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25 is 25 in the grand scheme of things. That number is always the same whether it comes from Louisville or Louisa. There are several teams that have pitcher only guys on the staff not from that area but the teams that have guys that can do all facets of the game well will play every day if the coach believes it is in their best interest. Bryce Harper caught and pitched in high school. Mississippi State used their right fielder Bobby Thigpen to close out games in the mid 80s. It has happened and will continue to happen at just about every level if it gives them the better chance of victory. When you get to the post season it is up to the coach to determine how many guys at each position he wants to carry. If you want 15 position guys and 10 arms available then that is up to the coach. If you don't have pitching then the coach needs to be able to have the vision to see what needs to be developed to make his program more successful in the long run. Waiting until the last moment and wishing upon a shooting star that someone will replace a starter or closer due to graduation is the program's fault. With JV, summer baseball, fall baseball, offseaon bullpen sessions, practice starting in February, tell me when is there not time to take several guys as they advance their careers and work with them to build depth? There is an All "A" state championship that pretty much covers all the smaller schools in the state in both basketball and baseball. They have also split the tournament into two weekends to help those teams out that gripe about pitching have a better shot at succeeding. If that still isn't helping out the program that you root for bring home the title then maybe the KHSAA isn't the problem. No matter how you try to skew it, your school brings your best 25 and another will bring theirs and decide it between the lines.

So, you think the population of the Louisville Metro area (600,000) does not give them any advantage over Louisa at 2,400? Do you think that smaller schools don't utilize summer ball, fall ball, offseason training, etc.? When your school is only 600 students, and 300 of those being male students, the numbers simply say that a school of 1,400 or higher will have over twice the advantage of having the "best" 25 kids to choose from. In your theory, the Spartan 300 soldiers stood the same chance of beating the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae since they were better trained, etc. How'd that turn out, and why? Persians win, and oh, yeah, because of NUMBERS.

I think you are missing the point of the entire debate over classification.