Please Identify Your Son

Randy, is that Allan at the Robin-Sanford wedding? He looks great. Junior was happy to see him a few weeks ago.

Well I'm only a couple years late to this thread and I AM a son rather than identifying a son, but what the heck.

Jacob "J" Long -- Pontiac, IL
Pontiac Township High School
17 YO Junior RHP/OF 6'2" 180

JPontiac, do post a picture of yourself, we need to see if you have the "baseball look".

I'll have to remind my mom not to pay for team pictures next year. That's what I get playing on a team where all my teammates flash me as I'm getting my picture taken.

Yep, JPontiac has that baseball look! Good pictures, I didn't expect them so fast.

Do you all agree with Pop up?

JPontiac,

I love your photos! You definitely look like a player!


Julie

Haha, I'm flattered but I admit it feels a little funny being judged for my looks on here.

JPontiac, you're one of the HSBBW family now. Make sure to keep us posted on your up coming HS season and future college career. We appreciate your well written posts. So many young guys are so used to texting its refreshing to be able listen to such a well written ballplayer. I would be curious as to your SAT writing score, bet it would high.

Great photos of the players. I don't have many photos stored on my computer but here is a You Tube of my son after a T.V. news broadcast. He is Rusty Shellhorn.

Bum, Jr.

Wow Bum, Great clip on a fine looking young man! It was good to hear another myth about player size put to rest...at least for a bit. Our son is also around 5'10" as a Junior in high school. Unsure if he'll get any taller, but he is a hard nosed player who is very capable and loves the game!

Thanks for sharing!!

Bum, great clip on JR. I can see why WSU wants him, a lefty too! After picking up that Olympia kid this year they should dominate in pitching.

I take it he's already at Washington State? Congrats!

Thanks. He's on campus right now. kbat2012, Kenmore and Spokane are 280 miles apart! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Stay safe.

Woo hoo...1st post of 2009

son:

Mike Robert
class of 2013
LHP/1B/OF
Elm Street Middle School
Nashua, NH
AAU: Nashua Knights
Babe Ruth Yankees
Bats R throws L
5'10" 155lbs 13yrs old (14 in March)

quote:

Originally posted by Midlo Dad:
Too bad my daughter's only 16, too young to marry her off just yet.

If you're looking there's a prospect for her on page 34.

My Son

Anthony Ciango
Class of 2011
RHP/1B/3B
Downers Grove North H.S.
Downers Grove, IL
Summer Team: 16U Schaumburg Seminoles
Bats R Throws R
6'1" 190 lbs.

Looking forward to PG in McKinney this fall, until then high school and summer team play:
Son:
10th grade
L/L
6'2"
200lbs

enjoying the ride...

GED10 is a 16 year old 2011 C/1B/3B/P from Lubbock Texas. He plays HS ball at Lubbock High School.

R/R 6'0 180

Premier Summer Nationals August 2008


Henderson Field Summer 2008


GED10 with Twins Scout Trevor Brown at OK State Camp December 2008


GED10DaD
God loves catchers!!

GED10, great pictures of you son. What is your son's pop time? Pop up's son going into his senior year, 6-1 220lbs, he bulked up a bit too much. Don't let you son overdue the supplements, etc. Keep us posted.

PopUpDadHitter - Thanks for the kind words. This past November/December he was in the 1.9 - 2.0 flat range regularly. He's thrown a 1.87 before at a Christmas camp, but I think it was a little quick on the watch. He just finished his off-season arm conditioning, where he threw long toss (alot) at 50-75%, working on his footwork and really focusing on getting good backspin, staying on top/behind the ball.

This may sound funny, but he throws with a brand new full leather (pearl) high dollar baseball, no BP balls, no weighted balls, and no cheap knockoffs.

As far as bulking up, he is doing alot of medium weight/high reps workouts, not much heavy stuff. He did not play FB this past fall, so he did not have to worry about really heavy weight. Although we did a informal poll of TX TECH double digit homerun hitters from 2008, surprisingly all of them were 300lb (+) bench pressers. Go figure, of course they have great flexibility too.

He takes a good daily vitamin and he drinks alot of whole milk, choc milk, and water! No skim or 2%, just regular whole milk!! No other supplements at this time. Choc Milk is the new sports drink anyway, we figure we'll give it a try.

He also loves Dr. Pepper, but he does a good job of not drinking alot of it.

I'm new to posting but I've been lurking here for some time. Finally just wanted to join in. It's been fun!

Thanks again, GED10DaD

GOD loves catchers!

Might as well.....

9th gr. Spring


10th Gr. Post-Fall tournament

WOW - isn't it amazing how they can physically change so dramatically, in a short period?

GED10 went from this 5'09 160lb baby-shaped body:


to this 6'0 180lb man-sized body from April 2008 - October 2008:


Great photos MarlinsMS_35!!!

GED10DaD

GOD loves catchers!

Josh Stewart 2011
MIF/3B
PK Yonge DRS

Kevin-2012 Minooka High Freshman-4.0 G.P.A Honors Student top5% class (660 students) 6' 155lbs, rhp 7 3Base. 80mph , great control and movement, wicked hook, very strong natural arm from 3rd, linedrive hitter, great avg--working on power and off-speed pitches. Plays for Illinois Royals Summer team currently ranked 44th in nation by Perfect Game for 15U. Will play in 2 Perfect Game Events--Cincy Flames Regional(49 teams currently signed up)--WWBC 15U in Atlanta7/21-7/26

Andres A. "Drew" Velez
6'4" 175lb 2012 LHP/OF
Pleasant Grove High School "Vikings"
Pleasant Grove, UT

Zach Staudt
Dordt College 2012

Kelley Wagner
Brownstown Central HS
RHP/3B
Class of 2010
6'2", 205lbs.

Aaron Mispagel
Mullen High School
Class of 2012
6'1 200lbs
RHP/3B JV team

It was a slow day, so I went back into the archives and found this:


PG Staff, what have you started?!?

13,610


Now it's 129,573. Who'd a thunk it?

My son

Patrick Hulderman
6'0" 185 just turned 14yrs old
West Jessamine High School
Nicholasville,Kentucky
Class of 2013
RH Pitcher

My Son:

William A. Guerro Jr. "Bill"
Absegami HS
Galloway, NJ
SS/OF
Class of 2010

2009 Under Armour Pre-Season All-American

Member of the Baseball Factory Exclusive Program.

___________________________________________________

Little update after a successful junior season. Won all-conference, overcame some adversity, and as a whole improved as a pitcher. I'm now in the thick of my summer season with the Springfield Statesmen 17U, which has also been a positive experience so far. Not much luck as far as college recruiting goes, but I'm confident the right option will come along because I know I can pitch at any level. Anyways, as is the theme in this thread, here are some updated pictures:


Fouling a pitch in regional game.


Mid-motion in one of those 40 degree games.


Looking in for the Statesmen against the Southern IL Bullets.

Grant Gray
class of 2010
5'6
180

I am pretty sure he is done growing he is 18 and is pretty short for his age

GR4Y,

I love your son's photos, especially the first one - great smile!

"he is 18 and is pretty short for his age" (5'6")

Hey, we were at an MiLB game last week (Ft. Myers Miracle, single A) and one very speedy player was 5'3" tall. So Grant is plenty tall, relatively speaking!

Julie

Mn-mom,

Thanks he take after me he has my smile!

Me and my son share this account, and my son did not belive him when i told him about the speedy 5'3 kid. He will be getting on here in a bit to make sure for himself. I think he feels better now that he knows a 5'3 baseball player made it to Milb

Yes, tell your son to check out the roster - Chris Cates, 5'3":
http://miraclebaseball.com/team/

Also notice Ben Revere, the Twins' FIRST ROUND PICK in 2007, not much taller than your son at 5'9".

We saw both of them play last week for the Miracle.


Julie

Figured I'd jump in. Here are a couple of pictures of my son pitching varsity as a freshman this past season. Enjoy.





Sean Muller
2012
Pitcher/MIF
5'9" 155lbs.

Moving on to Son #2

Colton
2011
6'2" 175
7/25/93
SAHS Falcons

Please note the lovely fields we get to play on over here (Korea).


(this one was actually taken during our Beijing trip)



(Chungju City, Korea)

That is an eye opening picture! You have reinforced my appreciation for the facilaties that our sons play on over here in the states.
What a life experience for your young men, I bet your older son is loving playing once again on grass!

Yeah, and it's all measured in meters. "Hey,bruh, let's see you jack one over the 97 meter fence in left."

It's just not the same.