Reply to "When was everyone really good?"

Francis710,000+ posts

On the kids going big fly...

1. Before USA Bats, some of these youth drop 10s and drop 13s were serious rocket launchers. The ball would fly off them.

2. Sometimes at tournaments, once in a while, back in the day, I would see rabbit balls being used. I remember my son, at 11, going opposite field for a HR on a 200 foot field on a swing that was not pretty at all. I swear the balls were not regular baseballs.

That all said, I never saw or heard of an 8u player going 285. Maybe some 9u at 200ish. But, 285 at 8u? I can't even imagine.

11/26/208:43 PM

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