LOL when he committed to Oregon I posted there is a 10% chance he actually enrolls there, don’t be surprised if when it’s actually time to enroll if he goes some where else.


Given his history there is a solid chance he ends up hopping to 3 colleges and never being anything.

ssczar76 said:

Does playing out of state teams earn playoff points? If so, i can understand most teams shying away from the opportunity. I recall BR playing BR from Birmingham followed by a team from Indianapolis the next week. Cool experience for the kids but costly travel expenses and possible non playoff points could derail playoff berth.

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You do get playoff points from playing out of state games.

Does playing out of state teams earn playoff points? If so, i can understand most teams shying away from the opportunity. I recall BR playing BR from Birmingham followed by a team from Indianapolis the next week. Cool experience for the kids but costly travel expenses and possible non playoff points could derail playoff berth.

The alternative was to use rge transferring rule by quarters….

That might be next year

I am hearing a rumor that this session is going to weigh heavy on a lot the issues involving the transfer portal.

What I am bring told is that the players depending on when they entered the school is what determines what downs they are allowed to play.

For example, let’s say; someone that attended LWE since their freshman year, will be able to play all four downs.

However, LWE player that may have
transferred into the school their junior year, that player will only get to take the field on third and fourth downs.

Pretty reliable source of information!

MMA_Det said:

Maybe we will finally get that class 10A that we have all been asking for

I think that it’s unfair that teams with a 3-6 record don’t have the opportunity to experience the playoffs.

Everyone deserves a trophy!!!

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Just as there is a success factor for the Privates, there sb a lack of success factor applied to Public’s to move down a class. I have no other suggestions.

Maybe we will finally get that class 10A that we have all been asking for

I think that it’s unfair that teams with a 3-6 record don’t have the opportunity to experience the playoffs.

Everyone deserves a trophy!!!

Silver Rain said:

I remember watching that game.

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Dang!! You must be one of those 130 year old people still getting Social Security. 😄 😄

crusader_of_90 said:

You, sir, can go to Hell!

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He doesn't know what he thinks he knows about football. And he knows even less about baseball.

rocketnation said:

On opening day in 1994, Cubs OF Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes Homered in each of his 1st three At Bats. He ended the season with only 8 Homers.

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I remember when that happened because a friend of mine called me at the end of the season and we laughed about it. I said it must be a Cub thing because 20 years earlier, in 1974, the great slugging George Mitterwald of the Cubs also hit 3 homeruns in a game on April 17th and ended the season with seven. LOL

4Afan said:

As a Cubs fan and Cardinal hater, Yadi is over rated by Cardinals fans. His career numbers are comparable to Jason Kendall. Yadi finished with a career WAR of 42.1 and Kendall's was 41.7.

He was a great catchers but gets more credit than he deserves. Yadi had a fielding % of .995 and Kendall's was .990. Yad has the edge and put outs and and caught stealing, which is commendable, but part of that is due to the Cardinals pitching staff and Yadi being on better teams throughout his career.

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You, sir, can go to Hell!

4Afan said:

Nothing to do with any argument.

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Fine. Delete the word "argument" from my earlier post and insert the word "excuse" in its place.

In response to another poster who said that the state (IHSA) is the biggest saboteur of public schools relative to playoff bracket placement (seeding), you said,

4Afan said:

Size, record, and playoff points determines all public schools class and seed, the IHSA doesn't manipulate those things to place teams in certain places.

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To which I said,

ramblinman said:

Ah, yes. The old "But that's the way we've always done it" argument. How's that working out for ya?

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If you accept the editing I propose above, the point of my earlier post is basically to ask (in an admittedly snarky way) why not try something different? The IHSA has always (or at least in the past few decades) done it the way you stated. If incorporating an additional factor(s) into the seeding process (and ideally into the classification process) would create more balanced playoff classes top to bottom, why should we be content to let an excuse like we have always done it that way to stand in the way of progress? Why not try something different instead of always focusing on adding discriminatory regulations devised specifically to limit the playoff success of one type of school?

LTHSALUM76 said:

June 23, 1917.

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I remember watching that game.

crazylegs777 said:

I did a Cubs one so now for the White Sox. 1990 at Sox Park the Yankees Andy Hawkins threw a no hitter but lost 4-0

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I remember watching that game.

Speaking of no-hitters that weren't or shouldn't have been. I've heard the following story before. June 23, 1917.

Babe Ruth was starting a game on the mound for the Boston Red Sox. He walked the Washington Senators lead off hitter, Ray Morgan, on four pitches to start the game. Ruth argued with the home plate umpire about two of the pitches. The argument got heated and the ump threatened to throw Ruth out of the game if he didn't stop. To which Ruth said, "if you throw me out I will bust you in the nose." The umpire threw Ruth out of the game and Ruth threw two punches. The first one missed and the second connected with the side of the ump's head and grazed off his mask. Ruth was thrown out.

Pitcher Ernie Shore came in to pitch in relief of Ruth. Morgan was thrown out trying to steal second base. Then Shore retired the next 26 hitters in a row and the Red Sox won 4-0.

Since nothing like this had ever been seen before, a baseball committee wasn't sure how to score it. A perfect game was discussed since only 27 batters had been faced. But since Morgan had actually reached first base, a no-hitter was awarded instead. So Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore both got credit for the no-hitter and Babe Ruth went down as the only man to start a game and face the leadoff batter in what turns out to be an unofficial at-bat and still get credit for a no hitter.

Ruth is the only pitcher I am aware of who got credit for a no-hitter but didn't record an out.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson was the greatest D'Brickashaw ever to play the game

crusader_of_90 said:

When he retired after the 2022 season, Yadi Molina ranked first all-time among catchers in putouts and second all-time among catchers with 130 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS); among active players, he ranked first with 845 assists, 40.21% of runners caught stealing, and 55 pickoffs.

From 2005 to 2022, the Cardinals allowed 887 stolen bases. The next closest team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowed 1,310.

There were only 1,370 stolen base attempts (stolen bases and runners caught stealing) against the Cardinals from 2005 to 2022. The Diamondbacks, the next closest team, had had runners attempt to steal 1,883 times. The average of all 30 teams in that time span was 2,146 attempts.

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As a Cubs fan and Cardinal hater, Yadi is over rated by Cardinals fans. His career numbers are comparable to Jason Kendall. Yadi finished with a career WAR of 42.1 and Kendall's was 41.7.

He was a great catchers but gets more credit than he deserves. Yadi had a fielding % of .995 and Kendall's was .990. Yad has the edge and put outs and and caught stealing, which is commendable, but part of that is due to the Cardinals pitching staff and Yadi being on better teams throughout his career.

Had the gravity of a God-Damned Planet by drawing in balls that could have gotten away too!

The 1983 Chicago Blitz became the 1984 Arizona Wranglers & The 1983 Arizona Wranglers became the 1984 Chicago Blitz. I think Greg Landry stayed though

crusader_of_90 said:

When he retired after the 2022 season, Yadi Molina ranked first all-time among catchers in putouts and second all-time among catchers with 130 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS); among active players, he ranked first with 845 assists, 40.21% of runners caught stealing, and 55 pickoffs.

From 2005 to 2022, the Cardinals allowed 887 stolen bases. The next closest team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowed 1,310.

There were only 1,370 stolen base attempts (stolen bases and runners caught stealing) against the Cardinals from 2005 to 2022. The Diamondbacks, the next closest team, had had runners attempt to steal 1,883 times. The average of all 30 teams in that time span was 2,146 attempts.

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And a ball magically stuck to his chest protector…

When he retired after the 2022 season, Yadi Molina ranked first all-time among catchers in putouts and second all-time among catchers with 130 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS); among active players, he ranked first with 845 assists, 40.21% of runners caught stealing, and 55 pickoffs.

From 2005 to 2022, the Cardinals allowed 887 stolen bases. The next closest team, the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowed 1,310.

There were only 1,370 stolen base attempts (stolen bases and runners caught stealing) against the Cardinals from 2005 to 2022. The Diamondbacks, the next closest team, had had runners attempt to steal 1,883 times. The average of all 30 teams in that time span was 2,146 attempts.

4Afan said:

To build off that, he went on to be a star in Japan and had 468 HRs.

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He retired there & came back here. Had a great spring but was cut by the Reds & retired

rocketnation said:

On opening day in 1994, Cubs OF Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes Homered in each of his 1st three At Bats. He ended the season with only 8 Homers.

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I’ll never forget watching that game as a kid with my friends.

rocketnation said:

On opening day in 1994, Cubs OF Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes Homered in each of his 1st three At Bats. He ended the season with only 8 Homers.

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To build off that, he went on to be a star in Japan and had 468 HRs.