Baseball: San Clemente to protest playoff loss to Royal
May 29th, 2010, 12:28 am · · posted by DAN ALBANO, ocvarsity.com
San Clemente will protest its 3-2 loss to Royal of Simi Valley in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals on Friday, Tritons longtime coach Dave Gellatly said.
Gellatly said the protest will be made to CIF-Southern Section officials on Saturday morning because he believes a key Royal player used an illegal bat, which had been manipulated to be more powerful.
Gellatly talked about a technique called “bat rolling.”
“It’s an integrity issue,” said Gellatly, who is in his 16th season. “It’s going to be protested.”
Gellatly contends that a double to right field by a Royal player in the fifth inning made a sound that wasn’t true for a metal bat. He said an umpire checked the bat.
In the sixth, the same player drove in the winning run on a hit to left field that made a similar sound as before. An umpire again checked the bat, Gellatly said.
The bat was not taken by the umpires, Gellatly said.
The coach said that since the bat was declared legal before the start of the game by the umpires, it could not be called illegal during the game.
“Probably nothing is going to happen,” Gellatly said of the protest. “I have to do what I can to protect my kids.”
Gellatly also stressed that the players’ safety is part of his concern with the bat.
The second-seeded Highlanders are scheduled to meet Mater Dei in the semifinals on Tuesday at Blair Field in Long Beach. Royal defeated Esperanza, 9-4, in the second round.
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Wow….Todsy I overheard Coach Curren of Esperanza telling the OLu coach about a couple of Royal bats that sounded nothing like he has ever heard before…..should be interesting to see how this plays out.
This is a sad day for SC baseball. First of all we lose a tough one, then our parents behave inappropriately, now this? I was at the game, the kid singled in the 5th inning and didn’t score, in the sixth he singled through 5/6 hole. It’s not as if the ball sailed over the fence, it was a routine single and if this bat was so live then wouldn’t it have helped our left-fielder get the ball in sooner? Protest? What is there to protest. Coach Gellatly needs to set a better example for our boys, and congratulate our team for a great season.
I am part of the Royal family and would like to commend you on your post. You hit the nail right on the head. The classless display of inappropriate parental behavior was ridiculous, and a terrible example for the SC young men, who played a good game and had a great season. I couldn’t agree more that coach Gellalty is setting a very bad example for his ball players. The focus of the coach and the parents should have been on congratulating their talented ball players for their accomplishments, despite coming up a little short. It’s always so convenient to blame someone or something else for one’s short comings, when if SC had displayed better fundamental skills in the game, the outcome might have been different. There were many missed opportunities and a key error in the middle, which led to a run. The bat in question is a composite bat. It is a fact that composite bats sound different than aluminum bats. The bat is a legal bat and has never been tampered with in any way. If coaches do not want composite bats to be legal to use, there is a proper way of handling that for next season. Like you said, it wasn’t as if there was a 500′ homerun hit with it; just two singles. There is nothing to protest. The bat is legal and after it was inspected, it was ruled to be legal by the umpire. I compliment the SC players on a great season, and wish them continued success.
Composite bats are supposed to sound like a wood bat, not like you’re hitting a rubber ball. No bat makes that sound. I don’t blame Gellatly at all for getting upset. I commend him for fighting for fairness and for his team. If a coach seriously suspects foul play, I would expect him to do exactly what he did. If it was just a bad call, that’s something else. But he legitimately thought there was cheating involved.
Yes, composite bats sound different, but they don’t sound like that. The fact that this bat seems to have been surrounded by controversy all season, shows that the fans and coach weren’t crazy for protesting. I’m sure this isn’t the first composite bat all of these teams and coaches have ever seen, and yet they’re have been a myriad of questions surrounding it.
All that aside, you can’t simply blame the bat. The arguing became a distraction for the players, which was unfortunate and there were plenty of missed opportunities and SC flat out did not execute. They always plays too small in my opinion. Let the kids swing, especially if they haven’t been able to execute the sac bunt all season.
Maybe a protest is not the way to handle this situation but I can tell you that the Royal bat was used to hit a jack against Esperanza and has been rumored to have been a problem in their own league all season.
This news is all over the county now and CIF will be inspecting every bat that they try to use in the CIF semifinals.
These players have been using illegal bats all season and it sounds like they are loaded with tennis balls when the ball come off their bats.
royal baseball only have 2 composite bats and only 2 kids use them
Don’t matter no way – no how! MD is going to whip Royals and send them back to Simi Valley. OC all the way!!!!
Rolling a bat is not an issue that brings about a unique sound. All rolling a bat does is break up the composite crystals thereby allowing a break in period to happen sooner than later. Shaving a bat is a different story and is the cause of hearing that unique sound of “CRACK” instead of the usual Ping coming off an aluminum or composite bat. I believe the SC coach is expressing frustration having nothing to show after 16 years of coaching. SC has had plenty of talent over the years. Look at the other programs Football, Soccer, Wrestling etc…Maybe the parents/fans need to look inward for there lack of?
Popular talk show host Jim Rome often comments “if you’re not cheating, ‘you’re not trying. And then this comment today in the LA Times by Dodger Casey Blake in regards to his accusations against Cub pitcher Ted Lilly “I’m not mad at him. If you can do it and get away with it, why wouldn’t you try it?” It’s no wonder why high school players cheat. I was at the game yesterday and there was obviously a problmen with that bat. If we (yes I’m a SC Parent and no I don’t agree with JT) had played better defensively this would be a non issue.
Just another reason to get rid of the damn metal bats altogether! Let them roll a wood bat and see how that works out for them. Too many pitchers being hit in the head with the metal bats! Yeah require the base coaches who stand 70 to 90 feet away to wear helmets but the pitchers are 60 feet away often times in an awkward position vunerable to a shot off their head. If you are rolling a bat and hit someone in the head, you should be charged with manslaughter!
Nothing will come from this protest. Although you can bet that Royal will not be swinging any illegal bats in their next game. All the SC coach did was fall on the sword. There have been too many reports coming from too many people for CIF to ignore this issue. Where there is smoke there is fire.
Guess we will all see what happens at Blair on Tuesday. With Cory Hahn on the mound I like Mater Dei.
You are correct in stating Royal will not be swinging any illegal bats in their next game; they will continue to use the legal bats they have. They never have used an illegal bat, nor will they in any future games. Besides, coach Maye wouldn’t even allow any of his players to use any illegal equipment in a game. So, you are quite correct. The bat in question is legal, as the umpire ruled, and has never been tampered with, in any way. Royal’s talented players play according to the rules, are taught good values, and don’t need any edge to win, anyway, because of how good they truly are. As far as your comment re: inspecting all of the bats, that’s protocol prior to every CIF playoff game. It’s not anything new, or something that was just created to address all of the sore losers who are whining, like yourself. Also, for you to state that Royal has been using illegal bats all season is false, irresponsible, and slanderous. How could you possibly know?
“Loaded with tennis balls”. What would that do, but weigh the bat down? “They have been using illegal bats”. That’s a pretty rough statement, what do you honestly know about those kids or that program? I don’t know if they did or didn’t but I’m not going to be some pretend expert and I would never make that kind of accusation about a high school kid without some facts. And before I hear from some whining Esperanza parent, fact means you know it to be true. Give me a break, the Esperanza game wasn’t close…get over it! All we heard all week was from these sore losers, my kid came home talking about it Wednesday evening. They even knew which kid uses this bat, which by the way Coach Gellatly didn’t say a word after the kids first at bat in which he made an out. And if this bat is so amazing then why didn’t all of their kids use it? Coach is not falling on the sword he’s looking for an excuse. It’s time for the adults to act like adults and stop making excuses, what are we teaching our kids?
JT,
You are absolutely correct. I am a firm believer in the statment
“When you win say little, when you lose say less.”
Come on Orange County Baseball fans, you should know that you aren’t going to be able to beat a school from Simi Valley.
Thanks, Jared. Great game, today, by the way. I hope you get some more offensive support in the future. You should win when you only allow one unearned run. Keep up the good work.
you’re team played a great game. You just got beat by a better team. You should be very proud of your boys though.
For all of the Royal fans who are thinking sc was upset about the illeagal bat, that’s not the whole thing. Your players spent 25 min celebrating like they won the CIF championship on someone elses field! They didn’t win by walk off and the fact that they responded to a tight win like that is what makes SC act the way they do.
And also, the Royal players have told kids from their club teams about what happend to that bat. They hit it on palm trees which are too soft to dent a bat to loosen the composite crystals. Under a microscope it’s obviously visible of what has happened to that bat. Their program is a shame for their actions and should really learn the game of baseball. Learn how to celebrate. Learn how to play. If you’re as good as CIF makes you to be you don’t need to cheat.
We beat your team and have every right to celebrate on your mound! If SC won you would do the same thing. Also it was a very close game and we came back to win which created a lot of emotion and thats why we celebrated for about “2 mins” not 25. Also you can take the bat and put it under the best microscope in the world and all you will find is traces of leather from a baseball. We learned that once a comp bat gets broken in it hits better than when you first buy it, so we got this bat and had every kid use it during batting practice, hitting REAL LEATHER BASEBALLS. That is at least 1,000 swings a day, which is more than enough to make the bat sound like that.
“Learn what to protest. Learn how to lose.” stop trying to make excuses.
Okay for one; it was a close game, and two we celebrated for maybe 45secs. And maybe you shouldn’t let us win on your field? Or maybe we should have had the home game for being the higher seed and better record?
The whole “illegal bat” thing is bogus. The bat is used every single day at practice by (almost the entire team) on batting practice pitching….. which breaks it down and therefore makes the “thump” sound. Stop whinning, even if the player used a broom it would have been the same exact base hits.
I can’t wait until they approve the bat and say that its not illegal! So all this crying about a baseball bat can stop.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/varsitytimesinsider/2010/05/baseball-royal-is-new-no-1-team-in-division-1.html
check this page out. This is obviously nothing new and royal has been cheating all year!
Some of the San Clemente parents / fans showed a complete lack of class after their loss Friday. If your coach would have spent as much time coaching as he did whining about that bat, the outcome of that game may have been different. He lost his focus and it spilled over to his players. It’s easy to be sporting when you win, true character should be judged when you lose. San Clemente failed on Friday!
so, that explains why you team was flipping off the Royal kids when they left?????
OC is just jealous that they don’t have the talent of simi valley. face it. none of your players will play for the dodgers. none of your players will win a world series. simi valley represent. keep swingin at those palm trees and bring in the RING!
I was at the Esperanza game. Royals catcher is the one using the bat. I have been watching high school baseball for many years and I can say that without a doubt I have never in my life heard a bat that sounded like this young mans. His first AB he hit a ball off the end of the bat on a down and away pitch that just kept sailing and sailing over the fence. At first i thought it was an out but the ball never stopped going. That is the only questionable at bat he had. His next 3 abs he hit the ball on the screws. That home run however changed the whole complexion of the game.
Royal has a good team. Great pitching. IMO they dont need an illegal bat. They could win without it. However in this case something is seriously different about this bat compared to others. And the composite sound is a joke. Ive seen players using composite bats all year and never have i heard a bat like this.
Oh and mr weaver you might want to check your sources about the simi valley and OC deal. Watching Esperanza and El Dorado for the past 30 years i can recall a few times Simi was #1 in the country and were beaten by the aztecs.
ummmm dont mind the weaver guy he sounds like a jerk
In high school sports, coaches should be concentrating on elevating what our future generations have learned in their formative years. Reinforcing the fundamentals of the game: the mechanics, mental defense mechanisms to cope with adversities (winning/losing), ethics, morals and sportsmanship. These are our future icons/role models.
Great athletes are disgraced because they were caught doing an ethical or immoral act, in the likes of Tiger Woods (with her extra marital affairs), Vicks (animal cruelty), A-Rod (and others for doping), etc. These are people that we idolize…..our children adore.
In high school baseball, the very recent point of interest is the altered bat. A sophomore Orange Lutheran player was allegedly using this bat. In one of their practices in Hart Park where it was damp that night, other OLu players used this particular bat, six players hit home runs. Their coach knew (as speculated by the parents) but chose to look the other way. Their coach came from another private HS in the northern region of California. The pitcher from Marin HS, who was in coma after he was hit by a ball, was pitching against the HS where the Olu coach came from.
The altered bat made this sophomore player a hitting machine. This player ceased using this bat, thus his hitting stopped as well.
A Villa Park player’s aluminum bat split in half during a recent game. The umpires did not say a word. The field was quite! Is this because the bat was shaved so thin? Has anybody seen this happen?
The CIF failed to police this issue. They leave it to the coaches to follow he rules. Unfortunately, the breaking of the rules now started with the coaches. The National Federation of State High School Associations is very much aware of what is going on here. The incidents mentioned above were reported to them. There will be a convention this summer involving bat companies to address this issue.
The umpires cannot tell the difference between an altered and unaltered bat. They do not do this full time. They are only paid per game.
The safety of our children should be of importance to all of us. Winning is great but at what cost? Our young athletes should be focusing on the honor of winning based on ability.
Parents…………remember…Charity begins at home. If the coaches fail to teach your children sportsmanship, ethics and moral…..please enforce it. Do not tolerate all these nonsense! Our children is a reflection of who and what you are!!!!
The Villa Park bat was a composite bat (carbon fiber handle with aluminum barrel.) It broke right where the handle enters the aluminum barrel. You can not and would not shave the barrel that low for a few reasons. 1. You can not reach that area to machine it because the carbon fiber handle attaches to the aluminum barrel at that point. 2. Its too far from the sweet spot and would serve no purpose.
It is my opinion that bat broke from overuse. It snapped at a point where there is flexing at the edge of the aluminum barrel is impinging onto the carbon fiber handle creating an inherant weak spot that over time will crack at that spot on that particular type of bat. Its a design flaw that limits the life of those types of bats but also makes them perform the way they do. This happened during an ED/VP game and i’m an ElDo supporter and it did not alarm me at the way that particular bat broke nor did it have an odd sound an any point prior to it breaking.
On the other hand there was a bat on a bottom dwelling team in the century league that did have a distinctive sound to it different than anyother bat exactly like it. Was it altered?…probably….Did anyone care? Didn’t seem like it…but because they were not a winning team no one seemed to care enough to call them out on it. My son had the same exact bat and used it for a full season last year and it never made the sound that this bat made on more than one occasion in this players at bats. The player that was using it is a stud…it’s too bad he is resorting to this and also to bad he barely made it into the top 30 for batting average when you sort the players just using league games but he was in the top 10 overall.
My guess is Royal may not use the bat anymore because of the controversy surrounding it….that’s what a smart coach would do. Whether its altered or not is it worth the possible risk of a championship? I would think not.
I have been an umpire for over 26 years from Jr College to little league. I have seen Aluminum bats break and I have seen one that was new break. I have not seen a lot of them break and usually during my inspection before the game starts I will find all those who have a dent or some sort of irregularity and have them removed.
Most of the time it is because there is some sort of damage that was done to the bat (hitting it against a post or something to that nature that causes the barrel to out of roundness. That doesnt explain why a new bat bought the night before for a kids birthday, 12 year old little league game, and the bat came apart (exploded) . I am sure there can be a manufacture defect in anything man made.
One thing that doubleplay said that I have found not to be a true statement, and that is a altered bat will make a better hitter. It may give him more power or a little more bat speed depending on the alteration, but if he is a good hitter , (a hitting machine) no matter what bat ( same type and size bat but with no alterations) they used, they would be a hitting machine still. Has a lot more to do with hands eyes and reflex than the bat they used. An altered bat may deliver a little more power, help with a few less strikeouts, but over all a good hitter is a good hitter.
Do you really think that The Weaver brothers would comment about this? First the first name of Jered is spelled incorrect. It is Jered not Jared. Second, they are too busy with their own careers to comment on this game and third, they graduated from Simi not Royal.
There has been a rumor throughout Marmonte that Royal uses an illegal bat, but has never been proven.
Good luck Mater Dei. I hope you beat Royal!
first off the game was a great game. i am part of the royal family and we barely snuck away with the win. san clementes pitcher pitched an amazing game. but if you people really think that the bat is illegal dont you think that the whole royal team would use it. i dont get how its that good of a bat if only one player uses it.. so sc needs to accept the loss and maybe not blame the game on the bat but on the short stop that made the 2 out error in the top of the six that started royals 2 run inning
If the whole team used the bat then it would really be suspect. Hence the reason the whole team is not using it.
As a Dad I would absolutlely ban my son from using a bat that is suspect. Most parents buy there kids their own bat and expect them to use it, if all of the sudden everyone switches to using one bat red flags would and should be raised.
BTW SC has accepted the loss…no protest is being lodged. Time to move on you have bigger butterflys(monarchs) to fry.
You San Clemente people are the biggest group of whiners I have ever seen. You lost. Deal with it. Quit making excuses for your loss. We came into your crib and beat you down.
If you aren’t doing anything Tuesday everning, come down to Long Beach and watch us beat up on another Orange County team.
^^^^^don’t give the troll the honor of an answer to the mindless 12 year old speak
sc what a bunch of cry babies. May be you should have scored a few more runs. Or played better defense. Quit making excuses for your short comings. The Royal baseball program is competitive every season. They are well coached on the game as players and as young men.This team does not need to cheat ,they have the talent to win games. The better team won.So get a life and move on.
Gracious winners do not reply to whining losers.
You stated that your are well coached as players and young men….well you have just shown how you failed miserbly in what you have been taught,…your coach and parents must be proud.
Our parents and coaches are proud…. thank you for noticing, when you looked at the score =)
Yes, we are. At least we didn’t try and block your bus after the game or wait around for almost an hour for your team to leave. We heard what a bunch of sore losers your team was before we made the trip down south. You certainally didn’t disappoint.
First of all, Esperanza fans, thank you for your support, but honestly you’re not helping this situation. I read the article on your game, the homerun was hit in the second inning and led to a one run lead, that hardly changes the complexity of the entire game. But thank you for trying, its just that this is a really sad situation. I am completely embarrassed by the conduct of our team and it’s supporters. First of Royal won the game fair and square, why is that we keep missing this point? The “BAT” did not hit two singles, the player did…why are we talking about a bat. As a SC parent I was appalled by the conduct of our parents, and now it’s worse. It’s a kids game, and the game on Friday was a great game! Why are we missing this? Why do you want to take away from the great game that it was with all this nonsense? Our kids played great!!!!! Let’s not forget that Royal was the heavy favorite, yet our boys made it a hell of a game, stop short-changing both teams efforts. Did the bat effect the game? Yes, it did! It got our bench and our coaches focused on everything but baseball, it was a horrible decision on our coaching staff’s part. Focus on the game and I think we may have won. As for playing too small all year, that’s what you do against the good pitching we see week in and week out, learn the game.
As for the celebration, what do you expect? It was a tense, close game, that ended on a double play off the bat of our best hitter? Hell if Jones line drive is a little higher it may have tied the game. But it was exciting and they are kids, kids like yours and mine, that left their hearts on the field. Did you go home and scream at your kid for the tears they shed due to the loss? My kid cried, because he cared; the same reason their kids celebrated, they are kids! It just sucked that I had to have a long talk with him about acceptable behavior.
And 25 minutes? It was maybe a minute and rather than focus on their celebration, why don’t we focus on our team and our teams behavior following the loss. We had a player scream expletives at an umpire! How is that ok? We had supporters scream expletives at their kids, their coaching staff, and their parents. How is that ok? We had parents yelling that Royal was classes. Where was our class? How about our players and parents screaming at their bus, and the attempt to block it in the parking lot by a player that will remain unnamed. Why on earth would you want to focus on their celebration and not our inappropriate behavior. This season was a fun ride and it was amazing to see some our truly gifted young athletes, it’s just a shame that our parents, and our coaching staff has put this black eye on what should be considered a good year. I’ve said my piece, I apologize on behalf of all the SC parents that were embarrassed by our schools conduct and good luck to you Royal.
wow now thats the best respond to all this crap that went on, my hat goes off to you and a thousand times more. your child indeed may have been heartbroken but with a parent like you with such a clear understanding of the bigger picture he will be just fine , we need more parents like you and we do have alot out there. thats the way to own it not just the lost but the behavior i feel the same way that u feel i would have been embarrassed and ashame. good luck next year to sc and to you keep teaching your son the real reason why hes a champ your one of the best places to start……bye just a fan DA TRUTH
Atleast there is one San Clemente fan that has some class.
Finally someone from SC that has class, knowledge of the game and sense when it comes to raising their child with morals.
All you OC people are pathetic. Except jc of course. We’ve done nothing to that bat theyved checked it 1,000 times and guess what.. There still nothin wrong with it. You all are just sore losers and your wrong we WILL be using that bad on Tuesday against mater dei and it’s gonna be a great game so be there!
the umps check the bats before any cif game, if the bats were illegal they should have told royal the bats are illegal, iff they used them at the time of bat the coach should question it say time, the batter would be out, that is the cif rule, the bats must have bsmr label =- 3 on the alumimum bats, they can use wooden bats also that does not have any bsmr label
Tell em how it is J$!!!
Thanks to JT for your comments. This whole thing is ridiculous. It just goes to show how crazy and out of hand youth baseball has become. The game was lost by SC. We did not execute in key situations. That’s baseball. Were the bat rumors a distraction? You bet. My kid, a freshman player for SC came to me and talked about Royal using bats corked with bouncy balls. I said that was ridiculous, the bat would weigh 5 lbs. To me, it meant the team was focusing on rumors and speculation versus playing baseball. He heard that nonsense well before the game started from senior players.The coach should have squashed this kind of talk and got his team to focus on what needed to be done instead of worrying about if a hot rodded bat could hit a ball 30 feet farther. Is there any truth to it? Who cares? You still have to hit the ball. Don’t all you parents buy your kid the latest and greatest bat with the latest technology? Is it fair when the new bat will trampoline a ball 3o feet farther than last years model? The same kind of rumors have been said about some of the Mater Dei players when they played club ball. When you have a player who freakishly pounds the ball for his age group, people don’t want to believe the kid could possibly be that talented. We had the lead, We gave it away.That’s Baseball. I was on the left field side and did not hear any of the parents there making any inappropriate comments or acting out. As to what happened around the backstop or the parking lot, I can’t comment because I didn’t see it. Were the Royal Kids loud and obnoxious in their celebration on our field. You bet, Just like our teenage boys would have been had it been reversed. They’re teenage boys, exuberant, young and full of themselves. Royal squeaked out a tight one and are moving on. Good for you, bad for us. We had the right people up in the right situation and it didn’t work out. Again, that’s baseball. Royal good luck. Mater Dei good luck. Coach Call and Coach Soper, you guys are great coaches. I know you’ll focus your boys on playing baseball and not on bats. Royal I don’t know anything about your coaches or players but I’m sure they’re qualified and positive and your kids are kids to be proud of. Parents let the boys play and keep the negative stuff away from the game. Good Luck to all.
Ok I’m not here to argue whether or not Royal would have won either the SC or Esp game, they would have in my mind anyway. I would like to offer a proposal to everyone that would allow the CIF to have some integrity added to their altered bat policy and to either clear said Royal player or not. I happened to be at the Esp/Royal game and heard the bat in question and there is a very distinct sound to it, Not even normal for a composite. I am coming from the realm of slowpitch softball where composite bats that are shaved/altered/rolled are rampant especially in socal. To the previous people that have mentioned the umpires have inspected the bats, honestly that doesn’t mean much, they are looking for visible defects and the -3 label and they are certainly not trained at how to spot a potentially rolled/shaved bat, which I might mention if done by a good bat doc is almost undectable anyway. I have been around enough to hear/see a difference between stock and altered bats, easton happens to be the single most altered bat in the softball world because of the ease of removing the endcap and their maintained durability even when altered. My proposal is that Wygod or somebody from the CIF office contact the local Easton rep and they go watch the next game together and hear the bat. After the game the easton rep along with CIF rep could inspect the bat, the Easton rep could determine whether or not said bat should be sent in for further testing. If said bat is found to be altered then the CIF would have to deal out some sort of punishment, if it comes back stock said player and team are totally cleared. Now in some cases the bat can be damaged during the inspection process. I feel that the CIF in order to maintain integrity in it’s programs should be more than happy to front the owner of the bat the money if said bat is damaged.
dave gellantly is a man of integridy, he did bring it to the cif about the illegal bats that royal high school used, they used it also at esperanza,after the game the royal players stumped the san clemente mound it goes to show lack of respect by the royal coaching staff, we cant change the outcome of the game,
This is nothing new for San Clemente. Bad judgement was used last year by the coach and an overbearing parent that led to the dissmisel of some of the key players on the team, this action was not of district policy and has been dealt with since. However, time cannot be turned back for those players involved. This parent was allowed to run the team from the sideline with his own disipline actions. It is my opinion, as a SC baseball parent, he is still a problem, and likely led to some of the disturbing actons that came about at the end of the game against Royal. From my perspective, I did not notice anything terribly unusual about the celebrating at the end of the game by the winning team.
I am sorry for the lack of class that any of our San Clemente parents, players or coaching staff may of shown to the Royal High School baseball team and parents.
Two things about the game:
The bat made a sound like a 1970′s fiberglass model and the ball flew off it like it was shot out of a cannon. I’ve never seen anything like it.
The moms who worked in the snack bar were very attractive.
I coach in the same league as Royal and played them twice this year. There is no doubt they used an altered bat. I witnessed at least three players using it. What I thought was a base hit to right field ended up going over the fence. If I was the Royal coach I would have problems sleeping at night knowing what might happen if that bat caused an injury.