Thread for the 2019 season, which kicks off Feb. 9th for us.
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Top to bottom my son's team is as talented as any in the school's recent history, so it should be a really fun year -- and a last hurrah for a tight-knit group of ten seniors.
Just hoping for a productive, fun, injury-free senior year for my boy! His team is pretty stacked, should do well!
loaded but that wins you nothing!
2019Dad posted:Thread for the 2019 season, which kicks off Feb. 9th for us.
In NJ, our first game is scheduled for April 2nd. 8 weeks after you!
Francis7 posted:2019Dad posted:Thread for the 2019 season, which kicks off Feb. 9th for us.
In NJ, our first game is scheduled for April 2nd. 8 weeks after you!
Yeah, I grew up in PA and can remember practicing with snow falling (flurries . . . but still). Of course, the other side of it here is that teams play games all winter -- just by way of example:
http://www.westranchbaseball.com/fall/ or https://www.cdmbaseball.org/page/show/272428-calendar
2019Dad posted:Francis7 posted:2019Dad posted:Thread for the 2019 season, which kicks off Feb. 9th for us.
In NJ, our first game is scheduled for April 2nd. 8 weeks after you!
Yeah, I grew up in PA and can remember practicing with snow falling (flurries . . . but still). Of course, the other side of it here is that teams play games all winter -- just by way of example:
http://www.westranchbaseball.com/fall/ or https://www.cdmbaseball.org/page/show/272428-calendar
That's interesting... a 44 game fall/winter schedule prior to the actual Spring HS season... and I notice they post below each schedule the names of anyone that misses a game. No pressure there 
My son's former team came one inning away from winning Section (kinda like winning State in CA) last season. There are still a lot of his former teammates playing, and they should be pretty good again this year, but I'll be missing their games as I'm now in NYC. If anybody has a HS (or college) team for me to follow here, PM me. I'm going to need to see a few games!
HS tryouts in Feb. He has been killing it this off season with S&C in late August and packed on good muscles ~10 lbs and gained speed (based on flag football in the fall). He just started his onramping for throwing following DL. His hitting metrics are very good but needs to be tested against live pitching. He will be trying out for his freshman team in February.
Tryouts - Jan. 14th
Opener - February 13th
Son’s team should be really athletic and should score a ton of runs but pitching is the question mark. Regardless of what happens, the season should be fun.
Tryouts March 16....have a long way to go.
Should have a good season overall. . Coach has 4 close relatives in the program, so bleacher drama will be at a high level. Hopefully he handles it right and the drama doesn’t make its way onto the field ????
2019Dad posted:Francis7 posted:2019Dad posted:Thread for the 2019 season, which kicks off Feb. 9th for us.
In NJ, our first game is scheduled for April 2nd. 8 weeks after you!
Yeah, I grew up in PA and can remember practicing with snow falling (flurries . . . but still). Of course, the other side of it here is that teams play games all winter -- just by way of example:
http://www.westranchbaseball.com/fall/ or https://www.cdmbaseball.org/page/show/272428-calendar
LOL! Son's HS team never played in snow, but I distinctly remember light snow flurries during the first college (JuCo) home games we attended. Brrrr! Temperature was 38 F at game time and below freezing by the end of the 2nd game (double header).
Greetings from sunny Arizona! Try-outs are the first week of February when the average high here is in the low 70s! My 2020 is considering a Chicago school and we are visiting there in February. He will be in for a rude awakening LOL!
2019’s Senior Year. Tryouts Jan 28. If son makes the team it will be his first HS season since Freshman Year. Should be interesting!
Our boys have been in baseball class all year so cuts were made last Friday. They will have another tryout in January for football/basketball kids and then first game is first week of February.
My 2020 is in the throws of basketball season right now, but he's been keeping up with baseball training a few times a week and lifting a couple times a week. It makes for a very busy schedule, but he's loving it and seeing results, so that is motivating.
In the NW, our HS tryouts/practices start in late Feb and first game is early March. Lots of rainy games in store for us--bleh! The last two years, our basketball team has gone to state, which overlaps with the beginning of baseball, so my son has had to go from last state basketball game one day to his first day of baseball practice the next day.
Hoping for a good baseball season this year! My son's Freshman year, our varsity team was all Freshman and Sophomores (new program, small school) and we played schools with all Seniors on their rosters. Lost every game that year, except 1 game where my son pitched the entire game (he's not even a pitcher!) and we won by 1 run. Brutal. Last year, they made districts! Hoping this year is even better with some Juniors and Seniors on the team!
FL trip to kick off the pre-season. My 2022 is hitting the gym and the tunnels hard this winter. Should be fun to watch his HS journey!
Looking forward to the season mainly because son is playing with kids he grew up with and I coached.
In my area (NW) private schools are in the same league and they recruit so they tend to be at the top. Public schools can get a good team provided they have a lot of select players on the team.
Tryouts start March 10, then Varsity/JV go down to FLA for spring break training and scrimmaging. Games start as early as possible...snow is often involved up here in MN.
Son#1 is in college, #2 trying out for one of two Freshman teams. I don't care too much what team he plays on as long as he gets to play a lot and has a good time. He has always played both pitcher and in the field, but i suspect that he will be groomed to be on the mound with the HS program. He isn't the fielder his brother was, but he can hit, likes to hit, and is fast, so I don't know how all that is going to be handled. In our program, very few pitchers also hit, and even fewer play in the field.
The Varsity team has some talented position players, and can hit, but might struggle pitching wise.