{"id":84706,"date":"2021-05-26T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T12:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=84706"},"modified":"2023-04-14T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:06:29","slug":"district-baseball-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/district-baseball-much\/","title":{"rendered":"DISTRICT BASEBALL & MUCH MORE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The views expressed in this blog are<\/i> those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

I love high school baseball.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s a great sport with so many inside nuances if you are really into it…cat-and-mouse games between pitchers and hitters…or pitchers and baserunners…where to position your outfielders.\u00a0 If you understand the game (and little patience is needed at times) and you have teams that play the game the right way, it\u2019s really a lot of fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately in our viewing area, we have an abundance of teams that play fundamentally-smart baseball programs that makes for some very enjoyable viewing.\u00a0 With the district playoffs upon us, it\u2019s time to delve headlong into our discussion of teams and games in our viewing area.\u00a0 In addition to recapping the regular season and the EPC<\/a> championship game (which is now available on RCN On-Demand), we\u2019ll be looking at the district baseball playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The brackets are out and we\u2019re looking forward to all the matchups over the next 9 days, culminating with the District XI 6A title contest, which you will be able to watch live on RCN-TV (bookmark our broadcast schedule and keep checking back to our website for specific game information and \u201cfirst pitch\u201d time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile on this week\u2019s \u201cRCN SportsTalk<\/a>,\u201d RCN Sports Director Gary Laubach will join us to break down all the elements and preview the next week-and-a-half worth of games with Co-Host Keith Groller and myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have some great storylines already in place:<\/span><\/p>\n

Liberty\u2019s dominating run through the regular season, only to be tripped up in the semifinal by Pocono Mountain East. Can the Hurricanes bounce back?<\/span><\/p>\n

Emmaus won the EPC championship but it has been decades since the same team has won both the big schools\u2019 league and district titles in the same season.\u00a0 Can the Hornets break the curse?<\/span><\/p>\n

Perennial power Parkland was also upset in the league playoffs and a few other schools who traditionally do well have been struggling of late.\u00a0 Will one of those teams get hot in time to contend for a championship?<\/span><\/p>\n

Plus, on the girls side, there\u2019s some very intriguing matchups coming up after a very entertaining league playoffs in both the EPC and Colonial League.\u00a0 We\u2019ll talk about those storylines as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

But baseball is not the only thing we are working on for our upcoming \u201cSportsTalk\u201d programs.\u00a0 Here\u2019s just a sample of the guests we are lining up over the next several weeks:<\/span><\/p>\n