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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Basketball, baseball and juvenile justice
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It was only Wake Forest, you say. I’m not buying that.
Tech played very, very well in the first half last night on both ends of the court, but the best part of that game, I thought, came after Wake cut the margin to four points.
Not only did Tech respond, but several players pitched in. Dickey had a couple big rebounds, a nice jumper from the baseline, made a great no-look pass to West for a dunk. Morrow hustled back on a break, disrupted a point-blank shot, Alade blocked the putback attempt (at least I think it was Alade), Young made a few nice passes, Crittenton made shots and passes, Smith was all over the place.
If Critt keeps playing as he has over the past six games, if the Jackets keep defending, and Young finds a way to play the way he did in the first half more often, Tech’s a pretty good team. Crittenton is the engine, but Young can jack up the horsepower.
Talked to Hewitt today, and he said the fact Virginia has the best backcourt in the ACC with Reynolds and Singletary doesn’t necessarily mean he’s going to change playing time, i.e. put defenders West and Bell out there more.
So what’s going on with the baseball team? Is it as simple as a pitching dropoff? I don’t think so. Tech lost a ton of talent from last year’s team, and not just in pitching. A ton of talent. Still way to early to draw conclusions, but I wonder if Payne and Wieters are going to be called upon to pitch more than Danny Hall had in mind?
Was going to go out of bounds and blog about my trip to juvenile justice yesterday, where I had to sit in on a ‘mediation’ with one of the eight to 10 young men who jumped me in Centennial Park in December when I took my kids ice-skating. They were clobbering a guy on the ground, and I made the mistake of trying to stop it.
Some have given me a hard time for “ratting” on the kids, which I find ludicrous. Others have suggested I’m crazy for another reason, that they’ll find my address and come after me or my family. Deep, depressing thoughts. I feel terrible today, though, so maybe tomorrow. Not a warm and fuzzy story no matter how you slice it.
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