July 26 at Bobby Boss Stadium in Loganville, GA
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Games 188-189 - Bunting!
July 24
Rockdale Post 77 (GA) vs. Albany Post 30 (GA)
Covington Post 32 (GA) vs. Leesburg Post 182 (GA)
Bobby Boss Stadium in Loganville, GA
Rockdale and Covington, two American Legion teams separated by about 15 miles, each stayed unbeaten in the Georgia state tournament and will meet Saturday in the winner's bracket final. Based on the first two days of this double-elimination tournament, 77 and 32 are clearly the top two teams in the state, and regardless of the outcome of Saturday's game, I fully expect to see a repeat match up for the title a day later.
Of course, the loser will have to win once in the loser's bracket, then beat its area rival twice to win the championship.
Leesburg, which lost 21-10, trailed 11-4 in the bottom of the fifth when Robbie Feagans led off with a single. Carlton Ogletree was then asked to sacrifice Feagans to second, and he was successful. Here are all of my problems with this strategy:
1. Leesburg had 15 outs left and they chose to just give one to Covington.
"Here you go, Covington, take one of our outs, we don't need, want or care about them," said someone.
2. Leesburg trailed 11-4. They were down seven in the fifth inning and PLAYING FOR ONE RUN.
3. If you think Covington is all finished scoring at 11 runs, then playing for one run per inning means you trail 11-9 after nine innings.
4. Games only last nine innings.
5. Covington certainly wasn't finished scoring runs, because they are
- the defending state champions
- very good again this year and scoring a ton of runs (and about ready to add 10 more runs over the next four innings)
Anyway, guess which team didn't score in that inning?
I don't think bunting is a completely terrible strategy, it has its moments, But none of those moments are "down 7 with 15 outs left".
Rockdale Post 77 (GA) vs. Albany Post 30 (GA)
Covington Post 32 (GA) vs. Leesburg Post 182 (GA)
Bobby Boss Stadium in Loganville, GA
Rockdale and Covington, two American Legion teams separated by about 15 miles, each stayed unbeaten in the Georgia state tournament and will meet Saturday in the winner's bracket final. Based on the first two days of this double-elimination tournament, 77 and 32 are clearly the top two teams in the state, and regardless of the outcome of Saturday's game, I fully expect to see a repeat match up for the title a day later.
Of course, the loser will have to win once in the loser's bracket, then beat its area rival twice to win the championship.
Leesburg, which lost 21-10, trailed 11-4 in the bottom of the fifth when Robbie Feagans led off with a single. Carlton Ogletree was then asked to sacrifice Feagans to second, and he was successful. Here are all of my problems with this strategy:
1. Leesburg had 15 outs left and they chose to just give one to Covington.
"Here you go, Covington, take one of our outs, we don't need, want or care about them," said someone.
2. Leesburg trailed 11-4. They were down seven in the fifth inning and PLAYING FOR ONE RUN.
3. If you think Covington is all finished scoring at 11 runs, then playing for one run per inning means you trail 11-9 after nine innings.
4. Games only last nine innings.
5. Covington certainly wasn't finished scoring runs, because they are
- the defending state champions
- very good again this year and scoring a ton of runs (and about ready to add 10 more runs over the next four innings)
Anyway, guess which team didn't score in that inning?
I don't think bunting is a completely terrible strategy, it has its moments, But none of those moments are "down 7 with 15 outs left".
Game 187 - Alpharetta Post 201 (GA) vs. Rockdale Post 77 (GA)
July 23 at Bobby Boss Stadium in Loganville, GA
Game 180 - Covington Post 32 (GA) at Rockdale Post 77 (GA)
July 14 at Henson-Carr Legion Field in Conyers, GA
Game 152 - Rockdale Post 77 (GA) at Loganville Post 233 (GA)
June 11 at Bobby Boss Stadium in Loganville, GA
A trio of left-handers out of the Rockdale bullpen were the main story in this early-season contest in American Legion play, but unfortunately for Post 77 it was for all the wrong reasons.
Those three - Matthew Hammers, Christian Young and Yorel James - combined to walk 10 batters in just 1 2/3 innings of combined work, turning a scoreless game into a 7-0 Loganville victory. Sometimes you just lose the strike zone, and for Conyers, GA-based Post 77, three people lost the strike zone and it meant a shut out loss.
Post 233 didn't pick up a single hit while those three were in the game during the sixth and seventh innings, but they scored six times, and it took right-hander Nathan Greene coming into the game before Loganville got a line drive, RBI-single from Bailey Dutton to make it 7-0.
To be truthful, the actual main story was Brantley Frost, but the Loganville right-hander was somehow over-shadowed by the wildness of the Post 77 hurlers. I'm sure Frost has no problem with that because he tossed a complete game, five-hit shut out and struck out nine. All five of those hits were singles in Frost's 120-pitch gem.
* Before the meltdown on the mound, the first two Post 77 pitchers were quite good. Starter Chris Simonds, who is headed to LaGrange College in middle Georgia in the fall, didn't allow a hit in three excellent innings. He was followed by his former Salem High School teammate and Maryville College (Maryville, TN) signee Rocky Mauriello, who gave up four hits, but kept Loganville off the scoreboard.
A trio of left-handers out of the Rockdale bullpen were the main story in this early-season contest in American Legion play, but unfortunately for Post 77 it was for all the wrong reasons.
Those three - Matthew Hammers, Christian Young and Yorel James - combined to walk 10 batters in just 1 2/3 innings of combined work, turning a scoreless game into a 7-0 Loganville victory. Sometimes you just lose the strike zone, and for Conyers, GA-based Post 77, three people lost the strike zone and it meant a shut out loss.
Post 233 didn't pick up a single hit while those three were in the game during the sixth and seventh innings, but they scored six times, and it took right-hander Nathan Greene coming into the game before Loganville got a line drive, RBI-single from Bailey Dutton to make it 7-0.
To be truthful, the actual main story was Brantley Frost, but the Loganville right-hander was somehow over-shadowed by the wildness of the Post 77 hurlers. I'm sure Frost has no problem with that because he tossed a complete game, five-hit shut out and struck out nine. All five of those hits were singles in Frost's 120-pitch gem.
* Before the meltdown on the mound, the first two Post 77 pitchers were quite good. Starter Chris Simonds, who is headed to LaGrange College in middle Georgia in the fall, didn't allow a hit in three excellent innings. He was followed by his former Salem High School teammate and Maryville College (Maryville, TN) signee Rocky Mauriello, who gave up four hits, but kept Loganville off the scoreboard.
Games 145 & 146 - Plenty of offense
Morgan County at Rockdale Post 77
June 7 at Henson-Carr Legion Field in Conyers, GA
Thirty-two hits is a lot for an offense to accumulate in 18 innings of a doubleheader. Rockdale Post 77 had that many hits in EIGHT offensive innings on Sunday as they opened their American Legion season with 20-2 and 6-2 victories over the Morgan County High School summer travel team.
Each game ended after visiting Morgan County had batted in the top of the fifth inning - game one by-run rule and the teams played just five innings in the nightcap.
Quite a day for Rockdale:
* They batted around in three of their four offensive innings in game one, sending 10 to the plate in the first, 13 in the second and 12 more in the fourth. In 41 plate appearances, Post 77 batters reached base 30 times.
* In that opener, Morehouse College's Cole Gibson, the No. 8 hitter in the lineup, went 4-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBIs, No. 7 hitter Barrett Burdett had three hits and five RBIs & clean up hitter Jason Howell (Clark Atlanta signee) went 4-for-4 with a walk. Every starter had at least one RBI, except for lead off man Yorel James, who was 3-for-4 and drew a walk.
* Matthew Hammers hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first for the big hit of game two. Post 77 reached base in 12-of-23 plate appearances and its on-base percentage for the day was .650, or 41 points higher than 2004 Barry Bonds.
June 7 at Henson-Carr Legion Field in Conyers, GA
Thirty-two hits is a lot for an offense to accumulate in 18 innings of a doubleheader. Rockdale Post 77 had that many hits in EIGHT offensive innings on Sunday as they opened their American Legion season with 20-2 and 6-2 victories over the Morgan County High School summer travel team.
Each game ended after visiting Morgan County had batted in the top of the fifth inning - game one by-run rule and the teams played just five innings in the nightcap.
Quite a day for Rockdale:
* They batted around in three of their four offensive innings in game one, sending 10 to the plate in the first, 13 in the second and 12 more in the fourth. In 41 plate appearances, Post 77 batters reached base 30 times.
* In that opener, Morehouse College's Cole Gibson, the No. 8 hitter in the lineup, went 4-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBIs, No. 7 hitter Barrett Burdett had three hits and five RBIs & clean up hitter Jason Howell (Clark Atlanta signee) went 4-for-4 with a walk. Every starter had at least one RBI, except for lead off man Yorel James, who was 3-for-4 and drew a walk.
* Matthew Hammers hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first for the big hit of game two. Post 77 reached base in 12-of-23 plate appearances and its on-base percentage for the day was .650, or 41 points higher than 2004 Barry Bonds.
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