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Re: Have a Good Thanksgiving
We on this forum have much to be thankful for. But, I find myself thinking more about our soldiers this year than in years past. They sacrifice so much that we can continue to live in a free country and enjoy all that America has to offer. My prayers to those brave men and women and their families to enjoy a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday.
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Re: Have a Good Thanksgiving
I agree with Rosy. As we enjoy our Thanksgiving dinner, we all should acknowlege the sacrifice of our brave men and women in uniform. If only the politicians would get some sense and bring them home.
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving Everybody
Happy Thanksgiving to all.I pray for safe travel and good companionship. . Also, god bless our brave troops abroad. Please keep them out of harms way.
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Re: Today
"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." Elmer Davis thank you and god bless to all our soldiers who keep us free.
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Re: Nick Adenhart Situation Update
Hot Corner Dad- If it was my son I would have and still would do the same thing. I don't have the answers to this problem of drinking and driving. I don't even know where to begin. I was a prosecutor for 14 years. I have seen this epidemic in every shape and size. I have spent many nights called out of my warm bed to assist the police in a fatal investigation. I spent one nightmarish night getting the news myself. If someone would tell me how to stop it, I would spend my life and all my...
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Re: Nick Adenhart Situation Update
Deldad, the grace and generosity in these words are a true gift to me. Thank you for your kindness and understanding.
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Re: Nick Adenhart Situation Update
Best post ever in the history of HSBBW.I am no longer a poster, but could not pass this up. Deldad,you are one of THE classiest people I have ever come across. Nick would be proud that his dad could lift somebody up that has fallen and is hurting.Two days before Christmas and these words touched my heart.You are a blessed man, I know you lost so much, but your ability to touch others in crisis is special.God Bless you.
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Re: Nick Adenhart Situation Update
I have never been more touched by the courage, spirit, kindness and humanity of two unbelievable people, speaking from almost polarized experiences.
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Re: Nick Adenhart Situation Update
i've driven drunk a hundred times, today i thank goodness i never hurt anyone but myself. i've been a recovering alchoholic for years now,and i can't tell you why people drink like they do. young or old. it causes more heart ache than any other drug ,yet is looked at as a part of everything social.a right of passage if you will. just remember these young men when your at the company xmas party deldad, hot corner. you are both very brave in posting your story's. thank you for sharing. kind of...
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Re: Happy Flag day!
Very awe-inspiring. Thank you for posting this recitation. I've seen it before, but somehow these days, it takes on new meaning. It sickens me to know that not all teachers recite the Pledge of Allegiance, not all students recite it....nor do they stand up when it is said out loud to start the school day. "You're a grand old flag, You're a high flying flag And forever in peace may you wave. You're the emblem of The land I love. The home of the free and the brave...."
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Re: Opening Day rosters
Veazey is doing as good as can be expected. He's picked up with his classes he was taking in the fall and finishing those up at home. He still makes regular trips to Athens to watch practice and plans to make the trip up for as many games as possible. His hometown of Tifton, GA, the university and entire state have rallied behind him and raised money for his recovery. In fact, during the GA/GA Tech football game the Tech baseball players went around to tailgaters and raised money for him and...
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Re: 10-4A
Young spirit, a good chief rarely leaves his tribe. Sent young Brave Nocahomas to glance the horizon. Saw no guns, only arrows shot with an arc.
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Re: Gunnar Sandberg..a prayer
There was a very touching moment of silence for Gunnar before the Stanford/USC baseball game. Something about Gunnar and his family is so very meaningful. It sounds like Gunnar is still in a coma. Some fund raising for him has started. I will get information about it and post so anyone wanting to help this very brave family can do so. Prayers are still needed...as many as you can spare.
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Re: A scouts opinion on the new bats
Brian Jordan, ex-Brave, Cardinal and Atlanta Falcon, was part of the announcing crew at a recent Gwinett Braves game. He took pre-game BP with the team using one of the BBCOR bats. He said "they were really bad" and didn't perform at all like the old metal bats (no kidding). I heard a Stat the other day; at the season half way point HR's are down by half. Last year there were 273 shutouts thrown by mid-season, this year - 444!
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Re: Memorial Day
Totally. The sacrifice these brave men give to us so we can be free makes really puts things in perspective. God bless the USA.
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Re: Funny descriptive phrases
From one of the opposing team bleacher bums to our pitcher who has just given up eight consecutive hits, "That's pretty brave of you to throw batting practice without an L-Screen"!
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Re: Marmonte League Rankings
CADad, You will probably get a couple right, Moorpark is playing pretty good baseball so I am not sure about that one. Maybe on NP, but Royal is also pretty tough. Channel League got real interesting yesterday, DP beat SB, San Marcos d Buena. They both go at it again tonight. I will post a link in the SB thread on the DP/SB game. Coach brave, on DP coach it is one thing to be rah rah, but it is another to cross the line with inappropriate language and actions. He has only been doing this for...
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Re: Southeastern District Games: May 17-22 (Week 10)
213 Brave, I think Smith has it about right. GB brings back a solid core and they will probably be in the best position at least early next year to give WB it's sternest test. I just think WB has more bigger guns coming back. For the next couple of days and weeks we still have the group that's been there all year this year to watch. I expect the SED to be a very tough out this year.
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Re: Southeastern District Games: May 17-22 (Week 10)
luv baseball, YOUR CORRECT. Last Night PROVED WB won't really be out matched!! WB just has to go game by game and next year will fall into place. As for GB with their returning players all played last night as well. I understand that their JR. Flaherety pitched, as they brought in another JR. Suttmiller.....so they again for next year will be something to see. Not to over rate any team yet if they combined they'd really ROCK IT! I look forward to the game tonight and what happens next. I am...
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Re: Summer Collegiate Wooden Bat Leagues-Recruting well underway
floridafan, good advice but are you trying to bury my in box? p.s. and Goosegg is correct, spots do open in the spring due to grades, girl friends, or injuries. It's not unusual in the VBL for a team to lose 6-7 guys for those reasons, which is why some teams will sign 34-35 guys in the fall, figuring they always lose some. I'm not that brave yet....
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Re: Summer Collegiate Wooden Bat Leagues-Recruting well underway
Wow, this thread started a long time ago... bumping this up so that players/parents realize that summer team rosters, normally filled by mid-October (at least in our league) are now starting to develop openings due to grades, injuries, etc. We've lost 3 in the past 2 weeks to injury, parental illness, and a need to earn serious money in a summer job. (We already filled the positions) This is about the time of year that openings start to appear, with injuries and grades the normal culprits,...
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Re: College Spring Season
Snowed out today and tomorrow. Play Sunday. It's definitely a brave new world for freshmen. My son is learning that the pitchers are pretty darn smart. If you hit a certain pitch well, you'll never see it again.
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Re: Inconvenience
Infield08 - That is one of the most moving tributes I've ever seen. God bless that family and all those that took time to recognize a brave solider.
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Re: Inconvenience
Infield08, Thank you so much for posting that link . What a moving tribute. I was supposed to be on my way out the door, but just had to watch the whole thing, with tears streaming down my cheeks. Thank you, Sergeant First Class John C. Beale. Thank you, Sgt. 1st Class William "Brian" Woods. Thank you to all of our brave men and women who are willing to serve and sacrifice. Because freedom isn't free. Julie
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Re: "What have you done for me lately?"
Maybe he got tired of having to own Andruw Jones. When the season started, Jones and then-Brave Jeff Francouer were the poster boys for Jaramillo's great counseling. Then both went in the tank. Francouer actually finished strong after his trade to the Mets. Neither burnished Jaramillo's resume very much, I'm afraid.
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Re: "Pitch to Contact"
Very ironic that this comes up on 3 major boards nearly simultaniously. I think it mis-named, but a tremendous pitching strategy..I consider it to be the most intellectually mature approach to pitching, one that in one hand seems to fore go stats but trusts the integrity of the team. I think without 2 specific pitches in their degrees of variety the thought train wouldn't exist. Those pitches being the 2 seammer with the sinker and cutter varients and the change (Preferrably sinking or...
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Re: H.S. coach verbally abusing 14-18 yr olds
Thats good stuff I hope the parents are brave enough. thanks and yes 2 a day since sept 24.
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Re: Pray for VA Tech students
OK, All of my family, friends, and former ballplayers have all been accounted for, and thank God they are all ok. Coach 2709 - I agree with you 100% We are the most blessed Nation in the World, and also one of the most disobedient. God Bless all of those brave students, University staff, the law enforcement officers, the rescue workers, and the hospital staffs. CV
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Re: Pray for VA Tech students
God bless all the students,family and loved ones. Let us pray for guidence and compassion through this tragedy. God bless the brave first responders who helped as best they could.
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Re: Pray for VA Tech students
I can honestly say that these are the saddest days I have ever known with what has taken place at Virginia Tech. We are a family of Hokies. I am a 1977 graduate, my wife is a 1980 graduate and my oldest son -- now a former Virginia Tech baseball player -- is a 2005 graduate. My daughter-in-law, now a former Virginia Tech volleyball player, is a 2006 graduate and my five-month old grandson has spent virtually his entire life in Hokie outfits. For me and Hokies everywhere, yesterday was no...
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Re: Players drinking
"I went to a party, Mom" I went to a party, and remembered what you said. You told me not to drink, Mom so I had a sprite instead. I felt proud of myself, the way you said I would, that I didn't drink and drive, though some friends said I should. I made a healthy choice, and your advice to me was right, the party finally ended, and the kids drove out of sight. I got into my car, sure to get home in one piece, I never knew what was coming, Mom something I expected least. Now I'm lying on the...
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Re: Advice for a baseball mom
Pudgemom31, I getcha'. I completely understand where you are coming from. I too have been the sole baseball parent. ( Husband is usually deployed somewhere. Military guy. ) At games, I'm pretty much ok, because there are lots of other moms around,..but at football combines and baseball showcases/camps, I'm usually the lone ranger mom floating ( sometimes drowning )in a sea of dad's. There are times, I have to admit, that I feel uneasy and almost always inadequate. These dad's talk the lingo.
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Re: The Coach of Oz
ClevelandDad - you're soooo brave. The shoes curling up and sliding under the house
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Re: Rain
Ohhh...I remember now.... (From the Daily Wildcat) I remember well the first time I ever remarked to an out-of-towner that I liked the smell of rain. She gave me a curious, sideways look. "Rain doesn't have any smell," she answered. The unique scent I always identified with rain actually comes from the whiff the creosote bushes give off when they're soaked with water, mixed up with the earthy odor of drenched dust. It's a familiar scent to anyone who's encountered a rainstorm in the...
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Re: no hs baseball
Brave, Baseball is desire..If it is in him, no hs coach can stop him. Have him continue to train and work and walking on is a real possibility, particularly with outstanding grades. Apparently his hs is just totally flush with pitching..not everyone else is so blessed believe me. Mid 80's and a good game will get him on the bump somewhere. SC is good baseball country and plenty of schools in the mid south should be looked at. Start him off. Get him to begin his college search with an eye...
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Re: 6-5a
WOW - PD that is going out on a limb, brave, brave man. Talk about pet peeves,so you want to throw the whole team of talented young men that have produced at the varsity level for multiple years by the way side because you think one young man hasn't shown how good he is on the HS field. ?????? That young man is very well thought of by all the scouts and by his team mates...you're better than that...to steal a phase from Coach English. I don't know if Coppell will win state but if they lose...
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Re: Sad day for Braves fans
I am so dissappointed in this story. I think it's probably a safe bet the Chipper won't be a Brave much longer either. There has been so much talk about trying to get the younger generation to be fans of the game, but the Braves are doing a real bad job of it. Glavine is a big fan favorite, but of the older fans, the younger ones don't know him. They love Smoltzy, gone. Texiera, gone. Andruw, gone. Frenchy, will be gone if he doesn't get out of his slump. McCann seems to be the only one...
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Re: Jaw dropper...then a reality check
What a boring life I live. I'm sitting here watching C-Span and the debate over the stimulus package and of course there is no mention of any of that money being directed towards our soldiers. I understand this money is to revive our economy, but I cannot think of a group of people who need help more than these young and brave soldiers coming back from some of the most horrific scenes they will ever experience. Both sides of the aisle need to come together and start treating these men and...
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Re: Jaw dropper...then a reality check
Fungo, I agree with you only to the point that there is a huge political divide in this nation. I’m going to have to respectfully disagree with the rest of your statements, and especially the ‘loose cannon’ crack. For the record, here's the entire quote that you have cherry picked to make your point. "We've got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there."...
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Re: Jennifer Tyde Classic
Meatsdad -- I agree that there were a few close calls in the last inning, but that's baseball and I'm surprised to hear you use it as an excuse. If your guys want to erase the doubt, stop throwing off the plate, hoping to get calls. After all, it was only Plano East. As you imply that the home plate ump had an impact on the game, you take away from a great pitching performance by Derek Bell. <Last year it was because Cole got hurt.> Although I like the way most of your guys play the...
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Re: Hasta La Vista
Although all major league pitchers (except maybe Wakefield) are potentially lethal ,Johnson seemed to release the ball from about 45 feet from the plate and threw across to lefthanded hitters. You had to be disciplined and brave to hang in there, much less get a hit.
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Re: Why did you play for a Travel/Showcase Team?
Great post coach. They are exactly the same reasons my son joined his team. To push it to the limit and to be the best by beating (or losing to)the best. The exposure just comes along with it. We really enjoy the competition of the Va/NC rivalry against you guys. I am sure it brings out the best in both teams and that is what the players (and the scouts) want. That is why your team has been so sucessful, not only in the win-loss column, but in getting players signed. Yes, both teams are...
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Re: Three years ago this week
I don't know whether to thank you or not, TPM. Today, we're moving our freshman son into the dorms. . I've been trying to be brave and not be too teary..but here I am waiting to wake up my son and I read your post! Already getting misty!!
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Re: Lance Armstrong
I know some people will disagree with me but does anybody really care about the Tour de France? If Armstrong had never existed most Americans would equate the Tour with a Kazakistanian land rally or something. It sounds like this race is rife with drugs and Lance was probably the best of the druggers. I'm surprised someone who had had cancer which is often accompanied by the multiplication of the cells going crazy, would be brave enough to use something that causes cellular and organ changes...
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Re: Peculiar happenings during game
I was at the snack shack, the kid in front of me about 7 years old had about 30 - 40 bee stings on his head and neck. I asked him what had happened. He responded(naturally) with his toothless smile I got stung by bees! I asked. Did you learn anything. He said, You don't throw rocks at bees. This was the abridged version. The day before he and his buddy were up an embankment adjacent to the ball field and and were tormenting the bees, who finally had enough and attacked the kids the...
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Re: Travel Teams in Georgia?
Rbtiger4, I remember the game well. It was a great game and you guys played very well that day. I don't think people realize just how many good players are out there in the Atlanta area that do not play for East Cobb for one reason or another. Unfortunately, the Fightin' Squirrels have most likely played their last game as a team. I have so many wonderful memories of watching those boys (Sandy Plains Heat) develop into fine young men (Fightin' Squirrels). I have never laughed so hard and...
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Re: A THOUGHT
TRhit... early on we've been very up front with our coaches about our son's goals... having said that, my son was told by our AD last year..."if you don't play football...don't expect me to help you in your pursuits." - he and a few other brave souls were singled out during early spring football workouts... so for those who will have roadblocks in this area...I offer words of encouragement - help you son to be objective and honest and quiet (with regard to responding to certain issues)...and...
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Re: Talent or Height - College Question
rz1....that made me laugh out loud...I can't imagine someone being brave enough to say such...
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Re: Parents: Don't Talk to High School Coaches!!!
I don't that is a "typical" youth - however they are very brave youth. I have had two moms(!!) complain to me (why me?) that the coach didn't like their son - that is why he wasn't playing much. They are rising freshman on the summer team and they want the kids to start and play every inning. I think many of the issues parents are are rooted with the parents themselves. If Jr was the star in Middle School then he should be the star in High School, right? Never mind that the team has kids...