Steven Avery

Nope Dulles swept them 6-1 and 6-5

Exactly, I am sure they were saving mills for game 3 but there was no excuse with the bullpen they have to trot him out there for the 7th inning. Hearing the Dulles coach is retiring after this year anyway so he may not care about the backlash.

I think its a lack of education of baseball in the state but many of great players have gone to play juco first by choice. You can get drafted after each year in juco where a at a 4 year you have to stay until your jr year or until 21.  A former teammate of mine played at Blinn 2 year and then two years at LSU where he was college world series mvp....went on to play for the Atlanta Braves so I would say it worked out pretty well for him. Who know maybe if he would have gone d1 first he gets lost in the shuffle and is out of baseball before he got a chance to take off. I really think JUCO is a great move unless you get the offer you want to your dream school. As for thames, I would guess he is going juco because he tops out at 84-85 and/or the offers he got to 4 year schools were not the ones he wanted. I think he could pitch at a D1 regardless but if he can get that mph up to 88-89 he will be a no brainer after a year or two for a university, the kid can pitch.

Thames had a great year no doubt about that, very deserving. He was one reason why I thought the Eagles would not have a drop off this year after last years crop graduated. He is going to be be impossible to replace.

Thanks for the clarification Mr. or Mrs. Hearn lol....I just thought I remembered Beasley being DPOY last year since someone else mentioned who got newcomer of the year last year.

Wasnt Beasley defensive player of the year last year?

I remembered Reid Garrett from watching lamar little league in that game vs Lake Charles with a berth in the little league world series on the line. I found this link that kind of talks about their path up to then. I recognize a few names off those articles now playing for george ranch high school plus reid for foster.. Lamar Little league was loaded in those years. [Hidden Content]

I believe Reid Garrett is Jr, atleast according to this he is [Hidden Content]-(richmond,tx)/baseball/roster.htm

Oldman I wasnt even at the game lol, I was just basing it on what I have seen out of both pitchers this year. Usually both are really good at hitting their spots but I heard Pettitte was up in the zone this game as well. 

To me looking at the number of hits for a pitcher that has pitched 2 no hitters including one the week before, in addition to the walks tells me maybe the zone was up high and that they had to keep it up in the zone to get strikes called. Regardless 161 pitches is too much especially with a deep staff. [quote name="oldman" post="1406831" timestamp="1369183899"] I went and watched this game.  Both pitchers struggled a bit.  Pettite kept everything up most of the night.  Mills seemed to struggle as well with command. With the exception of 2-3 pitches the coaches didn't say much to the umpire behind the plate.  It is easy to place blame on the umpire for this, but if you look at the number of hits each team had then that could account for both pitchers throwing more pitches than normal.  [/quote]

Another one bits the dust, hearing the DC announced today he is gone.

Ump must have had a tight zone because both of those pitchers throw strikes and know how to pitch. Pettitte had 6 walks and Mills had 5 or 6..mix that will 10 strikeouts for Pettite and I think 6 or 7 for Mills and that adds up to a lot of pitches.  I do know that Dulles has a very deep staff so there was no need to keep Mills in after they scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th to push the game to 7-3.

How is that nominated and selected? I know another kid from the Houston area that was selected and was wondering if it was worth playing in?

I thought maybe BH would play at UH or Rice. Why memorial? Nice stadium and field but it is small....

I think one of these teams from region 3 will be playing for state, Tomball, BH or Montgomery. I saw Moody play earlier this year, not real impressed. Good team but not as strong as the region 3 teams.

I agree, I just meant he had no prior AD experience. You bring up a good point about Al, he should have never been replaced, he was the one guy I felt comfortable doing the right things in that job.

Bernard Mulvaney Jr is the new Athletic Director. Seems like from reading his bio this is his first AD job. Seems like there should have been better options but hopefully the new blood will help kick start something.

Noticed the article in the baytown sun today that is saying Kade Johnson was the first player to make to the bigs from baytown, that is in correct. Kade made it to AA ball before injuries shut him down and was released by the brewers in 04-05.  Brett Marshall is the first person from Baytown/Barbers Hill/Highlands to make it to the big leagues.

I'm not buying that there isnt enough athletes to be at least a .500 team battling for a playoff spot. There is no excuse for winning 1 game in 2 years. The personnel doesnt fit with the flexbone, I would bet my house that if Olin was the coach the last two years they would have won more than 1 game.  I'm not saying they would be NS or PAM good or could matchup athlete to athlete, but they could compete. Regardless, why would GCCISD hire a guy whose obvious intentions from year 1 was to get his salary up for 3 years and jumpt ship? Maybe that is why we have a new super and AD.

Ok Ill take that bet!  ;D I saw two sophs and one  jr hit 86 early in the season for Brenham...and I didnt see Joziwak pitch so not sure if he is up there or not. I agree with you ragarm, I fully understand about pitching at a speed that you can control and think with...but I think at the 5a level alone you will see more than two guys hitting 90 plus. The Woodlands, Pearland, and Kempner all have legit shots at getting there just form the Houston area alone. The kid from Pearland hit 95mph just last week.  I also feel like there is a bigger difference to a high school hitter facing a pitcher sitting 82-84 to 87-88 than there is in facing 87-88 to 90-92. Let me ask this, who are the hardest throwers each team has faced this year out of curiosity? [quote author=ragarm55 link=topic=111735.msg1402012#msg1402012 date=136796200 Go to Round Rock in June and watch the four teams from each division's pitching staffs.  You won't see, probably, two pitchers during the whole three days that will hit 90mph on a radar gun.  That doesn't mean that many of them can't rare back and hit 90.  They just don't....They PITCH. [/quote]

I agree with you, I just dont see anyone as polished as Greg Maddux trotting out for either team in this series lol. I think you can look to last year when I thought Thames was the best pitcher on the team over the harder throwing grayson long..its not all about velocity, I'm just saying 95 is physically overpowering at the high school level where as the 85mph guy has to rely on being on that day, having a decent ump that calls corners , facing a team that is agressive and swings at his pitches. One playoff game I saw the other night, the strike zone was about the size of a softball on the belt. Nothing below the belt or on the corner was called, if I was a coach I would have taken until I had two strikes on every batter because the odds were not in favor of that happening.  Easier for the 95mph guy to get away with a guy like that than it is for the 85mph guy.

No one said they were crappy, but its a lot easier to see another HS team especially at this late in the season hitting 85 vs 95.  The level of donkey is going up lol. I'm not saying its doom and gloom for BH but the margin for error is much harder with 82-85. Not to mention the level of umpiring has been absolutely terrible this year from what I have seen so if you are depending on an umpire calling fastballs with movement good luck because they have a hard enough time calling straight over the top fastballs.  Now does Brenham have the plate discipline to lay off those borderline pitchers pitches and not get themselves out? That remains to be seen and could be the key to game 1.

I'll tell you this, BH does not have anyone that throws harder than 85 so no one to be afraid of. They do have a good offense but so does Brenham. I think Brenham probably saw better pitching in district and in tournament play early on.

Time for Augie, Dodds, Rick and Mack to go....all the programs are in need of cleanup

Last game against Dayton, Thames went 3 innings giving up 4 hits, 5r, 4ER,  4 BBs and 2 Ks.