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Akins Eagles Baseball 2005

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District 16-5A
VARSITY Game with Crockett Cougars
Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 5:00 PM
at Burger Field - Austin, Texas

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Eagles are anxious to start their pregame workout.

Eagle Head Coach Steve Velasquez works the infield.

Assistant Coach Jesse Riojas hits warmup flies to the Eagle outfielders.

Eagle athletic trainer Dewayne 'Doc' McAlister was on hand for the game.

Before the game, Eagles get ready in the visiting team's dugout on the 1st base side at Burger.

Matt Flores warms up starter Martin Salinas in the Eagle bullpen, which is located in foul territory near right field.

Salinas in the bullpen.

Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel leads off with a single to start the game.

Coach Velasquez and Crockett Coach David Thomas confer with umpires Raymond Charles and Steven Wonder.

Eagle Faithful were in attendance.

After stealing 2nd base, Rangel takes 3rd on an error by the Crockett shortstop.

Eagle designated hitter Matt Hohertz bats in the 1st inning as Rangel threatens at 3rd.

Rangel slides to score the game's first run on the RBI sac fly by Martinez.

Eagle outfielder Airrik Martinez hits a 1st-inning sacrifice fly, scoring Rangel.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton sends a 1st-inning base hit into left center.

Coach Velasquez watches closely as Eagle outfielder Jordan Treviño bats in the top of the 1st inning.

Right hander Salinas prepares to deliver.

Derek Evans is aboard as a courtesy runner for catcher Morton.

Morton works behind the plate in the bottom of the 1st.

Airrik Martinez in center field.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian grounds out to 3rd in the top of the 2nd inning.

Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski bats in the 2nd.

Eagle pitcher Salinas hits a 2nd -inning single to help his own cause.

Daniel Guerra runs for pitcher Salinas.

Rangel bats in the top of the 2nd with Guerra on 3rd and Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal on 1st.

A base hit to right field sent Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal (left) to 1st base in the top of the 2nd inning.

Airrik Martinez prepares to fire back the fly ball he caught off the bat of Crockett outfielder Sean Andrews.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian (left) is ready to charge the ball Salinas has just pitched in the bottom of the 2nd.

DON'T RUB IT! Martinez trots to 1st after taking a 3rd-inning pitched ball in the ribs.

Morton draws a walk on 4 pitches in the top of the 3rd inning.

Morton catches for the Eagles while Cougar Trey Dobson bats and Aaron Rendon waits on deck. Also shown is Crockett's Most Valuable Player.

Evans immediately stole 2nd base. Here, he motors into 3rd on the Cougar fielding error that was brought on by the base theft.

Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal throws to the cutoff after a base hit by Crockett's Michael Gomez.

Morton heads for the dugout as Evans comes on to run.

Treviño bats in the top of the 3rd inning.

Salinas and Rogalewski collaborate for a pickoff attempt on a Cougar runner.

Crockett's Dobson stretched a 3rd-inning base hit into an RBI triple. Eagle outfielder Airrik Martinez throws it back.

Eagle Coach Velasquez meets with his infield in the bottom of the 3rd.

Where's the throw? Gomez steals 2nd in the 3rd inning. Without the ball, Eagle shortstop Rangel is little more than a spectator with a very good seat.

Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel bedevils a Cougar base runner.

Eagle catcher Morton holds a target for Salinas as Crockett shortstop Anthony Conklin bats. The woman with the miniskirt and the camera on the far sideline is less easily explained.

BALL OR STRIKE? Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski takes a pitch in the top of the 4th. Note the dust kicked up in front of the plate and behind it as the ball skitters away from the catcher. If you said "Strike," you just may have a promising future as an umpire working games at Burger for AISD.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian hits a double to lead off the 4th. Fabian was 2 for 4 on the game.

Eagle right hander Salinas throws a 3rd-inning pitch.

BALL OR STRIKE? Test your skill. Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel examines the location of a 4th-inning pitch. A foot and a half off the plate and requiring the Crockett catcher to reach across his body to catch it, this pitch was a called strike.

Salinas laid down a 4th-inning bunt, advancing the runners and beating the throw to 1st.

BALL OR STRIKE? Look for the clues and then guess what the umpire called. Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal bats with Daniel Fabian on 3rd, Rogalewski on 2nd and Daniel Guerra (running for Salinas) on 1st.

Eagle DH Matt Hohertz bats in the top of the 4th inning.

Crockett 3rd baseman Michael Gomez (left) and Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski.

With runners aboard, Salinas pitches in the bottom of the 4th.

Sheryl Crow sings, "A Change Will Do You Good."

Among the Eagle Faithful in the stands at Burger.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton comes up throwing in the bottom of the 4th.

Eagle right hander Jason Rangel comes on in 4th-inning relief of Salinas.

Eagle outfielder Airrik Martinez discards his bat and sprints to 1st base on a 5th-inning base hit.

Eagle outfielder Jordan Treviño at the plate.

Running for catcher Morton, fleet-footed Eagle Derek Evans steals 2nd and would go on to steal 3rd.

Morton hits a fielder's choice in the top of the 5th.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian's 5th-inning RBI single scores Derek Evans.

Derek Evans scores, bringing the Eagles within 1 run of Crockett. Crockett 3, Akins 2.

His shirt properly tucked, Rogalewski hits an RBI single that scores Treviño, tying the game at 3.

Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal flies out in the top of the 5th, leaving Fabian and Rogalewski on base.

The Eagles are on a roll. Home plate umpire R. Charles halts play to insist that Richard Rogalewski tuck in his shirt.

Rangel delivers a pitch as Crockett coach David Thomas watches.

Morton is ready behind the plate, but Crockett's Sean Andrews hits into an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play.

Field umpire S. Wonder.

Gene Escobedo (left), who runs for Cougar pitcher Daylon Dyess and Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski.

Top of the 6th. Martinez drew a base on balls and is at 2nd. Evans runs for Morton, who was hit by a pitch.

Crockett catcher Stephen Flora bunts back to the pitcher and makes it to 1st on a throwing error.

Coach Velasquez (second from left) pulls Rangel in the 7th inning for Eric Davila. Rangel (far right) sprints off to claim his fielder's glove.

Eagle outfielder Jordan Treviño hopes to help hold the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the 7th.

Rangel pitches in the 7th inning.

Eagle shortstop Martin Salinas bats in the top of the 6th inning.

A COMMENT FROM THE WEBMASTER

   You can't have a baseball game without umpires, but good umpires know that the game belongs to the contestants. Officiating is a tough job, and the toughest part for some umpires seems to be grasping the simple truth that if they're doing their jobs properly, they should be almost invisible.

   Some game officials draw attention to themselves through their poor performance, and sadly, that was the case in this game. The officiating crew made shoddy and inconsistent judgment calls throughout the entire contest. Crockett has a good team, and they didn't need the help.

   And it wasn't just the outrageous blown calls on balls and strikes or tags and forces. Twice, this officiating crew waited until the Eagles had gathered some momentum, and then they brought the flow of play to grinding halt to insist that shirttails be tucked in. Shirttails! And these were shirttails that had been out for awhile. The enforcement of the dress code is not at issue, but the peculiar timing of it sure is. By forcing so much of the focus to be on themselves, the umpires stole the game from the contestants.

   No, you can't have a baseball game without umpires, but the very best umpires are the ones you never have to talk about. AISD has a number of good umpires. They were all somewhere else on April 12. No one is talking about them.

With Flora on base, and shortstop Rangel looking for the ball to be put into play, Eagle pitcher Davila faces Crockett shortstop Anthony Conklin. Davila struck Conklin out looking.

Davila has just recorded the 2nd out of the 7th on consecutive strikes and has obviously found his groove. Suddenly, the field umpire interrupts play to make Davila tuck in his shirt.

Cougar pinch hitter seals the game with this 2-out 7th-inning RBI single. Johnny Garza crossed the plate and broke the tie, giving Crockett the win.

AKINS EAGLES	3
CROCKETT COUGARS	4

Final scoreboard. Each team had 9 hits. Each team left 11 runners stranded.