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    Pitcher Parents - If you could do it all over again...?

    That is my experience as well. Spent a long time watching pitchers with different skill sets try to fit into the rigid pitch selection rules the HC had. My other regret was allowing DD to be pressured into using the team's PC. Her PC is highly regarded and she was making tremendous progress...
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    Pitchers, Their Pitches, and Communication with Team Coach

    DD got frustrated by her coach's calls. They routinely relied on her 3rd best pitch. She spoke to her pitching coach on the best way to explain it to the coach since they work together all the time. We explained to the coach that she didn't feel she was at her best following their game plan...
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    Quality at bats Steve Springer

    He talks about how Clint Hurdle used to put a Q on the lineup card when players had a QAB. It showed that the coaches understood that they had a good AB. He preaches not worrying about BA, studying pitchers, going to the plate with a game plan to manage the AB and the importance of breathing...
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    Quality at bats Steve Springer

    I got both the cd and dvd when I saw him speak. Bother are 1/2 hour each. Pretty good content and some top 10 Nacala teams use him.
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    Need new Excuses

    Too hot to run that far She doesn't want to show up the pitcher because she seems nice Doesn't want to deal with, "if you can do it once, you can do it every time"
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    Another young pitcher hurt by a ball

    It is easy for the insurance industry (or the government in the example I gave) to say all insurance is voided if you don't do X or do Y. They do that for certain riskier than normal activities already (some do so for scuba diving for example). Defining that facial injuries are not covered if...
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    Another young pitcher hurt by a ball

    In Taiwan, they don't forbid driving during a typhoon warning. What they do though is void all insurance during a typhoon warning if you choose to drive They don't have to restrict your freedom but you alone bear the risks and costs of your choices.
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    Joe Madden's view on Travel Baseball vs the multi sport athlete.

    Nicklaus played basketball through high school, football, tennis and Track and didn't start golf till 10 but ended up pretty good too
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    Joe Madden's view on Travel Baseball vs the multi sport athlete.

    Tiger could have been #1 if he still spent time doing something else. Last I heard his edge came from his dedication to physical fitness and his power. He took strength further than other golfers and had a tremendous work ethic. Neither are precluded if you do other activities. Why do you...
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    Joe Madden's view on Travel Baseball vs the multi sport athlete.

    Around here you could probably play hockey year round but if you advocated that then you'd be considered crazy. Did you ever notice the people who believe in specialization are people who had success doing it another way and discount other ways simply because it worked for them?
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    Joe Madden's view on Travel Baseball vs the multi sport athlete.

    That is simply not true. There are all kinds of examples and research showing that specialization isn't needed (except for early maturation sports like gymnastics) until high school at least. While school helps fill some of the gap, it might not stretch athletes enough physically to develop the...
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    Batting Average

    Does it bother you that wOBA gives batters credit for reaching on an error but not intentional Walks? I'd like to see a stat that does a good job of adjusting for the score so that runs in close games count More than in blowouts.
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    The myth of the balanced lineup

    The problem with sabermetrics is the same problem with my field, economics. Too much generalities and assumptions need to be used for everyone to buy in. If a game is on the line, there is no way to know whether you should be sending up your best hitter (however you define it), the batter...
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    Batting Average

    I'm a Steve Springer disciple. Batting average is a horrible metric compared to QAB.
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    Batting Average

    A rocket line drive to SS is a QAB. The biggest component of QAB is a hard hit ball.
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