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Thanks to all of you for your prayer,support and well wishes. Son just got out of surgery. Everything went well. Now the road to recovery begins. Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year.
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Good luck to everybody this spring. First time in a long time there will be no Spring baseball for us. I plan to attend some games form my sons former HS and college. Everybody enjoy the spring.
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I am glad I dropped in to read but not glad to hear the news. Sending you a pm.
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Approaching this season with uncertainty. Son is a redshirt senior recovering from shoulder surgery. He just started throwing a few pitches from a mound at half speed, and it's too early to project whether he will pitch this season. We're excited about the team, which surged last year from its perennial spot in the cellar of their conference to a 35-win season and second place finishes in both the regular season and conference tournament. They return a senior-laden team that lost only two...
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Son is a freshman at a D1. Didn't get to play any IF in the fall....just pitched and DH'd. Had his "meeting" with the pitching coach after the fall and was given some very interesting info....more than we had expected. Depending on how things go when they get back after the holidays, his role could end up being a lot bigger than he had thought for his freshman year. Hopefully he'll get back, have a good month and get the news he's hoping for as the season starts
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Swamp, yes, uncertainty for your son but he found his career path and is still in position to enjoy the ride just a while longer one way or another - win, win!!! For my son, I find myself looking back as I look forward. Going into his RS Jr year, he seems to have already had the full breadth of experiences... a lost year to injury, good Falls, a bad Fall, nearly 200 teammates being cut, a year of earning PT, an all-conference year, three "recruiting" phases and three HC's. What could...
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Cabbage dad Tuesday the 23 Feb SSU at SF State. Will you attend? Bob
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Hi Bob! I'm still coaching HS ball so the weekday game will be tough but they play again at the end of the season over a weekend and I'll sure be shooting for one of those. We'll have to connect as that get's closer.
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baseball news pre season polls are out... another sign that spring is getting closer!!! http://baseballnews.com/colleg...div-i-poll-12-21-15/ http://baseballnews.com/colleg...div-2-poll-12-22-15/ http://baseballnews.com/colleg...div-3-poll-12-22-15/
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Sons team SDSU, made it in the top Forty. A lot of work to be done.
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Son's team (Wright State) was in the "got votes" category. Reality of mid major D1, gotta win the league tournament. Playing some teams in the same category early for a series (Georgia and NC State) and a mid week game with Louisville. Last year we played several early series with top 10 / 20 teams and did well. Won a game in each series and lead / tied late in all but one of them. It definitely helped the team confidence. Hopefully we can do the same this year. 65 days until "play ball"
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Younggun - Best of luck to your son, his healthy recovery and good days ahead.....been through that with mine a little over a year ago. Merry Christmas to everyone!
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Can someone explain the NCAA D1 academic eligibility and probation rules for spring sports. Thanks in advance.
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The NCAA standard for D1 student-athletes to be eligible is based on the school's individual minimum GPA for graduation and how many years of school the athlete has completed. Thus, there is no minimum GPA for a freshman to play in the spring of his first year. A freshman who was a qualifier out of high school only has to meet the NCAA standard of completing 6 credit hours for the fall term to play in the spring. For subsequent years, their cumulative GPA must be at least 90 percent of the...
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At my son's school, he needs to maintain a 2.4 GPA to keep his scholarship.
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Most schools have higher guidelines for GPA than required by the NCAA as well as academic progress rates. Make sure you understand the schools requirements.
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Shout out to YG, glad to hear suregery went well, best wishes for a healthy recovery. This spring will be interestesting for son, should get a chance to compete. Buying season tix for homes games!
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Thanks shoveit. We will be there rooting for the rest of the team this year and hoping for a full recovery for the next.
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Its about to get real......1 month from today is sonnyboy's first collegiate game. Not sure how much playing time he will get if any being a freshman..... but excited none the less. Can't wait to cheer on the team whether he is on the bench or the field.
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#1BBALLMOMFAN I remember it well, very emotional once that day arrives. All the hard work and now your sitting there watching him standing in line for the national anthem. Good luck, enjoy the moment! #20
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Gee, can't seem to pick him out from the crowd. Haha. Happy Holidays to you and your family! I hear the boys think we broke up. Looking forward to February. Tell your son to stay at the other end of the line. I got cabbage some lifts for Christmas but I'm thinking it won't help much.
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Yup, five weeks for junior. After a very busy fall, he was glad to come home for some rest and doing a whole lot of nothing over Christmas break. I think that lasted about three hours... He has played football, basketball, several trips to airport to pick up other friends home from school, "friend gatherings" almost every night, helped a few times with my HS squad, daily workout prescribed by school, hit in the cage almost daily, ugly Xmas sweater parties, traveled in several directions to...
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Son has thoroughly taken full advantage of just being home for the holidays and relaxing. We went to our deer lease for a few days then he followed that up with eating, sleeping, working out, spending time with his siblings playing xbox and playing cards, little more xbox, hitting the cages and fields several times a week....eats more and just being a carefree college student . LOL Love having him home. I know he's anxious to get back and get into some dirt though. Seems just like yesterday...
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Enjoy it as much as you can. It will be a very memorable event especially for the new starters and freshmen. For my son's first appearance, we took lots of pictures but I really wish we had taken some video in addition. Good luck!
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Fenway - great advice! I know I'll be there with camera in hand but probably wouldn't have thought to bring the video camera. Thanks!
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Took care of that...hubs bought me a new zoom lens for the good old camera. Best present in the world to me so that I can capture those once in a lifetime moments and videos. Now if I can just figure it out before the first game. So many settings and functions. ANY PHOTO EXPERTS out there willing to give advice????
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I am! send me a PM with your questions. Or start a new thread and we can give everyone on the board some photo advice. I worked for newspapers for 25 years and now have my own photography business. Photograph many of my son's games (2017RHP) but also try to enjoy the games and pick one time to take photos and other times just to watch and be a mom. Lighting, composition and speed are what you need to work out to get the sharpest, well-composed photos. And think about multiple photos that...
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I see that you live in Texas and so does Redfishfool. He is always talking about going to the deer lease!
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Opening night is 2 months from TODAY . So excited to make the road trip and see son's first college regular season game. He'll play second base. My principal excused me for the day (so long as I cover my classes )
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10 days until guys report for "Spring Training" -- that's a week before classes start. I'm afraid though the kid has been chilling too much and working too little during the break. Ready to see him shift his preparation into high gear.
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1 week to go before team's first practice, and 39 days until their first game. Hey El Niño, you need to chill in February, March, April and May.
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Players report in 4 days. They were just told to make sure to bring sleeping bags with them so that they can camp out in the gym for three nights and four days. They begin the campaign by eating, sleeping, learning the system, working out and practicing together for the first few days back before school starts. Now that's taking the idea of training camp pretty literally.
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Mine flies back to school tomorrow (Tuesday). First practice - 6AM Wednesday.
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School and official practice starts today. He has been there since December 27th, though being close he did pop in often to the homestead. As far as I can tell most everyone who was not in dorm was back about a week ago. I know I have 15 different players at my house since then to feed off and on . Grocery budget took a good whacking in last week 39 days 2 hours 47 minutes until first pitch
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Mine went back Saturday. They reported to field yesterday at 10:00am. Had an hour meeting, ate lunch in fieldhouse, practiced from noon to 3:00, post practice meal, done at 4:00. First game is January 29th. Still get nervous, so it's not just a freshman parent thing. Good luck to all.
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Son goes back to school next Monday with classes starting on Tuesday. First game is February 29th. CAN'T WAIT! Best of luck to all for a healthy & successful season.
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My Son's Spring Practice started at 5:30 this morning! First game is Superbowl weekend so it should be cold/rainy in McMinnville, Or! His school (Linfield) is ranked #10 in pre season. They lost some pitching to graduation but have some good arms coming up! Offense should keep getting better with only a handful of graduates leaving and a strong group of Sophomores that got alot of playing time on Varsity last year. My Son will probably spend another year as a Utility player, which is awesome...
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Have to share.........just got the call from a super excited young man that during their scrimmage he dropped his first college bomb of 380+ against a pretty descent pitcher. Son said pitcher took it well and congratulated him for taking advantage of his ill placement. In 2 weeks is "GO" day. Little brother starts his select ball next week so ready or not here comes the best time of the year!!!!!!!!!!!
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Awesome!!!!!!! And to hear a woman talk like that... "dropped his first bomb"... well, my kinda woman
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Dropped the son off last week for Spring Training. Then the wife and I went and enjoyed the So Cal sunshine and beaches for a few days. Stopped in to say hi and take the kid to lunch on the drive back home. Pretty clear it's going to be tough to get much playing time. The team kept 13 outfielders in toto. 2 seniors, 5 juniors, 1 sophomore and 5 frosh (though one of he frosh is hurt and can't throw right now but can bat, so that's really 4 and a potential DH, I guess). Definitely looks like...
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That's just crazy. Seems kind of selfish too for the coaches to stockpile so many players. I know it's a business, but that is cold.
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Yeah, it left me wondering how typical this is for a D3 with a JV program. There are something like 40-42 players on the total roster between JV and Varsity. Still 13 OF seems on the high side, though.
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Questions that need to be asked in the 1st interview. SSU or SRJC is no different. 100 players "trying" out in the Fall only 30 will have active participation in practice and games. At MSU, there was a Freshman team, 100 players "tried out", only 5 played 3 years later on the Varsity in the College World Series. Question: JV or "red shirt" or transfer. Bob Goodwill Series and Area Code 1983-2016