Comments on: Mid-Pacific’s bats finally heating up in ILH tournament

By: Da realest

Da realest — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 22:50:25 +0000

@falcon can’t say that. They are still probably the best offensive wise. What’s failed them in every lost? Pitching. It’s an overall game not just a coach. A player or 2. So everything you mentioned had nothing to deal with coaching besides other knowledgeable assistants hahaha. No chance he gets the talent to come there like a mpi, stl, etc.

By: Falcon Future

Falcon Future — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:50:35 +0000

@ILH Baseball Fan, thank you for the great info. This is not just about MPI owning Iolani on the field. Its more about the overall underachieving of this particular Iolani team this year. I have seen them from the opposite side since those boys were dominating in 7th and 8th grade. They didn’t just start improving from 9th grade year. They were already good from before that.

We all knew this was targeted as Iolani’s year (they actually had enough talent to win states last year too). When they started 8-0, I figured the rest of the ILH was going for second place. And then they collapsed. It cant be ignored that Iolani’s record in 1-run games was 1-5 down the stretch. That’s why I bring up the coaching part of the game.

As I said in the original post, this will go down in history as the most talented team to NOT qualify for the state tournament.

By: Load um up

Load um up — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 05:01:49 +0000

yes they are out..

By: ILH Baseball Fan

ILH Baseball Fan — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 04:11:48 +0000

@Da realest If Damien installs covered batting cages (and get their own field), has players that are willing to wake up at 5 am to lift and do batting practice, and perhaps most importantly, has other knowledgeable assistants and continues to scout other teams….. there would be great chance. hahaha.

Mid-Pac lost to St Louis today. Does that mean they are out?

By: Da realest

Da realest — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 03:57:43 +0000

Think coach Dunn can take a Damien team o win the state tournament??

By: ILH Baseball Fan

ILH Baseball Fan — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 02:38:59 +0000

For the record, here is Iolani’s baseball results against Mid Pac over the last 7 years (during ILH season and tournament play):

2019: 0-3 (L 5-11, L 6-7, L 3-7)
2018: 0-4 (L 0-1, L 0-6, L 6-7, L 1-12)
2017: 2-2 (W 1-0, L 1-2, L 5-6, W 4-0)
2016: 0-5 (L 6-9, L 9-18, L 6-12, L 1-4, L 3-4)
2015: 0-3 (L 6-10, L 9-15, L 8-15)
2014: 1-2 (L 0-4, W 10-0, L 2-4)
2013: 1-5 (L 0-8, L 1-3, L 9-10, W 2-1, L 4-13, L 0-6)
Add that all up and that’s a total record of 4 Wins and 24 Losses….

Iolani, tough luck on missing states, but you guys really gotta figure something out…..
What about those 6 D-1 prospects (most high school teams would be lucky to have 1 or 2)? Yet, I agree with @da realist . Pitching is the key, especially come tournament time. But, if they knew they was gonna lose a bulk of their pitching staff from last year and have to rely on position players to shoulder the load, why not try develop one of the other 18 guys they have sitting on da bench to pitch. I’m guessing they’ve had this same problem in previous years as well based on their historical record (lol)? Something does not add up (or maybe it does?) On another note, kudos to Coach Dunn for seeming to always get the most out of his players.

Excited to see the remaining teams duke it out!

By: Falcon Future

Falcon Future — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 02:10:45 +0000

I will add that two parts of this article jump out to me. 1. In the picture at the top, that’s called running into a tag at third base by the runner, and good teams almost never do that. The description says that MPI got a double play out of it. Hoot, hoot! 2. I love Cameron Ching’s statement in the story “Every game it’s just a matter of finding something that works,” Ching said. “When we start losing, (Muramaru will) change the lineup a little bit. He knows what he’s doing. He’s been coaching almost 40 years, we trust him.” Hoot, hoot!

By: Backseat Driver

Backseat Driver — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 23:21:14 +0000

Oh now I understand. So you’re saying that Coach Miyahira is terrific and not a bozo. Huh?

By: Da realest

Da realest — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:56:37 +0000

When it comes down to it, pitching is key. Iolani has zero pure pitching. They are position players that stepped up to pitch. I am not a coach but you simply can’t just face too talented teams year round with no pitching. Their lineup is amazing and the kids are gamers. Even last year they had only one pure pitcher. If you watched these kids from freshmen year, you would see how good of a coach the iolani coach is. They also don’t get the big name recruits like stl, kam, mpi, Punahou. But year in year out of late they are towards the top. When it’s tournament time what is the man struggle for a team? It ain’t hitting, it comes down to pitching depth

By: Falcon Future

Falcon Future — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 21:08:24 +0000

@da realest, First I have to admit that I was not at this game, but I did watch MPIs two previous wins over Iolani. There are just way too many small aspects that come into play with coaching to answer it briefly. Pitch selection from game to game. Pitcher changes based on matchups/history. Defensive alignment based on pitcher-hitter matchup. Base running. On and on.

I suppose everybody is entitled to their own opinion about this, but mines is that MPI simply out-smarts and out-prepares Iolani every game. As OIA Dad put it this is a “Shocker” because Iolani can and should be doing better with all the talent they have. Those who follow baseball closely know that this is supposed to be Iolani’s big year (don’t forget that they were preseason number 1 in the whole state), and that MPI is in rebuilding. BUT … MPI swept Iolani three games to zip this year. Hoot, hoot!