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It looks like the weather is going to wreak havoc on the final games of the season. As I see it rain is predicted most of this week which means some games won't get played. My points above only awarded pts earned. So my total points are valid regardless of whether games get cancelled but the point index will come into play which could swing teams slot. Stay tuned. I will update later with index unless someone beats me to it.
Isn't it true that a team only gets bonus points one time if they play a team 2 times?
Divided by games played.So what happens with teams not getting in those games ? Obviously the loss of wins is affected but what about point index or whatever it's called ?
Except Caravel... Should be interesting. A win or lose might move their index and who they or someone else draws.It appears that most of the rainouts have been rescheduled for tomorrow.
And at the bottom!St Marks vs Milford could change a few things near the top ???
Caravel had a span of two weeks between games at one point. Now they can't get their last game in.If teams played over spring break instead of taking the week off this wouldn't be as much of an issue
I knew the reason why. It's just a shame kids miss a game. Especially the Seniors.Episcopal is 75min drive to Caravel, and PISAA tourney was scheduled to start 5/22.
If teams played over spring break instead of taking the week off this wouldn't be as much of an issue
That's the DIAA rule that the game should be made up within the same week if possible. Coaches avoid that with excuses, obviously, because of pitching - maybe they should develop some depth instead of creating this issue?? Just a thought!Given our location, I don't think its realistic to start any sooner. Spring sports practice doesn't start til March 1 and games commence ~20th. Only a handful of college games get played in our area in February. Early March is when most colleges head south. Nobody really wants to play when its 40 degrees outside.
I think this is just strictly a scheduling issue. I remember looking through our opponents schedule early on this year and it seemed like several times we faced a team who had been off for 5 days or more with a few extending to a full 7 days. Its one thing if you have a bunch of rainouts to make up but I think there should be more of an effort to schedule the game within the upcoming week instead of throwing it until the end of the schedule.
Other states and teams are getting 20-40 games in during the spring "somehow"...i think we should be able to figure out how to get 18 games in for goodness sakes. Teams need to be a little more proactive as well. Load up on games in the middle of the season...schedule 3 per week. This weekend was decent weather, teams could have looked at this weeks forecast and maybe played on Sunday if possible.
I don't think its necessary to start earlier in the season as some have mentioned because we already have a decent amount of "cold" games. But there should be more games on Saturdays and even Sundays, especially as the weather gets better in April and May. It would encourage upstates and downstates to play on weekends and probably get better attendance as well. (Hint...to raise monies for the program maybe ensure some good eats at the games prepared by parents etc...or maybe a team hosts a mini-tournament...for example Appo hosts Mtown and Smyrna. Battle of MOT. Each team plays the other, so all get two games in. Teams could arrange food/beverages to raise monies for the schools). But back to the schedule...3 games a week should be doable.
So start the season around March 22 every year and end the weekend before Memorial Day weekend. That gives you 8+ weeks of baseball guaranteed and the final WEEK is emergency backup. Here is your 18 game season:
Inaugural weekend (wed Mar 22-Sun Mar26-)...schedule 1 game
Full week 1 (ending Apr 2) - 2 games
Full week 2 (ending Apr 9) - 2 games
Full week 3 (ending Apr 16) - 2 games
Full week 4 (ending Apr 23) - 2 games
Full week 5 (ending Apr 30) - 2 games
Full week 6 (ending May 7) - 3 games (Tues,Thurs,Sat)
Full week 7 (ending May 14) - 2 games
Full week 8 (ending May 21) - 2 games
It doesn't seem that difficult to schedule and play 2 games per week. Even if you want to take spring break off. you might need to play 3 games per week 3 times during the season...god forbid.
I have been saying for years i would love to see the kids play more games by playing 2 times during the week and then on Saturday AT LEAST half the season. So basically play 3 games a week, every other week.
Here is a 21 game season proposal:
Inaugural weekend (wed Mar 22-Sun Mar26-)...schedule 1 game
Full week 1 (ending Apr 2) - 3 games
Full week 2 (ending Apr 9) - 2 games
Full week 3 (ending Apr 16) - 3 games
Full week 4 (ending Apr 23) - 2 games
Full week 5 (ending Apr 30) - 3 games
Full week 6 (ending May 7) - 2 games
Full week 7 (ending May 14) - 3 games
Full week 8 (ending May 21) - 2 games
Makeup games could be the other weeks that you aren't playing 3. And if teams can't or won't schedule that many games, maybe they aren't eligible for the state tourney if they don't play a minimum...like 18 games.
I know there are burdens like transportation and teams that don't have deep enough pitching etc. But honestly if your team lacks depth that badly, you probably arent getting into the tourney and/or going to be competitive in the tourney.
April 13 , 2017
DIAA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
V. Other - Matters Before the Board for Discussion Only
The Board discussed the possibility of reducing the number of games played due to the
state’s financial situation.
Lovely. Guess we're getting out just in time.Hold your horses DIAA already discussing how to cut even more games . . .
They need to get on board and copy other states. Have a gate fee of 2 or $3 and have concessions run by parents or the school to generate some funds.Lovely. Guess we're getting out just in time.