Big East Is Out

Third round of the state playoffs in baseball and softball ends the athletic seasons for the Big East.  Hunt lost in third round to a Topsoil 2-1 while Southern Nash lost in softball 11-1.

Thomas Berry and the Lander Bearcats open play in the Division II World Series in Cary at the USA Baseball Complex Saturday at 5pm.  They will be playing Chico State who won the west Region.  Lander is representing the Southeast.

Ok, let's go ahead and say it.  Turner was safe by a mile.  When I got home from work Tuesday I had taped the game and with all that I had heard during the day I went right straight to the 6th inning to take a look for my self.

My take, no doubt safe but here is the problem I have.  If you watched the game then it was a plain as could be that Richard Sarmiento was seated directly behind home plate watching the game.  Wednesday night I saw  him at the visitation for Herb Greenburg.  I ask Richard how did you see it.  Safe  was the reply.

Here is the problem I have with umpires when calling strikes that turn their back on the field when making a call.  It was obvious that the third strike the umpire added a little mustard to his call and had turned away from the play.  He then started taking his mask off as he was turning back toward home and he discovered a play at the play which he didn't see the entire play.  I think Elliot Avent asked for and appeal which was not granted.  Considering the ump was out of position he should have asked for help.  Did you know John Haggerty was umpping at second base.

Sitting in the pressbox I don' like umps who kind of gives you a punch toward the back of the catcher when they call a strike.  I will say one thing those umps keep their eyes on the field all the time.  I will be interested to see if the ump who made the call gets another game this weekend.

Yes the ump made a terrible call but State left 16 runners on base.  They had every chance in the world to win.  This game was a microcosm of their entire season.  Couldn't get a big hit.  After battling to get into the tournament Mike Fox coached the FSU game last night as if he didn't have enough pitching to get through last night's game. wonder why he didn't change pitchers until they were six runs behind?

My guess there were about six thousand fans at the State-Carolina game and most wore red. By the Wake/Georgia Tech game there was about 500 people there.   Last night about three thousand watched the Carolina lost  to Florida State.  Certainly Carolina fans could have supported their team better than they did.