Everything posted by jkates
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2019 Select Ball
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.
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2019 Select Ball
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?
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2019 Select Ball
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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Houston Restaurants You Miss The Most
I miss the old Jake's Philly Steaks.
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2019 Little League Thread
That made me laugh.
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2019 Little League Thread
Victory! Back for more on Saturday.
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2019 Little League Thread
We canceled Friday and Saturday, although it's possible we could have played on soggy fields on Saturday. My son's 9/10 team has a playoff game tonight. I'm at the point in the season where I can't decide if I want them to win or lose.
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Dallas officer kills man after mistaking apartment for her own, police say
I can't recall the last time, if ever, I noticed or recognized a doormat.
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Rachel Held Evans dies
This probably isn't the forum or thread to get into that. I don't want to crap on the RIP, RHE thread with theological disagreements.
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Rachel Held Evans dies
I believe RHE's theology and influence were massively harmful to the Church, but I was still praying for her. I hate that 2 little kids are left without their mother. 37. Sucks. We're not guaranteed tomorrow, boys.
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2019 Little League Thread
I definitely agree with you there. The pressure on parents to put their kid in select is ridiculous. The coaching at the lower levels of select is often just some fat dudes yelling at kids and looking for wins. I'm thankful that we found a spot with good coaches (dads who played pro ball) and a lighter schedule. I believe our schedule will ramp up around 12U, but I'm OK with it then.
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2019 Little League Thread
I think it depends on what the select organization is and what the goals are. My son has been playing select since 7U. However, it's not year round. They play 5 tournaments between May 25-July 1 each year. It's after our local league wraps up. We sneak in some practices during the local league. It's an organization that values the development, the practice reps, etc. Sure, we want to win tournaments, but we don't play enough to be worried about all the points/rankings, World Series stuff. Americans overemphasize games. A kid can go an entire tournament and get just a few defensive chances. The same kid in a quality practice with a good coach can get hundreds of reps in a variety of drills.
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2nd Jasper White Supremacist Scheduled to Die Wednesday
Took too long to get here (Brewer was executed in 2011). Hopefully, he doesn't receive any stays.
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
Take it to PMs, darlings. The Twins are so screwed tonight. I'm pissed that I can't go. My tix are on StubHub.
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Name drop an MLB player who you liked that never "made it"
Richard Hidalgo hit 171 MLB HRs. I think he made it.
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2019 Little League Thread
The kid we expected to be our ace pitcher finally put it together last night. He'd been averaging ~28 pitches per inning in his first 4 outings. Last night he went 4 innings in just 44 pitches. 2 hits, which both came around to score on FCs and WPs, and 4 Ks. This kid throws as hard as anyone else in the league, but last night we asked him to throw at 80% effort. It looked like he only backed down to 90-95%, but he found his control. Really fun to watch him make adjustments and have success.
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2019 Little League Thread
You'll need to get copies of birth certificates, purchase the insurance, figure out which tournaments to register for, figure out when/where you're practicing, order uniforms, etc. And, above all, clearly communicate with the parents on expectations, scheduling, competitiveness, playing time, roster management, money, etc. USSSA runs better tournaments than Nations, IMHO. But Nations isn't a bad place to start because the competition is weaker. My son is on a 9AAA team in USSSA. Most of the boys have been together since 7AAC. This fall/offseason the coaches bungled some roster management and parent communication. A formerly tight-knit, fun group has turned into an awkward, not-as-fun group. Be careful with that dynamic. Hard decisions that hurt feelings are one thing. Unnecessary decisions that aren't communicated and then hurt feelings are another thing, and much harder to get over. Select ball can be fun. Our particular group usually doesn't play during the local league season. We pack 4 or 5 tournaments into June and that's it.
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
Doesn't help that it isn't cropped efficiently. It's a dumb picture now, but we have some dumb people that will want to post it.
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Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crashes killing 157
What do you mean by "reduce the airload?"
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2019 NIT Champions!
If you're in it, be in it to win it. Good job by the boys.
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Small Inventions that changed your Life
The previous channel button on the remote.
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Astros Home Opener Day Thread
GO ASTROS!!! Go Juila! Go George! Vamos Jose!
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Amazon prime recommendations
BOSCH
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PSA - Free Solo - This Sunday Night - Nat Geo Channel
I thought the film was underwhelming given the enormity of his achievements, but it's also hard to properly video free soloing when the guy is used to being alone and needs to focus. Honnold is a freak show.
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Some garbage about ketch or something
I dislike Geoff Ketchum. I am neutral on Cedar Park.