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  1. BaldNBeautiful

    Fake Stat published in a reputable website

    Reminded of the old saying. "There are three kinds of LIES: lies, damned lies, and Statistics"
  2. BaldNBeautiful

    # innings for a middle school game

    Never heard of anything like that. Our MS plays a 7 inning varsity and a 4 inning JV.
  3. BaldNBeautiful

    Clues That The Scorebook Is Cooked

    Other side of the coin: number nine hitter finally cranks one over the center fielders head (who was playing pretty shallow) for a triple. Coach's significant other scores it an error. When questioned by a media person sitting next to her asked "an error? really how is that an error?" the answer...
  4. BaldNBeautiful

    38°f

    Believe it or not we have some of those here in east Tennessee as well. In fact our team (Middle School) won a tournament a couple of years ago in similar conditions. The high temp on the final day was 39, but the wind chill stayed below freezing all day. We had to win five games that day with...
  5. BaldNBeautiful

    High school ball

    I came up through the ranks with my daughters, coached Little League, started a TB team (boy was that an eye-opener) then when I made a career change to become a public school educator I took on the MS program. Where I am, we have one MS and one HS in the county. There is alot of pride in the...
  6. BaldNBeautiful

    High school ball

    I really feel for you HS teams that only get twenty games a year. Here even our middle schools get that. But to be totally honest, there is an eighteen game count, but a tournament only counts as two. Post season tournaments do not count in that total either.
  7. BaldNBeautiful

    Patty Gasso Interview

    I had the pleasure of meeting Coach Gasso a few years ago at a NSC Clinic. I came away very impressed.
  8. BaldNBeautiful

    Offseason open gyms

    A word to the wise, always make sure you know the rules. Odds are someone else, such as a disgruntled parent, knows them as well.
  9. BaldNBeautiful

    High School Softball

    Agree! As a MS coach I occasionally get a comment or an email from a teacher that wants/demands that I punish a player (their favorite is to make them run laps) for something that happened in their classroom. For some reason, they cannot see that their classroom management issues have nothing to...
  10. BaldNBeautiful

    Conference in the circle

    I agree, but that duty is reserved for my Assistant coaches.
  11. BaldNBeautiful

    Conference in the circle

    I have a quick question. can you be charged with a defensive conference between half innings? Earlier this week we were playing (middle school, NFHS rules) and at the end of our at-bat (I was coaching first base) I head back to the dugout. Per my usual routine, I pick up the ball, kick a little...
  12. BaldNBeautiful

    IBM presents...You Make the Call!

    Yep, and this is the sort of thing that drives coaches to drinking too!
  13. BaldNBeautiful

    interns for ACs

    I coach Middle school ball (seventh and eighth grades) and my school district has always allowed me (or required me) to have one adult female (unpaid) as an assistant coach. Most years it was a mom that had come up through the rec league ranks. I have been very fortunate the last five years with...
  14. BaldNBeautiful

    Player Cuts for Middle School Team

    OH and i agree with Marriard on several important points, especially DP/Flex, and using courtesy runners (we play by NFHS rules).
  15. BaldNBeautiful

    Player Cuts for Middle School Team

    Just a few thoughts from a fellow MS coach: This is my ninth season coaching school ball (did the Rec league thing and coached all three of my DDs through TB), but I know your situation may be different from mine. With Tournaments, we can get in about 22 games (March - May) with the Varsity...
  16. BaldNBeautiful

    Old school bad father failures...

    When DD1 was a catcher, we were having a problem in our school system with staph infections. I felt it would be a great idea for her to keep some chlorox wipes in her bag to wipe down her gear after games. She kept them in one of those resealable freezer bags. So one weekend as she was heading...
  17. BaldNBeautiful

    Throwing off the facemask

    I want to say thanks to all of you that responded to this post. Years ago, I had DD1 rip her helmet off for everything. Since then I have learned better. Today I posted this to our team fb page: Should a Catcher keep her helmet on? I say YES. Here is my reasoning: 1. You waste valuable time...
  18. BaldNBeautiful

    Useful equipment designed for other sports being used in Fastpitch

    When DD1 was a HS senior, she had a hairline fracture in one of the bones in her throwing hand. We were able to find a pair of padded football gloves that helped protect and cushion it. For the life of me, I cannot remember what brand they were though.
  19. BaldNBeautiful

    Interference?

    I coach our MS team, and am helping out LL by Umpiring games once our season was completed. Unfortunately, there were only enough rules bought for the coaches. I have been umpiring for three weeks now without the official LL rules, so I have relied on my NFHS and ASA experience. It has been...
  20. BaldNBeautiful

    Report on Baylor's failure -- Read it and weap

    Hey lets not be too hard on Texas. We have similar problems with priorities here in Tennessee, and truth be told, all over the country. It is a battle coaching in a school system, and dealing with the (mis)allocation of funds when it comes to sports.

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