MIF04

I know the Vidor kids and they're good players. Are they the best middle infielders in the area? I guess that is pure opinion but, in mine, they are not. Ferguson and Murphy at WB are both over .400 for the year (and Ferguson is .500 or better in district). Both are also solid defensively. Schneider at LCM is a wizare on defense and Riley (from Woodville) may be every bit as good with the glove as him. Both can swing it some as well. Laird at Nederland is also top notch. That is just a few. That's not to say Croak and Bunner aren't good. They are. Again, just a matter of opinion.

I think the playoff scenarios for this year's LCM team are interesting. Very few teams are as deep as they are on the hill. On the other hands, there are a couple of teams that can go deep as well (Montgomery comes to mind with Heard, Stone and Springer). My personal preference is always for a 2 out of 3 and, one of these days, I think (hope?) the UIL will mandate this. On the other hand, if you had to roll the dice on 1 game -- and Ehlert was your guy, it ain't a bad bet.

Hard to argue with Dugas.

Sterling 9-1 Kingwood 7-3 Humble 7-3 Spring 6-4 West Brook 5-5 Lee 5-5 Westfield 1-9 Memorial 0-10 Humble plays Sterling and West Brook this week. That pretty much sums up the Bruins' chances.

That order is based on what? Let's look and compare your #1 vs. your #3 from some objective eyes: Dishon ran 6.6 in the 60 at Area Code tryouts in June. Calhoun ran a 7.17 at a Perfect Game showcase. Calhoun, by the way, was not invited to Area Code. Dishon threw 91 on a radar gun from the OF. Calhoun threw 78. Dishon is 6'0 and Calhoun is 5'7. Objectively, DIshon is bigger. He is significantly faster and has a tremendously stronger arm from OF. They have both been evaluated by Perfect Game/Baseball America (who uses a scale of 1-10). Calhoun was rated a 6.5, Dishon a full 10.0. Dishon is ranked in the top 100 nationally, Calhoun is not ranked (even in the top 300). Look, I think Calhoun is a good player. But, objectively, Dishon is better. Hands down.

Maybe Vidor shoulda sent the JVs the last couple games.

Sterling defeats West Brook 12-2 in 6. The Bruins are in a free fall right now. Details (but not much highlights) to follow....

Agree with Bears...that post had to be a joke. And 3A Birdman is right on when he says 'if you know the kid'. I would say this -- you don't do mechanical changes in-season. It does get in the kid's head. That is what the off season is for.

I think its pretty clear you 2 folks are debating Clayton Ehlert over at LCM. What a fine player. As set out in the previous post, his success in high school has been tremendous (and I believe over the next several weeks it will continue). I also think that Clayton would tell us that, if he can get better, he wants to. I happen to know that for a fact. He may have been born with a fair amount of God-given talent but he has become a great baseball player through hard work. The equation remains true: Talent + Work = Great Success. In this sense, I think both of the 2 competing posts are right. I don't know about the Jay Bruce analogy -- that is always uncomfortable. I think Clayton would tell you he doesn't want to be the next Jay Bruce -- he wants to be the first Clayton Ehlert. Great player, great kid, great family.

First, Miller is 1 heckuva pitcher. He did have arm troubles last season which has carried over some this year. His velocity has certainly not improved and may have decreased some. Again, and with that being said, he is still a very, very good pitcher. I'm just not sure how he will hold up now after the rigors of an entire season.

that would be much better news for the 'dogs.

Channelview is looking down the barrell of Montgomery or Nederland in the bottom half. The top half looks like a Brenham/LCM battle.

There are a lot of good ones in the above posts. I would add Armstrong and Serna from WB as overall OFs. As far as the best in 3A, I'd take Dishon hands down. He is the fastest of any of the others, he has strength and power, and his arm is the best in SE Tex (with the possible exception of Ehlert at LCM).

Add: McFarland -- Nederland Carnahan -- PNG Parsons -- Jasper

Who are some of the better players for Cath?

How about LCM at Nederland?

Tough loss for Jasper. Plus, they've lost their ace for the year and the question arises -- who have they beaten this year? Lot of pressure on Alvis, Parsons and Hart now.

Of course, according to the selection process, his game last night won't matter because his team lost. In fact, if you play for a team that doesn't win, that makes you ineligible. Tougher standards than what I'd think....

Bruins suffer a tough loss at home, especially with a road game looming vs. Sterling. Details to follow....

Although I'll leave the final call to the ultimate 'powers that be', this thread needs to be deleted. And 'dumb' is too kind.... Maybe we should start a thread "WHO ASKED THE WORST QUESTION IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS?"

Right now, I'd take Falgout offensively. He is just stinging it. He is hitting for both average and power, driving in runs, etc.

Congrats to all 3 guys. Hill is getting a bunch of great guys.

This is gonna big a great game. Its that time of year when the district games start taking on a playoff atmosphere. Good luck to both.

I do want to add to the Falgout pick: During the week, his stats were against pitchers which included Humble (Ryan Berry, a Rice signee) and Kingwood (John Touchton, an UH signee and currently ranked 77th in nation). It was an outstanding performance against outstanding competition. In difficult times, he literally picked this team up last week and carried him on his back.

Reminds me of some of the games at the old Texas Tech field when the wind would blow across the flat lands.....straight out. Made me glad I wasn't a pitcher !!!!