TheTruth2005

http://www.greene.xtn.net/index.php?templa...s&newsid=121538 Here's the article from South Greene's newspaper. See if you can make it through the entire thing, and you'll see that you haters are stating what you want to believe rather than what really is. Here's part of the article... Trailing 1-0 after five innings, the Rebs rallied with two away in the top of the six to tie the game against host Unicoi County. Problems with the lights, which were known well in advance of it becoming too dark to continue, forced the game to be suspended in the middle of the sixth. After nearly a two-hour delay, it was evident the lights couldn’t be fixed. The ruling was made that the score revert back to the last completed inning and that the game was official, meaning Unicoi County gets credit for a 1-0 win and earns a berth in the region final. Home plate umpire Arnaze Cantrell placed calls to Gene Menees, assistant executive director of the TSSAA, and Menees said a winner had to be determined Monday night. “It’s the rule the TSSAA makes, and it’s been in the books at least 10 years,” Cantrell said. “If it was 1-1 in the fifth inning, and we couldn’t revert back, it would be a suspended game. We’d come back and pick it up, but the state won’t let us, even though the coaches agree to it. I don’t think it’s exactly fair. I’m not saying what TSSAA says is fair or what, but that’s what we have to go with. They have to have a winner tonight unless it’s rained out.” It’s unclear why a winner had to be determined Monday night. The region finals aren’t until Wednesday. South Greene coach Frank Rodgers, who understandably didn’t have anything to say after the game, said during the delay the Rebels would stay as long as necessary to complete the game or come back today. Unicoi County coach Charlie Baxter said he was willing to pick the game up in the middle of the sixth with the score tied. “Sure. Coach Rodgers and I had already talked about that, and that’s what I thought we would do,” Baxter said. “It’s tournament play, and I always thought you finished it. That’s what he thought. The umpire called TSSAA, and they said five innings is a complete game. It’s not a good situation for anybody.”

Rbb1, smokeymtnbum, and illpete23 have officially been added to the stupid category.

Either way, Pigeon Forge and Unicoi are both going to have to play 25-6 teams in the sectional game. Both games should be excellent games.

Excellent post by GLee. For those who would think for a second that they should accuse Coach Baxter of doing something like that are either... 1. Ignorant of who Coach Baxter is (4-time State Champion, one of the top 5 winniest coaches ever in tn, highly respected by just about everyone who has competed against him). 2. Stupid. Which of the 2 possibilities fit the couple of defamatory posters above? I will give you a break and claim that it is #1. Don't prove me wrong.

Good job Unicoi County! We're proud of you guys! Baxter and Unicoi are back!

Unicoi is coming on strong. They were 4-0 last week. It looks like Baxter has them ready to make a run this year.

Have you seen Unicoi play a game this season? Just wondering. Also, Tom142, seen any Unicoi games this year?

The schedule on CoachT isn't right. Unicoi played in a Christmas tournament in NC and won 2 out of 3 against some great competition (Mt. Zion b team, etc). The Sullivan East game was the hall of fame game which the TSSAA says doesn't count. Unicoi treated that one like an exhibition and played their bench quite a bit. CoachT is a great site, but the Unicoi schedule is wrong. It instead has a couple of Unicoi-North Greene scores from games that never happened. They are 28-5 per the TSSAA. CoachT has the record right, but the three aforementioned incorrect entries are exchanged for the 3 tournament games in the official books.

Yeah, the Unicoi fans always sit there. At least they have in every game I've ever seen. The only other times I remember people fighting for seats is when I was a little kid in elementary school and then recently at the Kid Rock concert in Johnson City.

It was a great tournament and a great game, as they all have been this year. There's no need to be childish about it. It's always the same anyway. The losers of a big game always claim some reason other than themselves as why they lose. This seems to be a universal phenomenon. However, citing where the fans sat is a new one on me.