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Check this out, a school gets fined $1,000 for intentionally beaning an umpire. To read the story, click thread
From Foxsports.com
The Georgia High School Association has fined a school $1,000 for an incident in the state playoffs last weekend in Cartersville, Ga.
In the fourth inning of Saturday's deciding game of the Class AAA championship series, Stephens County catcher Matt Hill ducked and did not attempt to catch a pitch that struck the home plate umpire, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Stephens coach Mark Gosnell said Hill and pitcher Cody Martin denied plotting to hit the umpire, who was not hurt, and said the passed ball during a 13-1 loss to Cartersville was a result of a signaling mix-up.
But GHSA executive director Ralph Swearngin believed otherwise after viewing video of the play.
"I made my decision primarily by watching whether the catcher tracked the pitch with his eyes," he told the paper. "In my opinion, he did not. I think that he would have been searching for the ball if it were a matter of being crossed up."
Stephens County principal David Friend said he thought the ruling, which included placing the baseball program on "severe warning status," was fair.
"I told (Swearngin) that I thought we deserved it," Friend said. "We had the opportunity to be on a big stage, in a state championship series, and we had several players who didn't represent school way I think they should have. Not just that pitch, but the overall behavior."
In the half inning prior to the beaning, shortstop Ethan Martin argued with the plate umpire and threw his helmet after becoming the ninth straight Stephens batter to strike out.
Two batters later, Cody Martin, Ethan's younger brother, threw the pitch that hit the umpire. Hill, the catcher, dropped to his knees and ducked as the ball approached.
As part of the penalty, Gosnell and his assistants must complete a sportsmanship education program.
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2008 DRAFT - Thanks for the info. Had no idea there were videos on MILB of players you could watch.
Very cool.
Congratulations to Dimitri De La Fuente South Hills High School, Danny Pertusati Damien High School, Zach Cillier Chino Hills High School and Tyler Pill Covina High School on being 4 of the 68 California high school seniors, all from the SGV with video on MLB.com draft tracker. All four should be considered for MVP. Good luck these next 2 days boys and in the future.
i agree jcaz
I would like to see only one name used per bloger one this forum. Its simple. Just pick a name and stick with it. This way a bloger can't hide in the closet behind some silly moniker.
Using multiple names to smack on people or call them and thier spouses drunkards is crazy.
old skool ,
"Shirley" you jest! They'll "Shirley" miss him.
(sorry...had to...old "Airplane" fan !:?)
The fact that Shirley didn't have the year he wanted to in baseball goes to show that nothing is guaranteed, I wish he wouldn't put all his eggs in one basket, why not give yourself more scholarship opportunity by playing both sports? He has the potential to be one of the best QB's in the valley if he play's football, that could be another potential path to a scholarship.
i think la verne and shirley make a great pair
i believe Jacob Shirley wanted to quit football because he wants to focus more on baseball which he is an extremely great player and wants to improve himself over the year since he didn't have great season this year...as i stated to you Don probably a month or more ago...he will transfer to South Hills because they have a much better baseball program over there..
how about removing that stupid feature on the blog that says you have entered too many times and you have to refresh it as many as 4 times
What players if any are transfering out of one school and enrolling in another due to better or for worse sports programs,? most noticeable Football. Last year Amat had the mass exodus and it was reported allot. Is there much of this going on this year. Are there any players that are transplants coming in to play in the SGV?.
How many kids are opting out of a second or even a third sport this year?
Is it the new CIF 'association” ruling, pressure from a coach, burnout, what?
Jake Shirley isn't the only local kid who features prominently on more than one Varsity sport to pack in the 2008 football season. Some kids have already given the coach the bad news and others will wait for the fall.