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Re: Two way players
Kris plays for the Jupiter Hammerheads, Marlin High A. He told me his dad was now a pitching coach for them. Bryan Harvey would help work with pitchers at Clemson when Kris was there, really nice, down home North Carolina type of guy. He was always so positive with DK.
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Re: Rainy Days
If it's our day in the "barn" we hit. Out county fairground committee let's our baseball and softball teams use a barn at the fairgrounds to hit in. We alternate days with softball. We got two cages and enough room to run soft toss, Tee and other drills around and two indoor mounds for the pitchers. We can get a lot of work done in there. If it's softball's day in the barn then we either go to the parking lot with yellow dimple balls (if it's not raining) and have an almost full practice OR...
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Re: Workout w/o Equipment
it was from a local strongest man competition...tore something in shoulder and i thought they said Rotator Cuff. Labrum might have also been said but it's been 12 years or so and I forget...and then a coach got suspended (baseball) for letting players make up exercises with items laying around the baseball field barn area and a kid got hurt (shoulder) throwing tires. (the latter NOT being supervised by adults).... at least not properly.
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Re: A tribute song for the great state of Alabama. THE DAY BEAR BRYANT DIED
They have to get thru Florida first big guy?? Should be a barn burner. EH
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Re: Epiphany at Baseball America?????
OK only kidding about the seaside ocean view home. But I hope this game finishes before I have to go to work. What a barn burner. Bottom of the 10th.
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Re: Week 4 Fantasy Football Standings & Scores
Yes Emanski... I was very lucky to get a win in the barn this week...
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Re: A DISGUSTING DISPLAY BY FANS
pg the paper used to have a few drunken disorderly's as most do. the court log yesterday dropped the drunken in public charge .as long as your not disorderly it's ok to be smashed. that would have been a big help to me 40 years ago,lol. we live in a great country for sure, and we have made great strides as far as opportunity's for our youth. but taking little johnny out behind the barn with a switch now and then would go a long way today. life is to easy for kids today, and i guess that's...
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Re: Regardless of your political persuasion
I am angry that Snoopy's people haven't done a better job of getting the word out. Watch the video. Funny! There is a mayoral race in Kentucky where the dog won the election. My kind of town! Mayor Election News Flash by CJaye | November 2, 2008 at 08:43 am | 28 views | add comment Mayor Election News Flash by CJaye This was the cutest show I've seen in a while. If you want a good laugh and something that makes you feel good take a look at web page. CBS Sunday Morning had a special on this...
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Re: What would you put in your dream hitting facility?
Here's my plan... First, erect something of a pole barn with roof covering a 50ft wide. x 70 ft long. of ground space. 4 rows of 6 support polls would run the 70ft. length being roughly 12ft. apart. Each row would be 15ft. apart effectively creating 3 cages...with an overhang on one side for tee stations. 2. Around the bottom I pour a concrete pad, probably 55ft. x 75ft. I would cover the whole pad with some mid-grade astro turf. Good enough to last, cheap enough to fit the budget. 3. In the...
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Re: How much work does it take?
Thanks to everyone for their input. My son's goal since he was around 8 has been to play at our local university and beyond. He's always been talented and works hard. I usually leave it up to him when to practice. He does need to be coaxed a little bit when he's vegging out in front of the TV or Xbox. He has a Solohitter in the garage and spends a lot of time with that.For groundballs in the winter we go over to the college (2 or 3 times a week, a twenty minute drive) they have an indoor...
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Re: Shame on all the select coaches
I don't think we should blame ALL the coaches. I see it more with the organization and the manager. Also, in general the coaches coach and yes they have egos. But they are not the reason the system is screwed up. Baseball like all sports is now a business. You have facilites opening all the time, private lessons, training programs, camps, teams, etc. The horse is out of the barn. I think in time things will work themselves out, however we are in for some crazy times first. Look at all the...
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Re: It's July 1st, how's is it going?
Here too! Son's school just signed another '05 player this Tuesday. The important thing is to be SURE it's the right fit for you before giving a verbal. I know of a couple of players that had barn-burner seasons their Senior year and said they wish they had waited for more options. Ya just never know. Do your homework and IMO don't let $$$'s be the only reason you choose a school. PS, Bullwinkle, though I must say the Green & Gold looked good on you, it's nice to see you back in antlers!
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Re: Baseball Opportunities
According to OPP, he painted a bull's eye on the side of the barn so Zach could throw at the target. Guess that wherever there is a will there is a way. In Key West (much less populated than Miami/Dade metro area)the HS team (only one) has to travel for hours to play other HS teams, yet they tend to produce some very talented players, ex. Khalil from the Padres).
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Re: Push-off with the back leg???
I've tried to stay out of discussion since... My 2 cents, I've never taught a player to push off of their back foot. In hitting, I never thought about it. Is there some resistance? Sure, and the same as walking or ... However, I think that purposly thinking push off is similar to those other "thoughts" that impede the swing process. Long story short. One of my Dads brought in an instructor in the winter/spring of 2006. The Dad owns a barn and our team hits there every winter. One primary...
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Re: Push-off with the back leg???
Coach, I actually teach the "Elvis" move, but I teach to use the big toe and pad of the big toe to push off of to get the knees moving. The front knee moves the hips closed and the back knee moves them back forward. Once the bat is in position to go forward and the hips are fully open, I teach to punch the back knee in the direction of the hit. Now...I guess that can be characterized as pushing with the glutes, hamstrings or pulling with them. Here is how I teach hip rotation; I put a 5...
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Re: Location
We do our bullpens where they first get good and warm and then start at the low outside corner until they can consistantly hit that spot with the fastball. Then we move to the low inside corner until they can consistantly hit that spot with fastball and then move to the up and in location until they hit that spot with fastball. Then down the middle with fastball. Then we work on change-up not worrying about side to side as much as location just out of strike zone down until they feel...
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Re: What is More Important?
I think Bubba is putting together a "junket bus" to bring them "poor passed over pitchers" out of California to his showcases! Bubba's Baseball Bashers Bonanza, LLC. We'll hold ten (3-Day) events a year at a cost of $499.99 per event to the participants. We will guarantee that you will be seen by a professional scout and a college recruiter; Be listed on our website, which is fully accessible to every college coach in the nation that has the time to surf the internet for his players; Get a...
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Re: Southern boys vs northen boys
Athleticism, arts, and intelligence are not influence by the location of where one is born. While a resident of Minnesota may excel at lacrosse, a Floridian may be a better baseball player. The son of a Chicago meatpacker may be able to knock a refrigerator down with his bare hands but he may have trouble knocking a home run with a 34” bat. The person schooled in New York may claim to be an artist but couldn’t even compete with a hick in bibbed overalls when it comes to painting “See Rock...
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Re: Southern boys vs northen boys
TheEH, Once the Northern kids get done with milkin the cows there are some really competitive games against the barn. Where do you think the cliche "a real crapppy mound" came from. No broom for this plate, just a shovel. That PG guy has some real good land down in the midst of Iowa, if he could only get the livestock off the base paths. It seems to me that the Northern teams hold thier own in Jupiter and other places they play. That is if the tractor starts and Bessy not in labor with twin...
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Re: Southern boys vs northen boys
OPP, Them there barn signs are all over the place. There was an article in our local co-op magazine about the old fellow that painted them. Most are off the beaten path because that is where the barns are. Question about north vs. south: Since you are nomadic by your own admission, if your herd of armadillos migrates north, will you follow them?
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Re: Who's great, the players or the coach?
lafmom, coach merc, pgstaff and others have made great comments IMO. Coaching on a level playing field for many years brings out the best coaches very quickly. In a high school situation where you can't recruit, you had better make a difference as a coach. In a district where the talent is pretty even, some exceptions of course, all facets of the game are important. One thing we are all forgetting here is Preparation. It is such a key in this game and it separates the good coaches from the...
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Re: Improved Velocity
Long toss has been generally accepted as a method for increasing arm strength for a long time now. Jaeger developed a system for long toss that has worked for many. He has many "poster boys". I've seen pitchers use many different forms of long toss and most successful pitchers don't really use long distances (over 120'). Others have thrown 300' or more, even as far as they possibly can. I first saw weighted balls being used about 15 years ago. I didn't see any significant improvement in that...
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Re: Improved Velocity
Clark Bars are also getting hard to find... but I love Baby Ruth's as well... I would add pitching as a way to build arm strength PG. I think people get so caught up with the injury factor these days that they become afraid to pitch sometimes. Pitching is a hazardous activity but I believe pitching can also build arm strength... fwiw..
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Tryout Tips/Parent Letter - Tryouts are MONDAY!
Here is a copy of a handout we give our players prior to trying out. Also, included is a letter that they take home for their parents.1. Understand that a tryout is not a social event. You are there to take someone's job. In the past, various players...
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If Super Bowl is boring
MLB network is replaying 1992 Braves vs. Pirates.Orlando Cabrera's big hit, Sid Bream (wasn't it?) sliding into home... great game; I am there if the Super Bowl isn't a barn burner. I'll flip back to catch the commercials...
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Re: Try Outs
When I was head coach in KY I would do a three day tryouts. First day was more geared to skills and running tests. We would instruct them as coaches to check to see if they were coachable. Would they at least attempt to try to do something we tell them to or blow us off. Plus we get to see their skills at that point to see if they are at least athletic. Second day was usually in our indoor hitting "facility" (an old pig barn we could hang up nets). Little bit of instruction but really just...
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Pre Season Hitting & Catchers Camps
***To Register for any of our camps or for more info please email midatlantictournamentbaseball@gmail.com*** Hitting Camp **Get ready for your tryouts and season with our 6 week hitting camp with the Pro's** Camp Instructors: Steve Miller...
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Pre Season Hitting & Catchers Camps
***To Register for any of our camps or for more info please email midatlantictournamentbaseball@gmail.com*** Hitting Camp **Get ready for your tryouts and season with our 6 week hitting camp with the Pro's** Camp Instructors: Steve...
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Dominion District Semifinal Games May 22
James River and Cosby will face off Thursday night in the Dominion District tourney championship game, at L.C. Bird at 7:00 p.m., after they beat Manchester and Midlothian, respectively, last night. Both James River and Cosby will also advance to the...
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Strength of schedule
Well, this year’s playoffs are over, and with them the 2018 spring HS baseball season. We were all feeling pretty badly about a poor showing, so I thought I’d take a little closer look. Please see attachment. Considering we play 2 games against every conference team, our schedule was much tougher than most. And considering that next year there’s a re-alignment and the 2 worst conference teams(9,310 and 10,209) will be leaving the conference while the team ranked 1,809 will be coming into the...
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Wow what a night!
We left school Thursday night and my car was already covered with ice. No, seriously, students and teachers alike were doing anything and everything to get into their cars. Finally got in and then couldn't get the door to stay shut. After 20...
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Re: Automated Strike Zone Gets Test Run
Once the machine starts calling balls and strikes, I can't wait to sit through those inevitable 9-0 games in the 7th or 8th inning when the losing team's 5th reliever can't hit the broad side of a barn. Will the machine have a "mercy setting" that widens the zone several inches in each direction so that we can all get home before the next day's game begins? I'm usually on the "early adopter" end of the spectrum; but, the more I think about some of the real life consequences of turning this...
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Re: Automated Strike Zone Gets Test Run
Originally Posted by Prepster: Once the machine starts calling balls and strikes, I can't wait to sit through those inevitable 9-0 games in the 7th or 8th inning when the losing team's 5th reliever can't hit the broad side of a barn. Will the machine have a "mercy setting" that widens the zone several inches in each direction so that we can all get home before the next day's game begins? Why should it? The umpires always have the power to stop a game. I'm usually on the "early adopter" end...
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Re: Automated Strike Zone Gets Test Run
Originally Posted by Stats4Gnats: Originally Posted by Prepster: Once the machine starts calling balls and strikes, I can't wait to sit through those inevitable 9-0 games in the 7th or 8th inning when the losing team's 5th reliever can't hit the broad side of a barn. Will the machine have a "mercy setting" that widens the zone several inches in each direction so that we can all get home before the next day's game begins? Why should it? The umpires always have the power to stop a game. I'm...
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Re: Velocity in your area
It seems many forget that scouts and recruiters are recruiting prospects for the future. It really seams logical to me that it means very little how they performed against others at a days event. Most times they are trying to determine what potential a player has 3-4yrs down the road. Only the top top players are ready to contribute at the next level as a freshman or 18-19yr olds in the pro's. Next time you see an average built 18yr old senior RHP. Throwing 80 and dominating a showcase game,...
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Re: VT Decommit
Originally Posted by #1 Assistant Coach: I was chatting with a showcase organization GM this summer at the 15u WWBA. He said something to the effect, "I've lost count of how many RC's have told me that they are DONE with recruiting (read: offering) 15 year olds." Sounds like there are RCs who are drawing a line. Not sure if the line begins at 16 or what? I imagine it is an unwritten rule that they find hard to live by in the arms race that is recruiting. Sounds like the same RC's that talk...
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Re: Need some advice re: HS pitching
Wonder how much better Bob Gibson might have been if they just corrected all the flaws and cleaned up his mechanics. It always bothers me when the natural ability is disregarded in the interest of improving mechanics. Nobody ever taught Bob Feller how to throw a baseball. He spent hours out behind the barn and threw the ball the way his body told him he could best throw it.
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Re: Need some advice re: HS pitching
Originally Posted by PGStaff: Wonder how much better Bob Gibson might have been if they just corrected all the flaws and cleaned up his mechanics. It always bothers me when the natural ability is disregarded in the interest of improving mechanics. Nobody ever taught Bob Feller how to throw a baseball. He spent hours out behind the barn and threw the ball the way his body told him he could best throw it. I'm always right with you on everything PG, but it sounds to me like you are shunning...
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Re: Need some advice re: HS pitching
Originally Posted by PGStaff: Wonder how much better Bob Gibson might have been if they just corrected all the flaws and cleaned up his mechanics. It always bothers me when the natural ability is disregarded in the interest of improving mechanics. Nobody ever taught Bob Feller how to throw a baseball. He spent hours out behind the barn and threw the ball the way his body told him he could best throw it. While I agree, they didn't pitch in an era where the exit speed off the bat was almost...
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Re: Need some advice re: HS pitching
Originally Posted by TPM: Originally Posted by PGStaff: Wonder how much better Bob Gibson might have been if they just corrected all the flaws and cleaned up his mechanics. It always bothers me when the natural ability is disregarded in the interest of improving mechanics. Nobody ever taught Bob Feller how to throw a baseball. He spent hours out behind the barn and threw the ball the way his body told him he could best throw it. While I agree, they didn't pitch in an era where the exit speed...
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Re: Winter Showcases
Originally Posted by roothog66: Originally Posted by joes87: Fortunately for us we are in a major metro area and there are a few indoor baseball training facilities around us. Just googled your town and I can see how you may have an issue... Plenty of barns in the area, though. May have to requisition one. Totally Understand what you are saying and you might have to put your eggs in summer baseball basket. With that said....I remember reading an article in which Erik Bedard, from Canada,...
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Re: D1 after limited HS playing time?
I had a "big time" lefty. Oh, he was going to be the next great ... When we started the HS preseason practices and he threw live BP, he kept hitting our hitters. In fact, he hit 5 in the row. He could sure throw hard and could not hit the broad side of a barn. Then, we gave him his shot, he hit the first hitter he faced in a game. He didn't make it 3 innings. His dad blamed our staff. We ruined him. We ruined him when he had his private coach, was not coachable and was, in fact, so wild we...
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Re: D1 after limited HS playing time?
Originally Posted by CoachB25: I had a "big time" lefty. Oh, he was going to be the next great ... When we started the HS preseason practices and he threw live BP, he kept hitting our hitters. In fact, he hit 5 in the row. He could sure throw hard and could not hit the broad side of a barn. Then, we gave him his shot, he hit the first hitter he faced in a game. He didn't make it 3 innings. His dad blamed our staff. We ruined him. We ruined him when he had his private coach, was not coachable...
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Re: ASMI position statement on TJ surgeries
I could see a reason for most everything ever mentioned having an impact on TJ surgery increase. It is interesting that nearly everyone talks about improving mechanics. When my son had TJ, they strongly recommended a change in mechanics. The change to a more traditional style lowered his peak velocity. He became a different type of pitcher. Guess you could say it worked because he made it back to the Big Leagues. However, soon after he blew out his shoulder. Those that aren't...
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Re: ASMI position statement on TJ surgeries
Originally Posted by PGStaff: I could see a reason for most everything ever mentioned having an impact on TJ surgery increase. It is interesting that nearly everyone talks about improving mechanics. When my son had TJ, they strongly recommended a change in mechanics. The change to a more traditional style lowered his peak velocity. He became a different type of pitcher. Guess you could say it worked because he made it back to the Big Leagues. However, soon after he blew out his shoulder.
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Re: ASMI position statement on TJ surgeries
Originally Posted by PGStaff: I could see a reason for most everything ever mentioned having an impact on TJ surgery increase. It is interesting that nearly everyone talks about improving mechanics. When my son had TJ, they strongly recommended a change in mechanics. The change to a more traditional style lowered his peak velocity. He became a different type of pitcher. Guess you could say it worked because he made it back to the Big Leagues. However, soon after he blew out his shoulder.
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Re: Would You Have Done This as Opposing Coach?
Originally Posted by lefthookdad: I'm with shortnquick on this one...nothing wrong with letting the opposing coach know he was violating the rules and should stop just in case somebody doesn't like and will report it. I am all for the rules and play within them....and like short said...if he says f-off that's a whole new story...lol I think the recording was just an insurance policy in case the game turned out the way it did. I'd like to think that I'd take the high road too, but then I've...
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Re: World Cup Soccer
Originally Posted by Swampboy: RJM, I don't have any problems with soccer or any other game I didn't happen to play or don't happen to know much about. However, the way soccer is promoted is very annoying. I do resent the constant drumbeat of how resistance to the inevitable triumph of soccer is futile because soccer players worldwide far outnumber baseball/football/basketball players, the world has already picked soccer as the supreme expression of athleticism and the USA will soon fall in...
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Re: NCAA gives 5 "Power Conferences" the Keys to the vault.
Originally Posted by J H: This approach isn't optimal for the long-term development of college sports. However, anything that takes the power away from the oblivious criminals that are in charge of the NCAA…I wholeheartedly support. Exactly my thoughts. I'm willing to bet there was some serious wrangling between the NCAA and representatives from the top 5 conferences here. From the NCAA's perspective they gave up some power, but kept these guys under their umbrella. In the coming years,...