BASEBALL BEAT: CAN'T GET A BREAK : TEAMS' PLANS SCRAMBLED.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer They thought they were in spring-break tournaments. One had paid the money and had received a signed contract in return. The other had been led to believe a spot would be available. But the Saugus and Canyon high baseball teams found out there weren't spaces for them. Saugus got bumped from the Bishop Gorman tournament in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , and Canyon couldn't finalize fi·nal·ize tr.v. fi·nal·ized, fi·nal·iz·ing, fi·nal·iz·es To put into final form; complete or conclude: "They have jointly agreed ... details for playing in an Arizona tournament. Fortunately, both found a place to play in Las Vegas. The two participated in a five-team round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times. In a single round-robin schedule, each participant plays every other participant once. at Durango High and went 1-2. While Hart's spot at the Sierra Rocklin tournament and Valencia's spot in the Babe Herman Floyd Caves "Babe" Herman (June 26 1903 - November 27 1987) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who was best known for his several seasons with the Brooklyn Robins (now the Los Angeles Dodgers). tournament were guaranteed, Saugus and Canyon had to scramble a bit to make sure their players also had something to do come last week. Saugus got bumped from the Bishop Gorman because tournament organizers had too many teams sign up. So Saugus coach Doug Worley got back his $450 registration check. ``They admitted they screwed up, at least,'' Worley said. ``Unfortunately, this is not uncommon anymore. We had a signed contract. They let us know at the last minute.'' The last minute is February, which gives teams little time to find a new tournament. Canyon couldn't get into the Arizona tournament because coach Scott Willis The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. couldn't get in touch with the tournament organizer, and time was running out. Canyon athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Dave Harris spoke to his counterpart at Saugus, Bill Bolde, who told Harris about Durango. The two Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, teams joined Durango and two Utah teams for a three-game round-robin series. Canyon and Saugus each lost to Durango and one Utah team and beat the other Utah team. They didn't play each other. The 1-2 record gave Canyon a 5-10 mark on the season. Ben Metcalf leads the Cowboys in several offensive categories, including 44 at-bats, 18 runs, 22 hits, six doubles, one triple and no strikeouts. His .500 average is tops among the starters. Yet he has played in just 13 games. Mike Munn is the top pitcher, leading the team in wins (two), losses (four), innings (34-1/3), runs (29), earned runs earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team (22), hits (36), walks (15) and strikeouts (35, 26 more than the next highest). He also has the only complete game and a 4.49 ERA. One problem is there aren't more players putting up similar numbers than these two. Five other players are batting above the team average of .312, and the team's ERA is 6.08. More success elsewhere: Hart and Valencia fared well at their tournaments. The Indians (16-1) went 5-1 and handed two teams their first loss of the season (Hart also lost for the first time, which denied it a spot in the tournament final). ``It was 9:30 a.m. and it had been raining. The field was wet and the ball was slick,'' Hart coach Bud Murray said. ``It was a 1-0 game in the fifth inning and the wheels kind of came off quick. The pitchers we saw were very good. We had the best team up there, but the day we lost we didn't.'' Jeff Gaeta's batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. continued to stay in the .560s (he's at .561), but Chris Wright Chris Wright may refer to:
CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Josh Blanken and his Canyon teammates were supposed to play in an Arizona tournament but wound up in a round-robin event in Las Vegas. Tom Mendoza/Daily News |
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