Stanford Camp

Congrats on the 60 time......

Nothing could be finer than watching baseball at the Sunken Diamond - 80 degrees by day, 60 at night - a beautiful campus and a fabulous ballpark. Enjoyed visiting with KellerDad & Greg Wright(son Eric from FW Country Day.) Heard Kaskow is flying in tonite. Hainsfurther from HP here also. Natural son's team plays first night game tomorrow evening at 7:45 under the lights at the Sunken Diamond. Should be fun. Everything about this camp is just like the school - first class.

Yes, the camp is top notch. We play all morning games except for July 4th. So much for sleeping in on my vacation

KD
You are sleeping in.... . and staying up too late Remember Dallas time you get 2 extra hours on that end...

I knew KD son had serious wheels, but gracious....

Congrats.

Hey KellerDad,

Do they still run the 60 on astro turf? My son was at the Stanford camp a 2 or 3 yrs ago - they had catchers running 6.64 on that turf.

Have fun.

Was young KD running down hill, down wind as well on turf? That's pretty dang fast......

How bout turning that second 6 180 degrees, huh?

Bout what do you think that would equate to in a 40?

4.4 ...... 4.5? He should try-out at the next combine if you ask me.....

I've seen KD son run the 60 before. Believe me, the young man has wheels.

KD....see what I mean about posting things about your son? I know your not promoting him (just proud) but the faithful here just cannot believe your kid runs that fast even though you said laser etc. Only Texan (your buddy) believes you.

I heard Garett and Kaskow ran a 6.2 now maybe the laser is off.

Hope you had fun....if he's good they will find him!

Did you get Boras autograph for DBAT GM?

This should be interesting. Gloves are off.

I heard that Marshall and Buechelle both broke the 6 flat on that laser. Any truth to that story KD?? It seems like your son has the 3rd fastest time not the 1st.

Regarding KD son's 60 time I umpired a game last week and his son was the leadoff batter. He turned what would have been a single for most players into a double. I had not seen him play since he was 15 and believe me, the young man has wheels.

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Originally posted by Quick Draw:
I heard that Marshall and Buechelle both broke the 6 flat on that laser. Any truth to that story KD?? It seems like your son has the 3rd fastest time not the 1st.

Let me tell you this, I gaurantee you that there ain't no kid running sub 6.0 60's in the country.

If there was, the Olympic sprint team would be calling instead of the Olympic Jr. team.

What is the World Record 60 time? I would almost bet it ain't under 6.0 flat.

I'm wondering does this show that stopwatches are far from accurate, or does this show that lasers are less accurate?

I have seen a number of kids clock with a 6.0 60, only problem they were DQ because there Dad's were running the clock.

Sparq Training did the timing and is supposed to have the times available online. I've looked at their site and will have to get my son to register an account with them to be able to get to his numbers online so you non believers can see them.

As far as my son not truley running a 6.64...well, he ran an almost exact replica of that time at a Mustang tryout last fall that was hand timed.

My son set about 6 records at his Middle school for track and field that still stand today. He gave up running track because he was continually getting shin splints from overwork. The first year he played for Lynn he was hobbled until nearly July with them and swore off running track then.

Texan isn't my buddy, never met him. He was at the Mustang tryout my son attended last fall and watched him run the 60 then.

You know the number I'm more proud of than his 60 time? That's his SAT scores. The scores that will enable him to attend 99% of the colleges in the USA.

Buechelle and Marshall are both great kids and ballplayers and also happen to be very close friends of my son's. I won't comment on eithers 60 times, but I will say that neither of them will play center field any time soon.

KD, you don't need to explain anything to these folks on this board. Your son is a darn good player and that is the bottom line. Tell your son to keep up the good work and don't steal any bases on us the next time we play.

Thanks Kermit!

This whole discussion is ridiculous. I am here at the Stanford camp and can tell you they ran on turf with lasers at 30 and 60 yards for the SPARQ measurements. If KD says his kid ran 6.64 I believe him and so should everyone else. The complete results will be online soon enough. Why knock a kid or his dad for being proud of a darn good time?

Congrats are in order!

KD,
Tell KD son way to go!!!! Laser, hand held, whatever, I KNOW he can fly. His 60 time doesn't surprise me at all.

Can't wait to hear more about the Stanford camp. I'm sure it's awesome. Good luck the rest of the way. Scooter and the rest of us are envious. Hope to see you this weekend.

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Originally posted by Natural:
This whole discussion is ridiculous. ... Why knock a kid or his dad for being proud of a darn good time?

Congrats are in order!

Exactly...

Over the course of the last year my son has come home from practice and made many comments about the speed of KD’s son. When they are this fast you don’t need a laser or stopwatch.

… and enough about the great weather. You have me trying to remember why I left there and moved to Texas.

So the weather was a little warm in the sun today, way up to 77 degrees. Think I might have gotten a sun burn.

And I won't mention that my son ran a 6.50 with a hand stop watch to end the camp...twice.

Ok, you win. Now tell me about the food. Man I miss the food too. The Tide House Cafe & Microbrewery in Mountain View (just minutes south of Stanford) would be the perfect place to celebrate those 6.50's. I haven't been there in years but it looks like they are still winning awards for some of the best food and beer on the planet.