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[quote name="BigRedMachine" post="814845" timestamp="1277653060"] Player has to be eligible to play. If injured, the player is not eligible until released by the doctor. If player is playing school ball he is not eligible to play if they conflict. [/quote] He still has to participate as an eligible player in 60 % of the games.  I believe that a player who was injured all but two games would not be eligible for all stars.

I don't believe anybody from this area would have crushed the Brook line and withholding water during practice is just plain stupidity.    Being dehydrated does not make you tougher.  It makes you less efficient during practice.

[quote name="scooter!" post="814643" timestamp="1277494839"] Hilarious. I'm by Seattle now. I'll start traveling again Sunday. I need a break. [/quote] Are you walking home?i

West End beat amelia last night.  They looked pretty good.  Who has strong 11's this year?

Jasper will be good.  West End could pull the upset if they play well.  Not sure about the rest of the district.

I caught a few decent fish Saturday evening and Sunday morning.  Everything was 6-10 ft deep, except a couple of small ones caught on frogs real early.

Just to be clear, WELL will only play fall ball out there if the school building project at Sally-Curtis affects the fields and makes them unplayable.  That's my understanding.

Looks like a bullet in the book.

I think the rule used to say that you had to participate in 60% of the games.

[quote name="bcll2010" post="813555" timestamp="1276871508"] The age date is what age you are on April 30 2011 for boys and Dec. 31st 2010 for girls.We are not cancelling out 16 yr. olds, it is just wit NBR going on and most kids that age playing, it is hard to field a team of 15 and 16 yr. olds. It works out where 15's can play with 13's, but 16's cannot play with 13's.We have found out that it works better to have one strong program, rather then 2 weak programs.We would like to have more 16's playing, it is just hard to compete for that small group of kids that still play league ball.Would like any ideas that would draw a large group of 16's back to the program. [/quote] Same experience in Beaumont.  We had 46 kids sign up for senior league this spring.  Only 7 or 8 were 16 year olds.  In the fall, we will probably go with one league of 13-15.

[quote name="thetragichippy" post="813548" timestamp="1276870655"] [quote author=82 5A State Champs link=topic=70560.msg813543#msg813543 date=1276870341] There shouldn't be an issue underneath the stands because they poured under-reams like 30 ft. deep. This should prevent the concrete from shifting. [/quote] Cool...... I thought you needed to do soil samples to know how deep to make the under-reams..... Anyone know? As long a the pier is deep enough to reach soil that has no moisture variation, it doesn't matter what type soil is on top.  I assume at 30 feet that the soil never gets dry in that area, so no shrinkage,  which is what causes movement. [/quote]

Sounds like a couple of well matched teams.  They will get to battle it out for three more years.

[quote name="BCgrad05" post="813399" timestamp="1276805400"] Is Falgout playing? [/quote] Yes.

Deja vu.  I think I've seen this thread before.

[quote name="BMTSoulja1" post="813230" timestamp="1276731018"] I tried to watch the PN-G Central game and ran int the same problem like 3 weeks ago... Wonder what the  deal is? [/quote] Why put yourself through that misery again?            8)

[quote name="tokenwb" post="813320" timestamp="1276785502"] [quote author=westend1 link=topic=70579.msg813253#msg813253 date=1276740606] [quote author=BCgrad05 link=topic=70579.msg813211#msg813211 date=1276726287] Whats West Ends Senior League look like this year? [/quote] Seniors will be solid as usual.    Pitching will not blow you away, but they will hit up and down the lineup and they will play good defense.   [b]I expect they will roll through district and then give fits to anyone at the sectional tourney.[/b][/quote] Silsbee might have something to say about this.  They are very solid. [/quote] I did'nt  realize that Silsbee had a Senior team.  I knew Kountze, Spindletop(who is pretty good) and maybe Lumberton.

[quote name="643" post="813314" timestamp="1276783640"] [quote author=MIF04 link=topic=70500.msg813293#msg813293 date=1276762029] Wow...1 week into the summer select season and, already, someone (e.g. the Gladiators) slams the Sun Devils.  It really gets old  -- understandable but old. As a previous poster noted, we do recruit players that we believe are legitimate players at the next levels.  We offer them an opportunity and some accept, and others do not.  On the list that was posted earlier on this thread, only 1 of those players is 'new' to our program.  I would not suppose to know what his (or his parents) thought process was but I would imagine that the fact that we have had 5 classes come through our program, and seen 75 of our players get college scholarships, might be a good reason.  Our record in the draft is equally good (we had 13 current or former Sun Devils drafted this year alone).  I also suspect the quality of competition and instruction may have played a role as did the 'word of mouth' from his HS teammates/opponents.  Maybe the simple fact that, on the HS Home Run thread, he noted that a Sun Devil was the leader.  Performance counts, too. Sometimes, people are better served tending to their own house (or, here, coaching and improving their own players instead of worrying about what we are doing).  That's what we do and that's why it works.  And, Jeff:  we have more of your guys calling us instead of us calling them.  I think that says it all, don't you? Best of luck to all teams, and players, this summer. [/quote]You can say whatever you want as I'm not gonna get into a discussion especially with someone SKOOLED in argueing, BUT the bottom line is the >>>money and in our economy who don't need help, IMO its kinda skirting a players amateur status by paying to play or [b]the perps [/b] that go along with it. In all seriousness tho, you are getting players that are above ave ALLREADY and even without your help would be going to the next level. I also think your somewhat stretching the sheets when you say 'Sundevil players' when infact in the last few yrs you had them a yr or maybe 2 (sometimes a cpl of games) and someone else had made them what they are BEFORE you offered them a chance to play, but you guys have no problem throwing all other teams in the ditch by taking the credit. Seems as if your taking a pg from George Stienbrenners book on buying a team. BTW I predicted 2 months back in the home run thread exactly what happened with the Ex Gladiator. Heres an answer to your last 2 sentences directed at Jeff, what idiot would not want a free ride to play, along with the other [b]perps[/b]>>>now that says it all....    [/quote] What's a perp?

[quote name="BCgrad05" post="813211" timestamp="1276726287"] Whats West Ends Senior League look like this year? [/quote] Seniors will be solid as usual.    Pitching will not blow you away, but they will hit up and down the lineup and they will play good defense.  I expect they will roll through district and then give fits to anyone at the sectional tourney.

Nice win for the Pac 10

Glad to see the Frogs take down a PAC 10 team             :P

[quote name="FPHS 78" post="811632" timestamp="1276284580"] [quote author=bmtcpa87 link=topic=70252.msg811606#msg811606 date=1276281602] FPHS - You do realize that the kid that you said should have been on the 12 man roster, his dad was a coach in the league.  The kid that got the last spot on the team is being raised by a single mom and he was not on our "select" team.  As a "fan" I'm sure you new that.  Kinda shots down you arguement. As for your last post, I'm not going to respond because I don't know what your talking about.  [/quote] if i remeber correctly, i think jm and ah were on the same team----------- please, name me one coach (or asst coach for that matter), whose child didnt make all-stars?  and yes, alternates are all-stars and you dont know what I'm talking about? what, west end not following rules?  heck, y'alls president doesnt even live in the boundaries!  "Line up kids, say the LL pledge, then lie about where you live"---whats that teaching these children? [/quote]  I have been involved in West End, in one capacity or another, for over 10 years, and have never told, or heard anybody else tell, a kid to lie about their residency.  In fact, we always encourage kids that live outside our boundaries to go play with their proper league.  However, what would you do when a kid comes in and says "I tried the other league and didn't like it. All my friends play here.  If I can't play here, I'm just going to quit baseball"?   We don't have nearly as many of those kids as you seem to believe, but we always tell the ones we have that they would be inelgible for allstars and city play. Nobody is told to lie.  The truly good players generally opt out at that point, leaving us with kids who just want to play with their buddies.    Since you seem so concerned about the kids, I'm sure you can appreciate the position this puts us in.   I'm sorry that we don't live up to your ethical standards, but in the end,  most of us still do it for the kids.

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[quote name="SgtRey" post="811575" timestamp="1276276574"] WB - 48, PNG - 26......how come no PNG fans reported the score? [/quote] Come on Rey.  They don't care about 2 below.          ;)

what, now its time to get UGLY?  ok, I can do that. Junior, I was coaching at EO when you were still in diapers.  The real truth?  You just get upset when you hear it.  LL rules?  Thats the last thing WEST END follows...with what, [b]200+ kids playing out of boundaries..[/b].for every amelia/ne/spndl kid thast takes a swing at WE, thats a swing taken from a WE kid. The question was..how are AS teams selected.---i said and will still say--coaches kid's and select kids first...but now [b]you say a coaches kid deserves to make it talent or not[/b], cuz his dad's a jerk?...you must be a WE coach, no doubt 200 kids.  We only have around 460.       And I don't see where Dude said a kid should make it talent or not.  I think he said, as a general rule, the coaches kids and select players work at it harder.   Is that really a hard concept to grasp?   It seems to make sense that the Dad's who are real interested have usually spent more time practicing with their kids(not always) And go check it out.  Not all coaches kids made allstars.    Your certainly bitter for just a fan.  I suspect it's something more.,