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Independence Day
Hi All,It has been a long time since I have visited or posted, and I am sure that many will not even know who I am (or care) Here's hoping that everyone has a great 4th of July holiday, and to those serving in out armed forces I wish for your safe...
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Caution on Speedtrac and Bushnell radar
Here is my history with radar. For comparison's sake, we knew what the kid's Stalker reading was.Two years ago, I bought a Glove Radar. It read about 10mph low. The store I bought it from made an immediate exchange - even let us try out the new one in...
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Websters, I ask for 'Pants Sponsors'
I've come on asking for used bats recently, and now I'd like to ask for 'pants sponsors' (long story about the pants).For you new folks, we are an overseas American high school and our parents are here in support of the mission in the Pacific region....
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Question about pitching machine speed from a shorter distance.
I just have a random question. So yesterday I was in the batting cage trying to break in my new catchers glove and getting used to balls being pitched that fast. Now I was catching balls at 85 mph on the big unit machine and it was only 48 feet away....
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Hasta La Vista
To the BIG UNIT---great career and nice to see you get out before the downhill slide truly beginsGreat careerCertain HOF on the first ballot
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hitting instruction in Kansas
I am a 24 yr old ex college baseball player at the Univ. of Nebraska. I both hit and pitched in the 2005 College World Series in Omaha. I am now Working at Elite Hitting Dynamics just south of Kellogg and West St. Elite Hitting Dynamics caters to...
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Looking For Well-Loved Bats
US Army overseas base high school team looking to add some bats to our collection.If you have any bats 32"-34" (we're especially short on 33") still with a little pop left in them, and which have been replaced by a new best friend, we'd love to have...
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Some Thoughts
We have the good fortune to have the UCONN Ladies Hoops Coach, Geno Auriemma, on TV quite often here in state with his own TV shows where he talks extensively about his coaching techniques. Yes I know it is ladies hoops but his thoughts can easily be...
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Article on the 5 Twin City (Bloomington-Normal) teams
Sorry, it's pretty long.ROSTERS FILLED WITH EXPERIENCED STARS - by Randy Kindred, Bloomington Pantagraph Intercity high school baseball teams combined for a 101-68 record last year, with four of the five schools finishing above .500. It appears they...
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Sad Article in today's FWST
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/14122269.htmTimberview High School athlete dies days after surgeryTRYSTAN ROBERT YANCY | 1988 - 2006By CHARLES POLANSKYStar-Telegram Staff WriterEditor's note: The original version of this report contained incorrect...
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Proud of son-not baseball
This past Saturday, my dad, a veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, passed away at the age of 89. He had been in the intensive care unit at the hospital for over two weeks. We were told on Thursday that he would not survive through the weekend. I took...
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Errors
My son is a soph playing ss on the varsity team. He started out pre season playing really solid and beat a senior out of the job. The first couple of leauge games he made a couple of errors keeping the ball in front of him bodying up on some hard hit...
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Steve E and weight shift
Steve writes: Quote: "In either case the shifting is actually occuring too late and it is poorly "blended " into the rotation [shifting and rotating at the same time].Or the weight simply remains at "dead center" and /or is pushed back at or behind dead center as one rotates." Thanks Steve...an explanation is can use On this subject of shifting. As I practice this the following happens When I try to coil and shift I fail for some reason. When I coil and then get the sense of the rotating...
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PED Testing
At the very least, the Mitchell report should show us PED Testing is mostly useless. How many guys named in the report were 'caught' by testing? Almost none. They were only identified by outside investigations of Labs/Rejuvenation Centers/clubhouse...
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MLB establishes investigations unit
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7663916?MSNHPHMA MLB establishes investigations unit
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Ryan Theriot Hitting and Fielding Camp
On Sunday, January 20 Top Tier Baseball & Prep Baseball Report proudly present Chicago Cubs' shortstop Ryan Theriot who will be hosting a hitting and fielding camp for all baseball players ages 14-18. The camp will be held in two sessions with ages 14-15 going from 5:00 to 7:00pm and the 16-18 year old session from 7:00-9:00pm. Location: AT MVP Baseball Center: 28427 N. Ballard Dr., Unit A in Lake Forest For registration information please click the link below. Click Here For Brochure
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A True Team Moment
I have "lurked" here for a little while, responded a few times in a few threads, but I feel that what I witnessed yesterday at a tournament deserves a post.My son's team, the Jumbonos Stix, participated in last week's Triple Crown World Series for 14U...
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Lower Drinking age but RAISE driving age???
Associated PressTuesday, September 9, 2008CHICAGO -- Taking aim at a longstanding rite of passage for 16-year-olds, an influential auto safety group is calling on states to raise the age for getting a driver's license to 17 or even 18.Adrian Lund,...
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2005 Hands Back Hitter arrived
We just devanned our first shipment of the 2005 models. Over 1/3 are already sold. This model throws all balls from golf ball wiffles to real softballs and everything between. It comes with new training CD that has streaming video too. You can now...
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Big Unit in Pin Stripes??
Undoubtedly, the Evil Empire will work out the details (nothing cash can't do, right?) and get Randy Johnson, but will he look weird in pin stripes or what? Maybe a redesign will be in order. All those pinstripes running 82" from head to toe just...
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The Big Unit...
Yankees/D'Backs agree in principal on trade for Randy Johnson. Vasquez/Halsey/Navarro and 9 mil cash. They are also bringing Tino back having signed him to a 1 yr contract.
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Big Unit acquisition expected to push Yankees' payroll past $200 million
Big Unit acquisition expected to push Yankees' payroll past $200 millionhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/12/31/yankees.payroll.ap/index.html
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Cecil Fielder, a life ruined
Man, I had no idea. When his son was drafted a couple of years ago, nobody said anything about this.quote:Detroit just loved Cecil Fielder, the burly Tigers slugger who ushered in the Decade of the Home Run in the early 1990s.And Detroiters loved...
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More Problems for Pete Rose
Pete Rose jr that is...Pete Rose Jr. Pleads Guilty to Distributing Drug to Teammatesquote:NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Pete Rose Jr., the son of baseball's all-time hits leader, pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he distributed GBL, a drug sometimes...
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Random Thoughts--Installment TWO
here we go: Travel teams---there is always talk regarding what constitutes a good travel team---as a person who manages a travel team in the fall perhaps I can help you all by explaining what we do not what others do. I do not profess to know what...
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If Your Son Is Getting A New Bat for Christmas....Whatcha doin' with the old one?
....please consider sending us the old one! I coach a team of American high schoolers whose parents are military and civ stationed here in Korea. We can use all the bats we can get, especially if they still have some 'pop' in 'em!If you have any used...
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Game 7 of the World Series...Who's your pitcher?
The MLB facebook page posted this question...Game seven of the World Series: YOU can pick one starting pitcher, past or present, who ya got?The responses by people were all over the board as you might expect. My favorite pitcher growing up was Nolan...
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Off to College
My son moves into his off-campus house this weekend with FIVE of his team-mates. They are all sophomores and good kids overall, but I have to say that I'm just a bit nervous. Our experience has shown that even good kids can get very stupid when in...
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Question about Popping UP
I received a question about frequent pop ups to my site. How would you answer...here is mine Popping up is staying on the back side too much. Make sure he strides to a point that he tenses his lead inner thigh and keeps his hands back. The weight...
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Need technical support-Turbo Stats
I need an answer to a technical problem with my turbo stats program if any of you guys can help. What I need to know is how to edit a game thats already been imported (from the palm unit to the computer). Specifically, I need to be able change things...
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Ripken Experience, Myrtle Beach, SC - 2009 HS Spring Training
The Ripken Experience is now accepting applications for 2009 HS Spring Training. The Ripken Expereience is a 50 acre, state of the art baseball complex located in Myrtle Beach, SC. Our Spring Training package includes:Game and Practice Schedule Based...
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From facing the Big Unit to being a Lugnut!
Last week we were hearing about his son facing the Big Unit in Spring Training.Congrats to infielddad's son (Jason Armstrong) on receiving his assignment to the Lansing Lugnuts of the Midwest League in the Blue Jays organization!"Son, you're a real...
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New Indoor Facility Available in Fredericksburg VA
I just want to share this with everyone who might be looking for a really good deal on renting an indoor facility during the winter months. They have already signed up several high school teams in our local area and spots are filling up...
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Baseball Training Equipment Liquidation
Transform your body and your performance in 2013. Let us help you make this year your best. Save up too 80% on liquidation items through Friday 1/11.8 Week Mass Stack (This stack is designed to add 15 to 25 pounds of muscle. We can only offer 35 of...
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The Talent it Takes to 2nd Guess
We live in a world today that has convinced everybody that there is some obligation to second guess everything that occurs in the sporting world. The people that cuss and criticize Skip Bayless, Dale Hansen and Randy Galloway are the same people that...
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Former All stars hanging on
Sorry to put another article up. Just some good stuff this morning. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/ne...ns&prov=ap&type=lgns BASEBALL 2009: Former All-Stars hang on to bigs By HOWIE RUMBERG, AP Sports Writer 6 hours, 52 minutes ago * Buzz up! 0 votes * Print By returning to Seattle for what will basically be a yearlong farewell to baseball, Ken Griffey Jr. is joining a long list of fading stars who hang on for a season or two despite their diminished skills. Most famously, a 40-year-old...
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July 4th Firecracker Classic Tournament
ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY FIRECRACKER CLASSIC!USA Premier Baseball15th Annual 4th of July Firecracker Classic 2009Friday July 3rd through Monday July 6th.Games at Concorda University, Windrow Park in Irvine, Golden West College, Orange...
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The right way to win big ... aftermath of 100-0
Excerpts from the full story:With the score at 94-53, he called time with exactly 1 minute left and ordered his players to spread the floor and not take a shot. SL star Naadir Ginyard (34 points, six treys) twice made steals thereafter, raising his...
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Re: Aramis Ramirez, Mr. bad example.
sox.... As long as you have owners that are willing to keep paying "players" like Ramirez, nothing will change. And, I'm also willing to bet that Ramirez is bummed-out at the way the team is playing. But, because he gets paid so well, and that he doesn't have to ride-the-bench at all, he figures that it's not his fault, but everyone elses!!!!! The manager needs to pull the team together as one unit, on-the-same-page, to get over this reaally bad time. Look at what Leyland has done in...
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Re: Still want to play professional baseball???????
Excellent Post LOW337!!!! I have refrained from posting in this thread expressing my opinion but here it goes. Some very valid and good points came out of that last post. The main one was, "come up with a figure and stick with it"-LOW in pre-draft agreement. Don't get greedy and miss your opportunity. The one part of my experience personally after signing in the "PROS" pointed out in LOW's post was the instruction received on a more individual basis, daily. In college, it was much different...
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Re: Short to zone...Long through zone
Put your hands at the arm pit. Load the scap. Your rear hand/arm now resembles a boxer about to punch. Do this dynamically as you load your pelvis and then swing with connection. At first, you'll feel the hands "locked" there by the connection and rotation. Shortly thereafter, the rotation is such that it trys to force the hands to move forward. The degree they move is how much you let them move. And, you let them move according to the pitch location (inside, middle, outside). There is very...
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Re: Will "The Thrill" Clark!!!
Agreed , I participated in this for one reason. It is relatively easy to teach a purely rotational swing . It is also relatively hard to teach it with weight shift. ****** teaching weigh shift is hard to do with lower body cues and that is why I failed at it for so long...there...I am not a know it all I gave what I believe to be a valuable tip. I find it hard to get a kid to load, shift, rotate. Sounds easy by operationalizing it is not. The shift in baseball and golf is teachable when the...
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Re: converting VHS to DVD
OK here is what I did. I purchased a SONY VRD-VC20 $220.00. This does NOT use a computer. You hook your VCR directly to the SONY DVD Unit, insert a DVD in the unit , push "play" on your VCR and "record" on the you have just converted your VHS to DVD in real time. You can also hook your video camera (digital or analog) (A/V cable, S-Video, cable, or firewire) and burn DVD's. PLUS, I said it doesn't use a computer ...BUT.. use the USB port on the VC20, hook it to the USB on your computer and...
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Re: converting VHS to DVD
Fungo, that's the exact same unit I bought a few months ago. There are jacks on the back so you can record from essentially any source....dvd player, vcr, analog video camera, digital video camera, etc. It's a wonderful product and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to made DVD's from multiple sources. Jon
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Re: converting VHS to DVD
That unit is probably alot less hassle than digitizing it thru your computer. You could also get a DVD recorder and go straight to that from the VCR. Me, I did it the hard way--with the "pass through" feature on my digital camcorder, then to the computer. A lot of hassle, but more fun.
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Re: converting VHS to DVD
Fungo I just bought a vhs/dvd combo unit that also records either. All I have to do is put the tape in, format a dvd in the other, and push a button. It's so simple even I figured it out. Plus I now have the convenience of recording shows off the TV on DVD. To be honest, I don't want to edit the old footage. I want to see all the goofy stuff, including the wiggly frames. There were times my wife was recording my youngest while I was off coaching my oldest that were great. She would turn the...
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Re: Hitting Coaches
Be careful of a coach that teaches all kids one way. Especially if the one way is either rotational or weight-shift theories. There is a certain fingerprint about hitting. No two seem to look alike. The other bewares if you hear the following... 1. Stay inside the ball. Very few kids even know what this mean. 2. Swing level. The barrel starts above the strike zone and goes down. To swing level, you have to drop and sweep. 3. Drive everything to the opposite field. Most lessons should start...