Tagged With "hitting geek"
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Re: Current HOF List for 2012
Thank you, PGStaff! I took it as a compliment, even before you clarified that you meant it that way. I was just trying to engage somebody on a good HoF debate, using...uhhh, actual statistical evidence to back up my arguments. One thing I *am* truly a "geek" for is a good HoF debate. I wasn't trying to p*ss off anybody, though I do take some offense at the "sub level stats geek" comment. Maybe I should just own that - change my screen name and all!
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Re: Current HOF List for 2012
By "sub level stats" I meant the stats behind the stats. Being a geek about something isn't a negative. It's a level of enthusism.
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Hitting/Infield Resources
I am a young, high school player looking to improve. I was looking for any resources that would help a corner infielder like me. I know of one database of hitting videos/GIFs: Hitting Library , but I would love if any of you could share with me another. If not, I am completely open to books, podcasts, YouTube channels, etc. to help me in my goal of playing college/professional baseball. Thanks.
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JT
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Old series about the inner workings of the Indians
For those of you who don't know, I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to baseball. I love all facets of the game, scouting, player evaluation and development, statistical analysis, mechanics, etc., I just thoroughly enjoy learning about the game from all...
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Re: Area Code Team Tryouts
Ken, I think you are right on the mark in your last post with a couple minor exceptions. My son does not waste his time watching “Jack A**”. He is to busy watching ESPN to find out what happened in today’s games. He is a part time band geek too and loves to compete in marching contests during the off season. His band director makes it work because he also played baseball when he was in high school. Ok, that stuff is true but I was just having a little fun with you too. We all know kids that...
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Re: Hitting right at people....
You have certainly lost your mind. (of course we all know you are probably a closet computer geek laughing your rear off as you get everyones ire up).....LOL Oh I forgot, the game was designed so everyone could hit .750.......LOL You haven't played a day of organized ball past high school have you Blue?
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Re: Online poker
Mythreesons, I am such a GEEK! I think I've fixed it now!,...and unlocked it. ( still new to this pm thing-a-mabobber! ha! ) So sorry! Try again?
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Xmas gift for the kids
The Ultimate Hitting Machine (Google it) is an excellent hitting aid for young kids, and an excellent Christmas gift. Kids absolutely love it and I can guarantee it will help improve their hitting if used daily.
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Two Hands on the Bat!!
Been having a debate about this for a while with my dad, as I have now been in the habit of having a one-handed follow through. What is your opinion on the follow through after you swing? Should you have 2 hands on the bat? Does it help you hit the ball harder? Or is it okay to have a one-handed follow through?
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Hitting - Faults and Fixes
Dear Students of the Game, I hope this digital correspondence finds all of you well. In my on-going and perpetual desire to learn more about the game I love, I recently came across 3 resources that can best be described as “Hitting – How to Detect and Correct”. Those 3 resources are: https://goo.gl/gA1iXM http://goo.gl/29N0em http://goo.gl/zGPrJI Whilst I would truly enjoy reading everyone’s opinion on the “detect and correct” methodology, that is not the purpose of this post. My purpose is...
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George Mason University Baseball Hitting and Offense Skills Camp
11/06 – 12/04 ~ Friday to Friday 2015 Bill Brown Hitting and Offense Skills Camp (4-Week Friday Camp) Location: Mason Field House-Fairfax, VA | Grade 7-12 http://collegebaseballcamps.com/patriots
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Vault Baseball Clinic & Camp - Pitching, Throwing, and Hitting - November 19/20 (Virginia Beach)
Vault Fitness & Athletics will be hosting its first baseball clinic of the offseason on November 19-20. This two day camp will focus on the fundamental mechanics of pitching/throwing and hitting. The camp is 2 hours each day (12-2 pm) and is limited to 24 players total. Ages will be tee ball thru high school. Players will be divided into two groups by age (young/old) with a maximum of 12 players per group. Groups will switch coaches on the second day of camp. The camp will be staffed by...
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Excellent College Game
Going on right now in South Carolina....Coach May's son, floridafan's son, and Backstop17's son are all in the game and all have hits in the game that is tied 2-2 late.Here are live stats for the game and yes, I am a geek and can "watch" a college...
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Looking for a hitting instructor in the Union County NJ area ...
My son is a 16 year old baseball player who currently plays for the GoYard Scout team during the fall. He plays varsity baseball during spring .. I wanted to have his swing analyzed by someone. My son has tournaments where he will bat 500 for the tournament and then has others where he will struggle with hitting lots of pop flies .. and lazy fly balls .. just want to see if he is doing something wrong .... thanks everyone .. this site is great
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dealing with hitter's "yips"
What do you do when a player suddenly can’t hit in games? My son is a 2020. Since he started playing baseball close to a decade ago, he has always been a middle of the order hitter. He also always has been streaky—he’d hit .600+ for ten games, then strike out every AB for a couple of weeks or more. Starting this past spring in his first year of JV ball and continuing through summer and last weekend’s first fall travel ball tournament, the boy has a batting average with zero as the first...
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Exit Velocity for 340 feet off the tee?
Hit at a field off the tee recently were the fence was 320 dead center. Consistenly hit the fence with one of my hits clearing the fence around 20 feet. What would be the exit velocity of a batted ball traveling 340 feet from a stationary position? Also if its possible what would be the bat speed of a swing of this type? Launch Angle? Thanks for your time and info if you respond, JR
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Pulling the trigger
At times I feel I have entered the world of the surreal with the sport of baseball. I was watching a scrimmage last week and my son was batting lead off. Pitch one, great pitchers pitch touched the black on the outside, would not have wanted him to swing so we are good. Pitch two was just below the belt, three inches outside middle...he watched strike two. Last year that would have been a double to the gap in right center. After the game he brought it up immediately saying..."I have no idea...
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Final Summer Select Team Tryouts 15U, 16U, 17U, 18U
Final Tryouts 15U-18U Marshals Summer 2018 teams SUMMER SELECT TEAM TRYOUTS WHAT: Marshals 15U-18U Tryouts WHEN: Saturday, January 20 TIME: 2:00 P.M. WHERE: Richardson Pearce High School Baseball Field 1600 N Coit Rd, Richardson, TX 75080 BRING: - Baseball appropriate clothing & gear - Water We are called the McKinney Marshals, but we have teams and athletes across the Metroplex and North Texas. Athletes come to play with us from across the state of Texas and Oklahoma. Teams practice in...
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Tryouts and Teams 12UAA and 14U Major
Please visit this link to sign up for our 2018 Spring/Summer Tryouts ! We are looking for 4 players for a 14U Major level team and 4 players for a 12U AA team. All of our coaches are former college/pro players. We also have a 12, 500 sq. ft. indoor facility with 12 lanes and a full climate controlled weight room! We have won over 100 tournaments and have had 112 graduates and 105 have gotten college scholarships! We also accept full teams that may want to make the jump to select ball. Please...
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HSBBW app?
I couldn't find a thread where anyone talked about a HSBBW app so I'll ask, is there one?I just got an Iphone 4 today and this would the first app I'd like to download!Help a brother out all you geek heads!
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The Dick Birmingham Memorial Sports Complex
“The Birm” – features 6 full baseball fields of various age appropriate sizes for players ages 7-18, including 3 outdoor batting cages, newly renovated fields, fences, and dugouts. The Birm also offers delicious concessions, clean restrooms, large pavilions for parents and spectators, and a Marucci Pro Shop…but The Birm isn’t just another concrete filled cookie cutter park. We undertook the ambitious project of saving and restoring this classic baseball complex for the enjoyment of...
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Re: Perfect Game and size
Regarding size: A recently retired D1 coach told me this past summer that baseball is a prejudiced sport. If you're 6'1" and under, you've got to prove every day that you can play ball. If you're 6'2" and over, you've got to prove every day that you can't . That has always stuck with me. Whether you or I agree or not is irrelevant. That mindset is out there. NOTE: He also said the rule doesn't apply to MIFs and anybody that can run the 60 in 6.8 or better. Regarding seams: You'd better...
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Re: How Big a Boy Are Ya?
My son was always in the 95th percentile until about age ten. Then he proceeded to be a late bloomer like his sister and their mother. He started 8th grade baseball at 5'4". He would see a tall geek and mumble, "What a waste of height." By junior year he was 6'1". He's now 6'2". Being one of the smaller kids from 11-14 made him fundamentally sound and scrappy as hell to compete. It made the game easier when he grew. He got thrown around like a rag doll in 8th grade football game matched up...
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Re: Hit or FC?
Originally Posted by jhelbling: R1 and R2 - batter hits ground ball between SS/3B. SS fields ball and throws to 2B. R1 beat throw and was safe at 2B. The SS did not make an error but seemed to be slow getting ball out of his glove (but no bobble of ball - maybe had hard time getting good grip - don't really know). Without further description, it is understandable that this came down to judgement. If the ball was hit to the hole, this is usually a tough/close play, depending on how far in the...
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Re: Hope Rice was misquoted
Jeter's late night carousing is not a good example for today's kids. How is that not understood? Jim Rice took the racial taunts, endured villification by the press and saved a kids life at a ball game. Not to mention almost 400 home runs without roids! It's too bad he threw Jeters name in with Manny the super geek but talk about over-reaction by posters, this is the thread! If you want to know how great a guy Jim Rice is, just ask Fred Lynn. Don't ask the sissy sportswriters that mis-quoted...
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Re: Tablets
I'm no geek (just don't ask my kids) but Flash seems to be required for some videos and certain graphics. Apple wants to have complete control over their products and should be developing a Flash alternative. The iPad is not as portable as a smart phone but it is more portable and accessible than a laptop. I think Apple shuns the comparison that it's between the iPhone and the MacBook but it kinda is. The uses for this thing are incredible and are only held back by your imagination. Doctors...
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Re: Tablets
OK, you asked... First off, I'm a photographer, but I play with computers to make money...so I guess some would (OK, HAVE) called me a geek...BUT... The current project I'm working on fits right into your question since I currently have a couple of Xooms on my desk along with an iPad and a Slate (Windows 7 tablet) and had a Playbook and an iPad2 sitting here last week to work on... Here are some quick notes: Playbook - 7" screen, does not offer 3/4G unless you already have (or purchase) a...
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Re: Why wasn't my son Drafted?
Mr. Montville, One approach is to ask your 'reliable source' the question. My answer to you sir, is think about it as a tool to organize a parent clubs needs, ratings of players, and those players taken in the prior rounds. In computer geek analogy, a xls (to small for a database app) with every spreadsheet attribute imaginable. For the Director of Amateur Scouting, (and the GM), consider it as a list of names, and most of the time, pre-labeled names of signable amateur players, and some not...
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Re: good trick for classes
Thanks, I deleted the website name. And I just wanted to mention as has been explained before ... the reason we don't allow promotional posts here in the forums is NOT about money (as in "you have to pay to advertise"). We just don't want to have the forums fill up with spam which is not interesting to our members. I have visited some unmoderated technical forums (I'm a computer geek) where you have to wade through at least 10 spammy posts for every on-topic post you find. Julie
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Re: Off topic, but this is a great place for a sampling
not to mention that if you can access other people's computer for music and them your's, can't virus' be spread that way too? i had to have the hard drive wiped on my home computer ( the one the teens used) a few years back and the first thing the geek asked is if we used any free music sites. we (they) had, Limewire and Kazaa. At that time anyway, the geek said not to go to the "free" sights, you don't know who is accessing your machine. Possibly the anti-virus ware is better now i guess??
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Re: Bonds & Clemens Who is Worse?
I looked at innings pitched, games started and wins across three era's of Clemen's career: 1. 86-97 (Pre McNamee, didn't include his first two seasons 84 and 85 because they were anomolies, IPs and GSs not even close to 86-97). 2. 98-01 (Years McNamee claimed he injected Clemens with 'roids and HGH). 3. 02-05 (Post McNamee, didn't include 06 and 07 for the same reason as 84 and 85. Significantly less IPs and GSs because he came back during the middle of the season. I ran a statistical...
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Re: Physical Fitness Test
Bulldog...its huge. A kid "******* air" is worried about his next breath, not whatever he's working on or the game. I've seen 60 yr olds walk an 8 min mile with a cigar in their mouths. Come on,get real, an 8 min mile is 30 seconds more than the bare minimum to be accepted into the military....even as a geek. How can a kid be a "varsity athlete" and not meet the minimum for military recruitment?
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Re: Subjective Scoring of errors
I have no clue how or where you are going with this come back. To clarify my remarks for you, as they pertain to the subject posted, and subsequent remarks; I'm with florida fan on this one. I bet he played the game before raising his son up in it. If extra ordinary effort was needed to get to the ball, i.e., I and everyone there is amazed he caught the ball, and then he whirls and makes a bad throw (even if it beats the runner), that's a BASE HiT..... no error. And I don't care what the...
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Re: Subjective Scoring of errors
Well, as I’ve said many times now, you can think whatever you like, but it doesn’t make you correct. And if you were betting, what would you want to bet that I never played the game?
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Re: Coaches honest opinion please
Well, Enough HS baseball donations were discussed here. I will give you an example how wide spread these problems are in our education system. My nephew who is a music geek in one of the Northwest region HS. He is very good at playing piano. A couple of years ago he started to learn Violin. He joined their High school Orchestra to play violin. Because he is new to this instrument, he is not very good at the beginning. So, he always sits in the back. Nobody even noticed him. After a year's...
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Re: Pulling the trigger
Just my opinion, but I think pulling the trigger and approach go hand and hand. Approach tracks both the situation and the hitter's strengths. Depending on the situation, hitter can isolate his zone, look for his pitch to hit, and swing when he gets it. Until he has two strikes on him. After two strikes, he has to expand the zone, but within reason, to give him the best chance of getting on base and not K looking. Again, I'm just a dad and never coached above the 12U level, but that's what...
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Re: Pulling the trigger
Curious, does he usually bat leadoff? There are a few spots in the lineup that typically require a different approach/mindset and, of course, leadoff is the most prominent. Aside from that, yes, it certainly happens where a hitter is just frozen in a situation where he usually pulls the trigger. Hitters work on a thousand different things, mechanically and mentally, and then are asked to narrow that to just one thought when they step in the box in a game. On top of that, the situation...
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Re: Pulling the trigger
I have reached a point where I mostly just listen in conversations like this. I don't offer solutions very often. I may ask a question or two back to get a thought process going, but I don't offer much advice.
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Re: Pulling the trigger
I'd like to nominate this as the most useless post this board has EVER had...and that's saying something! *****said in complete jest********
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Re: Pulling the trigger
^^^^^^^^^This. Concur 100% with cabbagedad. Watched son do similarly on 1,2,3 strikes early last year. It was with out a doubt the highest velo he had seen to that point, but I swear I don't think he moved except to track the pitch. He felt weird, stupid, confused afterward and I hope to never see it again, but probably will.
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Re: Pulling the trigger
I never like to speak poorly of the boys in blue but it appeared sitting directly behind home plate that wind shear must have caused the ball to be in the middle of the 1st base batters box and then somehow return to the strike zone in time for the call...struck out looking. I can live with that, it happens and I would have been concerned if he had swung at that one, expanding the zone 3" off the plate with 2 strikes to protect is good, chasing a pitch out there is just not a good idea. In...
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Re: Pulling the trigger
Cabbage, Yes he has been a three year leadoff in HS, in club he is leadoff, or 3 depending on the make-up of the squad. I appreciate the insight, that is what I believe too and that was the reassurance I provided, just wanted to make sure I covered the proverbial bases. Thanks!