Big East/New-6 Does It Again.

I know we can argue about how accurate this statement is until the gulf oil well freezes over but for the fourth year in a row the Big East will have a baseball team playing in the Eastern finals in the State 3-A playoffs.

I know the Big East is in it's first year but lets be realistic, all the Big East is, is the New-6 renamed with one new team. That one new team has made it to the Eastern finals as they beat Eastern Wayne Tuesday night 7-3 to advance to the two out of three Thursday where they will play Chapel Hill who beat Western Alamance 4-1.

Nice Turnout last Saturday for the Nash County legion team. I hear 28 were there including some from Tarboro who are eligible to play for Nash County since Tarboro will not field a team this year.

Members of the media are upset that the NFL awarded New York the Super Bowl in 2014. Seems New York is too cold for those who would rather be in 80 degree Florida in February. Just goes to show you the media are not really working people are they?

Let Me see if I can figure this ACC tournament out. The ACC coaches changed the format because they were running out of pitching by the championship game when it was a double elimination tournament. Now all teams play three games and the two with the best record in their bracket plays a fourth game for the championship. Name one team that has enough pitching to hold another to less than ten runs by the fourth game.

If I understand this right, If State beats Clemson Wednesday night then Georgia Tech Beats Clemson and State beats Georgia Tech then State get to the championship even before they play their third game Saturday against Virginia Tech.

If State loses to Clemson Wednesday and Clemson beat Georgia Tech Thursday, State is eliminated even before they play their Friday game. Can someone explain to me how this system is better?

Sure seems to me if all twelve teams play a single elimination tournament at least everyone is still alive while they win. Think about this, Start the tournament on a Monday and play three days of double headers. Thursday all six winner from the first three days play a triple header. By Friday there are three teams left. The three remaining teams have a drawing for a bye. The other two teams play Friday night with the winner playing the team that got the bye on Saturday for the championship.

Only one team played four games and two played three. everybody else went home as they lost. it sure would make it more interesting than this mess they have now.