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TAZ980002
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 Posted - 06/01/2009 : 14:22:57
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Congratulations to the Bandits. They are truly in a class by themselves. Pitching, team speed, baserunning, ability to get on base, airtight defense and great coaching. We saw a lot of these attributes from many of the teams at this weekend's tournament but only the Bandits possessed all of them.
Sorry we couldn't give you guys more of a battle in the final game.
With that said, we are also very proud of our boys and the way they battled all weekend. The tournament format puts a lot of pressure on the teams to play well in pool. Finishing 2nd in pool and the Ultimate bracket was a great accomplishment for our team. Given a couple more months to gel, I think we could have given the Bandits a better run for their money. There is no substitute for experience in these high level games and the Bandits have plenty of that. |
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baseballpapa
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Posted - 06/01/2009 : 14:49:53
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Hurricane: I wish it was as easy as you make it sound but truth is that it gets harder and harder. I really want everyone to know how much most of the 10 year old teams have improved. It is not easy at all to do what the Bandits have done especially with 9 players. The competition we will face this week will be the best so far this year and we will need the ball to bounce the right way or we could be in trouble.
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Posted - 06/01/2009 : 15:11:16
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Bandits vs Grip in finals, Bandits win.
This one was pretty easy to call.
Those were the easy picks. Did anyone have the Bulldogs for third? |
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baseballpapa
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Posted - 06/01/2009 : 17:35:57
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| Papa hadn't seen the Bulldogs until this week but I did get to watch them and I think they deserved 3rd place as they seem to be solid with decent pitching, hitting, and defense. The end of this year will be a lot of fun for Georgia Baseball because they are so many teams capable of winning it all each weekend. |
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stinger
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Posted - 06/02/2009 : 08:15:24
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Congrats to the Bandits again. I'm not sure how they don't even play poorly.
One area of improvement for USTBA is to look at their pitching rules for 3-day tournaments. There is a definite advantage to for the teams that play games on Friday versus teams that play all of their pool play games on Saturday.
The rule for pitching is 7 innings over 2 days with an inning counting as an appearance. For teams that play on Friday, they can pitch their ace pitcher and still have them for 7 full innings on Sunday. In 10u in the Ultimate bracket, the Outlaws, Grip & Bulldogs played on Friday night and had their full compliment of those pitchers for Sunday bracket play, while other teams did not (Dodgers, Bandits, Wildcats). So these teams could pitch their ace for 4-5 innings on Fri and again for 4-5 innings on Sunday.
I like the 7 inning total, but would prefer to see this for the entire tournament vs over 2 days to even out this advantage. Just my 2 cents. |
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baseballpapa
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Posted - 06/02/2009 : 13:57:27
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I really think that one of the hardest jobs for a youth travel baseball team Coach is that of deciding what pitcher to pitch and when. It is like a game of chess or in Papa's world checkers. You have got to plan for 2-3 moves or games down the road and be able to adjust when your opponent throws you a curve.
Tough job but the Bandits has the best mind in the business on their side. Coach Troy has one of the most sophisticated systems in the youth baseball world.
If you watch prior to each game and you see him in the middle of the huddle he is going Eeenie, Meenie, Miny, Moe, Catch this pitcher by the toe and that is who you get. Laugh if you want but we have 42 wins and one defeat with this system. |
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Who will win 10U USTBA State Championship?
