bingobangobongo wrote:Finally, baseball! Have the western teams been practicing outside this week? I don't think our boys have been outside yet, and next week doesn't look very promising either.
bingobangobongo wrote:Finally, baseball! Have the western teams been practicing outside this week? I don't think our boys have been outside yet, and next week doesn't look very promising either.
sportsphenom wrote:Who are the teams to beat this year and who will come out of each region.
Let’s get some discussion going, time to play ball ⚾️
I’m only familiar with the eastern side of the state so I’m going with
Casselton, Thompson, LaMoure, Langdon and North Star to make a return to state.
Sportsrube wrote:So the weather has and is going to really raise heck with the rest of this season. I know the southeast didn't get hit with the snow like the rest of the state did, any chance we see a number of games being moved to playable fields in that part of the state? In the southwest I can see a number of teams trying to move to the few fields that are turf. Tough year to be an AD! I can see a lot of games being played in a short period of time with a number of nonregion games being canceled all together.
maddog1971 wrote:What is going to happen to the baseball season? How many games will get played? How do you decide who will keep playing. Almost impossible to get all the regional games in... So what do they do? If they jam them into a few weeks.... do teams have enough pitching? Do they extend the number of pitches and shorten the rest time? I don't think so... the kids arms are not in shape... injuries..... Wining percentage? NOPE.
classB4ever wrote:Know it's short notice, but would really be fun to see some of these schools with playable fields to host some big tourneys to try to get as many games in as possible. Would take a lot of ADs/coaches getting together to make it work. As a high school baseball fan, would love to go watch a bunch of teams from across the state in 1 location on various days.
ballaholic#3 wrote:It's going to be a joke of a high school season. For most of the state outside of the SE, teams can't even get outside to practice/play. Pitching arms will not have been properly managed as they haven't had enough game "mound" time. The east has a huge advantage along with teams with a lot of past experience as teams on the rise won't get enough ABs, etc. Then, it will be a single-elimination state tournament where the "best" team wins.
Post 400 has a ton of $$$ generated from pull tabs, etc. Unfortunately but also realistically, they see no real value in donning their school colors for an abbreviated high school season when they can jump start their summer season, get increased exposure, and have a lot of fun traveling the nation for games. I wouldn't be surprised to see this begin to impact Bismarck as well as other bedroom communities.
Imagine a scenario where fall football didn't exist, and there was a high school baseball season from early August until late September where the weather wasn't a factor.
ballaholic#3 wrote:It's going to be a joke of a high school season. For most of the state outside of the SE, teams can't even get outside to practice/play. Pitching arms will not have been properly managed as they haven't had enough game "mound" time. The east has a huge advantage along with teams with a lot of past experience as teams on the rise won't get enough ABs, etc. Then, it will be a single-elimination state tournament where the "best" team wins.
Post 400 has a ton of $$$ generated from pull tabs, etc. Unfortunately but also realistically, they see no real value in donning their school colors for an abbreviated high school season when they can jump start their summer season, get increased exposure, and have a lot of fun traveling the nation for games. I wouldn't be surprised to see this begin to impact Bismarck as well as other bedroom communities.
Imagine a scenario where fall football didn't exist, and there was a high school baseball season from early August until late September where the weather wasn't a factor.
ballaholic#3 wrote:No great solution but 3 possible ones off top of my head.
1. Most realistic-high school baseball extends into mid June followed by a short Legion season. A negative consequence is summer involvement will possibly dip, and/or you’ll see more teams in bigger towns offering Legion earlier (like Post 400)
2. No high school baseball- easy in theory, but some towns would legitimately suffer. I believe possibly in class A schools that this is more realistic. Legion season would start earlier and kids would get more games in for a longer season.
3. Switch fall and spring sports- makes more sense in this climate. Football would end with good weather, kids that get injured have a summer to recover. Track would get outside right away and athletes would be prepped for a good season. It wouldn’t be such a bad thing for kids to get some breaks from activities during the school year. Maybe girls basketball starts a little earlier and doesn’t run up against boys basketball. Then, girls would get geared up for spring volleyball. Makes sense to me, but it won’t work because of the tradition of football in the fall. I’d argue that high school football tradition is dying in this state with a lack of parity in most contests at all levels even up through state title… this is a pipe dream but you can’t argue that it makes some sense on a surface level.
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