I’m glad this story was told from another vantage point. People really don’t understand the importance of chemistry on the floor in the locker room. It’s a feel and observation. Analytics won’t show.
Honored and excited to officially be named the Head Football Coach at Lamar High School.
Lamar is a special place with a proud tradition and outstanding young men ready to achieve great things.
The future of Viking Football is bright. #VFND#WinTheDay#LamarFootball
Senior year regular season complete.. It's been a great final year, on to the playoffs!
68 ABs
.368 AVG
.526 OBP
.967 OPS
25 HITS
25 BB
137 Innings caught
27% CS%
.988 Fielding %
I’ve never felt Larry Doby gets enough credit for integrating the American League less than three months after Jackie Robinson debuted for the Dodgers. Today while we honor Jackie, let’s also take some time to remember Larry Doby and his huge contribution to the game.
🚨Former College Ballpark Visit🚨
Reverchon Park
The home of SMU Baseball.
This downtown facility has been refurbished to its state when the Mustangs called it home.
Now I just need them to bring back baseball at SMU
Scorekeeping 101
Passed Ball vs. Wild Pitch
PB: A pitched ball in a location that the catcher can catch cleanly in the air with ordinary effort but is missed/dropped resulting in the baserunner(s) advancing to the next base(s).
WP: A pitched ball that is out of ordinary reach of the catcher or hits the dirt before reaching the catcher resulting in the baserunner(s) advancing to the next base(s).
Correct scoring of these is vital for the proper scoring of earned and un-earned runs. A PB is treated as an error (though not put on the scoreboard as an error) when figuring out earned/un-earned runs.
**Don’t shoot the messenger. Just trying to explain the difference between the two.
Note, even if the pitcher is purposely trying to throw a breaking pitch in the dirt for a put away pitch (swing and miss pitch) and the ball hits directly in front of the catcher, it doesn’t matter if we FEEL it “could” be caught cleanly on a short hop or we feel it “should have been caught.” If the ball makes contact with the dirt before reaching the catcher and a runner is able to advance because of this, it’s a WP.
Also, if the runner was already stealing on the pitch, it is a SB (stolen base). If the runner stealing is able to advance a second base on the same pitch because of the PB or WP, the runner would be awarded a SB for the first base with the pitcher or catcher being tagged with a WP or PB for the second base reached.
Hope that all makes sense.
The most stupid ruling in baseball…
If it doesn’t hit a players glove, it’s not an error.
If an outfielder totally zoo’s a ball, the scorer should rule it an error.
If a pop fly in the infield lands in the middle of three infielders, the scorer should rule it an error.