Tagged With "Norwood Blues"
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BBI Premier Divisions
BBI now has three separate divisions in the 18U and 16U leagues. The divisions are BBI Premier, BBI Select and BBI Tarrant County. The Premier Division is comprised of the upper-tier teams, the Select Division is the open division as BBI has always...
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New BASEBALL AMERICA High School Top 50 NATIONAL RANKINGS
Monday, May 8 -Torrey Pines Falcons Break Into Top 25 Baseball America National Poll - www.tpfalcons.com BASEBALL AMERICA High School Top 50 NATIONAL RANKINGSDURHAM, N.C.--The Woodlands (Texas) High remained on top of the Baseball America/National...
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Blue Jays, Phillies and Braves Scouts to Host Clinic
Former Major League Player and current Philadelphia Phillies Scout Eric Valent will join John Stewart of the Atlanta Braves and Matt Anderson of the Toronto Blue Jays for a baseball clinic on December 3, 2011 at LANCO Fieldhouse in Lancaster,...
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Sick of Bonds/steroids...some feel good stories
Personally, the never ending steroids/Bonds banter is taking its toll on my interest in the HSBBW. I expect the banter to continue, to likely increase and to be never ending as McGuire HOF status approaches.Thought I would suggest posting some feel...
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Aninteresting read about pitcher routines
For starting pitchers, 'off days' aren't what they seem By Mike Dodd, USA TODAYIf all goes well, a starting pitcher will make an appearance for about two hours every five days. He'll be in the spotlight, with his performance replayed, analyzed and...
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Independent Player asked to showcases
My son - a junior - was cut from his high school team this year. He played varsity for the summer and fall ball of his high school. He is a catcher with a 3.3 GPA, he just took his SAT so we don't have results on that as of yet.Immediately after being...
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Blue Chip Prospects Showcase Events
Has anyone had any dealings with them or any info about their showcase events.My son missed his freshman year due to injury (stress fracture in lower spine)and is getting ready for summer season. If all goes well we were looking to get him into a...
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SUMMER ALL STAR TEAMS
With the school year coming to an end in Florida and the rest of the nation in a month, who has been invited to the various national all star tryouts and teams.Beteween AFLAC, Blue-Gray, USA Baseball and others, the HSBBW should be well...
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Duke out of March Madness...
I know we are on a baseball forum...But folks what about the great season the Blue Devils had... and it did ends tonight They loose against LSU...And what about JJ Redick... this guy led the team all year long... and tonight the senior's last game...
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"Ya Had a Bad Day...."
The 'Game Central Okay To Brag' thread is going hot 'n heavy, and I love reading all the great starts! I was able to post in there for son's LAST trip to the bump (4IP 12Ks 1BB 1H) Today, however....not so great.....Though we don't need to start a...
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the new stealth
has anyone seen the new stealth i think the '07. i saw it when i played against another high school... its white barrel and blue bendy part... anyone see this and have a link to where it is and preorder website.thanks in advance
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CONGRATS to Beach District Players
From the Va Pilot High School Notebook (3-30-06): Cox's Cody Wilson (RHP) has commited to William and Mary.Cox's Blake Stokely (OF) has commited to Blue Ridge Junior College (NC).Kempsville's Ben Lee (INF) has committed to Bluefield.Kempsville's Matt...
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Phillies, Braves and Blue Jays Scouts to Hold Clinic
Former Major League Player and current Philadelphia Phillies Scout Eric Valent will join John Stewart of the Atlanta Braves and Matt Anderson of the Toronto Blue Jays for a baseball clinic on December 3, 2011 at LANCO Fieldhouse in Lancaster,...
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CATCHERS, what do you do with umps
in my little community, as a catcher, i usually always know the umpires. i know that blue is supposed to be impartial, but lets face it, we are all human. what do you, catchers from larger towns and cities, do with an ump you dont know?
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Playing Conditions
I need to vent my frustration. High school baseball can be so frustrating. For some reason, our conference athletic directors decide to move all of our league games up a good week in the season (prior to spring break). We live in the northwest and let...
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upcoming showcases
Name: Independent League Placement Service Tryouts Date: Sun 30-Apr-2006 Time: 11:00am Info: Prospect Watch is holding a tryout camp on Sunday April 30,2006 at Georgia Perimeter College's in Clarkston, Georgia at 11:00 am. The tryout camp is open to...
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New Bats
Go to eastbay, they have pics of all of the new bats. I like the regular flex stealth with the blue, looks pretty sweet.
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Jason Armstrong-first MLB game
Infielddad's son, Jason Armstrong, got his first MLB innings with the Blue Jays yesterday! Drafted out of Trinity University in San Antonio in 2004. Way to go Jason!!!
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Illinois basketball team and fashion
Only relationship to baseball in this post is the fact that James Augustine played baseball at LW Central for a couple of seasons.I propose we start a collection and provide the Illinois basketball program with some "smart" blazers and slacks and...
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Texas Sports Red 18U - Summer 2012
Our 18U Travel Team is looking for talented players to add to the roster for the summer of 2012. If you are serious about taking your game to the next level you can contact former Texas Ranger, Coach Clay Smith or former Toronto Blue Jay, Coach Derek...
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TSR-Just added Texas A&M to our schedule
Texas Sports Red Baseball is primed and ready to go in 2012. We have very strong rosters that will compete around the country. 16U looking for an outfielder and pitcher, and 18U looking for two pitchers and a catcher.TSR is a premier high school...
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Blue-Grey Baseball Classic
Not sure if anyone has been to any of their events or not. But, I got a call from a guy in Boston who said that one of his guys saw me play and wanted me to go to one of their events coming up. Just curious if anyone here knows much about the...
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Best in State
Ok. It is me. Carl Tex. The Senor. Now I am a very large man, this is well known. Today I am saying to you, Grissom Tigers are best in area, and North Alabama Beisbol is strong. Let us talk about best player in state. Senior Hunter Morris. Ay Caramba!...
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Is it too soon to start discussion about Summer Baseball?
Who looks to be the top teams in Legion? I know the Concord Big Blue and Central Orange are both strong again. Underwood is running the NH Storm program and rumors are that NEAAU is running what they call a prospect league, I have my doubts about...
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Blue-Gray Classic
Wondering what the experiences have been with this event. Were there any 2008 events? Has anyone attended and if so, what was your experience?J23
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Expensive for minor league ball?
I haven't been to a minor league game for a couple of years. We went to see the Wilmington Blue Rocks today. Burgers and chips were $7. Hot Dogs $3. Sodas were $3.50. Ice cream bars (the $1.25 kind at 7/11) were $4. The thing I always remembered about...
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Blue-Gray and Top96 Showcases
Anyone have experience with these showcase events? Positive or negative? Is it a must do to get your name out there or will HS and Legion performances provide more valuable exposure?
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Good Sportsmanship
I'm doing a very good job of maintaining good sportsmanship this summer but there have been a few times when I would really like to holler or unload. since that would be very bad; I will use this venue and some of my favorite umps to unload on here!...
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Baseball Myths, Traditions, Weird Superstitions ,etc
So what kinds of things seem weird to you when it comes to baseball? I'll start with a list that we've kind of talked about at my internship in minor league baseball...1. Baseball players and their "vitamin I" we call it. Ibuprofen daily for...
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umpire with limited movement
This is kind of a sensitive area, but would like some input. We were at a tournament where we had a field umpire who wasn't getting into a good position to make calls at second base, our coach was upset at the first call at second base where catcher...
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Elite World Series
Congratulations to all the North Texas teams at the Elite 32. 14u- Drew Noss' D-Bat Mustangs Southwest went 6-3 getting knocked out by the eventual runner up to finish tied for 5th. They beat: Hanover Heat, Utah Horns Select,D-Bat Mustangs Blue, Team...
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Midwest Nationals Tryout Dates Announced
The Nationals will only field the 18u Nats Blue next summer. Tryout dates for Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri have been set (specific locations are still yet to be determined). You can visit the link below for additional information. ...
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Ball in uniform
While watching the cubs vs astros game, the pitcher had the ball enter his uniform, fumbled trying to find it and the batter ended up on first base. End of story. But then my son posed a quite interesting question.What happens if there is a runner on...
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DSP World Series in Bloomington-Normal-RESULTS ON OUR WEBSITE
Exellent summer season ending travel baseball will be played this weekend starting Thursday as the 1st Annual Diamond Sports Promotions World Series Begins.Teams selected to participate at the JV level wereSt Louis Games Blue, Decatur, FCA...
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dsp world series- finals of varsity in progress
The Central Illinois Outlaws defeated the Longshots 2010 squad 13-9 to earn the right to play the Longshots 09 squad for the championship.The Longshots 2010 team was defeated by the longshots Baseball 09 team last night in a squeaker losing 6-5 in the...
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Summer plans for my son
My Son is a young (161/2 yr old) junior 6'6" pitcher. He has played on the Bayside Yankees for 4 years. Often the Ace of the team or the number 2 guy. He was offered to play on the team 17U Team again this summer. With Travel to Premier, WWBA Perfect...
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My son has 1st HS homerun hit off him
We faced Torrance HS in a non-league match up. My son came in to relieve, already down. He was looking pretty good having K'd a few and kept most from hitting anything hard; he fanned Gumbs with a high fastball that I knew he was going to throw. One...
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Blue Chip Prospects
Hi everyone. I have been reading this site for 4 plus years and learned a great deal about the world of Baseball. My son is a 2010 C with good grades and looking to the east coast to find that right fit of baseball and academics. (we are left coast...
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Dropped Third Strike Scoring
Bases loaded two outs, two strikes. All base runners were there without previous error or PB.Strike three is in the dirt. Offense holds their position, catcher rolls ball back to the mound and defense starts leaving the field. As soon as the ball...
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HARD OFFLINE SLIDE
1 out ball hit to to our SS he flips to 2B covering, 2b then continues his momenttum in toward 3b and attemps throw to complete play but is upended by R1 who has taken a path about two foot offline to break up the play. Goes in with high spikes. Our...
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Another balk video
Greetings oh men in blue! Here’s another balk video. My son, a HS senior, was called for a balk a few nights ago that I still don’t understand. First time he’s ever been called for a balk when he delivered home. Any...
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Rumor is...
Former DBAT player Robert Ray will make his MLB debut this Saturday for the Toronto Blue Jays.I know your proud Cade.Congrats to Robert and family.
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home plate
Ok here is a pretty simple one for you guys.My son plays Pony Baseball at Pony level(13-14 yr olds). We had a game were the oposing team coach asked the ump to clean the plate, the ump ignored him, so he asked again to which blue responded"I can see...
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foul or not
We had a game where blue called a ball hit down third base line and landed foul fair. Our coach informed him that it landed foul, to which blue agreed but said it traveled over third base and is fair even though it landed in foul territory.Who is right?
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question about bat
Hsbaseballweb,I currently have a 2008 model voodoo and went through four seasons with it. So, i was looking for a new bat. I saw that the Tpx exo had a tpx exo air in 2009 black/gold but does anyone know if they make the new blue/white exo with the...
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what are top TB organizations looking for?
Having a daughter who is a junior and who is being recruited buy several D1 schools for softball I know the value of playing for a top TB organization. It opens doors without any doubt.Recently I took my son to a tryout for what is considered one of...
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Hot Bats
Anybody on here have beliefs about any hot bats? I for years was an Easton guy and over the past 5 years was a TPX guy. I have recently changed after hearing and seeing the difference with the Easton 09 Stealth (blue). Does anybody know anything...
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SELECTFEST
cONFLICT HAS ARISEN BTWN GOING TO BLUE CHIP TOURNAMENT AND SELECTFEST SHOWCASE . SAME DATES. WHAT WOULD THE BETTER CHOICE BE sELECTFEST INVITE IS FOR RELIEF PITCHER. WILL THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BAT?
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How much has it changed?
One of the things I have noticed on this website is that very few of the pointers, tips, and examples have been updated since I have begun visiting this site. I sometimes fear that the recruiting landscape is constantly changing and with some of the...