Redbird,
We have four teams with the Banditos at 11u.
Black- #1
White- #2
Silver- #3
Gray- #4
Under normal circumstances the players would not be changing between teams. After USSSA World Series last year we had another team join ours, Texas Heat and they were a very storng team as well. Garrett and another player were playing with the White team to give them some leadership and to get both of them more at bats.
The plan all along was for them both to go back to the black team for the elite 24.
Regular season is now over (already!). My son's team won the conference with a record of 10-4. He finished 6-2 from the mound and led the team with a .516 batting average (100+ pts. higher than the #2 batter). He finished 1st in his conference and second in the league! His goal during last summer's workouts was to finish in the top 3 hitters moving up to Majors.
Congratulations Boom!!
Congratulations Boom!!
Well mine finally got around to having a decent game. Went 5 innings (league limit - why they have it for 13/14yo I don't know) gave up 2 hits, struggled with his control walking 3, but only faced 2 over the minimum due to 3 DPs. Went 2 for 3 at the plate with 1 rbi as we broke a scoreless tie in the top of the 7th. Reliever gave up 2 hits and 2 walks in 2 innings and got the win. He deserved it since he was involved in all 3 DPs, drove in the first run in the 7th and scored on my son's hit. The kids also turned a DP for the reliever. Two 6-4-3s, one 4-6-3 and one 1-6-3.
Now that the 04 is neatly tucked away at college, (just finished his freshman season) it's time to get my 10 going.
Hopefully all my mistakes from the 04 will not be repeated with the 10 (2010, 13yr old)
He is a pitcher as well and he is doing quite well for a tall lanky kid (6'1") 145lb.
What I am excited about is that he has embraced the change up (would not allow him at this young age to throw a breaking ball) It has worked out picture perfect becasue he has plus velocity and when he backs it up with a change the batters swing right through it and it is a thing of beauty. Great second pitch and it does not hard the arm.
Please Please all you dads don't fool yourselves and think that your 12-14 yr old has to throw the curve in order to compete. Stay the course with the Change and it will pay off. Second time through for me and it is working out even better the second time around for son no. 2.
Hopefully all my mistakes from the 04 will not be repeated with the 10 (2010, 13yr old)
He is a pitcher as well and he is doing quite well for a tall lanky kid (6'1") 145lb.
What I am excited about is that he has embraced the change up (would not allow him at this young age to throw a breaking ball) It has worked out picture perfect becasue he has plus velocity and when he backs it up with a change the batters swing right through it and it is a thing of beauty. Great second pitch and it does not hard the arm.
Please Please all you dads don't fool yourselves and think that your 12-14 yr old has to throw the curve in order to compete. Stay the course with the Change and it will pay off. Second time through for me and it is working out even better the second time around for son no. 2.
My son's name is Ryan Beyel and he plays for Byrd in Roanoke , Virginia. His team won the Virginia Dixie tile last season for 12-13Us...Had good middle school season and team won AAU tourny at Salem Stadium past weekend...He went 9-13 with 4 walks...how's it going out there for younger players?
Well, this school ball season is over[8th grade]. Tim won the MVP for 8th grade. He went 7-1 on the hill, and batted over .400, playing a lot of freshman. He was throwing 68-72 before the season started and then he pulled a back mucsle during his 4th start, missed about 2 weeks. He is just now getting back to 68-72. Now we are gearing up for freshman summer ball in the pure prarie league. Good luck to all!! Rob
My 8th grader's summer team is really just getting started; we've had awful weather for two solid weeks, and have played only three league games so far.
He was just asked to play with the high school JV summer team in addition to his 14U team. The high school has a great BB program (state champs last year, headed into state playoffs this year) and so it is quite a compliment to be asked as an 8th grader to be on JV.
In his game Friday night he just missed his first home run - hit it high off a 325 foot fence.
He was just asked to play with the high school JV summer team in addition to his 14U team. The high school has a great BB program (state champs last year, headed into state playoffs this year) and so it is quite a compliment to be asked as an 8th grader to be on JV.
In his game Friday night he just missed his first home run - hit it high off a 325 foot fence.
Rob, congrats to your son - is he still catching - quick brag - my catcher nailed one over the 350 sign with a hill behind it - no idea how far it would of gone.
Baseball is great and the most underated position by fans is the catcher
Baseball is great and the most underated position by fans is the catcher
Yesterday's win was very satisfying. We selected all-stars during the week and our team got overlooked to say the least. I spoke up during the selection and noted that of the 3 mostly 13yo teams we had only gotten one player on the A team while the other two had 3 apiece. I noted that we had split with one of the other 13yo teams (1-1-1) and that we were 1-1 with one game left to go with the other. The manager of that team proceeded to tell me just how much better their team was than ours and how much better his son was than mine.
We won. My son was 2-2 and also walked. His son was o'fer. I heard his 3rd base coach muttering "That's about as far as he's hit one." when he flew out to short left. My son had thrown 5 shutout innings the previous game so I rested him. His son came in with two outs and bases loaded and walked in a run then gave up a hit to let another one score, eventually clearing the bases. He only got an out when one of our players stepped off second and was tagged out.
Just an interesting side note, we lost a game by a run when one of our players didn't slide to break up a game ending double play 3 games ago. We probably won our last two partly as a result of two great slides breaking up double plays.
We won. My son was 2-2 and also walked. His son was o'fer. I heard his 3rd base coach muttering "That's about as far as he's hit one." when he flew out to short left. My son had thrown 5 shutout innings the previous game so I rested him. His son came in with two outs and bases loaded and walked in a run then gave up a hit to let another one score, eventually clearing the bases. He only got an out when one of our players stepped off second and was tagged out.
Just an interesting side note, we lost a game by a run when one of our players didn't slide to break up a game ending double play 3 games ago. We probably won our last two partly as a result of two great slides breaking up double plays.