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    Help - Best place to find a left-hand thrower's catcher's mitt

    Horrible timing on this. Daughter is off to college in just under a month, and her catcher's gear bag got stolen out of her car. Nothing really matters in there except her glove. She's a lefty-catcher, so finding a quality glove has always been tough. We had hoped to never buy another glove...
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    School coach doesn't understand the game

    My daughter goes to a private school. Last year, everything came together, and they ended up losing in the state finals after working all the way back through the losers bracket to the finals. After that, the school's 20-year softball coach retired, and the school put a new hire in charge of...
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    We fired our "recruiting coordinator" yesterday... (LONG, mostly a rant)

    18 months ago, a guy with a national (but small) recruiting service came and spoke to my daughter's travel team. I thought it was an interesting topic, but I didn't think we were in a position where we would benefit much from it. Our daughter is very smart, and we have some money set aside to...
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    What are some of the "unwritten rules" of softball?

    I'll start with three: 1) If you see someone trying to set up a shade/tent at a tournament, you are obligated to stop whatever you're doing and help. Same when you see someone taking it down. 2) If you are a catcher, and the umpire gets hit with a wild pitch or a foul, you must immediately go...
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    My daughter's 2020 Easton Ghost has a loose handle

    She told me yesterday (7/14/20). I pulled the original order, and it was delivered on 7/11/19. There are two types of luck....
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    Tough One - daughter considering new team. Coach wants her to change positions...

    Let me preface with this. My daughter is a very good student. She is a 2022 grad, and is being recruited by a few D3s. She has her heart set on a mid-major D1. One of the coaches there is watching her. He asks about her to a friend he has already offered. He follows my daughter's Twitter...
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    Social Media and college recruiting

    Curious - what sort of social media presence is going to offer the biggest bang for the buck for a kid who wants to get recruited to play college ball? I was under the impression that Twitter is the big platform for this, but it has been suggested to me that "the entire softball world is using...
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    Follow up - Top of the 7th. Score tied. Runners on 1st and 3rd. No one out. You're the home team coach. (LONG BUT WORTHWHILE)

    So this wasn't just a hypothetical, and this post will out me a little bit, so bear with me. My daughter was playing in the 4A division of the state championship in Georgia this week. The format is the top eight teams go to Columbus and play in the Olympic softball facility - a neutral field...
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    Top of the 7th. Score tied. Runners on 1st and 3rd. No one out. You're the home team coach.

    And you HAVE TO WIN. What do you do? Conventional wisdom for other team is sacrifice bunt. My first instinct is put the batter on to load the bases, but you're giving them an extra out by doing that. "Play good defense" is a disqualifying response.
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    Help - Daughter is Turning Into Chuck Knoblauch

    Hard-core baseball fans will get the reference, but let me explain. Chuck Knoblauch was a second baseman who started his MLB career with the Minnesota Twins. He moved to the Yankees in 1998. He was widely viewed as one of the best second basemen in the game. Then around his ninth year as a...
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    Coach attemtping steals in the last inning when the team is losing....

    My daughter has just ended a travel season with a team that had lots of talent, but also had lots of issues. One pet peeve of mine I saw over and over again - the coach attempting steals at the end of the game (or tournament) when the tying run wasn't even on deck. This is 16U. I saw this...
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    "Looking for one...."

    To riff off of the "too many teams" thread - here are the most recent posts from our local softball bulletin board in Georgia - this is from the 16U thread. And, yes - the ones that say "looking for one" or "looking for a couple" are in fact looking for a pitcher. It seems we have a number of...
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    Dirtbags

    Saw a team at Myrtle Beach tournament - this is their name. I thought more people needed to know this. Do you think the parents say "My daughter is a Dirtbag." Or maybe "We're a part of the Dirtbag organization."
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    Daughter's Team about to fall apart (with happy ending)

    My daughter has been on four different teams in four years. We are not team-hoppers. Every single team she's been on has fallen apart. Four years ago we moved from B-ball to A-ball. Three years ago, two pitchers left and the team imploded. Two years ago, our team decided to stay down in 14U...
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    UMKC Fires Coach Greg Bachkora over Poor Performance, not Sexual Harassment

    https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article230909623.html
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    Dad "promoted" to assistant and all hell breaks loose (LONG)

    My daughter had found a team finally which we really like. She's a talented catcher, and just needs the reps to get really good. We weren't getting looks from the elite teams in our area for a variety of reasons, but we found a team with a great coach, a good group of girls, and enough talent...
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    Need some insight on ScoutU.org

    Wall of text coming. ... BACKGROUND: My daughter is a solid player. She could play at a D1 team if she put in the work, but so far she hasn't shown any interest in doing anything "extra." She's a high school freshman. Streaky bat. Catcher. So here's the thing about her catching. When...
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    We left for the tournament really early, but this view was worth it

    We had a Sunday morning game at 8:00 this week, and the fields were about an hour from our house. Coach wanted them there an hour early, so we had to leave home in the dark around six, but arrived to see this:
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    Help with Ringor sizing

    My daughter is a catcher, and we're going to surprise her with new cleats. She's been hinting (okay - begging) for a pair of Ringors for some time now. Could someone give me a hint as to how the sizes run vis-a-vis men's shoes? Her current cleats are size 9.5 Mizunos. She wears 8.5 in Nikes...
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    Dilemma - "injured" player actually picking up with another team

    My daughter picked up at a tournament this weekend. We kept it quiet because her "regular" coach doesn't like the girls to play pickup. She had a few things she needed to work on, so we pulled the trigger and let her pick up. She had a good time, and we're glad we did it. But here's the...

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