A note about justbaseball's son

Geat outing by a quality person/player

That is awesome. Nice to get good news.

I'll triple that good news story and add my applause!
It is indeed good to hear good news!

That is a great story Bordeaux - thanks for sharing

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Great family, great young man...

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Great news!

JBB,
If you are reading .... <~~~~ very happy for ED!

Way to go, Erik! What a tough young man with a winning attitude!

Great game to watch in a beautiful setting. Very inspirational for the younger players to watch. Keep up those winning ways and congrats on the BIG win.

"Way to go, Erik," indeed!!



(Great to visit with you recently at The Sunken Diamond, justbaseball.)

Thanks everyone for the kind words. You've all been so supportive of Erik...TPM, O44, CaBB and infielddad I really have appreciated the notes. And Prepster, it really was nice spending a half-game with you a few weeks back.

And everyone else...a hearty THANKS for all your well wishes and prayers!

Yesterday was fun. Just hoping for a lot more "fun" in the coming weeks and months.

Cabernet - thanks for the link!!! Great picture in the story.....clearly gets the looks from Mrs. JBB!!!

Way to go, Erik! Good things happen to good people.

Hmmm....cabernet....I DO like the taste of that. And it IS kind of Cardinal-colored.....

I doubt any player this weekend deserves a pat on the back more than ED. What he has gone through for that save is nearly incredible.

Hey that's a great piece of news about Eric. Simply awesome.

There is one aspect to Erik's performance that hasn't been mentioned and again shows his talent and mental tenacity.
In innings 6-8, he controlled the AZ hitters and it sure seemed like they knew that.
When the 9th inning started, the first batter steps in and then out of the box. Got an idea of what was coming. Looks down to the 3rd base coach who proceeds to give at least 20 seconds of signals. Then steps in, calls time and steps back out. Literally, the AZ staff brought that game to a halt. Every single hitter, every pitch, looked at the 3B coach for a myriad of signs that went forever and said nothing. On top of that, the umpire squeezed the zone and pitches on the top end weren't strikes any more and neither were pitches on the knees.
Initially, the tactics worked and Erik lost some rhythm. To the credit of the coaching staff, they stuck with ED, he got his focus back, threw strikes and produced the game ending double play.
I left that game with two distinct impressions:
1.) #19 has a huge heart which infused energy within his entire team;
2.) The NCAA absolutely needs to legislate a time limit between pitches. 20-30 seconds of a coach giving signals should not be part of the game.

Infielddad,



on both points

infielddad,

Mine has been taught to work very quickly, too quickly, and hitters are aware, but I have never known any particular hitter or hitters to slow him down more than necessary.

I know this is a part of the game, hitters throwing off pitcher's rhythm. But coaches (all)need to let games be determined by playing the game, not by playing games.

JMO.

An astute umpire would've put a stop to that stuff.