tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35010079.post882609804030222270..comments2023-10-08T02:13:48.097-07:00Comments on High School Sports Blog: SLO High FootballJoshua D. Scrogginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16233080736430403261noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35010079.post-27649978930476380472007-05-06T19:27:00.000-07:002007-05-06T19:27:00.000-07:00as a parent, watching your child run for 30 second...as a parent, watching your child run for 30 seconds in track and field events is more difficult then wathching a three hour football game,so although one's pride and interest is the same, the actual "cheering" part is easier for a sport like football.<BR/>Also, many of the locally bred parents played only in football and baseball "back in the day", when track and field other sports were not even heard of here. We still dont even have lacrosse here. SLO is slow in the evolution of sports as well as so many other things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35010079.post-75026061980308916312007-05-03T13:16:00.000-07:002007-05-03T13:16:00.000-07:00Football is never out of season. Right now the boy...Football is never out of season. Right now the boys are getting ready for the May 21st combine at SLO High. Most of the football players participate in the May weight lifting tournament. Football is a year long passion/committment. There is no off season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35010079.post-50329412143633497872007-04-28T05:08:00.000-07:002007-04-28T05:08:00.000-07:00There are tons of people who care about spring spo...There are tons of people who care about spring sports. Most of them have no idea that this blog even exists. <BR/><BR/>I am a big softball and baseball fan and there are many others just like me all throughout the county.<BR/><BR/>As a Titan fan, I would like to point something out about the statistics you run from MaxPreps. (And I love the fact that you mention them). Some of them just might be a little distorted. I heard from a couple of disgruntled Atascadero parents that their numbers aren't really kosher. They told me that even the toughest plays are called an error because they want to make sure that their pitcher has a low ERA. The other players aren't happy about this. <BR/><BR/>I started looking around and I would like you to check AG's stats. It shows that their pitcher has 145 innings in 17 games of which she has 13 complete games. (7 x 17 = 119) When you click on her name, it says that she pitched 9 1/3 innings in 9 different games. <BR/><BR/>She pitched 14 2/3 in an 11 inning game against Atascadero. Check out the stat line on that game. The line shows that AG had 7 hits, but when you add up the individual totals listed for each AG player it adds to 9 hits. The stat line from Atascadero for their pitcher shows she gave up only 4 hits. <BR/><BR/>Check out the stats for the Atascadero-Sheldon game. Sheldon feels like they got a few more hits than Atascadero gives them credit for.<BR/><BR/>I just feel that a hit is a hit and an error is an error and that everyone should call them the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35010079.post-77777387400578971262007-04-26T14:13:00.000-07:002007-04-26T14:13:00.000-07:00It's not about how many people participate in the ...It's not about how many people participate in the sport. Obviously, you could have over 100 students on the track team. But football catches peoples interest. Look at attendance. At a track meet, there might be like a hundred people at the meet. Even at a major meet, the majority of the people in attendance are the athletes themselves. Then theres football where at one game there could be like 5,000 people. That's probably more than all the other sports season attendance combined(Minus basketball.) So of course people are more interested in football.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com