PAmom (aka: "Dizzy" and "Loopy Girdlebiscuits")
Is this heaven?...
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PAmom (aka: "Dizzy" and "Loopy Girdlebiscuits")
Is this heaven?...
PAmom (aka: "Dizzy" and "Loopy Girdlebiscuits")
Is this heaven?...
When I realized he would rather play baseball than breathe.
Age 5, almost a foot taller than the other kids.
Age 5 turned an unassisted triple play at third base. He understood the game at an early age.
Age 5, caught 200 popups in a row in my Dad's backyard.
Made the 9 & 10 year old All Star Team at age 8.
Made the 11 & 12 year old Little League All Stars at age 10.
Old baseball guys remarked they couldn't remember a kid hitting so many home runs in a season.
Age 11, played starting shortstop in fall league on a 13 - 15 year old team.
Age 12, began playing travel ball. Hit 28 home runs. Hitting 300 ft. shots over a 200 ft. fence.
Made the HS varsity team as a freshman and started at shortstop.
Selected league MVP at ages 12, 13, 14, 15
Played in 5 consecutive World Series
Named 4 times to World Series All Tournament Team.
Still would rather play baseball than breathe.
- Whoever said a walk was as good as a hit, couldn't hit.
Age 5, almost a foot taller than the other kids.
Age 5 turned an unassisted triple play at third base. He understood the game at an early age.
Age 5, caught 200 popups in a row in my Dad's backyard.
Made the 9 & 10 year old All Star Team at age 8.
Made the 11 & 12 year old Little League All Stars at age 10.
Old baseball guys remarked they couldn't remember a kid hitting so many home runs in a season.
Age 11, played starting shortstop in fall league on a 13 - 15 year old team.
Age 12, began playing travel ball. Hit 28 home runs. Hitting 300 ft. shots over a 200 ft. fence.
Made the HS varsity team as a freshman and started at shortstop.
Selected league MVP at ages 12, 13, 14, 15
Played in 5 consecutive World Series
Named 4 times to World Series All Tournament Team.
Still would rather play baseball than breathe.
- Whoever said a walk was as good as a hit, couldn't hit.
Seems like he was always a good player.
I suppose when, as a freshman, he hit line drives at the pitcher during the games (4 pitchers in the 14 games he played), before they promoted him to the sophomores where he led the sophs in hrs and rbi's.
I suppose when, as a freshman, he hit line drives at the pitcher during the games (4 pitchers in the 14 games he played), before they promoted him to the sophomores where he led the sophs in hrs and rbi's.
Mr. Beenthereil
Don't undestand what ya saying could you explain sir:
Don't undestand what ya saying could you explain sir:
During 14 total games with the freshman team, before he was promoted to the sophomore team, he hit line drives up the middle (in 4 games) that actually hit the pitcher without the pitcher having had time to react to the ball being hit.
When you hit a ball that hard regularly, I believe you are a good hitter.
As I've said...he has always been a hitter. By then, however, I believe that he graduated to the "player" class.
When you hit a ball that hard regularly, I believe you are a good hitter.
As I've said...he has always been a hitter. By then, however, I believe that he graduated to the "player" class.
Is this kid a hot prospect?
I want somebody tell me what a "player" mean, I want to post and I am not sure if I understand what a "player" is. In other words, when a kid become a "player"?
"Peace is, the respect for the other people's rights".
Benito Juarez
"Peace is, the respect for the other people's rights".
Benito Juarez
Racab,
When did you realize your son was a "player", determined to be the best he could be?
When did you realize your son was a "player", determined to be the best he could be?
NVR1
OK!, my problem is that some people believe be a "player" is about stats in LL or HS. According with your description I realy don't know if I have a player yet. He is doing OK, and he is starting his career, but I am always telling him " work harder, it is not enough yet". He is a project, maybe a prospect, if he doesn't get to the Big Leagues, I think he is not a "player".
"Peace is, the respect for the other people's rights".
Benito Juarez
OK!, my problem is that some people believe be a "player" is about stats in LL or HS. According with your description I realy don't know if I have a player yet. He is doing OK, and he is starting his career, but I am always telling him " work harder, it is not enough yet". He is a project, maybe a prospect, if he doesn't get to the Big Leagues, I think he is not a "player".
"Peace is, the respect for the other people's rights".
Benito Juarez
Racab...Your son is a prospect and a player.
We should all be so lucky to have a son so skilled and drafted and signed.
We should all be so lucky to have a son so skilled and drafted and signed.
Beenthere
Still a long way!
"Peace is, the respect for the other people's rights".
Benito Juarez
Still a long way!
"Peace is, the respect for the other people's rights".
Benito Juarez
I have a daughter and so, I have to write from that perspective. I knew she was a player when all of the other kids, boys included started saying that noone can throw harder than she can. In her league, her coaches stopped letting her windup because no one could/would catch her. Then, they wanted to make her move up to play the 12 year olds when she was 9. Now we have her on a "traveling team" which is a shame because she wants to play with her friends.
As a coach, I know when I have a player much the same way. I have a shortstop that others are in awe of. It isn't that they just "think he can play," they talk about all of his plays and watch him play at ever chance they can in practice. The kids will usually let you know if the kid is a player.
"There comes a time when you have to stop dreaming of the man you want to be and start being the man you have become." Bruce Springsteen
As a coach, I know when I have a player much the same way. I have a shortstop that others are in awe of. It isn't that they just "think he can play," they talk about all of his plays and watch him play at ever chance they can in practice. The kids will usually let you know if the kid is a player.
"There comes a time when you have to stop dreaming of the man you want to be and start being the man you have become." Bruce Springsteen
I know this is an old post but I had to tell this story. Our high school hoops team is 6th in the state, unbeaten locally. Last home game Friday night before tourney. My wife digs up circus tickets. Four year old son says "no, I want to go to the game." Passes up circus to spend night in cramped, loud gym. Great game. As it turns out, we win in OT on buzzer beating tip in. However; we didn't see it. End of third quarter, son says he wants to go home. One point game, packed house, hated to leave but he wanted to go. On the way home I asked him why he wanted to leave. Greatest answer ever, " I'm tired of watching someone else play, I want to go home and play myself." Go home and play hoops until wife and daughters get home. Next day, after my 9 hours of freshmen, JV and varsity practice, I pull in the driveway to find same four year old son with bat bag on shoulder, cleats on, bat in hand waiting for someone to pitch to him. I only wished my high school kids enjoyed playing as much as my 4 year old does.
eck10....sounds like we'll be reading about that 4 yr old in the future...
I remember a neighbor kid who knew my son was a baseball player....couple of years back..when my son was about 16...
One day door bell rings, this little tyke around 6...is wearing a complete uniform and has his glove in hand...and is standing at my door...wants to know if "my little boy can come out and play catch"....
So I told my son he had a visitor...son goes to the door...gets his glove and they play catch...and catch...and catch...
I think that made my son's day...and that little boy too...
I remember a neighbor kid who knew my son was a baseball player....couple of years back..when my son was about 16...
One day door bell rings, this little tyke around 6...is wearing a complete uniform and has his glove in hand...and is standing at my door...wants to know if "my little boy can come out and play catch"....
So I told my son he had a visitor...son goes to the door...gets his glove and they play catch...and catch...and catch...
I think that made my son's day...and that little boy too...
This is a great topic. My son always loved baseball. He would play with neighbor kids who were 4 years older when he was 7 or 8 years old himself.
I knew we had a player when he was 11 and playing on a travel team. We were playing another team who were supposed to be the same age, but were all around 14 years old. He was playing catcher, which he normally didn't play. He normally pitched or the infield.
The ball was hit to the outfield and one of their bigger kids was coming home from second. The ball gets to my son about 3 steps before the runner. My son figures the kid's going to slide so he gets ready. Instead, the runner(who was the biggest kid on the team) barrels into my son and knocks him about 4 or 5 feet and on his back and gets the wind knocked out of him.
The parents on both sides start yelling at each other and it starts getting ugly. I could only stand there wondering how my son was and not saying anything I would regret. Luckily cooler heads prevailed and the game started back up.
My son decided that he would finish the game up at catcher, even though no one would have thought less of him if he had switched to another position. I was never so proud of him as I was that day. I realized that day that he was one tough kid and a gamer who loved playing baseball.
"Endeavor to Persevere"
I knew we had a player when he was 11 and playing on a travel team. We were playing another team who were supposed to be the same age, but were all around 14 years old. He was playing catcher, which he normally didn't play. He normally pitched or the infield.
The ball was hit to the outfield and one of their bigger kids was coming home from second. The ball gets to my son about 3 steps before the runner. My son figures the kid's going to slide so he gets ready. Instead, the runner(who was the biggest kid on the team) barrels into my son and knocks him about 4 or 5 feet and on his back and gets the wind knocked out of him.
The parents on both sides start yelling at each other and it starts getting ugly. I could only stand there wondering how my son was and not saying anything I would regret. Luckily cooler heads prevailed and the game started back up.
My son decided that he would finish the game up at catcher, even though no one would have thought less of him if he had switched to another position. I was never so proud of him as I was that day. I realized that day that he was one tough kid and a gamer who loved playing baseball.
"Endeavor to Persevere"