Sometimes, a team can be rewarded by forfeiting a game. A perfect example is this afternoon's tournament game versus Oak Lawn. Although a win will assure the Warriors of a spot in the tournament's Final Four, a loss with a reasonable amount of Runs Allowed would also secure a spot in the semi-finals.
Let's say the Frankfort allows two runs in its game this morning. If the Warriors were to lose to Oak Lawn, but allow 8 runs or less, the tie-breaker would favor the Warriors over Frankfort as Frankfort would have allowed 10 runs in the tournament versus the Warriors' 9 runs allowed. Given that a forfeit results in a score of 7-0, a forfeit actually result in the Warriors advancing in the tournament!
That being said (or written), our team will attempt to advance the right way...by playing the game and striving to beat Oak Lawn.
Two seasons ago, the Warriors faced a similar situation in the Oak Lawn Westside tournament. In the final pool play game, the opposing manager realized that our low scoring game (it was 2-1 in favor of the opponent in the seventh inning) would have resulted in both team advancing based upon the Runs Allowed tie-breakers if the final score would remain at 2-1. The opposing manager asked me if I would consider making three quick outs in the seventh--so that both teams could advance.
I told him that we would take our chances and that we did not wish to advance in that manner. Our team will always strive to win and the integrity of the game was at stake. Fortunately for us, we scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh to win the game! Unfortunately for our opponent, they lost out of the Runs Allowed tie breaker with the 3 runs allowed and were eliminated from the tournament. And, the opposing manager was not happy about it!
2011 Chicagoland Tournament Champions & 2011 Lombard Tournament Champions!
