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    ...feeling burnt out?? Would like dad help on this one.

    Interesting thread! The OP is obviously a very mature and thoughtful young lady, and will probably do well regardless of how she chooses to proceed. I can't help but to notice there is almost no mention of the mom in this discussion, whose input could be just as valuable, perhaps necessary...
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    dealing with a season-ending injury

    Screwball and Greenmonsters are absolutely right, good quality PT immediately after surgery is critical to proper recovery. My dd had the surgery last year (after injuring her ACL the year before during a game). Our experience has not been great so far, because we made several poor choices...
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    One dad fights back

    I'm not so sure about that, Amy. I think fringe elements and behaviors have always been around, but there used to be more 'filters' in place to protect our gentle sensibilities from being assaulted by such horrors. In the age of instant virtual gratification, the dark side of human nature has...
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    High Park Fire/Colorado Sparkler

    Hopefully they will get a handle on the situation soon: InciWeb the Incident Information System: High Park Fire Two summers ago dd and I hiked up to the top of Horsetooth Mountain to savor a most spectacular lightning show to the west of us as a storm system was moving through. It probably...
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    Offical arrested for beating son during game of catch.

    It's not about dropping the ball, according to the child's biological grandfather: Stepfather beating boy in video facing charges - TODAY News - TODAY.com It doesn't excuse the behavior, but does suggest that the context is more complex than what meets the eye in the posted video.
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    Oklahoma is killing me in the 4th inning

    I am going by memory as well, and I am not particularly gifted in that department :o In the post game interview, the Sooner coach basically laid the blame squarely on her own player for being too "aggressive" in this instance, so there was never any question that the outcome was entirely their...
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    Oklahoma is killing me in the 4th inning

    I am very curious about this play. As a slapper, it seems that it would have been nearly impossible for her NOT to be left of the line at that point during the base-running, given that the first baseman was standing precisely where she would have begun to cross over to the right side. Also...
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    RockeTech Innards

    Thanks for the input, everyone! Yes, it was an ASA umpire. I don't have the arm strength to tear a phone book in half, but I'm no wimp either. After seeing what that big guy did, I tried the same thing myself - I was in fact able to turn the barrel sleeve, but the amount of torque required...
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    RockeTech Innards

    DD started playing again this spring after sitting out last summer and fall due to ACL surgery. She still loves her Rocketech, but something weird happened today during the pre-game equipment inspection that puzzled both of us. One of the umpires (big stocky guy) grabbed the handle of the...
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    RockeTech Innards

    Evidently I was wrong to speculate that the cap was non-replaceable. I followed Greenmonsters' advice and called Anderson, and was quickly given an RA number, no questions asked. The bat came back to me today with a new cap installed, along with a new grip wrap (which I never asked for). With...
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    good video of Ueno VS. Osterman, yesterday

    How about Ueno's triple and scoring attempt (at 4:50)? Would a pro team manager in the US take this kind of risks with his/her ace pitcher?
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    RockeTech Innards

    Thanks for the tips, Amy and Greenmonsters! I'll definitely give it a shot.
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    RockeTech Innards

    I don't have any picture of the bat before the mishap, Amy, but it was in almost pristine condition when I bought it (the seller's dd switched to a longer bat). To me, it looks like the cap is crimped in place by that groove just below the lip of the barrel, so it's impossible to take it off...
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    RockeTech Innards

    It's an '09 bat bought in late '09, Amanda, so the one year warranty would have expired even if we had bought it new. This was actually a craigslist find in near-new condition. It had served my dd very well up to just a few weeks ago, when it seemed to lose some of its pop. I don't know if this...
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    RockeTech Innards

    Even though the cap appears to be made out of polycarbonate, I don't think it's thick enough to survive a frontal hit by anything more substantial than an air rifle pellet (these days, plenty of air rifles can launch a pellet at well over 1200 fps and do some significant damages down range)...
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    RockeTech Innards

    Anderson calls its end cap "bullet proof". Since even bullet proof ceramic plates can only take so many hits before giving in, I guess it's not all that shocking that bullet proof end caps would disintegrate after one too many collision with a pitched ball. My dd's treasured RockeTech stopped...
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    Pitching mechanic Jr college pitchers

    I'm in NorCal, the somewhat overshadowed sibling of SoCal (I'd like to think that we have just as many talented players on a per capita basis as our more populous sibling down south, but I'd readily admit to not having the stats to prove it). My dd pitches legally, but has significant problems...
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    Pitching mechanic Jr college pitchers

    I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but many young pitchers in my neck of the woods are taught to pitch exactly like this (pitcher #1). I think it's a by-product of the excessive emphasis on keeping the hip open and to have a long stride, especially for those who are...
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    Showing the umps slow-mo videos of their bad calls?

    You are missing my point here. I had two questions, one was "can I show my video to the ump?", which was definitively answered in the negative straight away; my follow-up was more philosophical - "what would be so bad about having video review in baseball/softball?". Football and tennis were...
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    Showing the umps slow-mo videos of their bad calls?

    I didn't realize football and tennis are not played or judged by humans, or didn't require as much skills, or that the players and refs in those sports don't try as hard as those playing/umpiring baseball/softball. Football and Tennis didn't always allow video review either. The same argument...

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