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Martin, no offense but you need a good grammar and spelling book. Commas and periods would work nicely in your one paragraph sentence. I'm not sure what you are saying? Seriously.

its simple read it if so what i can barley read and write im have been fighting dyslexia since i was a child do you not have anything to do seriously any questions or comments you call me at 469-576-8896

Agree to Disagree. Kirby is a snake from what I hear.

Nice Shayne... I mean Bambino... I thought you had a catcher user name on here. Amazing how you stab old friends in the back... how many user names do you have on here?

Well this is awkward...

BJG - I highly doubt that Shayne has enough time or energy to bother coming up with and maintaining more than one account on here.

Oh, and Great Bambino - this is North Texas and the baseball business is loaded with lot's of snakes here. I compare it to the scene in The Ten Commandments. You know the one. Moses comes to the pharoh and lays his staff on the floor, and it turns into a snake in front of him. The pharoh then lays two staffs on the floor and they both turn into snakes. Then they all try to eat each other. There you have it. North Texas Baseball in a nut shell. One snake trying to devour the rest of the snakes. This is the monster we feed and we've allowed baseball to turn into a country club sport where once 20 kids could get together and play the game for the price of their mitt.

Once again, those exhibiting a tremendous amount of courage by taking shots at others and hiding behind a moniker. More than likely from a Dad who thinks his son is Nolan Ryan, but actually plays like Meg Ryan.

It appears to me that the Great Bambino (by Looking at his posts) is the Peter Gammons of District 8-5A. I doubt Shayne could even tell you who is in that district, much less argue who the number 1 and 2 arms are for Hebron High School.

Regardless, I take offense to anyone defining myself and my colleagues as snakes in the North Texas Baseball Community, especially while hiding behind a "CB handle". The most cowardly of acts, more than likely from an individual who never wore a jock strap and is reliving some high school fantasy through his son, who by the way makes fun of him with his team mates in the dugout.

There is a fix for this. I challenge all coaches to select your teams for next summer and do the following:

Have a 2 hour practice for the Dads. Let each father come out and take 12 cuts during BP with the kids watching. After that, take in and out and watch the circus. It will make your seasons so much more enjoyable, because they will quit coaching from the stands.

The next day, schedule a 14 inning scrimmage. Rotate the dads to each base location to umpire. Yes including behind the plate. Buy the gear yourself, it is a small investment for the grief you will be saved during the year. After that 5 hour circus of not knowing the rules, taking a foul ball off the mask and missing 50% of the balls and strikes because they are blinking, your umpiring from the stands problem will be eliminated.

I guess this could be construed as the acts of snakes, or the Education of the Ignorant. Either way, you made the kids quality of life on the ride home much better.

And, oh the memories. More laughs than an Eddie Murphy stand up routine.

No way Catcher is the Great Bambino. I saw him hit and he would never place himself in that category. But, someone put it on the internet, so it must be true. Truly ridiculous from some clown in Abilene that probably really lives in Little Elm.

So Little Courage
So Many Opinions

THIS is why Lynn Vanlandingham can coach my son anytime he wants. True baseball man who cares about providing his players with an opportunity to play the greatest game on earth and giving them solid instruction not just on the field lesons but also with life lessons.

Keep it up Lynn!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vanlandingham:
More than likely from a Dad who thinks his son is Nolan Ryan, but actually plays like Meg Ryan.[QUOTE]

Best quote this year!

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Originally posted by Out in LF:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vanlandingham:
More than likely from a Dad who thinks his son is Nolan Ryan, but actually plays like Meg Ryan.[QUOTE]

Best quote this year!

Where is that "Like" button!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vanlandingham:
Once again, those exhibiting a tremendous amount of courage by taking shots at others and hiding behind a moniker. More than likely from a Dad who thinks his son is Nolan Ryan, but actually plays like Meg Ryan.

It appears to me that the Great Bambino (by Looking at his posts) is the Peter Gammons of District 8-5A. I doubt Shayne could even tell you who is in that district, much less argue who the number 1 and 2 arms are for Hebron High School.

Regardless, I take offense to anyone defining myself and my colleagues as snakes in the North Texas Baseball Community, especially while hiding behind a "CB handle". The most cowardly of acts, more than likely from an individual who never wore a jock strap and is reliving some high school fantasy through his son, who by the way makes fun of him with his team mates in the dugout.

There is a fix for this. I challenge all coaches to select your teams for next summer and do the following:

Have a 2 hour practice for the Dads. Let each father come out and take 12 cuts during BP with the kids watching. After that, take in and out and watch the circus. It will make your seasons so much more enjoyable, because they will quit coaching from the stands.

The next day, schedule a 14 inning scrimmage. Rotate the dads to each base location to umpire. Yes including behind the plate. Buy the gear yourself, it is a small investment for the grief you will be saved during the year. After that 5 hour circus of not knowing the rules, taking a foul ball off the mask and missing 50% of the balls and strikes because they are blinking, your umpiring from the stands problem will be eliminated.

I guess this could be construed as the acts of snakes, or the Education of the Ignorant. Either way, you made the kids quality of life on the ride home much better.

And, oh the memories. More laughs than an Eddie Murphy stand up routine.

No way Catcher is the Great Bambino. I saw him hit and he would never place himself in that category. But, someone put it on the internet, so it must be true. Truly ridiculous from some clown in Abilene that probably really lives in Little Elm.

So Little Courage
So Many Opinions[/QUOTE

Well-said, Lynn. A message with humor-my favorite kind.
Your post laid out the reasons I shut the heck up. You are not getting me out there unless you want to see a)a 55 yr old man cry, or b)body parts fly off.
Like any third-party observer, I sometimes wonder why things happen, but I have learned that not every thought that comes into my brain needs to come out of my mouth!
My job is to support them, not coach them anymore.

Lynn, have you seen Meg Ryan play?? She probably sucks at baseball but might be enjoyable to watch in a uniform...I am just sayin'...

Tycho, nothing against Meg, great actress, she just can't play.

Handyrandy, you need to teach me how to keep the thoughts in my brain from coming out of my mouth.

Breaker Breaker 1 9 for Pick Johnson. Got your ears on Pick? I am getting bombarded with PM's and I need your number for them to call!!!!!

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Originally posted by Vanlandingham:
Breaker Breaker 1 9 for Pick Johnson. Got your ears on Pick? I am getting bombarded with PM's and I need your number for them to call!!!!!

I think he listed it as:
1-800-WHO-CARZ

Lynn, I would not want you to go thru what I had to in order to learn that lesson, and I didn't say I always did it-plenty of stupid stuff still comes out. Progress, not perfection, is my goal. Matter of fact, just let some out today towards my ex. I'll pay for that one, for sure!

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Originally posted by Vanlandingham:
Breaker Breaker 1 9 for Pick Johnson. Got your ears on Pick? I am getting bombarded with PM's and I need your number for them to call!!!!!

Sorry Lynn. As much as I'd like to help you, I think your better off on your own on this one. Besides, from your posts I'd consider you nothing more than a snake charmer. Is Catcher the Philly Phanatic or the Padre?

quote:

Originally posted by Vanlandingham:
Once again, those exhibiting a tremendous amount of courage by taking shots at others and hiding behind a moniker. More than likely from a Dad who thinks his son is Nolan Ryan, but actually plays like Meg Ryan.

It appears to me that the Great Bambino (by Looking at his posts) is the Peter Gammons of District 8-5A. I doubt Shayne could even tell you who is in that district, much less argue who the number 1 and 2 arms are for Hebron High School.

Regardless, I take offense to anyone defining myself and my colleagues as snakes in the North Texas Baseball Community, especially while hiding behind a "CB handle". The most cowardly of acts, more than likely from an individual who never wore a jock strap and is reliving some high school fantasy through his son, who by the way makes fun of him with his team mates in the dugout.

There is a fix for this. I challenge all coaches to select your teams for next summer and do the following:

Have a 2 hour practice for the Dads. Let each father come out and take 12 cuts during BP with the kids watching. After that, take in and out and watch the circus. It will make your seasons so much more enjoyable, because they will quit coaching from the stands.

The next day, schedule a 14 inning scrimmage. Rotate the dads to each base location to umpire. Yes including behind the plate. Buy the gear yourself, it is a small investment for the grief you will be saved during the year. After that 5 hour circus of not knowing the rules, taking a foul ball off the mask and missing 50% of the balls and strikes because they are blinking, your umpiring from the stands problem will be eliminated.

Coach Vanlandingham- Your response was priceless (not just for humor but for the truth). I've seen your teams play and you definitely know how to coach. But my question is, "have you ever tried this with a group of parents"? I assume you haven't, but I would definitely pay to see it. Keep up the good work.

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Originally posted by "Behind the mask":

Coach Vanlandingham- Your response was priceless (not just for humor but for the truth). I've seen your teams play and you definitely know how to coach. But my question is, "have you ever tried this with a group of parents"? I assume you haven't, but I would definitely pay to see it. Keep up the good work.

I've done this with a couple of teams. It definitely works as intended and is a heck of a lot of fun, but make sure those insurance premiums are paid up. One of parents blew out an ACL in warmups.

Rookies just made my point! I'll just sit in the stands and cheer...

I have not done this. My parents this year are Gold (Knock on Wood).

BTW, Back to Bruce Kirby. We have stolen his thunder here. The Fort Worth Cats have always been a 1st class organization from my point of view. We play them Saturday morning and look forward to it.

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Originally posted by Vanlandingham:
I have not done this. My parents this year are Gold (Knock on Wood).

BTW, Back to Bruce Kirby. We have stolen his thunder here. The Fort Worth Cats have always been a 1st class organization from my point of view. We play them Saturday morning and look forward to it.

Take it easy on us. :-)