Reply to "What challenges did your son have going to the BIG field?"

2020dad

Going through it now as you know. First thing is all those swing down and hit it hard on the ground kids are dead now. Ground balls are outs. And most fields are grass now and they are not exactly smooth and freshly cut every day like mlb. So balls get slowed significantly. Need line drives and LONG fly balls. Not only are 'pop ups' not home runs but 250 ft plus fly balls can be outs. Batting averages drop significantly. Mentally this can be tough on the kid used to hitting .500+. Early in the season we are seeing a few more walks. Overall the big field will swallow uo a lot of pretenders as will the bbcor later on.

5/4/1512:54 PM

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