American Legion Standings

[goinyard0714]

Does anyone know what the standings for the season looks like so far? I know york stands @ 6-2.:rockon:

[ChargerTribe0610]

STANDINGS THRU GAMES PLAYED ON SUN-24-JUN

1st.) Newport News Post 25 (4-1)
2nd.) Yorktown Post 165 (6-2)
3rd.) Smithfield Post 49 (6-3)
4th.) Williamsburg Post 39 (6-4)
5th.) Poquoson Post 273 (3-2*)
6th.) Denbigh Post 368 (4-3)
7th.) Hampton Post 31 (4-4)
8th.) Warwick Post 255 (3-6)
9th.) Colonial Post 1776 (2-4)
10th.) Gloucester Post 75 (3-7)
11th.) Phoebus Post 48 (1-6*)

* Poquoson @ Phoebus on SUN-24-JUN; score was not reported.

[Yorkplayer85]

how come newport news has only played 5 games

[oldguy]

Cause they scheduled around summer beach trips ....took a week or so off and
promptly lost last night .....SWEEET

[goinyard0714]

i just heard that the state legion people said that none of the 7inning games that we play count unless they are double headers. and that in order for a team to qualify for the state tournament you have to have ten 9inn games played or all ten games could be double headers (which would allow for those games to be 7innings). I also heard that the umpires working our games refuse to ump an extra two innings and that they would rather ump double headers...that doesnt make much sense to me. So does anyone wanna try and clear this up? :confused:

[Shirol]

[quote=ChargerTribe0610;9104]STANDINGS THRU GAMES PLAYED ON SUN-24-JUN

1st.) Newport News Post 25 (4-1)
2nd.) Yorktown Post 165 (6-2)
3rd.) Smithfield Post 49 (6-3)
4th.) Williamsburg Post 39 (6-4)
5th.) Poquoson Post 273 (3-2*)
6th.) Denbigh Post 368 (4-3)
7th.) Hampton Post 31 (4-4)
8th.) Warwick Post 255 (3-6)
9th.) Colonial Post 1776 (2-4)
10th.) Gloucester Post 75 (3-7)
11th.) Phoebus Post 48 (1-6*)

* Poquoson @ Phoebus on SUN-24-JUN; score was not reported.[Poquoson/Phoebus game not played, but Poquoson played Smithfield Monday and the score was Poquoson 4 Smithfield 3]

[Yorkplayer85]

Cause they scheduled around summer beach trips ....took a week or so off and
promptly lost last night .....SWEEET


Thanks

[wildflowers]

Other than last year, the local district has played 7 inning games. Besides the pitchers, it saves money. The umpires would get an extra 15 per game. Thats 30 dollars per game at 20 games. Half of the games are home games, thus each team would be out another 300 dollars. Most legion teams scrape by from year to year. 300 dollars doesnt' sound like much but it actually can be. Plus, the extra 40 innings per season isn't necessary for the pitchers. All tournament games are 9 innings. That is what counts. The state doesn't have much to stand on. They have allowed the district to do this in the past. Plus, the regular season means nothing. Only the tournament winner gets the state berth.

[ChargerTribe0610]

Other than last year, the local district has played 7 inning games...All tournament games are 9 innings. That is what counts. The state doesn't have much to stand on. They have allowed the district to do this in the past. Plus, the regular season means nothing. Only the tournament winner gets the state berth.

Right on all counts. It's a hierarchical system in which the National Americanism Committee sets rules, Departments (States) can modify, and Districts can modify even further. But as they reach each new level of competition, the teams will potentially have to abide by new rules. This CAN BE (but isn't always) a significant adjustment for a team to make in a situation where you're two and out.

The reason they experimented with 9 inning games last year was because our district hadn't won many state championships compared to District 16 and District 9 and one possible cause was that almost everyone else played 9 innings during regular season and state tournament wasn't a big deal for their pitching staffs.

But this isn't really only a 9/7 issue; our league also used to have courtesy runners and the Federation DH rule, neither of which are recognized in state tournament. We've since gotten rid of both; now we play no courtesy runners and American League DH rule. All we can do is wait and see how the Peninsula team fares in August.