don't cause it wasn't pretty at all. But, you know what, our girls continued to stay on the field regardless. My dtr continued to try and put the ball over the plate. Yeah, they got beat and got beat really bad. It's not the first time they have been beat and probably won't be the last. At least they didn't just walk off the field and forefit the game. Like one of the posts said...What goes around, comes around. Always has. Always will - evenutally. In regards to the post commending my dtr for stepping up and doing what she was asked to do, I appreciate that. By the way, the pitcher that took a line drive shot to the hand - she's ok. No broken bones, just badly bruised and swollen.

York beat Livingston tonight 6-3.

I was there at the game tonight. The York girls have got several issues going on. Some softball related and some not but it affects some of the players. I understand the Dekalb has a freshman pitcher as does York but not all players are at the same caliber and that is evident. York also doesn't really have a backup pitcher. The one they brought in from center field (a jr) to pitch when the freshman took a line drive shot to her throwing hand has only pitched 3 innings in a game her entire life (other than a couple innings here and there in a jv game maybe). Those 3 innings were pitched last Friday nite so it's not like she's been a pitcher all her life like some have been obviously. She's never had pitching lessons and she's never played traveling softball. Bet that can't be said about the Dekalb players can it? In all honesty, she had more than "10 hittable pitches". How do you think the ball got into the outfield when it did? Yeah she walked some on (maybe even a lot in every one elses eyes) but what do you expect from someone who doesn't pitch and gets called upon to do so at the spur of the moment. She did have strikes on some of the girls. She did put the ball over the plate numberous times. Maybe if some of the others had been able to come up with a play to make an out when the ball was hit the innings would've been shorter and the score not as much but that didn't happen tonight. This jr plays center field for a reason - because she is able to cover almost the entire field. This same jr was voted 2nd team all district defense last year because of her fielding abilities - not because of her pitching capabilities. And was the only player from York to recieve an award. Granted it was only 2nd team but it is what it is. I'm sure the others that got voted for 2nd team are proud of their accomplishments. Don't ya think? I've seen York play better ball. I've seen them hit the ball and field the ball but it didn't happen tonight. So, before you go to talking to much about how basically "bad" the girl pitched, maybe you should find out a little about it first. At least she had the guts to get up there when called to do so all the while knowing that she isn't a pitcher. What would you have done if you had been in their shoes? And before anyone comes back and says "This must be the girl's mother"...You darn right I am - and proud of it!