What do ya'll think about 8 teams???

[sportsguy1]

What do ya'll think about 8 teams in the state tournament now??? I personally like it because I think some great teams miss the state tournaments when only 4 can go. Although this will force coaches to think about the pitching situation a lot more but overall I think it is good.

[Indian]

with 8 teams there might not be time to go look for Elvis.

[OSHSman]

What's the format for the districts, regionals, and sub state gonna be like now?

[LJ1764]

I would suppose that the Baseball format will be identical to the Softball format. An example would be as follows:

 

Monday(example)

Region Semi-Final Game:

District 1 Champion vs. District 2 Runner Up

(Do or Die Game)

 

Wednesday(example)

Region 1 Championship:

District 1 Champion/District 2 Runner Up(Winner) vs.

District 2 Champion/District 1 Runner Up(Winner)

(Winner & Loser both move on to play in Sectional games on Friday)

 

Friday

Sectional Games:

Region 1 Winner(Host) vs. Region 2 Runner Up

Region 2 Winner(Host) vs. Region 1 Runner Up

Region 3 Winner(Host) vs. Region 4 Runner Up

Region 4 Winner(Host) vs. Region 3 Runner Up

Region 5 Winner(Host) vs. Region 6 Runner Up

Region 6 Winner(Host) vs. Region 5 Runner Up

Region 7 Winner(Host) vs. Region 8 Runner Up

Region 8 Winner(Host) vs. Region 7 Runner Up

(Do or Die Games - Winners only go to the State)

[Opperman]

Baseball (and soccer) will work like every other sport if they expand to eight teams.

[OSHSman]

How about keeping the present format and only taking the regional winners?

[Opperman]

IMO that punishes strong regions unfairly. For example, Region 8-AAA this year had two teams ranked in the top 50 in the nation by Baseball America...to me it's unfair to guarantee that the winner of a fairly weak Region 7 goes to state.

[ROX]

One thing that 8 teams will do is make teams with greater depth at pitching have a better shot in the state tourney, it will even out the field more. Coaches will have to gamble on who to pitch and when. You can't compare it to softball because the same guy can't pitch every other day without help like softball does....it may be an interesting tourney next year in all classes.