with these types of posters....
http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/f...1037901/m/3121051652
If he was true in his postings and if so what his son ever became....LOL
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Last I heard he had given up on the baseball dream and was feeling quite dejected.
He sits, all by himself, in his small room, grasping without pause, thinking about how things could have been.
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Last I heard he had given up on the baseball dream and was feeling quite dejected.
He sits, all by himself, in his small room, grasping without pause, thinking about how things could have been.
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I could only get to page three before my eyes began to glaze over.
Based on the way he writes, I always suspected that he was one of the old timers, posting under a false name just to have a little fun.
It was some good reading. BTW my kid is a freshman this year and he has been told by pro scouts that he should be..... 
quote:Originally posted by Eric G:
with these types of posters....
http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/f...1037901/m/3121051652
If he was true in his postings and if so what his son ever became....LOL
Since you asked here it is, nothing ever became of his son because he didn't have one, it was just someone (as MTH suggested) who had nothing better to do at the time but make fun of parents here because he felt that some here take this baseball stuff too seriously.
Acutallly in some ways, for some folks, I think he's right, though it is not appropriate to make fun like that. This is a long journey, a difficult one at that, personally I think that some would enjoy it much more if they stopped worrying about things they have no control over and just concentrate on the now, the future will take care of itself.
JMO.
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A filament of someone's imagination?
It's not true?
I'm blue!
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A filament of someone's imagination?
It's not true?
I'm blue!
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quote:Originally posted by TPM:
This is a long journey, a difficult one at that, personally I think that some would enjoy it much more if they stopped worrying about things they have no control over and just concentrate on the now, the future will take care of itself.
And as parents, we need to understand that the list of things we can't control is much longer than the list of things we can.
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That list of stuff we can't control is getting shorter everyday...we're dialed in and on top of it!
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That list of stuff we can't control is getting shorter everyday...we're dialed in and on top of it!
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Woody,
That would be more reassuring if we didn't all know that Homer Simpson is the guy sitting there--ignoring the dials and dropping donut crumbs and spilling coffee all over the control panel.
That would be more reassuring if we didn't all know that Homer Simpson is the guy sitting there--ignoring the dials and dropping donut crumbs and spilling coffee all over the control panel.
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Hey! Hey! Hey! Those aren't crumbs...they're sprinkles!
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Hey! Hey! Hey! Those aren't crumbs...they're sprinkles!
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I miss these posts! LOL!!! I thought about starting one for the fun of it but knew I would not be able to pull it off!
I'm disappointed that I missed out on that thread originally, pretty entertaining! 
I enjoyed the responses from TRhit and some of the others, apparently I was too late for the party? If Stardad is/was legit, hopefully he'll give us the update on his amazing son. If indeed this was a joke, the person that pulled it off should come forward and take a bow! 
Yes...sometimes we can take this a little too seriously.
Posts like this are funny in some ways and sad in others because while Stardad may have been a troll there are many parents that you meet in real life that are seriously that way. I've had to bite my tongue sometimes and not talk about the reality of playing baseball at each successive level.
There was a dad in one of the state forums that promoted his son shamelessly for years until he got to college. I think he felt that it would help his son get recruited by college coaches. His posts were annoying sometimes but in a sick way also entertaining. Now that his son is playing in college I don't think he posts anymore. Did his incessant posting really help his son get recruited- doubt it.
I talked to an acquaintance the other day- she told me her neighbor's son got a full ride to play baseball in college. Knowing the college, a very good D2 academically and athletically, I know they only give $500/player for athletic scholarships and probably very little academically unless you're Einstein.
Parents mostly do wear rose colored glasses when it pertains to their kids and many exaggerate greatly when it comes to scholarships. Thanks to the hsbbweb most of us have learned so much of the reality of playing @ the next level (what ever that level may be). But it is entertaining to read these posts!
There was a dad in one of the state forums that promoted his son shamelessly for years until he got to college. I think he felt that it would help his son get recruited by college coaches. His posts were annoying sometimes but in a sick way also entertaining. Now that his son is playing in college I don't think he posts anymore. Did his incessant posting really help his son get recruited- doubt it.
I talked to an acquaintance the other day- she told me her neighbor's son got a full ride to play baseball in college. Knowing the college, a very good D2 academically and athletically, I know they only give $500/player for athletic scholarships and probably very little academically unless you're Einstein.
Parents mostly do wear rose colored glasses when it pertains to their kids and many exaggerate greatly when it comes to scholarships. Thanks to the hsbbweb most of us have learned so much of the reality of playing @ the next level (what ever that level may be). But it is entertaining to read these posts!
My son played on an AAU team last summer. The first time I met a certain dad he told me that he son is a hitting machine. Well, you know how the story ends. His son was not a strong player, and could not hit well at all. Apparently he was good in LL, but this was 16U ball. They were living in the past. And note to parents of youngsters - star performance in LL or 14U is no guarantee that the player will continue to keep up with the best as he gets older. Stay humble. At some point baseball will make everyone humble!
When my son's U9 (8yo) travel s0ccer team won the two county championship a mother asked me if I thought this would be the roster of the high school s0ccer team in eight years. I told her about four of the kids would ever make varsity. She was shocked. I was right. It was the son's of four former college athletes.
When I coached 12U travel basketball when asked I warned the parents by varsity if these kids are all playing eight of the ten will be competing for two or three guard spots. Two are varsity guards. My son could have been a third if he wasn't playing two other varsity sports. Once again, each kid's dad was a college athlete.
Four kids from my son's LL all-star team are playing varsity baseball. Three have dads who were college athletes.
I'm not saying a kid has to have a dad who played college sports to be a successful athlete. But it's a strong indicator if the kid is motivated.
When I coached 12U travel basketball when asked I warned the parents by varsity if these kids are all playing eight of the ten will be competing for two or three guard spots. Two are varsity guards. My son could have been a third if he wasn't playing two other varsity sports. Once again, each kid's dad was a college athlete.
Four kids from my son's LL all-star team are playing varsity baseball. Three have dads who were college athletes.
I'm not saying a kid has to have a dad who played college sports to be a successful athlete. But it's a strong indicator if the kid is motivated.