Introduction

Welcome, Cutter.
You've come to the right place for info.
You should have plenty of Info/Resources right there in SoCal.
EH

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Cutter...

Sounds as if you are already way ahead of the game and moving forward. That's great.

Feel free to add as well...we all have a differing perspective and that is one of the things that make this site so valuable: the ability to see topics from many differing points of view.

Welcome to the HSBBW as a poster. May your dreams come true.

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Cutter,

Ditto on the Velkomens, but let's get right into it...

Playing multiple positions.
Play them ALL! You never know when your son will end up behind a future AllAmerican, and have to wait 2 or even 3 years to get his chance. That spells transfer, lack of game time, all kinds of "not so nice" scenarios.

My oldest got a miracle chance to start Game 3 of his Frosh season at 3B, due to the very unfortunate torn ACL of an upper. He has not come out of the line-up since. Can you say Lou Gehrig? The streak anyway... Then he put in 2 years at 1B, probably 'cuz the Coach wanted to go easier on his body, 'cuz he rakes. But time to take off the gloves... now his Senior year, with the Draft looming, they have him in the OF, in order to showcase his arm, speed, and versatility on the field. He looks to be the strongest in the OF, so it's somewhat selfish from both sides.

My youngest was recruited to play 3B at Navy. Looks now like a very good INF coach has turned him into a SS... who da' tunk?

Bottom line... play it all! But above all else... learn to hit. Bat speed is the key to game time.... and patience of course...

AcademyDAD

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Welcome, Cutter! It sure is fun when new members introduce themselves.

Please don't be shy about posting - tell us all about your experience along the way. The good, the bad, the questions, the answers - someone, whether a member or just a "lurker", will learn something from you sharing your thoughts during the journey!

Besides, most members get a big kick out of following and cheering for all of "our boys", not just their own sons.

Julie

Welcome cutter, good luck with the recruiting process and I hope we all can help.

Welcome Cutter, good luck to you and your family, lots of great information on this site.

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I have a soon-to-be 15 year old son who is a sophomore in high school

I thought my son was young for a sophmore - he will turn 16 in May. I guess as the years go bye, the age/maturity differences become less and less.

I have brought my son to two show cases but more to see what its all about rather then anything else. He did well but you could definately see the difference between a 14/15 year old and an 18 year old.

Welcome and look forward to sharing the experience of a couple of sophs working thru the next couple of years.

Welcome Cutter....
....as the parent of an '09 outfielder, I can tell you that this site is invaluable for learning from the experience of others. If you are looking for "un-varnished" opinions - which can agree or disagree - you have come to the irght place.

Lots of knowledgable folks who are willing to share that knowledge for the benefit of others.
An excellent baseball resource.

Best of luck to you and your son.

Welcome Cutter! This is a great community to be a part of.

Cutter, Welcome from a fellow lurker. Yesterday was my first time to post as well - "Thank you HSBBwebsters".

This is a great site for info. I would stress the academics as well. The better the grades and SAT/ACT test scores the more opportunities. The first thing college coaches asked us was about grades and test scores. One quick way to narrow the field for scouting by a college recruiter is to focus on those who would be academically eligible.

A player must keep his grades up through high school graduation as well. I have first hand knowledge of a highly skilled player who signed a NLI with a SEC school that hosted post season play and subsequently lost his chance to attend that school because he let his grades slip and was no longer academically eligible.

Cutter:
Welcome aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter. You're in for lots of exciting action, daring rescues, commendations when earned, and just a bunch of good, old fashioned, camaraderie. Enjoy the cruise. Here's a picture of our ship, the regal HSBBW...




I think AcademyDad, in my opinion, is right on the mark with his comment below.

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Originally posted by AcademyDad:
Cutter,
Bottom line... play it all! But above all else... learn to hit. Bat speed is the key to game time.... and patience of course...

AcademyDAD

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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

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One question for you AcademyDad...do men just hear smaller words?

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learn to hit

FormerObserver:

Yes...learn to hit.

Woodman:

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Cutter:
Welcome aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter. You're in for lots of exciting action, daring rescues, commendations when earned, and just a bunch of good, old fashioned, camaraderie. Enjoy the cruise. Here's a picture of our ship, the regal HSBBW...

Old Fashioned Karmaraderie.

Woodman you would love to talk to AcademyDad.
He's a Sometime Woodman Himself.
EH

EH:

You are exactly correct...karmaraderie.

Thanks for the info on AcademyDad...I wonder if he is more lignin or cellulose?

AcademyDad?

Cutter, I agree with the above statement's.
Play them all.
Baseball is about option's, The more position's you play.
The more you have a chance to play a position.
The most important, Can you hit.
If you can hit they will find you a position.

Academic's first, It give's you more option's.
EH

Still Learning:

A hearty welcome aboard to you as well...out of the shadows and into the limelight. Good for you.

Love the wooden blocks as your avatar..."Wood is Good".

Got Wood...

Wood is my life. Bachelors in Silviculture, Univ of Montana '76. 30 years in the wood products business. RTA furniture, flooring, and now redwood and cedar garden products. (can you say Sequoia sempervirens? How about Cunninghamia lanceolata?) All available at Menards in the Spring...



www.matthewsfourseasons.com


We are actually trying to trademark the term WOOD IS GOOD. Everyone in our industry thinks I made that up. Don't want to disappoint anyone.


How did you insert photo into text (CG Cutter?)


Oh, and "can men hear smaller words?" I think just read smaller print. Can you say pre-nup?

AcademyDAD


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A thank you to all of you for the kind words. Made me glad that I finally jumped into the mix.

Catcher09 - My son certainly is one of the youngest in his grade (I lost the argument about having him wait one year), but the plus side is that he is very athletic, fast, and 6-1. He will actually turn 15 tomorrow.

I agree with the rest of you as it pertains to grades, hitting, and positions. So far, I think we are on the right track.

We will be going to our first showcase/event next week, as he was invited by a college coach to Top96. Then, next month, he is attending a camp at one of the local universities (can you say no hotel fees?). We thought he would benefit by learning about the showcase experience, before it REALLY matters.

Again, thanks to all for the kind welcome.

AcademyDad:

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Got Wood...
Wood is my life.

I know the feeling...it gets in your blood. Bachelor of Science in Forest Management from Oregon State University in '77...10 years with the Oregon State Forestry Department...23 years in Chicago being a forester out of water so to speak.

It's rough in Chicago right now...housing is in the tank...customers are really reeling it in...the light at the end of the tunnel is merely a 15W EXIT sign along with "Thank-You for Shopping Housing Boom...Please Watch Your Step."

Need a rep in Chicago? Guaranteed to tap the market with an unorthodox approach!

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Can you say Sequoia sempervirens? How about Cunninghamia lanceolata?

Sequoia sempervirens...Coast Redwood...right? Cunninghamia laceolata...no clue on this one...probably a cedar of sorts...perhaps Richie's sword on Happy Days?

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All available at Menards in the Spring...

That's good news!

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www.matthewsfourseasons.com

Impressive!

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We are actually trying to trademark the term WOOD IS GOOD. Everyone in our industry thinks I made that up. Don't want to disappoint anyone.

Proof that Good Wood minds think alike!

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How did you insert photo into text (CG Cutter?)

After many years of toiling and considerable trials and errors I recently figured out how to do this...

First I found a suitable and appropriate photo. Then I cut the image out. On this one I thumbed through my back copies of "Coast Guard" magazine and found a photo of a cutter.



Next I carefully loosened and removed all of the screws from the back of my monitor, removed the cover and then gingerly lifted out all of the electrical innards. Once the inside of the screen was exposed I took the photo and dabbed the front surface with a bit of glue from a Glue-Stik. I then placed it on the inside of the screen. Sometimes it is difficult to place it in just the right spot, but I've been fortunate so far.

Lastly I re-assembled the whole works and then sat back and read the accolades. I've found this method to be virtually tamper-proof.



If you're skittish of electrical circuitry, squeamish at the sight of innards, or a bit more computer savvy than I am you can try this...

Open up the HSBBW and go to the message board.

Open up a reply on a thread of your choice.

When you want to affix a photo, then minimize your reply.

Find Google.

Type in the subject of your choice in the box.

Select Images from the header above the box.

Hit the Search Images tab to the right of the box.

Peruse the images that are catalogued and select one that you like.

Move the cursor over that image and right click your mouse on it.

From the box that appears select Copy image location. Left click your mouse.

Hit your reply on the bottom bar of your screen to bring it back up.

In the green header above your reply there are eleven choices...put the cursor on the second one from the right...it's an icon showing a picture...left click it.

Place the cursor in the box labeled Image URL and right click your mouse.

From the box that appears select Paste and left click your mouse.

The Image URL will be pasted into the box.

Next select an alignment from the chioces in the box below where your Image URL was pasted. Left click this choice.

Next, this is important, select OK and left click.

Your selected photo, in all of its glory, should be placed in your your reply.

Voila!...






Aha!...I Googled the Cunninghamia lanceolata...China fir...all the rage nowadays!

gotwood,

I am glad you added the alternate method of inserting the pic in a post, because I got scared when I was trying the first method and saw lots of sparks. Was I supposed to turn off the monitor first???

Still Learning,

I might have already said this in another thread - if not, I meant to - but welcome to the forums!

Julie

MN-Mom:

Turn the monitor off? You're kidding me of course. They can be turned off?

Lots of sparks? Did you use an Underwriters Laboratories approved non-spark Glue-Stik?


Look for that trademark...it can be trusted.



Well it is only the end of October...things haven't completely frozen solid up your way...but in a week or two you will not be fearing those sparks...you will be wishing for alot more.

Sparks, and the heat they generate, are cherished in the Northlands. It matters not if their source is electrical, fossil fuel, or even frozen road rage combatants.

Wherever and however they appear a crowd will quickly gather to soak up their life sustaining warmth. I know it's a little early for the chill to be life-threatening but, did a crowd gather around you and your monitor? Can you post a picture for us?

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MN-Mom Thanks!

Got Wood - I enjoy rekarmaditioning good wood, removing nasty layers of paint and restoring it to its natural beauty. Recently however, I was not too fond of working on our fir front door as the grain swelled with the stripper, resulting in the need for laborious sanding. The new finish did turn of nicely though!

That's the spirit Still Learning...jumping right in there with a great karma comment...and in bold too...I'm most impressed!

I'm glad to hear that you refinished your Douglas-fir door...it's worth the effort...they don't make 'em like they used to.

Douglas-fir, as you've seen, has a very distinctive grain. This comes about by virtue of the specie having each annual ring being composed of fast growing, lighter colored, less dense early wood (think spring and summer when plants flourish). This portion of the ring is then followed by slower growing, darker colored, more dense late wood (think fall and winter when the climate is less agreeable for promoting growth).

The early wood, being less dense, accepts or receives more of your refinishing chemicals than the late wood. Because of this disparity you noticed a pronounced swelling of the early wood as compared to the less absorbent late wood.

Other species of wood, that don't have this contrast within their ring, will not exhibit this swelling problem as much.

I would think that if you let the door dry thoroughly the grain would return to normal...or close to it. Perhaps a little light sanding following a thorough drying would be necessary to eliminate any evidence of the raised grain.

I'm glad all of your hard work paid off for you with a beautiful door.

GotWood,

Quit showing off, knot-hole sniffer... You OSU guys always were that way. You're supposed to be like the tile setters always were years ago (I was a union painter in Chicago during college years) on a construction site. As soon as you came in the room, they would set their tools down and have a cigarrette, 'cuz they never wanted anyone (outside their little fraternity) to know "how easy it was to make $32 an hour". Don't be giving up all our trade secrets...

Ah, the beauty of Pseudotsuga menziesii. Great doors, but even better windows. I remember my frosh year at UM, when they first told us about deciduous pine trees (and I'm thinking major Snipe Hunt), and then, Larix occidentalis showed it's Fall splendor....

Gosh I love to talk shop.

AcademyDAD

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Got Wood,

Thanks for the edumacation! Your explanation was all very logical and makes perfect sense to me.

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I would think that if you let the door dry thoroughly the grain would return to normal...or close to it. Perhaps a little light sanding following a thorough drying would be necessary to eliminate any evidence of the raised grain.

I discovered this truth by accident during my project when I was interrupted by my other job as, fruit of the loins "chauffeur", and returned to the door after it had some time to dry. Once again, another lesson learned at one of my alma maters "The University of Hard Knocks". By know I think I would have earned a PhD. Just goes to show ya I'm "Still Learning".

A Dad,

Now I'm just confused...

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when they first told us about deciduous pine trees (and I'm thinking major Snipe Hunt), and then, Larix occidentalis showed it's Fall splendor....

deciduos pine trees? are those the kind you hang on the rear view mirror of your truck?

Is Snipe Hunting anything like going to watch the submarine races? I grew up in South FL.

Two guys speaking in latin about wood and then throwing in the phrase.

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swelled with the stripper

and I am beginning to think this thread should be moved to the men only forum.


AcademyDad

We may have to place one of those avatar bets this spring http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6616002781/...=654105448#654105448 as young JME is a sophmore at Lafayette. Will you be in Annapolis this spring?

Still Learning

I live in South Florida now and I can tell you Snipe hunting is nothing like submarine races.

AcademyDad:

"Quit showing off, knot-hole sniffer..". I must say that sniffing isn't the worst thing I've ever heard concerning knot-holes!

Aren't knot-holes the means by which many youngsters were able to sneak a peek into minor or major league ballparks?

You and I must be creative in our effort to keep most of our wood related posts somewhere in the neighborhood of baseball.

I actually do know what you mean about OSU and the Forestry grads from there. Back in the heyday of lots and lots of logging in the Western woods I suppose that OSU Forestry grads were feeling their oats and it showed.

I was never like that...I always became fast friends with any other forester that received his or her degree from elsewhere. If we ever meet you will discover that. Trust me when I say that I seldom run into any foresters here in the Chicago area...and certainly none that have ever worked in the commercial forests of the Western U.S. That forlorn looking Maytag Man may as well be my self-portrait. Meeting you here on the HSBBW has been fun. You've brought a smile to the Maytag Man's face!

It appears you got a leg up on me during your college summers...being a union painter you found out at a young age how the real world works...I was running around pulling fire hose all over the mountainsides in our efforts to keep our slashburns contained. What did you learn vs. what did I learn? You learned from those tile-setters just how to get ahead without drawing attention to yourself and I learned the difference between the throttle handle and the starting pull rope on a Gorman Rupp fire pump. Trust me when I say that when you get those two items mixed up you do indeed draw attention to yourself!

Yes...good old Western Larch, Larix occidentalis. Believe it or not I didn't see a scene like this until November 2001 when I drove my father around Mt. Hood and passed through a valley on the eastside that was ablaze with this tree's splendor. My eastside experience was near the California border and that area is well out of the range for Western Larch.



I love to talk shop too...we better get familar with the private messaging for our inevitable sawdust flying and pitch pocket draining discussions!

Still Learning:

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Originally posted by Still Learning:
Got Wood,

Thanks for the edumacation! Your explanation was all very logical and makes perfect sense to me.

Bless your heart...I think that is the first time in my life that those very words have been attributed to me without being preceded by isn't and doesn't!

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Is Snipe Hunting anything like going to watch the submarine races?

Submarine races...I was invited once...on the Oregon Coast...BRRR!. The only thing I remember was ending up with a very rusty lawn chair after sitting in the breakers all afternoon and my SPF 50 sun-block didn't work worth a darn. Funny thing...never did get a glimpse of those subs...everyone else seemed to be able to see them but me...thank goodness for my over-active imagination...otherwise I think the sea would have taken me that day!

jmepop:

For some this must be like watching the Food Network but instead it is the Wood Network.

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Originally posted by jmepop:
Two guys speaking in latin about wood and then throwing in the phrase.

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swelled with the stripper

and I am beginning to think this thread should be moved to the men only forum.

Men Only Forum? Perhaps this is more suitable?...




And that swelling...what can I say? It just happens.

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
Next I carefully loosened and removed all of the screws from the back of my monitor, removed the cover and then gingerly lifted out all of the electrical innards. Once the inside of the screen was exposed......

Folks, if you're trying this at home and for some reason your monitor no longer works, please forward all requests for reimbursement to:

Mr. Gotwood Forsale
2x4 Maple Street NW
Chitown, IL

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Originally posted by Still Learning:
Got Wood - I enjoy rekarmaditioning good wood....

Still Learning - 13 posts is WAY early for a Karma reference!!! (but I must admit that it was well done ) Please ignore the crazy man with the pine tree as his avatar. Next thing you know, you'll stumble into the Karma Section of the HSBBW and ....well.....we may never see you again. PLEASE, I beg you....don't do it!!!

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Karma? Did someone mention Karma?....

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Mention karma? Yes...I believe someone did!

who said Karma?


Still Learning,
I see you are new to posting BUT have been READING!

Quite honestly... I am dying to know who Observer44 is. I see you on NorcalPreps (where I am a mere lurker... too close to home) and am thinking that we went to different high schools together... or our kids did.

Do you know my sons? Are you one of Bruno's boys?

A...DAD

Still Learning:

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Originally posted by Beezer:
Please ignore the crazy man with the pine tree as his avatar. Next thing you know, you'll stumble into the Karma Section of the HSBBW and ....well.....we may never see you again. PLEASE, I beg you....don't do it!!!

Don't listen to Beez...he's just upset that he wasn't awarded the concessionaire contract in the KARMA thread in the Unusually Unusual Forum.

It's a very lucrative contract...high margin items for sale...

Karma Korn

Karma Apples

Autographed sports memorabilia featuring Karma Lone

Fungo's Karma Ghia

Refrigerator magnets emblazoned with the Magna Karma

Boy George's stuff

You'll have to go nose around really to appreciate all of the karmandise.

Ask Beez for some discount coupons...he's been hoarding all of them.

Don't forget Karma Miranda...

And her side kick...Karma San Diego. Isn't that right Fungo?