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re: If the travel baller in your life has a birthday coming up
Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:53 am to tigerfoot
Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:53 am to tigerfoot
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Have em, dont have em, I really dont care. I do care when they are obnoxious with volume and timing. You bring out Yamaha speakers on stands versus a turtle box, there is a big variation. And an edited version would be nice.
yea if you cant play the 10s while they walk up, dont play it.
the apps now have it to where its only 10s max so usually not bad
and yea sucks when someone on the other field is blasting while the kids are trying to pitch
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Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:55 am to baseballmind1212
quote:Yeah, I am all for competition, but if we run up against em I may be praying for a slight head cold or something, maybe poison ivy on his throwing hand?
I watched Schmidt pitch a couple weeks ago.
Coming from someone who played with the Nola brothers. That kid is a freak.
If my kid reads this, I am just kidding man, you got this!
Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:55 am to lsu777
I’ve been to Chappapeela a bunch and they 100% don’t allow any music
Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:56 am to tgrbaitn08
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The DR, Cuba, Puerto Rico and all places in between
jesus fricking christ
cooperstown alone is crazy expensive. thats why we arent going. dumb how much they charge and then shitty dorms and kids have to stay with coaches.
the team sosa and Central florida teams we played in PF last year had kids from all over like that. kids from DR, PR, CUba etc. was pretty crazy. we roll with out 11 kids from lake charles
we did well though and pelicans went on crazy run to win whole thing. Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:58 am to lsu777
quote:Yeah after of a couple of these type trips I can say that staying at the dorms is a 100% no go. They look like concentration camps, just Coaches with hollow eyes and kids in mismatched socks sitting outside the cells.
cooperstown alone is crazy expensive. thats why we arent going. dumb how much they charge and then shitty dorms and kids have to stay with coaches.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:59 am to ShoeBang
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The football parents are much cooler and laid back.
ummm...7on7 has entered the chat....those folks are far from laid back!
Posted on 3/20/24 at 9:59 am to tigerfoot
yea frick that. doesnt sound fun at all. our coaches are paid guys, not parents and they have already said...not no but frick no
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:08 am to csorre1
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That was probably the biggest early red flag.
6U ring ceremony did it for me.
I get the travel aspect. I played competitive softball as an adult and traveled the country, it was a blast.
But the self important aspect of youth travel sports is cringe-worthy.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:17 am to lsupride87
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A lot has changed in just 10 years. Rec ball is worlds different from when I was helping out with my nephew a few years ago to seeing it now
In metro Atlanta there are rec leagues that are big enough to do it right. When there are 300 kids coming out for 8U or 10U they split the league to about 40% AL and 60% NL. Most AL teams could win A and be competitive in AA travel. The NL is the first timer / babysitting type league. The competition good and equal. Having a 10 year old throwing 50 to a kid who can barely catch is not an issue.
The smaller leagues still have that problem and it drivers better players from smaller leagues to the larger ones.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:18 am to RogerTheShrubber
what should the winner of the tourney get?
i personally am good with rings through 8u. at that point, nice tshirts would be much better
rings are a waste. cool for the little kid or cool the first time....but for some reason the moms love them. fricking stupid.
2d used to do t-shirts but the moms flipped their shite.
i personally am good with rings through 8u. at that point, nice tshirts would be much better
rings are a waste. cool for the little kid or cool the first time....but for some reason the moms love them. fricking stupid.
2d used to do t-shirts but the moms flipped their shite.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:21 am to lsu777
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cooperstown alone is crazy expensive. thats why we arent going. dumb how much they charge and then shitty dorms and kids have to stay with coaches.
Yeah Cooperstown wasnt cheap, especially the parents have to rent houses, airfare for the kid, spouses and siblings....meals, alcohol, then the trip to NYC or Boston after the week is over to sight see and catch the Red Sox or Mets and Yankees.....it's wasnt a cheap trip thats for sure
The DR, PR and Cuba was just my son and I, it wasnt that bad
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:22 am to lsu777
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yea frick that. doesnt sound fun at all. our coaches are paid guys, not parents and they have already said...not no but frick no
Not only that but each team has to pay to send an umpire
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:24 am to lsu777
Soccer was medals if you made the finals:
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:25 am to lsu777
quote:the first year of Select serues was awesome. Play your three or four games, keep a season long record. Award winner at end of season. Moms lost it that there wasn’t a winner each weekend.
2d used to do t-shirts but the moms flipped their shite.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:37 am to tigerfoot
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the first year of Select serues was awesome. Play your three or four games, keep a season long record. Award winner at end of season. Moms lost it that there wasn’t a winner each weekend.
some are still like that. still play 4 pool play games and some tournaments its top 4 in a bracket or 2 pools and each pool winner plays for ship
but no 7-8 games total. its limited to 5 most of the time, 2 + 2 + 1. some times its 2 pool and top 4 play bracket style and bottom plays 2 constellation games.
thats why i like it so much. season long standings, season long stats, play teams from all over the state, travel is somewhat limited. add in the 2d nit, the usssa elite ivitational, and a pg nit and you have a great schedule.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:52 am to North Dallas Tiger
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This post was edited on 3/20/24 at 11:08 am
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:55 am to lsu777
quote:I agree, enjoyed the Select Series, but see zero need for the bracket ending. Always had a real strong team, so you go out on Saturday and have another I liked being able to go best on best and not have a concern about saving anything for a potential extra game...and I didnt like playing the extra bracket game against two good teams that used better pitching on Saturday.
thats why i like it so much. season long standings, season long stats, play teams from all over the state, travel is somewhat limited. add in the 2d nit, the usssa elite ivitational, and a pg nit and you have a great schedule.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 10:59 am to tigerfoot
I like when its 2 pools or 4 pools and winners of the pools play. usually means the best teams play off. I also love, like you, no sluffing off cause all games matter the same. especially in the standings.
This post was edited on 3/20/24 at 11:00 am
Posted on 3/20/24 at 11:21 am to Gaston
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Their loss. Could have stacked state championships.
I bet . Sounds like some one was set up because of delusional parents . I was a short stop until 9th grade then my new coach put me on first base for the next 4 years . I was somewhat delusional myself . Told my coach I made all stars 4 straight years at shortstop . He laughed he said well you’re too slow to play shortstop for me and hey all star that’s a softball glove you’re using so you need a first baseman glove . It was humbling and funny but I stuck with it . Had a pretty good 4 years a first . I’m glad I was able to understand to concept of playing as a team instead of individual.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 11:31 am to lsu777
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na apparently not. you are not making a team like catholic, west monroe, barbe, jesuit etc etc by playing aa ball. aa ball here is not good after age 10. gets really bad after 12, like really bad. the majors kids will be throwing 58-65 at 10, 60-70 at 11u, 68-75 at 12, 75+ at 13 where the AA kids may still be throwing 55 or below at 12u
So I take it your belief is that HS ball in LA is just on another level than OK. Owasso, Carl Albert, Deer Creek, Bixby, etc routinely go out of state and compete and are plenty successful.
Most of the guys on those teams were Majors and AAA players but not all. There are a good number of AA who do too. Also, being on a AA team doesn't preclude you from playing against AAA and Majors teams, just mainly precludes you from winning at a high clip.
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