Quote Originally Posted by 1inStripes View Post
That was a dang good team. The JJK/Castlewood regionalbest semi was the best HS baseball game I have ever watched. Thad Patrick pitched a heckuva game for CW, and his defense done a great job playing behind him. Had Spenilla not hit one that was uncatchable, we may have seen an upset that nigh, but I doubt it.
That was the best game I was ever involved in as well. And you're right, our defense was amazing that night. We made EVERY routine play and a couple of basehits got taken away. I had just started fooling around with a cutter/slider a couple Weeks before that game and it complimented my fastball very well. Plus the one "big league" pitch I had was my curve. Just a great night for my stuff. 8 K's & 3 hits if I remember right. Ole Josh ruined for me though with that opposite field dinger. I still give him hell about it to this day. I mean a state title ring is eternal, very special stuff. I think what helped alot was that I pitched 3 innings the day before against Haysi until we got a good lead, so my arm wasn't so amped the next day vs. Kelly. It was fluid and relaxed. Forrest Belcher had the other 2 hits I believe. I still have nightmares about getting our first 2 guys on in bottom of 7th and not scoring though. GREAT GAME TO BE INVOLVED IN THOUGH. Kelly just dominat the next 4 games too. They were a fine team.