Tagged With "at the plate"
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VA Top Performers at PG Jr National (2016's)
Game Notes Garrett Stallings (2016, RHP, Cheseapeake, VA) worked around the strike zone consistently, sitting at 84-87 and topping at 88 mph. He also mixed a 77 mph curveball that he located well. He tossed three innings of scoreless, hitless baseball...
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COLLISION
NFHS. Runner on third coming home on grounder to second. Throw comes home, catcher has ball, blocking the plate. Runner does not attempt to slide, barrels into catcher, ball comes loose. Umpire rules safe. Is that the correct call?
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Off to Georgia next week
Next week, my son's scout team is off to Georgia. They will work out at and tour a local DIII school (Covenant College -- about which I know nothing -- and will also attend a one day "team camp" at the University of Georgia. Then...
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Tony Gywnn - A MUST watch, NOW:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PXSVbLhyMY - In 366 plate appearances against John Smoltz, Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez and Tom Glavine, the 8-time batting champion struck out five times. Yes, Five times... -...
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Ump says "stay in the box"
Guys, I have a question. My HS sophomore son played in a tournament when the ump said to him to stay in the box. Not allowing him to leave the box to get his sign from his 3rd base coach and take a swing if he wants. Then just now watching Ole...
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When do they start throwing inside
Game in and game out from early ages to now HS, it seems that most pitchers are afraid to come inside. Think that most of them are still afraid to hit somebody. Back in my day if you crowded the plate you were given a message. I can attest, as...
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How to get a kid to just relax and enjoy and not press
How do you get a player to just relax, be in the moment and not press -- especially at the plate? My guy has a sweet swing, what everybody says is elite bat speed. When he just let's things happens and trusts his ability, he does quite...
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In Game Stat Tracking
So, I'm the type of guy who hates going through the book and sifting through all the information to put together stats and such. I also (as of yet) don't have an assistant coach at all. I rely on a student assistant/manager to keep book. They are not...
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ways to coach being aggressive at the plate
Greetings everyone, My team watches entirely too many strikes! especially strike 3's. Its unreal. I've been talking about being aggressive with 2 strikes all season and sometimes they do it, sometimes they don't. Any tips on drills that...
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Pitching Velo Increase
Hello, I am new to the forum and I have a question for those who may have kids that are or were pitchers. My son is a freshman and stands 5'10". His ortho doc says he has another 18 months of growing based on his open growth plate. He sits 76/77 mph...
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Fun right?
So far in my high school career Ive had "good" success. I went undefeated as a freshmen pitcher and put up solid #'s at the plate. I had a pretty good summer as well and pitched against some good competiton which helped me improve alot. I worked hard...
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Hall Of Fame Pitcher Tom Seaver Did It Well ...
Thought this might be of interest ...http://www.stevenellis.com/April 18, 2006Hall Of Fame Pitcher Tom Seaver Did It Well, But He's An Exception -- An Anomaly, Really. It's Just Not Good Practice Or Sound Pitching Mechanics. See What It Is -- And Why...
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Story and Question for any umps
We had a game yesterday,I was the starting catcher.Im batting,Counts 2-2.Runners on 2b.A pitch starts over the plate but breaks in and hits me in the back of my right arm(I am a righty).I Immediately make sure to Hold up and I know for a fact I...
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Ball Stuck in Fence After Wild Pitch
This happened tonight. A runner was on second. My son through a wild pitch that bounced about 6 foot up and stuck in the fence behind the plate. The catcher goes back to get the ball while the runner went to third. The catcher hesitated, the runner...
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Get Me Out of This Place!!!
My son's HS team (an American school in Korea) traveled to another city to play another American team.....arrived to find the mound was 65 feet eight inches from home plate.Now, keep in mind that we expats refer to Korea as "The Land of the...
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Coaches ruining talented teams...
sorry but this is going to be a little bit of a rant. Has anyone else ever seen a coach who year after year seems to ruin talented teams? I come home from college for the weekend yesturday and find out the team from my high school is in the playoffs...
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Is it balance stupid?
My daughter plays on a 9-10 softball team. She probably has the nicest swing on the team. We have been working on it for several years. The coaches asked if I would work with the hitters, I guess based on seeing how my daughter swings the...
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dad's throwing BP
Recent saw a few dad's try to throw bp to their little league team. Many of the dad's throwing mechanics was just awful and their control even worse. Pitches were frequently bouncing to home plate and many drilled the poor 8-9 year olds in the back....
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Tuesday Results
Colleyville 5Keller 4WP DeleoLP SowellNot a pretty game. Bunch of errors on both sides. Umpires were horrible for both sides. At one time they were calling strikes on balls that were over 12" off the plate. When you have parents heckling calls made in...
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South & SouthWest Suburban Scores - 4/27/06
More top 10 teams. Whoaa! BASEBALLNo. 6 Mount Carmel 3, No. 1 St. Rita 2Lenell McGee singled with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to score John Morsovillo with the winning run for host Mount Carmel (18-6, 3-3) in the Catholic League Blue. Tony...
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Fielding technique (grounders)
Thanks for the new forum Julie!! I was hoping to be the first but didn't have time. Oh well.Anyway, I've been doing a ton of ground balls with my son and one thing I noticed is that when fielding a grounder, as he's bringing it up to his chest area,...
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Allen Wranglers 17-18U tryouts, November 12-13
The Allen Wranglers baseball club will host tryouts on Sunday, November 13 from 1-3pmat The Gabe at Craig Ranch (McKinney). **Due to a conflict with the AHS program, we will NOT be having a tryout on Saturday, Nov 12.**We will have one combined team...
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Caught Stealing Percentage
I have a question for coaches, catchers and dads of catchers:When you talk of CS%, do you count bases stolen when the catcher can't make a throw because the pitch was a curve in the dirt and he had to go block it?Or do you just count the plays where a...
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how long will it take to get noticed considerably
right now i havent played baseball in two years due to some rediculous reasons that i ended up transferring to another school because of. i took the summer and fall seasons off but this year my junior year, im playing great behind the plate and im...
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Bad catching display at MLB level
I'm watching the Seattle/Baltimore series this weekend and have repeated poor defensive plays by both catchers. I just saw one play that took the cake.Richie Sexton is on first and a double is hit to the left-center gap. Sexton (no speed demon) gets...
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Attempting to distract the pitcher ("RATTLED").
While playing against a rival team last week, I noticed that the kids on the other team had bottles of rocks and assorted noise makers in the dugout. Whenever our pitcher started his delivery to the plate they would shake the bottles and blow noise...
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What would YOUR song be?
The question comes up often on the Player's Only forum, so let's try this on the old, no-longer-playing guys and gals:If you were still active, what song would you have on the PA as you strode towards the plate?
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Red sox game
HiFor my 18th birthday I would like to go in Boston and watch a Red Sox game... But unfortunately the home games are all sold out for the whole season I think...My question is... Are there some cheap tickets we can buy before the game (extra seats)?...
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Switch Hitter at the Plate
Okay guys, someone please enlighten me on this one. I'd love to know what was being said, and what the final ruling was, and why. I realize you can only speculate on some of this, but several of you know the books inside and out and can help me...
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Nice Article In DMN About Rockwall Catcher Chad Noble
Great kid and a great catcher! Recovered from ankle injury, Rockwall catcher is also a hit on offense08:55 PM CDT on Wednesday, May 3, 2006By DAVE LANCE / The Dallas Morning News The pain in his right ankle prevented him from hitting last season...
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drills on how to keep your front shoulder in??
i have figured out my problem at the plate and what it is is my front shoulder flys open... so i was wondering if yall had any drills that would help me keep my front shoulder in?
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Training Technique Is Questioned by Parents
Training Technique Is Questioned by ParentsProvidence High officials apologize after coach uses machine to hit players with pitches.By Eric Sondheimer, Times Staff WriterMay 5, 2006 At two practices last week, baseball players from a small private...
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Pulling the ball
I've often read that a high school hitter should be able to take a pitch on the outer half of the plate the other way. I honestly think I have perfected that. I NEVER try to pull an outside pitch and usually hit an outside pitch to the right side of...
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Pitching inside. An interesting read.
May. 07, 2006BY GORDON WITTENMYERPioneer PressWhat happened to the inside pitch?Brushing hitters back to establish the inner half of the plate was once a pitcher's right, but these days it's a dying art.With one out and two men on base a few nights...
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Home Run
2 out, runner on first. batter hits it outta the park, no doubt. the umpire signals homerun, and the runner that was on first misses home plate. this all happens in the bot of the 7th with the home team down by one. then the runner who hit the...
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The End Game.............
was yesterday. Haverford College lost to pitching-deep Franklin & Marshall in the Centennial conference championship series, after knocking off 18th-ranked Johns Hopkins. In the blink of a parent's eye: 15 years, 1000+ games in at least 14x states from searing west Kansas, to the Florida tropics, NYC, The Netherlands and beyond. teammates, coaches, ground balls, soft toss, L-screens, plate discipline, All-Star, All-State, All-Conference, Captain, MVP....4" 6" to 6" 4", the little boy now a...
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New one on me..
This happened in a HS girls' softball game in our area yesterday. Runner on third, no one out. Batter flys out to left field, runner on third tags up and is thrown out at the plate. EVERYONE in the park thinks there's three outs and both teams switch...
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Im curious as to what to do
ive been having a great spring behind the plate making assists left and right, i have a 1.8 sec pop time and ive been crushing rocket line drives about 10 ft off the ground the whole way but right to the outfielders, so im hitting about 300, not bad....
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Looking for a tournament team this summer
Live in Clearwater area(Pinellas County). Will be 17 at end of July, 6'0" 185. Starting 3B on Varsity team, also started about 10 games at SS. Have also played 2b in about 30 HS games over the last 3 seasons. I am a pitcher mid 80's fastball, good...
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Looking for a tournament team for this summer
Live in Clearwater area(Pinellas County). Will be 17 at end of July, 6'0" 185. Starting 3B on Varsity team, also started about 10 games at SS. Have also played 2b in about 30 HS games over the last 3 seasons. I am a pitcher mid 80's fastball, good...
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Looking for a tourney team for summer
Live in Clearwater area(Pinellas County). Will be 17 at end of July, 6'0" 185. Starting 3B on Varsity team, also started about 10 games at SS. Have also played 2b in about 30 HS games over the last 3 seasons. I am a pitcher mid 80's fastball, good...
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Delivery Time to Plate With Runner on First
A scout told me tonight my son is 1.15 to the plate with a runner on first and told me the MLB average is 1.3. He picks off a relatively high number (has a good move to first) and there have been way above average caught stealings this year. Our...
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Outside Corner?
OK, I gotta be careful, because who knows who is reading this board.But, have anybody else noticed that the outside corner this year tends to be 8" off the plate? I watched two varsity games yesterday, and both umps were calling balls WAY outside.Even...
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Pick Off To 2nd Base....Kind Of Different!!
OK...I've always wondered about this and thought some umpire or know it all might just have an answer! Say you have a left-handed pitcher that is ambidextrious. There is a runner on 2nd base. Can the pitcher change the glove over to his left hand...
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HS Coach Calling Pitches
Could use some advice on this situation:Son is a sophomore starting pitcher with years of success in travel ball and summer showcases. On varsity team, head coach has had the team for maybe 4 years and before that had no known baseball experience....
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How do you stop Hands dropping? Shoulder dropping? and improve confindence
Last 2 years my batting average has been lower than past years because of my hands dropping and my shoulder dropping. I dont know why i am doing it now but all of sudden my swing has changed. because of this my confindence at the plate has been...
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ill-placed tag
Batter bunts -- ball goes just in front of home plate. Catcher picks up ball & chases batter to tag him. As catcher starts to tag the batter, ball comes out of his hand and goes into batter's back pocket. Is the runner out? (Catcher didn't maintain control of ball). How far can the runner keep running? What's the correct call?
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Chad Comer
Saw in today's FWST that Comer is tearing it up at the plate. Leading the area in hits and up there in batting average.Anybody know if Chad has committed anywhere yet?
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Elbow Break
To all:I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I am trying to see if anyone on the board has had this happen or knows anyone that had this happen. How was their recovery and how did it affect them mentally as well as physically after the...