Andy Roberts

Husband and father. @BallState alum. Editor of the nonprofit White Lake Mirror newspaper + sports for Oceana Echo. Sports fan with silly opinions.

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Still 4-2 after 5. Garcia is now playing first base. Weiss remains on the mound.

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We're underway at Kalamazoo Central for the regional final between Shelby and Kalamazoo Christian.

Tigers are home team. DayDay Garcia just pitched a scoreless inning. Key play was KC leadoff man Matt Rohrer tripping trying to get from 1B to 2B on an error. Was tagged out at 1B.

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Garcia is set to re-enter the game in his leadoff spot as we go to the bottom of the 5th. (I'm not a student of the MHSAA baseball substitution rules, but this is permitted.) It appears his foot injury from earlier was not serious enough to shelve him for the day.

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@Bmart0005 @AlwaysCFB @TexasFootball If that's the case he needs to tell us who was in the CFP that should have been removed for Texas. He's been after TT, but they got an auto-bid. Of the last 3 at-large teams, Miami and OU had a big OOC win. Alabama didn't, but I'm guessing he's not going after a fellow SEC team.

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@AlwaysCFB @TexasFootball Also, if Texas had looked like a playoff team more than one (1) time between weeks 1 and 13, I'd be more sympathetic. They looked like flat garbage against UK, Miss State and Florida. They lost one of those and were piss lucky not to lose another. Play more consistent football.

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Shelby is on to the regional final.

The Tigers defeat Kent City 7-3 and are headed to Kalamazoo Saturday for the regional title.

It was an all around excellent game, especially on defense, for Shelby, and Trevor Weiss and DayDay Garcia pitched the team to the win.

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Shelby is literally off and running against Kent City in the regional semifinals.

DayDay Garcia led off with a walk for the Tigers, stole second, and came around to score on Leighton Belasco's RBI single.

Here, Belasco steals second - he later scored too.

2-0 Shelby after 1.

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Shelby up 6-2 after 4.

The middle of the Tigers order is taking advantage of Kent City miscues, as on this ground ball that Eli Kelley legged out for a run.

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@MattGajtka @Travis_Sawchik I'm not denying anything. I'm saying supporting what you're supporting as a remedy is, frankly, a moral wrong. And I think you know it.

The owners don't want this for any reason than to make themselves more money. I don't want what they want, and no one should.

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@MattGajtka The Milwaukee Brewers are currently wrecking shop on their way to their 5th straight division title. Cleveland is in the playoffs all the time. Tampa Bay is always good and has the best record in the AL. The Pirates THEMSELVES are in WC1 right now.

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@Wittman7 Bob Nutting will still be a crappy owner when there's a salary cap, and so will the Marlins' owner, whoever it is, and so will Dick Monfort. People should be smart enough to see through this crap and yet they aren't.

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Final score - Ovid-Elsie 3, Shelby 0.

The Tigers fought until the end, but Ovid-Elsie was strong defensively and wouldn't allow clear chances.

McKenzie Keck added a 2nd half goal for the Marauders.

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At halftime of a regional final in Cadillac, Ovid-Elsie leads Shelby 2-0. The Marauders have done well to control play and keep the Tigers from maintaining possession.

Jaedyn Palus and Madalynn Bushard have scored goals for Ovid-Elsie.

Forty minutes still to play.