GRANADAFAN01 wrote:Buddah might be hiding, but he's not wrong about Mel Sievers calling the intentional hit of the umpire. That did happen & didn't that catcher lose her verbal agreement? I'm not sure about that, but I think she & the pitcher did. That was dirty and he should not allowed to be coaching after that. Having said that, Buddah makes it sound as though PGF is dirty or implicated somehow???? How does what Mel Sievers did & the fees Tony Rico charges have anything to do with PGF, and why make a snide comment about PGF should be proud, as if they shouldn't? I don't see the connection.... i do think there should be a sanction against Siever's, but there isn't, so he is free to coach & that is not PGF's fault. Also, Tony Rico does make a lot of cash off the $25/month fee, but if you don't want to pay it, then don't put your kid on a FC team... easy peasy mac n' cheesy.
Buddah has 2 good points, but neither have anything at all to do with PGF. Wrong forum for this discussion, which otherwise would be legitimate issues.
Granadafan01, I just watched the clip again and realize that it seems blatantly obvious that he ordered the pitcher and catcher to do what they did, but did Sievers ever admit to it?
Other than the embarrassing unwanted publicity they both received, I have no idea if either player was affected by the incident. The pitcher could be seen playing on ESPN this past season for the team she was verballed to at the time. If I am correct the catcher is also playing for the same college as the pitcher as they were both verballed there at the time.
Ignoring all the usual criticisms of Rico about the way he runs his organization I would say that the biggest surprise to me, besides that they did so well after struggling most of the summer (by their usual standard of results), was that he no longer coaches on the field. I remember when they finished runner-up the first two years at PGF and he was a fixture in the 3rd base coach's box.