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That was almost the exact text I sent him. I added that I was proud of him and he kept his composure. It happens, its baseball.
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My son told me the other day he once had a teammate who was a great baseball player — until you saw him in a game.
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Its funny you mention that. The day after I was at a game talking to one of the pro area scouts who watched his outing. He was talking about how he thought the other team "saw something" and how comfortable they were in the box, etc. Then he said, "We liked to see him get rocked, it happens in baseball."
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additional thought: We have a couple teams regionally that are really good at picking signs .... knowing what is coming really helps kids "catch barrels"
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Same. My youngest son had a 16 U travel ball teammate that had all the measurables. And his single mom thought he was all that. We called him Baseball Jesus. Looked great in a uniform. Couldn’t play a lick.
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So I saw this one kid who was listed as starting. I really questioned it (to myself ) due to the hiccup in his swing. I even casually mentioned something to the coach (who I am friendly with). So we are now 4/5 games in and the kid has yet to get a hit. Killed the ball in practice. Not so much in games.
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My son had a high school teammate who looked like anyone’s first pick for next level prospect. He was 6’4” 200. He was the last player in the roster. He didn’t make varsity until senior year.
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my 2027 had a great day yesterday on JV. Hit his first hs home run oppo. It was on the varsity field but to be fair it is a short right field fence. 300 at the corner. Not entirely sure how far it went since it was not right at the corner. but it was more than 300'
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We are about a 1/4 thru our season here. Frosh son is on JV and getting good playing time so far in his primary position. They are undefeated so far. New coach is really good, super passionate and knowledgeable. It's been a while since my son's had a coach that showed emotion like this. He makes no secret he wants them to win and expects them to but he's right there with them to teach, hold them accountable and back them up. For us it's a bit refreshing some of the travel teams up to this...
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Son's team is 6-2 so far, beating a couple of solid "big schools" and the games they lost were both by a run to good programs. He's had 3 starts and the boys won all three, including a league game over a team they hadn't beaten since 2016 (7-41 against them since 2000). Had a no-hitter going into the 6th yesterday in a rather sloppy game by our side. Won today, looking to win tomorrow and Friday! .
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Finished last week 3-1. Our Friday starter had "one of those days" against a good team and they fell 9-7 (both teams will be the top seeds when districts roll around). Today 2024 faced one of the top teams in Class 5 (his school is Class 3) and won 3-2. They are now 10-35 against that program since 2000, and have taken the last 3 games dating back to last season and are the only 3 wins the varsity has had since 2015 (he pitched 2 of them). Son walked about half of St. Louis County today.
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Update, son's team is 9-0 in District. Everyone is playing well.
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Disappointing season here. We continue to do the same thing but expect different results. Overall 4-8. Only 6 games left including 4 conference.
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Boys limped out of last week going 2-3. Played in a tournament over the weekend where they were out of pitching after the first game. Tough being a small school with a limited staff. Our star offensive tackle tossed a complete game shutout. Each year we wonder why we participate in this tournament given our small pitching staff. The competition is great, but the boys would like to play them when they have some arms available. Overall played well, just didn't win. Tomorrow the boys take on a...
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It’s usually a just in case scenario. Varsity is all that matters in hs, but for the player, a year is 25% of their hs career. My son was pulled up at the end of freshman year during playoffs, and then again sophomore year. When we started to see that he would mostly be sitting, he asked the coach if he could play on JV unless they were going to pitch him that week. The coach agreed, and he had the most fun playing on JV. He got to pitch and play a position which never happened on varsity.
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Practicing with varsity has more value than playing JV. My son played JV freshman year. It was a waste of time. The varsity coach was against freshmen on varsity. He wasn’t too fond of soph starters. My son was the first soph varsity starter in four years.
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We have a few more weeks until its over and are undefeated. We are not in a competitive division so I am kind of amazed of the low level of play compared to travel ball. We do have some good players. There are kids are on the bench that play travel and are starters on their travel teams. I am really proud of my son that he is starting in his primary position and hitting well. Socially it's been really fun for him. Since this is our first year of HS ball we are all just trying to enjoy it for...
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I agree with baseballhs, but it could also be getting to practice with the varsity, getting acculturated to the way the varsity coaches do things, part of a long-term plan of the coach. It happened to my son, he didn't play the first half of the season, then the seniors played themselves off the field, and he did field the second half of the season but didn't hit. It was very frustrating at the time. He was a starter soph year, captain by junior year, and they had an amazing senior season.
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The boys won a really tight game yesterday (2-0) that was very well played and pitched by both sides. No errors by either team! CubsSon went 6 to help deliver the win. Lost to same team today in a game rescheduled due to rain the other day. Have two non-con this weekend. Need to sweep a team next week (possible...) and have another get swept (not happening) to win the conference.
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Son's team are Undefeated District Champions. Over all score in district 123-19. First playoff games start Friday (Bi-District).
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I've been waiting to reply here but feel this is the right time. This year has been an interesting rollercoaster of a baseball season. My son is a sophomore and just transferred to a new school this year (where he fortunately knows almost everyone on the baseball teams). He knew he would be on JV since he is a catcher and the varsity team is stocked with 2 of the best catchers in the area (both senior D3 players but no junior catchers). Through the first 10 games he was hitless and felt...
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School record for wins (20). Won as underdogs on the road vs our biggest rivals for the district championship! Son got the final out on the mound with a comebacker with the tying run on 2nd. Got mobbed and ran over to our crowd and led the cheers. There are hundreds of valuable pieces of advice on this forum, but one is above all others...... ENJOY THE RIDE!!!!!
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Texas has a best of 3 format, unless both coaches agree on a 1 gamer. But a ridiculous number of teams qualify for the playoffs. In 6A alone it’s something like 128 teams (32 districts X 4 teams per district) that make the playoffs. In order to get to the final 4 a 6A team has to win 5 rounds of best of 3. That’s a lot to navigate and inevitably some really good teams get knocked off in the process. The final 4 is single elimination - which allows no margin for error after everything that...
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Son's team won the Bi-district in 2 games. Area is this week Thru, Fri and Sat (if needed). I wouldn't mind Texas going to the top 2 teams in the district go to playoffs. That being said, 3 of the 4 teams from our district are still in. The team that is out played one of the top teams in the state. They needed 3 games. The team had one good pitcher and used him to win the first game, game 2 and 3 went down him pretty fast.
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Finished the regular season as conference champs in one of the top leagues in the state. Regionals start next week. It's a 4 team, single elimination tournament to determine the 8 that go to the state tourney with the same format. I envy you states with Best of 3 configurations.
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Son's team clinched the conference championship last night, our school hadn't won it since 2016. Got to do it on senior night in front of a big crowd. Will be the #2 seed in regionals. Been a great final HS season.
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You’re right about Texas playoffs almost being another season. It can be as many as 15 additional games and it takes 5 weeks to complete play.
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Wow ...Texas playoffs are almost an entire new season... 32 teams in each class make state tournament in FL. Single elimination all the way. Have to win 5 straight in 12 days. No room for a bad day.
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We're single elimination here in Missouri, too. Son's buddy is a really great pitcher for a not-so-great #5 seed vs a solid #1 seed in their district semis, and that team threw their #3. The #5 seed played its best game of the season and won easily 13-1. It was that team's sixth win of the season -- very happy for those boys (he's friends with several of them)! Another buddy of his played a team they already walloped 2x, and lost 3-1. This team is really young and had a great run in the...
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JV season is finished. Team won their divison. No playoffs or extra tournaments here. Only one loss in a really tight game. The weather was pretty awful throughout the entire season. Son had a blast and was the starter in his primary position. It was a goal he set out to achieve last year. He was extremely motivated and put in a ton of work on the side. He fell into a bit of a slump in the last few games but still ended with a decent BA and OPS. I don't think the team got to see how good or...
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Son's team are Area Champs. Moving on to the next round (Reginal Quarterfinals). This week's games are expected to be the hardest so far. We shall see how they go.
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The Boy's season ended today. He threw the first regional game, 5.1 Innings, 1 H, 1 Unearned Run, 2 BB, 7 K's For a 4-2 win. Lost the Regional final game 2-1 against a very tough team. Tears were shed but that's baseball. He finished the season with 39.1 IP, 66 K's in our state's biggest class. He graduates Sunday then moves to campus June 1 to start classes and working out to get ready for fall.
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Went and watched the local high school team, my 7th graders probable future team, in the playoffs. They've made the final 8 in the state so far, which is further than usual. Interesting there here is that the scheduling seems very flexible, so the HS team played a lot of very good teams that were out of their division, and ended up with a so-so record. They then beat the not quite as good division teams in the playoffs pretty soundly even though they were seeded near last.
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Well HS season came to an end last Saturday. It took 3 close games. Last two were within 1 run. Overall a really good season. This years team broke a number of school records. We will only be losing 3 defensive starters and 1 part-time starter/DH. Looking forward to seeing them break some more records next year. One last year to watch him play in HS. First summer ball team pre-season training day was Sunday. Good seeing son back at his normal position. Found out yesterday son got "All...
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Our local neighborhood HS (that 2 of my 3 kids attended) has now made it thru 4 rounds of the 6A playoffs. This is by far the deepest run in the history of this HS. The community buzz is out of control. In the upcoming Regional finals they will face the #1 team in the state of Texas, who are also the defending state champions. I have seen this team play and they look like a college team. So it will be interesting to see how this series goes. Anything can happen in a 3 game series. Do you...