Ever since he droped the public forums he's sort of went by by!
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Wasn't his son Ryan a top HS pitching prospect years ago .....
His son threw in upper 90's and was known to touch 100--my son played against him in college
I know he had arm problems and may be out of baseball now
I know he had arm problems and may be out of baseball now
He may have dropped out of site when his son didn't pan out.
A check of Baseball Cube shows his last season in the minors was 2004
Mill's old site http://www.pitching.com is a mess. For many years, he had a wonderful free pitching discussion group there that got a ton of traffic. He also sold his pitching courses there.
Well, I consider throwing upper 90's and touching 100 panning out.
JT, please explain "didn't pan out"
OK. Did not exactly pan out as a pro player. Of course, there are at least 2 million reasons that state he did--at least for himself, his family, and his agent. When BBA mentions your name as one of the all time draft busts, that is pretty much not exactly panning out.
JT, Have you ever met Ryan Mills? Talked to him?
I have and I can tell you he is one of the nicest young men you will ever meet. I have the utmost respect for him. He gave it his best and that is all that any of us can do. In his first college game he was hit in the face by a ball off a bat that broke his jaw which was wired shut for some time. Not many would come back from the injury he suffered. When your son gets further than R Mills then mabe you can point out to the HSbaseball web members that Ryan Mills didn't "pan out".
I have and I can tell you he is one of the nicest young men you will ever meet. I have the utmost respect for him. He gave it his best and that is all that any of us can do. In his first college game he was hit in the face by a ball off a bat that broke his jaw which was wired shut for some time. Not many would come back from the injury he suffered. When your son gets further than R Mills then mabe you can point out to the HSbaseball web members that Ryan Mills didn't "pan out".
I don't know about throwing upper 90's cause I went to see him pitch when he was in AA ball.
He was strugling to throw upper 80's. He was more like 86, 87 all that night!
I don't know why Mills droped his public forums because he had a ton of marketing trafic.
I know him and ***** were going at it pretty strong as ***** was doing a lot bad mouthing mills on nymans site.
He was strugling to throw upper 80's. He was more like 86, 87 all that night!
I don't know why Mills droped his public forums because he had a ton of marketing trafic.
I know him and ***** were going at it pretty strong as ***** was doing a lot bad mouthing mills on nymans site.
Mr Magoo
You probably saw him after the arm problems--he was a upper 90's guy in college
You probably saw him after the arm problems--he was a upper 90's guy in college
So then what happened to his son? You don't go from throwing upper 90's to upper 80's without some big time mechanics trouble.
Mr Magoo
Arm problems and surgery--
Arm problems and surgery--
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My understanding is that Mills is working with a local kid our way...so he is still out there....
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My understanding is that Mills is working with a local kid our way...so he is still out there....
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Armor--guess I should have stayed out of this. I was not in any way trying to disparage Ryan. My appologies. My only point was that his dad's success seemed to go downhill once Ryan started having his problems, that's all. In the mean time, GET OFF MY BACK. If you wish to dress me down, feel free to do so in a PM. 
JT.....don't think Armor posts here much....or he'd know you don't usually post negative things about people.....and you have a PM......
Ryan Mills was a great pitcher at Horizon High School down the road from me. He was even better at ASU. It did not work out in professional baseball the way he had hoped, but he gave it his best and he's a great young man. I would never call him a bust.
His Dad pitched in the Big Leagues for awhile. He, too, has helped a lot of kids. I don't really know him, but I do know this: All he did for his son was his best to help him.
And, if my son had gone on to the pros out of college, I would never call him a bust. I would call him a kid who had done nothing but make me proud.
It reminds me of a pitcher I faced growing up years ago in Lynchburg, Va. He was the best high school pitcher I ever faced. I thought he was good enough to play in the Big Leagues. But Dwight Inge never made it all that far out of Rustburg High School. I guess you could call him a bust for not going further if you had seen him back then. But, he passed on his knowledge and his genes to his son, Brandon, who now plays for the Detroit Tigers.
You just never know.
His Dad pitched in the Big Leagues for awhile. He, too, has helped a lot of kids. I don't really know him, but I do know this: All he did for his son was his best to help him.
And, if my son had gone on to the pros out of college, I would never call him a bust. I would call him a kid who had done nothing but make me proud.
It reminds me of a pitcher I faced growing up years ago in Lynchburg, Va. He was the best high school pitcher I ever faced. I thought he was good enough to play in the Big Leagues. But Dwight Inge never made it all that far out of Rustburg High School. I guess you could call him a bust for not going further if you had seen him back then. But, he passed on his knowledge and his genes to his son, Brandon, who now plays for the Detroit Tigers.
You just never know.