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jkates

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  1. My son hit one out for the first time on Sunday in intrasquad action. He's the smallest guy on his team, but only 2 others have taken it deep, and they are the 2 biggest, so he felt pretty good about it. He's still 10, playing 11U ball. 200 ft fence. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  2. Who's gonna make the 2021 thread? Little League / local leagues / select 2021 Youth baseball Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. Caden Sterns can kindly go shut up. Nobody hurt him. So what? This is simply the reverse of what athletes are told when they are recruited. Come to SCHOOL X and you'll be lined up with the network to launch a successful career in STATE X. Nobody hurt you. Cry me a river, Sterns.
  4. Meh. Keep the song. Tell the haters to go away. I'm fine with that approach.
  5. Madden looks good. Struck out the side.
  6. What a story. What a young man. I'm happy for Andrew. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  7. He's a terrible human being, but for about 10 years he was a world class safety. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
  8. 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+.
  9. 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.
  10. We're experiencing record voter turnout. Voter suppression is a myth. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
  11. Meh. It's a pretty big stretch to take what is being reported and turn it into a big deal.
  12. 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!
  13. Awesome. My son's 11U team won a tournament in Houston yesterday. A lot of fun.
  14. 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
  15. I'm loving this. ALCS is going to be tough. Let's do it.
  16. No blood last night, but a great time on the road and in the woods with my son.
  17. 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...
  18. Should we sweep or take it in 4?
  19. I'll suggest this earlier tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. SUGGESTION: The Astros should score more runs.
  21. I would like to be a fly on the wall if he interviewed at my children's school.
  22. SHOW ME A LOSS!!!!!!!!!!
  23. 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...
  24. 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
  25. 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.
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