They announce the teams tonight. It has been a long 3 weeks leading up to cut night. The nerves finally hit my son last night after practice. All of a sudden, he is REALLY nervous about tonight.
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Good Luck your son Hakko!!!
quote:Originally posted by 03parent:
Good Luck your son Hakko!!!
"Let's Go Peay"
Thanks, I hope it works out for him.
Austin Peay? It has been ages since I have heard that! I used to live near Nashville and had a friend that went to Austin Peay.
Hakko - Best of luck to your son!!!
good luck, and never sweat the small stuff..
Good Luck!!!! 
Stop by the OH/PA/KY/WVa forum every now and then to say hi.
Stop by the OH/PA/KY/WVa forum every now and then to say hi.
My son is a freshman and his cuts are after practice tonite as well. I'm a nervous wreck--much more so than he is!
quote:Originally posted by woody4220:
My son is a freshman and his cuts are after practice tonite as well. I'm a nervous wreck--much more so than he is!
Hopefully we will both have good news to report.
Much success to all of you sitting nervously on the bubble!
Keep us posted.
Keep us posted.
Best wishes for everyone who is sitting on pins and needles to see if the freshmen make the team.
Was in your shoes a week or so ago.
Was in your shoes a week or so ago.
Hakko,
Just noticed you're from SW Ohio. I'm in Fairfield and my son goes to Fairfield Freshman. Where are you at?
Just noticed you're from SW Ohio. I'm in Fairfield and my son goes to Fairfield Freshman. Where are you at?
Any word yet gentlemen?
Well it's finally over, and my son did indeed make the freshman team. They had a 3 hour practice then the coaches met with each kid individually and gave them the news. I'm happy this part is over, and am sorry that some good kids got cut, but now it's time for my son to turn it on and win a starting position. This is very different for me since I've always been his coach, and this will be the first I've ever just watched him play. I hope I can control myself!!
quote:Originally posted by woody4220:
Well it's finally over, and my son did indeed make the freshman team...
...and this will be the first I've ever just watched him play. I hope I can control myself!!
Woody, congratulations on your son making the team...
...and have fun watching. It certainly feels different, not being in the dugout. It's a great chance for you to practice being a baseball dad, rather than coach. That's something you'll have to get used to if he keeps playing. Have fun being his biggest fan!
Mike F
Woody - Congrats to your son!!! I hope you both enjoy the experience of HS ball! It will bring many great memories for you both! 
Well, we just got back from a celebration dinner! He made the freshman team!
It is going to be a different kind of year. Ol' Dad can't be in the dugout, but I can't wait to watch him play.
He was so happy. He came running out of the school pumping his fist.
It is going to be a different kind of year. Ol' Dad can't be in the dugout, but I can't wait to watch him play.
He was so happy. He came running out of the school pumping his fist.
I guess now I can become proficient at second guessing and bleacher coaching eh? 
Congrats to you and your son Hakko! Where in SW Ohio are you? We're in Fairfield.
Congrats to you and your son Hakko! Where in SW Ohio are you? We're in Fairfield.
Fantastic Hakko & Woody!
Congratulations to both. It's going to be a great spring of baseball.
Congratulations to both. It's going to be a great spring of baseball.
quote:Originally posted by Hakko936:
He was so happy. He came running out of the school pumping his fist.
Hakko...that pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? Have a great year!
Mike F
Hakko - Congrats to your son and family as well! It's such a joy to hear about these guys! Enjoy the year!
Congratulations to both of you guys!
Enjoy every moment for it goes by all too fast!
Good luck!
Enjoy every moment for it goes by all too fast!
Good luck!
Congrats Woody and Hakko!!! 
Enjoy the HS yrs b/c time flys!
Good luck all spring and keep your hsbbweb family informed
Enjoy the HS yrs b/c time flys!
Good luck all spring and keep your hsbbweb family informed
Hakko,
Way to go!
Way to go!
Congrats! Enjoy your season.
Congratulations to Woody and Hakkos's sons....
...and congratulations to all the other hsbaseballweb families.... whose sons made their HS teams....enjoy!.....
...and congratulations to all the other hsbaseballweb families.... whose sons made their HS teams....enjoy!.....
Congratulations to you and your son. It must be a great feeling to know all the hard work has paid off. I still have eight days to wait before tryouts start and it’s killing me.
quote:Originally posted by sonsbaseballvalet:
Congratulations to you and your son. It must be a great feeling to know all the hard work has paid off. I still have eight days to wait before tryouts start and it’s killing me.
The process lasted three weeks for my son. I was just about over the nerves until "cut day". Then I was pretty nervous, but hid it fairly well from him. He was not nervous at all until the night before and was an absolute wreck the day of the cuts.
Thanks to all for the congrats. Yes, I'm very proud of him. Though I knew he had the talent to be on the team, I was sweating it out because it's a new coach who was unfamiliar with my son (unlike the previous coach) and was concerned about possible politics entering into the equation. To my son's credit, he left little to chance and worked his butt off. He never missed a conditioning workout or an open hitting session--since they began in November. What I'm most proud of, I think, is that I didn't have to tell him or push him to do anything. He did it all on his own. He had his goal of making the team and did everything in his power to achieve that goal. All I had to do was drive him back and forth to the school 27 times a week! 