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My youngest son - MonkeyBoy - hit .417 at the Jupiter Tournament - against some very good pitching. (And actually was robbed twice by 2 nice plays in the outfield as well)

Stole a couple bags and came up big a few times.

He gets extra bananas this week. And maybe even some peeled grapes.

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Sounds like the monkey tree is in flourishing.


Now that you have two studmonkeys eating off the diamond grapevine, inquiring minds want to know where these highly proficient primates learned to play the game?

2008 Son won't sign any NLI because he's going DIII. But daughter just informed me that she has made the roster of her Ivy League DI volleyball team as a walkon, after trying and failing to do same last year for the s****r team!!! I wish I had the her spirit and determination.

My son....by the way...this is his screen name.

His Alabama RawDog Team won the 2007 Babe Ruth 16yr old World Series. He was the winning pitcher and was named to the All World Series Team as a Pitcher. He had 4 wins and a save and a couple of "Player of the Game" awards during the tourney.

He's driven to be the best he possibly can be.

He has a 3.9 GPA, National Honor Society, Class VP, and on the Superintendent's Advisory Council.

He's nothing like his Dad.

Congratulations...sounds like a heck of a kid! I'm sure you're very proud.

I am very proud, thank you.

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Originally posted by Louisiana Lightning:
2008 Son won't sign any NLI because he's going DIII. But daughter just informed me that she has made the roster of her Ivy League DI volleyball team as a walkon, after trying and failing to do same last year for the s****r team!!! I wish I had her spirit and determination.

Thats the definition of both perseverance and passion

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Originally posted by gator6:
My son....by the way...this is his screen name.

His Alabama RawDog Team won the 2007 Babe Ruth 16yr old World Series. He was the winning pitcher and was named to the All World Series Team as a Pitcher. He had 4 wins and a save and a couple of "Player of the Game" awards during the tourney.

He's driven to be the best he possibly can be.

He has a 3.9 GPA, National Honor Society, Class VP, and on the Superintendent's Advisory Council.

He's nothing like his Dad.

If thats 4 wins in a 7-10 day period you might want to make sure they dont wear out his arm.

Been several years now since I've been in here. Hello to all of the old timers I see the threads are still lively!!

I'm not Matadordad any longer my son Johnny is done with his college ball (Cal State Northridge Matadors of the Big West Conference) and now playing Independent Ball. It's been a fun ride to say the least. So far he's been in Missouri, Utah, California, and just got traded and is heading off to Michigan soon! It's not affiliated ball yet but it's still great fun and lots of good players, many with AAA, AA, A, and some with MLB experience.

Enjoy it while it lasts no matter what level your son is at....it's ALL GOOD!

Perhaps it is my recent "re-acquaintance" with this wonderful site...or the long conversation I had with my son at dinner last night (probably the last face-to-face talk I'll have with him before he reports to spring training next month)...or the combination...but, something prompted me to go back and read this thread in its entirety. In the case of a few of its pages, I was reading the posts for the first time. However, in any case, this is a rich thread in terms of the information it holds.

I'm particularly impressed by pbonesteele's insight into what it takes for young pitchers to make the transition into Division I baseball. His comments, which began on 4/12/07, cover many of the issues freshmen confront and have to master if they expect to succeed past high school.

Of course, as you might expect, the fundamental issues don't evaporate as pitchers transition into professional baseball. Every one of them, with the notable exception of the lack of academic rigors, continues to stare them right in the face. The batters, of course, are better, the relevant "strike zone" is smaller (tiny, in fact); but, as I listened to my son talk about what he would do to succeed, it sounded fundamentally like what I'd heard from him early in his college years. "Pounding the zone," "keeping batters off balance," "always being ready to take the ball," "outworking his competitors"...all of them were still there. And, at each level, it's up to them to find a way to rise to the challenge. What a challenge it is!

My son left for FL on Wednesday. Going down early to work out before spring training report date, which is March 7th. He felt the better weather would be better for his workouts. I guess if I had to choose between 43 degrees and rain and 78 & sunny....not a hard choice. This will be his first spring training and needless to say he's very excited about it. Several of coaches will be there to run workouts every AM. He will be able to hit, throw and run in some warm weather. Coming from the NW where spring baseball weather can be a challenge he felt he could use all the work he could get before his report date.