HOW GOOD IS DB

[BigCheif123]

Despite the unusual pitching changes in the first game, I belive that DB just wasnt ready to play. Not that they didnt have the ability just that they weren't focused on what they needed to do. It was almost as if they couldn't click. I'm sure that they will be back on track in conference play and by the time they see these teams again they will be ready.

[EmisAllTheWay]

The team came ready to play for the webb game and that is about it. They just werent just in it mentally most of the time and if you go into any game like that you will lose. That has been the thing with this team ever since they have been playing they will beat the best teams early in the day and get beat by a team that is just their having fun. The will be ready this week cause these games really count. (At least I hope)

[StriperGuy24]

They got beat by good teams

[BwAnG]

I thought Barlett was a very good team. Its good to play teams like that in a tournament situation.

[bud]

Anyone got a score on the Daniel Boone game?

[BigCheif123]

Oh really....... Huh.......Ofcourse they were good, most of these teams have are a year older than the majority of the tribe........ That may have somethin to do with it considering on average about 7 of 9 starters are Juniors......

[teepeeguy]

Boone game was postponed due to rain

[quittalkingandplay]

Examples of what seems to be delusional thinking, excuses, and misleading spin and self-promotion from those involved with the Kingsport D-B baseball program, starting with the head coach, all excerpts from an article by a fellow named Ron Bliss on his local sports website following D-B's 1-3 showing at the SportsBelle tournament in Knoxville:

 

 

 

 

Mike Ritz comes to Knoxville to play good competition in the Sportsbelle Tournament each year. The trouble is his Dobyns-Bennett team's reputation usually precedes them and they see everyone's best pitching.

This year was no exception as the Indians saw outstanding pitching all weekend long and wound up losing three of four games -- including the final game of the weekend for them on Saturday when Memphis Bartlett took advantage of the Indians' depleted pitching to break open the game with five runs in the fifth en route to an 8-2 victory.

The game had no significance, other than it gave both teams a fourth game on the weekend. Rain put the organizers so far behind that there was no champion determined. At the end, they just played games to fill out.

 

D-B opened the day with a solid 13-6 victory over Knox Webb in a game in which it started No. 1 pitcher Tyler Joyce and followed with No. 3 pitcher Brad Mayes, but then lost to what is probably the best Class AAA team in Knoxville in Bearden at Bearden, 10-4, and then to a solid Bartlett team in the nightcap that started at 7:30 p.m.

 

"That's the most baseball that we've played in one day,'' said Ritz. "It wouldn't have been so bad had we not had to play Central on Wednesday in a makeup game. That left us a little short on pitching for this tournament.''

 

 

The Indian bats that were missing in action Friday afternoon showed up to beat one of the Spartans' best pitchers.

They scored seven times in the third inning to chase A.J. Kirby-Jones and then, after Webb scored four times off starter Tyler Joyce to close within 7-6 in the fourth, D-B answered with four in its half of the fourth to push its lead back to 11-6 and added two more before it was called due to the two-hour time limit.

 

"That was a good two-out hit by Wes Jones,'' said Ritz of the hit that fueled the rally. "I thought we swung the bats much better. They pitched their best pitcher against us. He's been striking out everyone down here, but we hit him like he was nothing. We also saw Seymour's No. 1 and Bearden's No. 1. That's okay. That's why we came down here. The kids need to take it as a compliment. When people do that, they show you respect.''

"We have four guys we consider No. 1s and A.J.'s one of them,'' said Webb coach Clark Wormsley, whose team dropped to 6-2. "He's one of our better guys, but they swung the bats well.''

 

Knox Bearden 10, Dobyns-Bennett 4

Mayes started the game, but allowed four hits and a sacrifice fly and was pulled in the first for Lance Brewer.

Bearden built its lead to 6-0 with four more in the third and held off the Indians behind Derrick Copeland, who pitched the first five innings and allowed only a solo home run by Stabler, who led off the fourth with his fourth home run in five games. Wesley Lane got his third home run with a three-run shot off Lance Gouffon in the sixth.

Kendall Wells had a pair of two-run home runs and a run-scoring single to lead Bearden (12-2) with a 3-for-3 effort and 5 RBI.

"I don't worry about Bearden when we get to the playoffs,'' said Ritz, "because it was their No. 1 pitcher against our No. 8 (Brewer). We won't have that situation when we get to the playoffs.''

 

 

Bartlett 8, Dobyns-Bennett 2

Matt Nuccio, who is one of his team's top two pitchers, scattered six D-B hits and walked three, but struck out none in the 5 1-3 innings he worked. Jacob Wilson went 3-for-4 with three RBI to lead Bartlett, which went 3-1 in the tournament and is now 11-5. Bartlett's only loss in the tournament was to Chattanooga Baylor, 5-4, just before trhe game with D-B.

Bartlett scored twice in the third on Nuccio's solo home run and on Kurtis Bramlett's single, but D-B answered when Joyce's triple plated Stabler, who had walked ahead of him. Joyce then scored on Lane's sacrifice fly. But that was all D-B was able to muster against Bartlett, which went ahead 3-2 on Wilson's run-scoring single in the fifth and then put it away when D-B melted down in the sixth when it allowed four walks, a hit batsman, committed an error and allowed two hits.

"We lost some games, but this was good for us,'' said Ritz, whose team is now 8-3. "We got to look at some people in situations where it doesn't ruin our season. We looked at all of our pitchers and found out we still need to find a fourth one. We lost some games, but we got a lot out of this. One thing that encouraged me is that Bartlett's pitcher was throwing 88 mph and we didn't strike out once against him. We hit some hard balls that were right at them.''

 

Based on the quote from the Webb coach and other CoachT posts from those from other teams in the SportsBelle tourney, the pitcher for Webb was one of their 4 regular starters (not their "ace"), and the Seymour and Bearden starters were younger pitchers, not their established starting pitchers. Do the people up in Kingsport really buy all of this, or is it that no one is paying attention except for a handful of people? And is this guy Bliss a journalist, or just a p.r. person for the local high school?

[bigtimeglove]

Good post. Seymour pitched a soph. and Bearden pitched a frosh. But anyway, what would it matter if they were the "aces" of their teams? At some point you've got to be able to beat the best to earn knoxville's respect. I wonder how D-B will fare when taking on the real aces of knoxville such as the Hollands and the Catapanos....

[bud]

Who cares? Let them play ball. If DB plays well and comes together and does well in the long run, so be it. If not, maybe they are not playing to their potential, who knows. Who cares? Just let them play ball and quit analyzing and criticizing.

[hsfbinsider10]

Who cares? Let them play ball. If DB plays well and comes together and does well in the long run, so be it. If not, maybe they are not playing to their potential, who knows. Who cares? Just let them play ball and quit analyzing and criticizing.

 

Now we say "Who cares?" Typical.

[bud]

Typical what? Typical that people like you pick apart DB anytime that DB does not play up to par? Of course DB fans want them to win, but also to enjoy the game and not have critics (most of whom don't support DB anyway) pick them apart. The only thing typical is that you pick at what you claim are a few arrogant DB fans. I understand you are Jeff County fan and we have all seen more than a few arrogant Jeff County fans. In fact there was one guy on here a couple years ago that was actually voted the most hated poster and he was a Jeff Co. fan. But do I associate every Jeff Co fan with him, no. And should you associate every DB fan with those that you don't like, no. You have stated in an earlier post that you felt that many DB fans felt superior because they wear Maroon & Gray (you actually said white and that was wrong) No matter how you lay it out all schools have fans that are obnoxious or that we don't like. DB has no more of these fans than any other school. So in short, your snide comments are not needed or appreciated. It is just best to stay away from these types of conversations because they are a waste of time. And one more time for the record, I care about DB teams doing well, but I don't care for fans from other teams adding nothing but negative criticism and snide remarks such as the one you made in your last post.