CHS89.... I put rankings out that IN MY OPINION are fair and you call them ridiculous. Then you go on to say because Mtown and Cape are senior laden they should be #1. Thats just silly. That makes them favorites...to be ranked you have to prove it. Then you discount Caravel because they used their best pitcher. I'm not tied to any team. My kid hasn't played in years. Its more than debateable who should be #1. You can't go on potential. I'm going on respect for last years finish, current performance THUS FAR and a little potential. I can assure you i don't willy nilly throw names out there. I try to carefully analyze what teams have done, who played who, common opponents etc etc etc. and i do my best. But its just my opinion. Its IMPOSSIBLE to be correct especially this early.
But i looked at Mtown like this...they beat DMA...so did St Marks and Conrad. People are discounting DMA but they lost to three good teams that i would call in my top ten at this point. Mtown also beat Concord and Seaford...two teams that i would say aren't so good (though Concord might be not so bad).
So i compared St Marks to Mtown. St Marks gets a bonus in my eyes for being in the championship game last year...but that aside...St Marks beat DMA like Mtown did...so thats a wash. St Marks also beat St E. St E is a better team than Concord (so i thought) and Seaford...so it was easy in my eyes...St Marks deserves a higher ranking than Mtown AT THAT POINT.
Caravel had two wins, is coming off a championship and has one of the better pitchers in the state. I'm giving them some respect and keeping them at 1.
Appo...they beat a pretty decent Conrad team and a not so good Newark team. Do i have them overranked...probably. But i looked at them versus Mtown...i think Conrad is still better than DMA...so in my opinion, Appo beat the tougher team. Do i think Appo is better than Mtown...probably not. But Appo beat the tougher opponent.
Cape...impressive with tons of potential which they have had for a while. Are they are a clear favorite this season. ABSOLUTELY. Have they beaten anyone half way decent yet this year? NO. In fact i probably did Mtown an injustice, Mtown should probably be above Cape.
As for some other teams people questioned. I think CR has whipped on on some not impressive teams, but outscoring your opponents 54-2 warrants a nod. Besides, for those not thinking they deserve to be in the top 10, who would be higher then them at this point. Jeez lets give them a little credit early on.
As for Hodgson i think they will be in the top 5 discussion all year, but two shutouts against bad teams...it was hard to move them higher.
Bottom line...its early. I do the rankings but they don't mean anything. I am confident i'm fair, relatively informed but its all subjective. My main purpose is to get information out there and elicit discussion. I try to see most of the teams at least once but i rely on others observations (tainted or not). I absolutely encourage the feedback and discussion of everyones opinions.