[Mr.Kimball]

That's very true OMG-some seem to completely forget that Shepherd was 14 YEARS OLD when he pitched in that game. What kid that age wouldn't get "rattled" or lose his "velocity". I get sick of hearing on here how he "mentally fell apart". Fact is, most kids his age would have still been pitching in senior league!!

Whether an LC fan or not, this kid deserves credit for handling himself the way he did and DOES now. That was one awesome position he was put in and he did very well. I've seen upperclassmen not handle such pressure any better than Shepherd did that night.

Whether anybody on the mound gets rattled or not, it was just the way it was, so I dont know why you might take it personal. It had nothing to do with age. It's just what happened. Nobody has done anything but praise Shephard , so I dont really understand where you are coming from. If you want him to be praised and touted as being just as good or better than most upperclassman, that is fine. Just dont pull the "age card "when things dont go 100% the other way. Stat sheets and so forth dont show age astericks. Nobody was critisizing him at all, in fact everyone has acknowleged how remarkably well he did in the game for his age. Everyone has been impressed. In my opinion if Randy would have left him in the district game at Sheldon Clark the year before when he was a 7th grader, Lawrence would have probably come out on top in that game . Nobody has done anything but wish him well. You have to learn to accept that sometimes tiny bits of negatives sometimes comes with all the glorys of the positives. It comes with the territory.