{"id":118117,"date":"2019-05-20T04:56:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T09:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=118117"},"modified":"2019-05-20T04:56:53","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T09:56:53","slug":"monday-mailbag-mercy-rule-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/05\/20\/monday-mailbag-mercy-rule-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: mercy rule and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag features questions about an All-Star baseball team, the mercy rule in basketball, officiating and the OHSAA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Will you be running an all area baseball\/softball team? Thanks for all of your coverage. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: It\u2019s quite possible, keep checking back. There\u2019s no shortage of talented players to fill a VW independent All-Star roster.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: I read your column the other day with (OHSAA Commissioner) Jerry Snodgrass. It seems pretty silly that he\u2019s not willing to expand the mercy rule to the regular season of basketball. He obviously hasn\u2019t thought it through. Would you agree? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I don\u2019t agree for a couple of reasons. The first one is it\u2019s not his decision, it\u2019s the decision of member schools and\/or the OHSAA Board of Directors. The second reason is the fact that Snodgrass is a former varsity basketball coach who has plenty of ties to the game. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to admit, I a bit surprised the mercy rule seemingly won\u2019t be incorporated into the regular season anytime soon, but his reasoning that games will be shortened to 35 minutes and people won\u2019t want to come. That might be a slight exaggeration, but his point seems to make sense.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Q: Instead of OHSAA worrying about boys volleyball, why don\u2019t they worry about getting better officials? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I\u2019ve said this to many people who are constantly unhappy about officiating \u2013 why not take steps to join the officiating ranks instead of complaining? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Why does it seem like OHSAA is suddenly so unorganized when it comes to state tournament locations? There\u2019s no home for next years girls basketball championships, baseball is at a different location and they don\u2019t know where football championships will be next year. Why has this become a problem all of the sudden? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: Let\u2019s start with this year\u2019s baseball state tournament. The games have been played at Huntington Park, the home of the Columbus Clippers. Apparently, a change with the International League makes things very difficult for non-Clipper games to be scheduled at the ballpark, and nothing could be worked out this year, so the games were moved to Akron.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseball state title games have been played in different spots over the years, including at Ohio State and in Toledo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as girls\u2019 basketball, I don\u2019t have a problem moving those games to a different venue. It costs money to rent the Schottenstein Center for three days, and the majority of seats are empty. I still think think those games will move to the Nutter Center at Wright State.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On to football \u2013 Snodgrass said he\u2019d like to lock in a site on a three year cycle, so let\u2019s see if that really happens.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realistically, the games will be played at Ohio Stadium or at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think OHSAA is unorganized, I just think times have changed and they\u2019re trying to change with them.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Monday Mailbag will take a break for Memorial Day and will return on June 3. Of course, if you have a question, you still can send it to sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag features questions about an All-Star baseball team, the mercy rule in basketball, officiating and the OHSAA. Q: Will you be running an all area baseball\/softball team? Thanks for all of your coverage. Name withheld upon request A: It\u2019s quite possible, keep checking back. There\u2019s no shortage of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 18:33:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}