Tagged With "Pounding the Pavement"
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Footwear
My son asked my opinion (imagine that coming from a 14 y/o...lol) on the best type of spikes for a catcher. He's always worn mids and was wondering if lows would provide more comfort/flexibility. Your thoughts? I shared with him that I had read some...
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Teen dies after car skids on wet Irving street
08:09 AM CST on Saturday, January 26, 2008From WFAA-TV Staff ReportsA teenager was fatally injured Friday night in a weather-related traffic accident in south Irving, authorities said.Jerry Hux,17, died in the crash. The accident happened when the...
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Just for Fun - Test your Writing Skills
These are actual metaphors and analogies used in high school papers. Enjoy! ~ His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free. ~ She grew on him like she was a colony of E. Coli and he was...
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Johnson and Johnson First Aid Kit
Ok,..so I'm hoping I dont get laughed off this forum,..but I had to share with all the ladies.Ya know when ya find a good bargain and ya just have to share??? Well, dont know about you all,..but I have been traveling to baseball up and down freeways...
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Re: Play Baseball --- Welcome to the South!
Talk about a culture shock....Saturday, I was in the middle of the West Tennessee country--surrounded by the beauty of the white, glistening snow, the bare trees, the rolling hills (it truly reminded me of my former home in Wisconsin), the warmth of the Fungos.....and then yesterday, I drove my younger son to his job in downtown Chicago---surrounded by the dreariness of the gray, speckled white (from salt) pavement, the flat roads, the tall buildings, the CARS! even on a Sunday...
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Re: Back to the bat thing
Very good point. What I was trying to get at with the bus analogy is the end result being the same, not the specific physics involved. Maybe a better analogy would be jumping off a 100 foot cliff and landing on pavement vs jumping off a 150 foot cliff. The end result is going to be the same. That is all I was saying. From a physics standpoint, does it really matter what getting hit with a ball traveling 105 mph will do when the starting point of 98 mph will cause the same devastating injury?
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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: Artificial Turf question
thanks guys... faster 60 on turf or on grass? just wondering. If I were to run a 6.8 on pavement what would you estimate id run on turf/grass?
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Re: Question about High School Tryouts
If I'm reading this right, then no 8th graders made the team. So he was merely denied an opportunity to "play up." Sounds like the door is open for next year and he generally made a great impression. Lots of positives to take from the experience. That being said, it also sounds like both you and he know what he needs to do to be ready next year. Hustling during tryouts is a great thing. Doing the off season work to be ready for tryouts is what could make the difference between just making...
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Re: Question about High School Tryouts
I don't think it's crazy of you to presume these things. Big kids are generally assumed to be that way. And unfortunately, tryouts in the gym generally work one way. Coaches can't see how a kid actually plays the game. They can't tell if a kid has good instincts or is a good baserunner. Our head coach (summer ball) during games he repeatedly demands the other kids on our team watch how my son takes a lead, gets a secondary lead, reads pitches to steal second, takes extra bases, etc. Though...
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Re: What would your dream hitting facility look like?
I currently have 3 outdoor cages, a practice infield, and a Barn with 2 full length hitting tunnels fully enclosed with lights, pavement and artificial turf...AND IT'S GETTING BULLDOZED AT THE END OF THE SEASON TO MAKE ROOM FOR A NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM AND FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELDS. Welcome to Texas High School Sports. They are building me a new baseball complex off campus. I'll have a full size practice field, but I doubt I'll have an indoor facility like I have now. Oh well, I guess we'll...
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Re: metal spikes
When I played I loved the sound they made while walking on pavement. I was also sliced from the knee up to the groin by a guy sliding into third. Took about three weeks to heal, but I wouldn't trade metal for anything, it's the sound! Sounds like BASEBALL! Herzog's Rules 1. Be on time. 2. Bust your butt. 3. Play smart. 4. Have some laughs while you're at it!
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Re: Curious
Yup...two crashes. The first time was a week ago Friday...I was driving our little red '89 Hewlett Packard/ Hyundai Excel hybrid ...tooling around town...burning rubber, laying down patches...trying to do wheelies . Not causing any trouble, just being myself. It was about 9:30 pm, I was southbound on Maple, screaming along in fourth gear and doing just over 40 mph when I approached the Moose Lodge . They must have been having their annual Christmas blowout that night. It looked...
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Re: Recruiting service?
Fungo, I am glad you didn't sign up for "Free" as that would have been an NCAA violation when a recruiting service gives away their service to a particular player in the hopes of signing up other players. I too have never met once college coach at any level who encourages the use of recruiting services or really enjoys receiving information from recruiting services. The use of their services has been debated to death on this site. While I believe that some services can offer some value, at...
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A few years ago I was changing a flat tire at the bottom of a highway exit ramp. When I had just about finished and feeling rather proud of myself because this was the first time I'd ever changed a tire, an ambulance flew down the ramp, sirens blaring, and skidded to a stop at the stop sign. As soon as traffic cleared the ambulance driver floored it across the intersection on his way toward the hospital. As soon as he took off, one of the back doors on the ambulance sprung open and a small...
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Re: taking bad hops
A great coach coach and instructor I once had told me to always answer questions if asked--if you cannot answer then say so-- All I did was ask a simple question By the way a wall normally has mortar joints which can cause a ball to rebound differently with every toss not to mention the joints in the ground pavement it hits---snow man it works great for infielders learning toreact to bad and erratic hops
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Re: Sandlot ball going the way of wooden bats
Yes,..sandlot ball still exists,..and in places you perhaps never thought of. By Staff Sgt. Stacey L. Pearsall: " It may be a safe assumption that the city of Kahn Bani Sahd, Iraq has never seen baseball before. It is also a certainty that America has never seen the Kahn Bani Sahd brand of ball. The “field” was small, smaller than a basketball court. But, perhaps, a larger obstacle for U.S. Army Specialist Timothy McClellan and others of Charlie Company 1-12 was that the “field” also served...
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Why I Play This Game
(Disclaimer: I know this post is incredibly long, but I hope that if you take the time to read it, you'll find it beneficial. If not, I sincerely apologize.)Why I Play This Game,I’ve woken up, put on snow boots and a skullcap and trekked to a...
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It is Time to Face Past Realities
It's very late, or very early, depending on your point of view, in the far far West. The streets are quiet and there are some frogs or toads or some other amphibians gurgling a few feet outside my window. In the distance I hear motorcyclists chasing each other on what must be our deserted COVID-quieted freeway. The sound carries well in the night, and I know it's a rush for the riders as long as they don't take too high a line into a big curve and drift into the concrete median. I've...
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Re: Lonnie Chisenhall and Nick Fuller have been permanently dismissed from the baseball t
shortstopmom : What was it ? Easy money...in their eyes. I would not be at all surprised, unfortunately, to learn that these two guys have a history of stealing stuff...they probably just didn't get caught previously. If it indeed is the first time that either of the two has stolen other people's property then they suffer from their thieving eyes being bigger than their larcenous stomach. It is real, real sad. I also hope they make a character U turn ...I just suspect that if they do, they...
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2018 Pounding the Pavement...
This seems to be a dead thread. Maybe we can revive it a little for the 2018 class? My son was at a showcase last weekend and had a great time, a pretty good showing considering it's Florida and it was very cold and sprinkly/misty the whole time - the coldest of winter days for this neck of the woods. The showcase director spoke to the boys after each day and gave them the opportunity to shake hands with all of the scouts that were there and then they were able to speak to them, in their...
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Single mom of a freshman catcher looking for some helpful tips
My son is a freshman catcher and we are basically blindly guiding ourselves through the best routes to meet the goal of college ball. I’ve always tried to keep things in perspective as best as I can with him reminding him to have a backup plan, but we’ve been approached by former MLB players, college coaches, high school coaches, etc for the past 4 years or so with compliments on how advanced he is at his position and how he has the natural skills to make it to the next level. He’s played...
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Re: College Restrictments
I've been lucky enough to be able to re-open my eyes while laying on the pavement looking up at the underside of bigger vehicles. Both times, it was just as BOF stated... not unsafe motorcycle operating but other vehicles that just don't see you. Now running across chickens on a country road while testing the accuracy of the red line on the speedometer... that may not have been the chickens' fault. Not sure I'm helping here.
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Re: Lets Talk Pitching - Ask/Discussion about pitching from professional instructor
Originally Posted by BOF: DeePee, I believe anyone who understands athletic performance in pitchers requires a healthy body that includes endurance and cardiovascular fitness. There are many ways to achieve this other than long distance running. I think that is the point some people are making. You have to run in baseball (D'Oh) but at least from my perspective there is a lot more knowledge today in training athletes for baseball than there was even 4 years ago. I for one would not be...
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Re: Lets Talk Pitching - Ask/Discussion about pitching from professional instructor
I've kind of stayed out of this latest round...part of the reason is because for some reason, anytime folks have differing experiences / opinions, it tends to get "chippy" in here, which I hope does not keep others from offering their valued opinions. No doubt there are different ways to skin the cat, and not all sizes fit all.. In fact there are too many "gurus" out there that have put together a "one size fits all" program, and IMO especially for pitchers, there are too many robots out...
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Re: Glove care tips
All good tips. I laugh now at all the stupid things I did to break in a stiff new glove. As a kid I did all that plus oiling the glove up and putting in it the oven. I also remember standing in the street and throwing the glove up in the air and letting it hit the pavement over and over. I also remember beating it over and over again with a bat to 'soften it up some'. For my kids,over the years, I bought almost every oil and foam product on the market. Nothing ever worked really. The best...
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Re: Norfolk St 12 ODU 5
'43, are you calm now? Thought something was in a bind there a little bit ago. It's no secret Coach Clark has recruited heavily around town, especially the last couple of years (mostly by himself from I have seen). It's also no secret that ODU had it's recruiting coordinator leave last season, but I don't think that had a negative effect on their "gets". Coach Goulet is just as capable as Coach Morris was and has already been pounding the pavement around here. I don't think anyone can doubt...
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Re: Colleges, do they go see players play anymore?
When talking to my sons D1 college coach before he signed I asked when he saw my son pitch and he said for the last 2 years I was the guy sitting alone at HS games on the top row of the bleachers behind the plate wearing a golf hat and reading the paper which was hiding my stopwatch and notepad. The moral of the story: You never know who's watching. Another thought is that this site often bases thoughts on the big school mentality and IMO coaches from all those mid-majors, D2, D3, and juco's...
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Re: Scandal Rocks Penn State
If this happened on the pavement outside the stadium, would the adults involved have responded differently? Two words probably sum up their (in)actions: SELFISH COWARDS
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Re: Scandal Rocks Penn State
The Attorney General's Press Office - Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=6270
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Re: Connie Mack 18u State Tournament
Could someone please grab a shovel, I need to scrap my curious cat up off the pavement...someone ran over it, and then backed up and ran over it again...
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Re: Need Help with Colleges
. Infieldad... Could be wrong, have been before will be again...soon...but since you asked this is the way I look at it... After looking at a schools and recruits for a number of years it is interesting to see which programs consistently get the top/high profile recruits and don't seem to improve them or the programs much and other programs who don't manage to get the top kids and somehow continue to produce top flight players. IMO patterns can be seen. Lots of reasons why school are still...
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Re: Proud of son-not baseball
To die, in the arms of your family......surrounded by love.........then to be buried amongst the heros is a life and end to be proud of..... I walked the last mile with my brother today In the garden of stone. On a caisson drawn by horses gray He rode alone. Drum beats echoed hollow in the air As iron shod hooves rang on the pavement. A platoon his escort To take him home in Arlington, Where a century of heroes lie row on row Their duty done. The Honor Guard carried him lovingly For brother...
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Re: Foul Pole Rule
IMO, it's a foul ball. Ground rules are for non-standard items like pavement, trees, etc., or if the pole was tilted and should not be used to judge. The foul pole is standard and denoted an extension of the foul line. The webbing is not standard and is just supposed to help the umpire judge fair from foul. In this case, the webbing is clearly outside of the foul line so it doesn't need to be called out as special. Having said that, I think the coach should have mentioned it during ground rules.
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
Cast the net wide. Plenty of opportunities outside of DI. If you aren't getting DI interest at this point, there's a reason. Focus on what you can control. Keep academics a priority. I know of plenty of kids that had great collegiate careers at something other than DI. Keep pounding the pavement that lead to the right fit. GL in 2018!
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
Are you targeting D3 schools? Its more of a right place right time sometimes as well...2018 signed up to a D3 camp this past august at last minute...ended up having a career day both offensively and defensively...coach told the crowd that he would contact those they are interested in within two weeks or so...got a call five mins after we left. School ended up being a perfect fit for son with him and the coach clicking immediately. Have you done PBR or PG events? these events hold unsigned...
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
If your son is a 2018 and seeking four year college opportunities, it's very late in the process for most schools. A key aspect of the overall process is to develop a vetted list of schools...vetted academically and athletically. That means fishing in the right pond, i.e., where the player really fits with respect to baseball and academics. Not wishful thinking, but schools and programs that make sense. That list can and should be vetted not just by the player and parents, but by independent...
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
I'm not sure you've missed the college baseball bus, but it's pulling away as you're getting to the bus stop. Were you doing these same things over the last few years and was there interest/engagement from colleges or not? Will he walk on and take a chance? Will he play anywhere to get on a team (D2) with the goal to move up from there?
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
Not sure you can move up from DII once you have enrolled and played at that level. Maybe a Juco to start and move up from there or a 4-2-4 scenario if the walk on DI doesn't work out. Based on the info here, it sounds like Juco, DII, DIII or NAIA are the his best options. Walking on to a DI without a sniff of be recruited is just asking for failure. IMHO.
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
I can relate with you and your son in the stress, anxiety and non-interest with colleges. My son was in a similar position with the exception that a couple of colleges showed interest the summer before his Sr HS year began. As above have mentioned cast a wide net and keep at it. With son's consent maybe handle some of the direct correspondences with coaches to ease his burden. The D1 school that my son accepted a scholarship at actually saw him a few times over a 2 year span. The last time...
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
It's hard to answer your questions...as there is no one answer for all of them. I think everyone has seen it.....a kid who doesn't have that "wow" factor getting offers before our sons who have done everything they can and don't get overwhelmed with offers...or the offers come later than we had hoped. My son was one of those kids....we saw others getting offers...and wondered why he hadn't gotten any....even though he had serious interest from a couple schools who had been making an effort...
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
I'm assuming your son has a plan B. If not, he needs to get one ASAP.
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
Really good song by David Lee Murphy - If the Fish Ain't Bitin'! (The chorus goes, "What kinda bait you got on the hook?" If the D-1's aren't calling by now, you still have a chance, but the chance is infinitely smaller than it would have been this last fall. You are most likely fishing in the wrong waters, because your bait is not working. Do as PO said and cast a wider net!
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
BP23, talent is 99% of the equation for most college baseball coaches . The other things (social, grades, references, etc) are all just tie-breakers. Don't get me wrong, tie-breakers are important, especially if you're at the same talent level as lots of other guys. I don't mean to be negative, but if he hasn't talked to any schools that were excited about the prospect of him attending, at this late date, then he's not talking to the right schools. At this point his options are more limited...
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
Formula has to be — reach out to as many coaches at as many different levels that you even might be interested in. Send them a short email and a video and see what comes back. I would advise though against thinking that JUCO is somehow easier than D1 for recruiting. In most cases, our experience was that kids looking at JUCO were going there as a way to prepare for D1, either academically or athletically, not because they couldn't have played at a D2 or D3. If your son is truly willing to...
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Re: 2018 Pounding the Pavement...
I agree with the sentiment of others and will try not to beat a dead horse too much. I will say this happens to way more players than folks realize... good players, capable of playing at some college level, taking all the right steps, good students, etc., etc..... just not quite good enough to convince a college coach that he will be the sure bet contributor that warrants offering some of the program's precious scholy $ - more so than others he has seen. As far as advice (considering the...