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  1. 40 minutes ago, kmac30 said:

    Son is 7, lefty. I need to find him a new glove. Any recs out there? Coach pitch, he’s playing pitcher, 2nd, 1st and outfield.

    My rec is to not spend more than $60. Wilson, Rawlings, whatever. He doesn't need a full on hard/heavy leather glove yet. Get him something he can handle and save your money for age 10+.

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  2. On 11/14/2020 at 11:35 PM, Mack Tripper said:

    I've been lurking this thread since before Covid. My son is turning 7 in December. He played t-ball as a 5 year year old with mostly 6 year olds. He wasn't the best player on the team, but was solidly the 3rd best. I was one of the assistant coaches, and we had a great time, except for the fact that his team was just abysmally terrible (and the other teams constantly violated the rules in place that were to ensure fair competition). He's always been hyper competitive, so being the Bad News Bears was very discouraging for him, so he wanted to take some time off from playing baseball again and then Covid happened. 

    Putting aside the reemerging Covid situation, he really wants to start playing again, and registration for spring coach pitch is around the corner. We're in Houston zoned to both Spring Branch -- Memorial Sports Association and Spring Branch Little League. Does anyone have experiences/opinions regarding the pros/cons between the two? Part of the difference appears to be a USSSA vs USA Baseball situation, which I know nearly nothing about other than the bat spec issue. 

    Mack - I'm on the SBMSA Baseball Board. Come play with us. We'll have 450 kids at his level. SBALL will be lucky to have more than a few teams. If you have any questions, hit me up. I'm happy to discuss. One thing about SBMSA - sign up in the 1st week. It will fill up quickly.

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  3. 31 minutes ago, troph said:


    Quite the 2nd place championship ring there!

    Sometimes the tournament bling is a lot. My son's team won an 11U tournament put on by Perfect Game. They handed us rings, medals, a banner, a huge trophy, an MVP plaque, and a MVPitcher plaque. I don't know what 2nd place received. I suppose if an organization has a building where it could make a trophy room that would be good, but we're just some dads who don't want to take home any of that stuff!

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  4. 3 hours ago, BrazilHorn said:

    11U team won their 1st championship yesterday! He played great and the team overall did as well. They had made the semifinals in the first 3 tournaments they played but always had the total "step on your dick" inning where the kids would grip and start to let errors build on one another.

    Yesterday they hung tough and never let it get to them when a mistake was made. Was great to see them growing yesterday into a team and overall really starting to flex.

    My older sons 14U team battled and played in three games yesterday before going out in semifinals. Was great where they beat a team that beat them on Saturday (and were the most unsportsmanlike youth sports team I have EVER seen). The other teams coach actually came and apologized before the game for his team's behavior on Saturday. Nonetheless it was awesome to see them win and win easily.

    Was great weather and just an overall great weekend to have baseball being played.

    Awesome. My son's 11U team won a tournament in Houston yesterday. A lot of fun. 

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  5. For most of the 2010s I played 5-6 rounds of golf per year. I would shoot between 80-95.

    I have played 1 round of golf in 2020. On 9/24 I played the Tournament Course at Golf Club of Houston and scored an 89.

    Front 9: 51

    Back 9: 38

  6. 23 hours ago, jkates said:

    This afternoon I'm taking my son (10 yrs old) out on his first archery hunt. I guess it's my first archery hunt also. I did not hunt much growing up and have only gun hunted as an adult. We've got a ground blind brushed in near the intersection of 2 game trails at a corner of our largest food plot. We had a game camera malfunction near it, so I'm not certain what we will see, if anything. I'm amped. I hope something walks out and that he can get a shot. I wonder how much he's learning in school today...

    No blood last night, but a great time on the road and in the woods with my son. 

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  7. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    My gut tells me this is wrong.

    My lawdog tells me, as they were acting pursuant to a warrant that apparently was not falsely obtained, that it's about what you could hope for.

    That's what I am wondering about. I haven't kept up with the details, but if the shooting cops didn't falsely obtain the warrant, then I don't know why a murder charge would be considered reasonable. But Lebron thinks...

  8. 12 minutes ago, F250 said:

    The thing is most players in 14U Majors were on 11U Majors rosters which eliminates the age factor.

    I don't have any experience beyond the first few weeks of 11U fall ball. I think your other post is on target. Majors teams simply have a lot of talent and fewer weak spots. Our team doesn't hold tryouts, we haven't cut anyone since the transition from 8U-->9U (some of you may remember, my son was on the chopping block, but we stuck it out), so we're attempting to develop our 11 and play against teams that are often cutting a couple and recruiting a proven talent. I like our model. I don't see much benefit from being cutthroat and hyper-competitive before age 13. We hold our own and win a lot, but we also run into some Majors teams that are buzzsaws. haha

  9. 1 hour ago, F250 said:

    Puberty usually isn't the explanation when it comes to the difference between the Majors level and AA and AAA.

     

     

     

    It likely depends on the age. It's certainly not the case for us as we just moved into 11U ball. Our squad has played 4 seasons together. We were 7AA, 8AA, 9AAA, 10AAA. We're starting 11U as AAA but we'd prefer to bump to majors soon and test ourselves there. We'll see. Our defense is up to the task. Half of our bats are. Most of our pitchers likely aren't. It will be fun to see the boys get challenged soon. Fall ball is sporadic. Hard to tell much. We barely practice and then show up to play against some teams that are practicing 3x/week. 

  10. Skipped the dove hunt this weekend and put in a lot of tractor work for deer food plots. Mowed, disced, drug, planted, drug again. Hopefully, Mr. Big Buck and his harem will enjoy the dining experience close enough to my son's bow blind. (Cat Spring, TX)

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  11. Our school (PK3 thru 12) has been open with in-person instruction for 3 weeks now. There was a lab-confirmed case reported to us on 8/24 in the PK3 program. Not sure if student or teacher, but that person was sent home and the rest of the school kept rolling. We're a ways past that now and concluding another week with no lab-confirmed COVID cases.

    The protocols, specifically the masks, suck but the kids adapted quickly. In person schooling isn't killing anyone. Whodathunk?

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