[quote]My son was a 12U stud at five feet, ninety-five pounds. Another kid was a stud at 5'8", 170. Here's where they are now: At fourteen, my son is 5'9", 130. The other kid is 5'8", 170. My son is still starring. The other kid sucks. He fell on his face on the 60/90 field.
On the LL and travel fields the big kid could muscle the ball over 200-250 foot fences. Today he can't make contact. he can't touch a breaking pitch. My son hit fence scrappers in LL. He couldn't reach the 250 foot travel fences. At fourteen he cleared the fences in full size parks (high school, college, minors parks) eight times. As the physical development playing field leveled, my son shot past this kid in ability.
My son succeeded, and continues to succeed because he learned how to play the game properly. He will probably continue to excel and have a shot to play college ball because he has two tall, athletic parents. In a few more years my son will be 6'2" while this other kid will still be 5'8".
TG that is the worse three paragraphs I think I have ever read on this site. "The other kid sucks". Sorry if this offends you but everything quoted above goes against what I believe. You dont trash kids. You dont build your kid up by tearing another kid down. And you never give up on a young kid playing the game. "He will probaly continue to excell and have a shot to play college ball because he has two tall, athletic parents". Does this mean a kid that has two short non athletic parents is nearing the end of the journey?
I sure hope that this young man and his parents do not read the HSBW.