Weather?

Maybe we could move tryouts to October 1, kinda keep things on an even playing field with the nawth.

...or build an indoor facility that can be used if football isn't in need of it.

just give the boys a study hall indoors. teams have already been determined anyway.

I still think they should flip Football and Baseball season.

Screwball, you must be referring to the study hall from last week. I thought it was odd that the best weather day of the week was spent as a study hall.

how about the fact that there has been no hitting, no fielding, no baserunning, no relays, no coverages....

I agree that it stinks...The pitchers haven't thrown but maybe 1 or 2 times. How do they plan to get their arms in shape?

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Originally posted by Lamar Fan 08:
I agree that it stinks...The pitchers haven't thrown but maybe 1 or 2 times. How do they plan to get their arms in shape?

They'll be fine, soon as you play your first non district game and the coach leaves the #1 in for 150 pitches when it's 40 degrees, it'll get in shape in a hurry.



JUST KIDDING

KD, that was evil just to think of that!

North pitchers have been throwing 2 pens a week for 2 months now. They should be good and ready to crank it up real quick.

It's gonna be a cold week, but next weeks weather forecast is encouraging for the scrimmages.

Can't wait to hear the leather poppin'!

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Originally posted by KellerDad:

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Originally posted by Lamar Fan 08:
I agree that it stinks...The pitchers haven't thrown but maybe 1 or 2 times. How do they plan to get their arms in shape?

They'll be fine, soon as you play your first non district game and the coach leaves the #1 in for 150 pitches when it's 40 degrees, it'll get in shape in a hurry.

JUST KIDDING

That was funny except that it happened to me freshman year, thrown 85 pitches with no warmup in 40 degrees, that did wonders for the arm

Last year, while OPson was playing for Rockwall, the Jackets played in a tournament in Shreveport. Our first game there was on March 2nd against the #1 4A team in Louisiana, Haughton HS. Their starting pitcher that night was a kid named TJ Forrest, who had committed to LSU. The game went 8 innings and he pitched the entire game. I asked our scorekeeper how many pitches he had thrown and it was more than 130, but I don't remember the exact number. I'm talking MARCH 2nd!!

Look at this article I found recently dated April 13, 2006:

"For Haughton RHP T.J. Forrest, the 2006 season was supposed to be his year, but what started out like a bang, ended just as abruptly. T.J., along with 3 other players, had sat out the 2005 season because of the LHSAA transfer rule. Forrest, an LSU signee and potentially a high draft pick this June, felt a pop in the 2nd inning of last week's big rivalry match-up between the Buccaneers and Captain Shreve. T.J. was throwing 92 mph in the first inning, and after the "pop" he was down to 82-84. An MRI showed some damage, and a second opinion by Dr. Andrews, who is an LSU alum and a very well-known "Tommy John" surgeon, confirmed what everyone feared...T.J. would have to have surgery. Forrest still should have a very bright future at LSU and we all wish him a speedy recovery!"

Go Jackets!!

Whats worse 130 in 40 degree's with questionable conditioning...or 130 pitches in 100+ degree's and the body fatuiged and drained of fluids...either way these kids, need to be held back on pitch counts and mechanics need to be ????? searching for the right word...well rounded?...

OP,
We play Haughton again this year in the Tyler Tourney. I for one can't wait to play the Bush league coach they have. Remember they won on the
old hidden ball trick. It probably bothers me more because my kid is the one that was made to look like a fool. Bush League

That's right........I had forgotten about that. That was bush league now that I remember. What a jerk that coach was. Hopefully The Swami will have the first pitch of the game end up right in someone's rib. That would be nice!

think of all the college teams that are hitting the field for the first time in a game. the cold weather now is fine, what about the snow and rain the past two weeks!

You can always tell when baseball season starts in high school because the weather turns cold. I still can't wait for that first game on the 6th.

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Originally posted by Wyliedad:
You can always tell when baseball season starts in high school because the weather turns cold. I still can't wait for that first game on the 6th.

WD.......who do ya'll play Tuesday? Who are your scrimmages against? Good luck to AA!

Varsity and JV got about 8 innings in today, and that is before cuts. Freshman got in about 6 innings. Pitchers threw 2 innings, no one threw more than 45 pitches.

It was a great day! I love my freshman, too bad half of them will be going to Legacy High School next year! If not, we could be scary in 1-2 years.

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Originally posted by funneldrill:
Varsity and JV got about 8 innings in today, and that is before cuts. Freshman got in about 6 innings. Pitchers threw 2 innings, no one threw more than 45 pitches.

It was a great day! I love my freshman, too bad half of them will be going to Legacy High School next year! If not, we could be scary in 1-2 years.

Passion oozes from this post! As a parent, I'm thankful if you coach my child. As a coach/teacher, the excitement is contagious. Good luck this season.

funnel, do you guys make cuts after tonight or go one more day?

i agree colikar. although i've never met funnel, from reading his posts i think he is a very good example of what I think of when I think of a "coach".

OP: We start with Denison on the 6th and then Naman Forest on the 10th Sat.
Wylie will also play in the McKinney tourney on the 22nd.

I am sending you a PM.

It's snowing in Dallas today!!!?

Snow's gone now....fun while it lasted.

About the hidden ball trick in past comments, it is all about paying attention while playing the game. I saw it happen in the college world series a few years back, it really makes the player WHO was not paying attention, look like an idiot! But it is legal, so something one needs to be aware of at all times!

College play starts this week, so highschool is lucky!!!!!!!!

Hard to practice in this weather.

Advantage teams with indoor facilities.
That's if football allows it.

Now Arlington is getting snow...This is crazy.

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Originally posted by Lamar Fan 08:
funnel, do you guys make cuts after tonight or go one more day?

We are required by our district to have 5 days of tryouts. So, on Wednesday, as soon as the temperature got to 33 degrees, we went outside.

Today however, we stayed inside. Since we can not get into our gyms I kept our baseball class kids in the locker room for "skull" practice. They had to take a written test on all our terminology, signs, situations, etc.

After school, all the other kids trying out, including the freshman, got 2 hours of mental skills training as well as "skull" practice. Their test did not have terminology on it, but it did have lots of situations so that I can see what type of baseball "knowledge" they have.

So, while we could not get on the field to evaluate them, we were able to get some mental evaluations on them. Not just baseball knowledge, but questions like, "if you came up to bat with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th, what are you thinking? Do you want to be in that situation?



"winners want the ball!"

Funneldrill,
What school do you coach for?

i look at this site often cause my dad frequently posts on here but decided I wanted to give some praise where praise is due.

Funneldrill is a really exceptional coach he always had the nicest things to say about the way I played the game over the last three years and was more than willing to suggest me to any college coach. He really knows baseball inside and out and gets the most out of his players.

Thanks funneldrill for all your encouragement and I hope you get a chance to see my little brother he's without a doubt more talented than me. He's a third basemen at Seguin not a cathcer like his brother

oh and about weather ya'll have no idea what bad weather is...We got another 6-8 inches of snow today which puts our baseball field under a little more than 4 feet of snow...high for friday is 8...looks like we won't be taking in and out before first game...may not play a home game till april lol...

OH DO I MISS THE TEXAS HEAT!!!!!

Mines, Where to you play ball in CO? I have a youngster who was born in CO and one day would like to play ball back there (we live in DFW now.)

Cobra

I play ball and go to school at Colorado School of Mines. It is a Division II school that plays in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

I figured that's where you played. Hope you don't mind if my son and I keep up with you guys this season. He's a catcher (12U) also. Good luck!

Mines, don't sell yourself short on talent vs. lil' bro. Good luck to you this year and we'll be tracking the Sequin team & lil' bro.

I truly believe he is better...his stroke is so smooth and he has the potential to make plays and set guys down when he is on the hill. Thanks for the encouragement though.