2023 District 6 Baseball Playoffs

[Prince Sidewinder]

I am looking at the Single A standings on the District 6 website. Harmony is the #1 seed and only played 12 games. I looked at the other 15 teams who played and they averaged 18.47 games. Most playing 18 to 20 games. Harmony has played 1 game since April 26th!! Apparently teams do not have a minimum amount of games to be played. Should a team be penalized points for playing 6 less games than the average of the district? They missed a week because they only had 8 players and missed another week because their seniors went to Florida on a class trip and did not have enough players to play.

[Manfred]

Was there any attempt(s) to re-schedule missed games?

[Prince Sidewinder]

If they haven’t played since April 26th it looks like they did not attempt to re-schedule. The weather has been fine and all the other district teams on all levels have been playing.

[LeeCorso]

My understanding was that you had to complete 15 games to be eligible for the playoffs.

[HSD6FAN]

I think it would be better to go by straight points. That would make teams try hard to get all 20 games in by the cutoff. If you choose to play a 14 game schedule, you then run the risk of getting passed by a team that opted to play all 20.

Teams that only play 14 to 16 games have an advantage because they can rely on two pitchers because you’re only playing twice a week. If you opt to play 20, you will be forced to play three or possibly four in a week.


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[Manfred]

In some instances, even 5 games in a week. If you happened to play 2 regular games in a given week, and then in a large tournament like the Curve Classic that weekend, you play 5 games and run out of arms.

[Prince Sidewinder]

That’s understood but how can 15 teams be put to that test and one team plays 12 games and never be challenged with pitching.

[Manfred]

PIAA says their record is 12-2.

[Crimson's Ghost]

There are 46 schools in District 6 with varsity baseball. 45 teams all played at least 16 games before the playoff deadline except Harmony. The Owls only played 12 games according to the District 6 rankings website:

https://sports.blkline.com/sports/repor ... 6+Baseball


According to Maxpreps they have played 13, looks like they got a game in yesterday after the brackets were released/playoff deadline had passed.

[Crimson's Ghost]

It also looks like a lengthy Altoona Curve homestand has bumped the D6 championships out of PNG Park for this season. The Curve are home from May 23-June 4th.


AAAAAA - Wednesday May 24 @ Mount Aloysius
AAAAA - Monday May 22 @ Bald Eagle (Central Mountain vs. Hollidaysburg)
AAAA - Tuesday May 23 @ Central Cambria (Bellefonte vs. Juniata)
AAA - Monday May 29 @ Point Stadium
AA - Tuesday May 30 - @ Mount Aloysius
A - Wednesday May 31 - @ Central Cambria