Strange notions

Very good observations. It does seem that everytime someone wants to talk about velocity they are immediately reminded that location is the most important thing. Of course location and change of speeds is important. I agree with your post.

AParent, so true. I think there are many things that are accepted as fact....but are they really true? I say not.

Residents of WVA marry their cousins...
LHP are inherently different...
Catchers are always tough...
Women don’t understand baseball...
Southern colleges are academically inferior..
Northern boys can’t play baseball..
Scouts are out to take advantage of players..
Velocity is second to control...
The HSBBW is just another website..
Fungo

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AP...

Very perceptive. I think we can come up with a whole bunch of these...

I meant to remove one from my list but cannot edit. Just ignore one of them.
Thanks,
Fungo

OK Fungo...we'll consider it common law rather than marriage...will that help?

Well said, Fungo....then we can each pick the one you 'didn't mean' to type.


But LHPs ARE different......

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Northern boys can’t play baseball..

How did you come up with that, eh? Don't you remember when the Jays celebrated the World Series' of 92 and 93 by spraying each other with maple syrup rather than champagne?

Oh you meant players FROM Canada...I'll have you know that snowballs make for the best curveballs and icicles make solid bats-they never break!

Looks like a pretty good list, to me. You forgot one, though:
...Tennessee Vols are a top notch football program.
(I like the 'fro)

OUCH!

Players with speed cant steal bases and dont get good jumps on the ball in the out field
Players who were studs in LL wont be studs in HS,college

...if your son transfers, for any reason, you must not have done your homework.

OUCH!!!!

No, it's Iowa!

Well I've never been to heaven...but I've been to...

Come on, FormerObserver---chime in!!!

Mr3000:

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...the Jays celebrated the World Series' of 92 and 93 by spraying each other with maple syrup rather than champagne?

Aerosol maple syrup!...what will you Canucks think up next?...spruce scented moistened towelettes (just add water!)...BTW...absolutely love Red Green.

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Oh you meant players FROM Canada...I'll have you know that snowballs make for the best curveballs and icicles make solid bats-they never break!

True...but only on really cold days!


... The Jays

... Their Coach

Take care of the Great White North...it's beautiful up there!

Any player under 6' will never get drafted or play at a D1.

The word KARMA is often spelled with an H.

Bullwinkle and FO don't post enough anymore.
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Chicago White Sox will be 2006 WS champs..again.

TR and Linear are actually best of friends!

There is only one way to hit a baseball.

There is only one way to throw a baseball.

And their mascot is actually a beaver underneath that Blue Jay bird costume.

Chilly Willy's a beaver? I did not know that!

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Originally posted by Tiger Paw Mom:
TR and Linear are actually best of friends!

TR & Linear are just alter egos of the same person.

It takes years to become an Old Timer on the HSBBWeb Message Board (gotwood4sale you’re in a class by yourself).
Parents should always take the opportunity to discuss their son’s talent and playing time with the coach (LL, Travel, HS, College) preferably during the game but at the very least in front of the other parents.
The game slows down and gets easier the farther you progress.
It was over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor…
The 5 tools are not a moving target and all great baseball players have all 5 tools.
Character doesn’t count.
Baseball, as well as life, is fair.
Bullwinkle is just another Moose.
Talent and ability are the same but not mutually exclusive.
Everyone posting on the HSBBWeb agrees to disagree.
Bushmills is just another Irish Whiskey.
Pitchers are not athletes.
Heart (or as lafmom calls it the X-Factor) has no place in baseball.
Behind ever great ballplayer (hs and college) is an all consuming girlfriend.
If you’re great, colleges will find you, especially if you live in the north.
Baseball is not supposed to be fun.
Those with talent and/or natural ability do not have to work at baseball.
Pitch count is non-sense.
Parents innately make great coaches.
Store bought is better than momma’s “made from scratch”.
Mongo does not like candy.
Baseball is not a game of adjustments.
The Chicago White Sox are just another baseball team.
Fungo lives in a van down by the river…

TRHit, Linear, and Dibble are NOT good friends.
They are actually the same person!

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It takes years to become an Old Timer on the HSBBWeb Message Board (gotwood4sale you’re in a class by yourself).

Yeah...a class by myself...they locked the door behind them when they left.


Great post Smokey! Very !

"Pitchers who throw heat, can't control the ball."

I find this to be a very valid generalization.

At the little league level, I have one kid who can throw 30% harder than anyone else on the team but who can't throw strikes if there's a batter in the box.

At the professional level at least Sandy Koufax (and possibly Nolan Ryan as well) had problems with control that were only fixed by not trying to throw as hard.

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"Pitchers who throw heat, can't control the ball."

I find this to be a very valid generalization.

At the little league level, I have one kid who can throw 30% harder than anyone else on the team but who can't throw strikes if there's a batter in the box.

Hmmmm. Our LL team had three pitchers that threw harder than most in the league and also threw strikes. One is in pro ball (as an outfielder, blazing speed and great contact hitter) and the other two are playing DI ball.

Another "generalization", almost all hard throwers are still playing baseball at some level.

I like it too