Ripken fan, that is a good point. It sound like the OP of this thread and the rest of the posters all have sons who showed well at HF, but for anyone reading this who has not been to HF yet, this may be the most important advice a hitter could receive: show up ready to mash and looking for a fastball on the first pitch of your at bats, and if you see it, rip it. You're exactly right about the sequence. Pitcher starts with a 1-1 count and throws a FB. With the "umpire" being a coach behind the pitcher, anything near the zone is going to be called a strike, so unless you're really good at hitting curveballs in the dirt or fastballs above the hands, you better be ready to jump on that 1-1 FB.