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jkates

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  1. Disaster ABs by Alvarez and Yuli. Need a big 2 out hit from Reddick. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. #TeamCoco Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. Club 216 Row 1 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  4. Triple double Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  5. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/addison/2019/07/01/four-family-members-identified-addison-plane-crash-killed-10
  6. Steve Thelen and wife Gina, rumored to have been aboard.
  7. Not true. He posts a lot of regular pics. But he's definitely wiped almost all of them within the past few hours. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  8. Just a ploy to get more votes. CC loves him some attention and he isn't getting enough right now.
  9. As with many things, it depends on where you are and what team your kid is on. Although many select programs only care about winning, $$$, and whatever sort of "prestige" comes with winning teenage baseball games, there are a few select programs that care about teaching, development, character, hard work, etc. Kids from those teams are net assets to their teams in HS and beyond.
  10. Annnnnnnd, we're done. Our brief select season is over. Fun little time with the boys as we all got introduced to kid pitch. We farted around with some fall ball in order to get our feet wet with kid pitch. It was 9AA. Went 3-3. Too many rainouts and reschedules to count. We played 1 tournament in March and 1 in April while our kids were still in rec league and not practicing together. Those were 9AAA. Went 0-6. We played 5 tournaments over the past 5 weekends (May 24-June 22) while practicing together. One was 9AA. Four were 9AAA. Went 14-5 with 3 tournament wins (though 1 tournament the bracket play was rained out, so we technically won due to our seeding after pool play). It was a tough season for Lil Kates but I am proud of the way he worked. He kept his head up and busted his butt in every practice. I believe I did the same on the coaching side. Now for a break from baseball...
  11. I only have the 1 son playing select ball, so it's an intense month of June for us, but not too bad. My wife and daughters are troopers. They deserve some extra time/love. I don't get burnt out yet because baseball is my favorite sport. It's still fun for me at this age. And, thankfully, we're not doing year-round select ball. We still participate in our local rec league.
  12. It's always interesting to see how these young kids react in these tourneys. We had 8:00 AM starts after 45+ minute drives both Saturday and Sunday and the team was flat, flat, flat. Went 0-2 on Saturday and felt like we should have split. Lost on Sunday in extra innings. Ugh. It was a State tourney and much deeper field (26 teams, I think, in 9AAA) than most weekends. Hopefully, the boys learned some lessons this weekend. Lil Kates got 1 inning on the bump against the eventual 3rd place team. He allowed 1 R with 2 BB and 1 K. I was proud of the performance. (Team gave up 15 in 4 innings that game.) Lil Kates did not bat in the game he pitched, but he batted in the other pool play game going 0-for-1, 1 HBP, 1 R, 1 K. No balls in RF. He didn't play in the Sunday game, but he drug my butt off of the couch yesterday evening to catch a bullpen and hit off of the tee.
  13. If you don't mind answering. PM if you want. I'm curious. What school? Who is the coach? Sounds like a good setup. You should ask about the future. Will the coach be looking to recruit over the bottom of the roster? Or is this a long-term commitment (say, through age 11 or 12) and these kids will be the team unless they leave voluntarily?
  14. Day baseball today. Chance to quickly get back in the W column.
  15. He has some nice building blocks. I hope it all clicks for him in the org.
  16. Yeah, I don't understand why the coaches are afraid to roster bat, even if just on Saturdays. Being the #1 seed on Sunday isn't some sort of accomplishment, especially considering that many teams won't throw their top arms on Saturday anyway. My son is not the star, but he's plenty capable of contributing. Oh well. We are where we are for now. My son wants to work hard and earn ABs with this squad and I'm happy to help him.
  17. He's a buddy of mine. Good dude. He'd rather fish than fight though!
  18. I'm in this boat right now. My son is currently the 11th man on a roster of 11. I'm sort of one of the coaches. I was one of the coaches last year and this year I'm in the dugout and helping every bit as much as the 2 previous years, but my input is largely ignored as 3 of the 5 coaches have sort of become the decision-makers. Saturday - 2 pool play games for seeding - we batted 10 in both games. He was not in either lineup. He did get 1 inning in RF (caught the only fly ball hit to him and threw home to prevent the tag) and 1 PA (HBP after a couple of foul balls). Sunday - 2 bracket games (1st round bye) - we batted 10 in the semifinal and 9 in the championship game. He didn't enter either game. So we did baseball from 7:30 am - 2:00 pm on Saturday and from 8:30 am - 1:00 pm on Sunday......for 1 PA and 1 inning in RF. It's tough right now. But the little man is committed to working hard and fighting for ABs. I'm committed to not being a moron about it all. We like the organization. I like the coaches. I value the practices and development he gets with this group. I want him to learn how to work for something he wants. The only tricky part is that the coaches may or may not reward him. Time will tell....
  19. Any of you Houston area guys played at Katy National Park before? How is it? We've usually played at Baseball USA (good) or West Little York (crappy). Never played in Katy but we will on Saturday.
  20. I'm fine with more netting. It's still my responsibility to protect my family. Both can coexist.
  21. That's where I come down on this. I have 3 kids and a wife who is likely not going to be paying close attention to every pitch/batted ball. When we go to the game, my primary responsibility is their safety. That starts with my sitting closest to the action. I can't imagine allowing a ball to hit my daughter. I've caught several foul balls over the years. It's just a matter of paying attention. (Playing middle infield all my life probably doesn't hurt!)
  22. Of course, fans and children at baseball games need to be protected, of course. The netting could be extended, without significantly interfering with the game experience, and at a relatively low cost. Of course. But maybe... Maybe if you bring your kid to a game, sit in a rocket zone, and don't pay attention, it's a tiny bit your fault.
  23. That's mostly fair. It depends on the specific team/org, of course. Our 2 main daddy coaches played D-1 college and pro ball, so they know a ton. And we've played against plenty of organizations that have a putz at the helm.
  24. It's the perfect thread for it. Due to how the team my son is on formed, I'm not the most knowledgeable of the process. For our group, a couple of guys decided to coach and invited 10 kids out for the team. There are several select teams like that from our local rec league (SBMSA). Most of it is done by word of mouth, coach invite, etc. I know there are organizations like Marucci Elite, Houston Warriors, Dynasty, SBA, etc. that will hold tryouts at different times in the year in order to put together teams. What I don't know is when, how you get registered, cost, etc. What part of town do you live in?
  25. Meh, why not separate this from the LL thread. Lil Kates' 9AA team won a tournament last weekend and got bumped to 9AAA. We'll see how that goes starting this weekend!
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