Height and weight-embellish or be truthful?

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Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
If you are good enough, you are big enough.

I don't care what sport it is... and this is the most true in baseball. Just put what the kid is on the card and then don't give it another thought...
telling the truth means you don't have to have a very good memory.

Well said Trojan.

Quote by PGStaff
Body type is probably more important. If a kid is 6-3/170 (depending on body type) he could actually be more attractive to scouts than if he were 6-3/210.

Good point, weight is easier to add than take off.

I saw something on "Sports Science" that showed the geometry of pitching, and theorized the higher the point of release for the ball, the less time it spends in the strike zone. Hence, a taller pitcher would have a slight advantage.

If you look at the all-time strikeout leaders, no one in the top ten was shorter than 6'1. Pedro Martinez (5'11) is the only one in the top 20 listed at under 6'0.

I've always heard the term 'ape index' when referring to rock climbers. Some believe a dis-proportionate 'wingspan', is what separates the best climbers from the rest.

Does anyone know if Pedro Martinez has super-long arms?

I'm 6'1. My ceilings are mostly 8 feet high. I can only reach about 7'7. I have to stand on a chair (like a girl) to change light bulbs. My friend is 5'9 or 5'10. He can change the same light bulbs without a chair. He has the much greater ape index. If we were pitching prospects, he would have a higher 'point of release' than I. So, in theory, even though I am 4 or 5 inches taller, my friend has more potential to be the better pitcher.

I know it's all about what you do on the field, but I do think some people won't consider shorter pitchers. Perhaps, parents of 'shorter' pitchers could measure their sons' wingspans and, if their ape index is high, point out to scouts and college coaches, "yeah, he's 5'10, but he releases like 6'4." (embellished slightly, of course )

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Does anyone know if Pedro Martinez has super-long arms?

Looks like he does to me.

lol, I told you to save room in the ambulance for me.

All the other girls were adding at least an inch when we were filling out the forms (together). I figured I should add an inch too, but no way I'm going to be 6' tall, I'll never get a boyfriend."[/quote]


Tell her not true! My 6' 3" oldest baseball (very cute) son will only date tall athletic girls. His current girlfriend is 'only 5'10"' in bare feet, but he usually likes them at least six feet tall.

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2014 is a 2 way player whose "actual" current ht and wt is 6'4" 193 lbs. Coaches are suggesting that son state size at 6'5" 200 lbs. I hope son will continue to grow in ht and wt but I am suggesting he be completely honest.

Does he listen to coach or Dad? Coaches have seen enough kids to know legitimate size versus embellishe

Thoughts?

I agree with "state the truth". Surely, coaches know kids grow if they are a 2014. My oldest was 6'2" at the end of high school. He is now 6'3" as a junior. My middle son was only 5'10 at the end of HS, but is 6'2" as a sophomore. And we registered our now hs freshman as a true 5'9" and 150 pounds early last summer. He has just broken 6" and 190 and is still growing.I can't keep him in clothes or enough food.

I do know my son has filled out baseball forms asking my husband's and mine height. I guess that gives someone a guideline.