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Akins Eagles Baseball 2005

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District 16-5A
Varsity Game with Anderson Trojans
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 7:30 PM
at Nelson Field - Austin, Texas

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Eagles Daniel Fabian and Jordan Treviño before the game at a bitterly cold Nelson Field.

The visitors' dugout along the 1st base side of the field at Nelson is tonight's home for the Eagles.

Eagle lefthander Eric Davila warms up before the game.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton works in the bullpen with Davila.

Forsaking the warmth of the huddle, the Eagles spill out onto the field for their fielding warmups.

Umps and coaches at home plate before the game.

Fungo. Eagles Head Coach Steve Velasquez (right) hits to his fielders.

Brandon Stewart warms up before the game.

Eagle bookkeeper Michelle Velasquez wears gloves as she shares the lineups.

Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel takes the first pitch of the game for a ball at 7:32 PM.

Eagle outfielder Airrik Martinez (right) runs to 2nd, but the grounder of Richard Rogalewski is the 3rd out of the inning.

Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski handles a pickoff throw from Davila in the bottom of the 1st. Trojan outfielder Scotty Jones makes it back safely.

Eagle 2nd baseman Martin Salinas.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton bats in the 2nd.

Salinas at the plate.

Eagle starter Eric Davila works from the stretch in the 1st inning.

Outfielder Daniel Leal bats in the 3rd inning.

Davila glares through his glove at a Trojan batter.

Among the Eagle Faithful.

Eagle catcher Morton holds a low target as Anderson catcher Mike Ballard bats.

The Eagle Faithful are bundled up against the Nelson Field cold.

Instead of being the 3rd out of the inning, Schapery's batted ball drops in fair territory in the middle of 3 Eagle fielders, and a Trojan run scores.

Eagle designated hitter Matt Hohertz at the plate in the 3rd inning.

The Eagle defense is on the field for the bottom of the 3rd on a cold night at Nelson.

Ryan Schapery is in the batter's box for Anderson with 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Morton is behind the plate.

Morton flies out to center field in the top of the 4th.

Eagle outfielder Martinez waits for the ball in the 4th inning, on his way to going 3 for 3 at the plate.

Martinez (right) stands on base with Trojan 1st baseman Thomas Robinson nearby

Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski executes a sacrifice bunt that moves the runner.

Davila works in the Trojan 3rd.

Coach Velasquez calls a mound meeting in the bottom of the 5th inning.

Eagle catcher Morton gets a new ball from the home plate umpire.

Trojan 3rd baseman Kevin Ashmos (who wears #23 - or #3, depending on what's available) returns to the sideline after standing inertly at the plate for a called 3rd strike from Davila.

Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal bats in the top of the 5th.

Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian grounds out to the pitcher, bringing the Eagle 4th to a close.

Martinez bats in the top of the 6th.

Airrik Martinez stops at 1st after his third base hit of the evening. Coach Jesse Riojas helps spot the location of the ball.

Morton hits a 6th-inning RBI triple to right field.

Eagle DH Matt Hohertz pops up in the top of the 6th.

Bottom of the 5th. Davila on the mound, Rangel at short.

Hidden ball trick. Eagle catcher #22 Morton hit an RBI triple. Time out was called. Eagle Coach Velasquez substituted #10 Evans to run for #22 Morton at 3rd. Play was resumed ILLEGALLY. Anderson 3rd baseman #23 Ashmos waited until #10 Evans took a lead from the base and then tagged him with the ball he'd been hiding during the timeout. The umpire called Evans out.

UIL uses Major League Baseball rules unless some specific exception is made. Section 5.10 of the MLB rules says the ball becomes dead when a substitution is made. In the Anderson game, Evans was substituted for Morton at 3rd base. The ball was dead.

Section 5.11 of the MLB rules says that play cannot resume until the pitcher assumes his position on the pitching rubber with the ball in his possession. Because the Anderson 3rd baseman was hiding the ball all along, the pitcher could not have had it in his possession as he assumed his position on the pitching plate. Play could not officially resume. A runner cannot be tagged out while time is out and the ball is dead.

The Umpires Blew It! Hidden ball tricks are Bush League gimmicks, but if they're done by the rules, they can be legal. This one was not. You'd expect the hired officials at a 5A district game to know the rules of baseball. These did not.

Coming into 3rd on his triple, Morton couldn't decide whether to slide head first or feet first - so he just dove and nuked the bag! Here he shakes off the dust. Coach Velasquez laughed and would say later that a dump truck of dirt was required to replace the divot Morton left when he detonated the base. Meanwhile, Anderson 3rd baseman Kevin Ashmos (23) has the ball hidden in his glove and will pull it out to tag Derek Evans, who was brought in as a base running replacement for Morton during a called time out. Anderson's execution of the old hidden ball trick was illegal, but the umpires were ignorant of the applicable rules of baseball, and Evans was called out to end the inning.

Davila pitches in the bottom of the 6th and would go the distance. Salinas is playing 2nd base.

JD Hernandez comes to the plate in the 7th inning.

Postgame handshakes end a cold night at Nelson Field.

Eagle 2nd baseman Martin Salinas bats in the top of the 7th.

AKINS EAGLES	1
ANDERSON TROJANS	6