08/18 - American Legion Baseball World
Series Unofficial Baseball Notes - August 18, 2018
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Observations -
(1) I understand how "pool play"
helps make tournaments easy to organize, but old-style
"double-elimination" seems (to me) to be far more exciting
since every game is critical to a team's success or elimination. You
can't "tank" a game when you are way behind or "walk-thru"
the last pool game when you know you are "in" (or "out"!).
(2) I think pitch-counts are
politically necessary - just like tackling rules in football - but
while I applaud the overall intent (safety) they can really distort a
game. Like "pool play" the overall strategy can be
significantly altered. If I could make one tweak to the "105"
pitch rule most commonly used, I'd allow the starting pitcher
"120" pitches.
(7) Seven inning vs nine innings - A
team in a five-game tournament of nine-inning games has upto 45
innings to pitch. Assuming 15 pitches an inning (on average) that is
about 675 pitches. With a pitch-count limit of 105 a teams a LOT of
pitching. Reducing games to seven innings drops the "average"
down to 525 - a more manageable number for an "average"
team. That said, a LOT of baseball can be played in the 8th and 9th
inning!
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2018 American Legion Baseball World
Series -
*Two 4-team pools (Stars, Stripes)
play round-robin; top 2 from each pool play semi-final and
championship games -
*Stars pool -
Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 - 1-0 /
45-9
Las Vegas/NV Post 40 - 1-0 / 49-14
Randolph County/NC Post 45 - 0-1 /
29-18
Meridian/ID Post 113 - 0-1 / 38-17
*Stripes pool -
Gonzales/LA Post 81 - 2-0 / 35-4
Wilmington/DE Post 1 - 1-1 / 43-6
Dubuque County/IA Post 137 - 1-1 / 13-4
Braintree/MA Post 86 - 0-2 / 24-10
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American Legion Baseball main page
- https://www.legion.org/baseball
*Team "previews" -
https://www.legion.org/baseball/242868/closer-look-eight-teams-alws
American Legion Baseball World
Series page - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws
August 16 /
Thursday -
+G1 -
Wilmington/DE Post 1-3 (43-5), Dubuque County/IA Post 137-0 (12-4) -
+G2 - Gonzales/LA
Post 81-1 (34-4), Braintree/MA Post 86-0 (24-9) -
+G3 - Midland/MI
Berryhill Post 165-7 (45-9), Randolph County/NC Post 45-2 (29-18)
+G4 - Las Vegas/NV
Post 40-10 (49-14), Meridian/ID Post 113-0 (38-17) - 5 innings
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August
17 / Friday
- High School / college assignments are mine - may not be accurate!
*American Legion World Series
(Shelby, NC) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws
+G5 - Gonzales/LA Post 81-5 (35-4),
Wilmington/DE Post 1-4 (43-6) -
*Wilmington/1 (4-9-2); SP/nd-JT
Tomovich (St Marks/18 - Delaware; 3-2/3ip, 3R/3er, 5H, 6BB, 4K,
3-HBP); 2nd/LP-Jack Dubecq (St Marks/18 - Delaware; 2-2/3ip, 2R/1er,
4H, 3BB, 1K); 2H (Austin Colmery-3 (St Marks/17)); 2RBI (Jacob Meisel
()); 3B (Colmery); 2B (Colmery; Marshall Awtry (Conrad/18 -
Goldey-Beacom));
*Gonzales/81 (5-9-0); SP/nd
(Dwain Guice (St Amant/18 - Southeatern Louisiana; 4-2/3ip, 2R/2er,
5H, 2BB, 6K, 1-HBP); 2nd-Chad Kennedy (East Ascension/18; 1-1/3ip,
0R, 1H, 2K); 3rd-Preston Thrash (East Ascension/18 - Baton Rouge CC;
1/3ip, 2R/2er, 2H, 1BB); 4th/WP-Austin Bankert (Dutchtown/18; 2/3ip,
0R, 1H); 2H (Brayden Caskey-3 (Dutchtown/19); Jack Merrifield
(Dutchtown/18 - LSU-Eunice); Carson Dabadie (East Ascension/18));
2RBI (Dabadie); GWRBI (Thrash - bunt single with 1 out in the bottom
of the 7th));
*Jim's
unofficial note: Gonzales Post 81 turned a double play in the
first inning - with runner on 1st and 3rd (no outs) Wilmington Post 1
singled to right scoring the runner from 3rd; the batter advancing
around 1st got caught in a run-down and was tagged out while the
runner from 1st (who had reached 3rd) then tried to score during the
run-down and was tagged out at home.
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+G6 - Dubuque County/IA Post 137-9
(13-4), Braintree/MA Post 86-1 (12-10) -
*Dubuque/137 (9-12-1); SP/WP-Sam
Goodman (Western Dubuque/19 - Wichita State; 5-1/3ip, 1R/1er, 4H,
2BB, 5K); 2nd-TJ Deardorf (Dubuque Senior/17 - Coe College; 1-2/3ip,
0R, 0H, 1BB, 2K); 2H (Sam Link (Dubuque Senior/19 - Iowa); TJ
Deardorf; Kyle Lehman (Western Dubuque/19); Jackson Bennett
(Beckman/18 - Kirkwood CC); Joel Vaske (Beckman/18 - Kirkwood CC));
2RBI (Wil Courtney (Dubuque Hempstead/18); Lehman); 2B (Link-2;
Courtney; Lehman; Vaske);
*Braintree/86 (1-4-3);
SP/LP-John Tellier (Braintree/19; 2ip, 2R/2er, 3H, 3BB, 1-HBP);
2nd-Jack Collins (Braintree/19; 3ip, 5R/1er, 3H, 2BB, 4K, 1-HBP);
3r-Aiden Carey (Boston College HS/20; 1-2/3ip, 2R/2er, 5H, 1BB, 1K);
4th-Matthew Tenney (Braintree/20; 1/3ip, 0R, 1H, 1K); 2H (Joseph
Vanelli (Braintree/17));
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August 18 / Saturday
- High School / college assignments are mine - may not be accurate!
*American Legion World Series
(Shelby, NC) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws
+G7 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 vs
Las Vegas/NV Post 40 - 1pm ESPNU / ESPN3
+G8 - Meridian/ID Post 113 vs Randolph
County/NC Post 45 - 4pm ESPNU / ESPN3
+G9 - Gonzales/LA Post 81 vs Dubuque
County/IA Post 137 - 7:30pm ESPNU / ESPN3
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August 19 / Sunday
- High School / college assignments are mine - may not be accurate!
*American Legion World Series
(Shelby, NC) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws
+G10
- Braintree/MA Post 86 vs Wilmington/DE Post 1 - 1pm ESPNU
/ ESPN3
+G11
- Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 vs Meridian/ID Post 113 - 4pm ESPNU
/ ESPN3
+G12
- Las Vegas/NV Post 40 vs Randolph County/NC Post 45 - 7:30pm ESPNU
/ ESPN3
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August
20 / Monday
-
High School / college assignments are mine - may not be accurate!
*American Legion World Series
(Shelby, NC) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws
+G13
/ semifinal - Winner Stars vs 2nd place Stripes - 4pm ESPNU
/ ESPN3
+G14
/ semifinal - Winner Stripes vs 2nd place Stars - 7pm ESPNU
/ ESPN3
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August
21 / Tuesday
- High School / college assignments are mine - may not be accurate!
*American Legion World Series
(Shelby, NC) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws
+G15 / Championship - Winner G13 vs
Winner G14 - 7pm ESPNU / ESPN3
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Some Media links -
Shelby, NC Star -
http://www.shelbystar.com/sports
(schedule / scores and game articles)
The American Legion -
https://www.legion.org/baseball
(recaps for games 1-4)
Midland Daily News (game article) -
nothing new
Boston Globe -
https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/high-schools/2018/08/18/braintree-post-need-hits-and-some-luck/UM5dTBOYgcXmhouLbH0ldN/story.html
Baton Rouge Advocate -
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/high_schools/article_5fcdcb54-a23a-11e8-8ef9-93c30658f95f.html
KDTH / Raido Dubuque, IA -
https://kdth.radiodubuque.com/dubuque-co-pounds-out-victory-at-alws/
(Dubuque Telegrah-Herald - subscription
required)
North State Journal - nothing new
Asheboro, NC Courier-Tribune - nothing
new
Las Vegas, NV Review Journal - nothing
new
Delaware OnLine -
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/baseball/2018/08/17/delaware-champ-post-one-falls-5-4-american-legion-world-series/1024454002/
Charlotte Observer -
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/latest-news/article216938545.html
WDEL, Wilmington, DE -
https://www.wdel.com/news/facebook/squeeze-stuns-delaware-post-one-face-must-win-sunday-at/article_3051d07a-a274-11e8-826d-e729d6cfcb4e.html
Idaho - ?
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