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    Parents trying to destroy team a month before nationals

    It's been building for a while, but if you're going to try to break up a team, either do it in before May or else wait until the team loses its final game. There are a few parents who aren't happy with the team. A couple of them have made it clear that they intend to walk at the end of the...
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    Shielding young players from parent drama

    DD is on a competitive team with all 10-year-olds. While most parents have at some point second-guessed strategy decisions in a relatively benign manner, a couple of parents have recently begun openly questioning lineup and positioning choices. They're mainly campaigning for their DD's which I...
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    D1 pitcher wearing mask in game

    "Forget about playing in college if you wear a mask" :rolleyes:
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    Olympic softball 2020?

    It's not that the rest of the world thinks softball is a joke. The main problem is that the level of play isn't good enough in enough countries to warrant inclusion. Six national teams participated in the World Cup last year and only sixteen teams were in the World Championships the year...
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    8-year-old with 4 pitches

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    7-year-old girl kicked off baseball team

    Baseball's loss is potentially softball's gain, but if the reporting on this is accurate, I'm pretty ticked off as a parent: 7-year-old Anna Kimball kicked off baseball team just because she
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    Would you convert a rotational-styled pitcher to a linear style?

    Tried a new PC yesterday and she'd like to completely change DD's style. DD just turned 9 and has been pitching about a year-and-a-half. She first began with a 'hello elbow' instructor, but although she had success in 8u with it, all the reading I was doing here and other places led me to...
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    DD's bestie hates softball, but afraid to tell dad

    It's the classic dilemma: what to do with knowledge that's none of your business, but which could potentially help - or hurt - a buddy. DD comes to me and says, "I've figured out that _____ doesn't like softball." "Oh? How'd you figure that out?" "She told me." The dad is a friend of mine...
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    Why I do not advocate 8u TB

    (I wanted to respond to CobraAssist's post without taking any more attention away from the OP's question in the other thread) Yes, I am generally against 8u TB, and I'm also against parents buying $300 bats for 8yo players, especially since they'd be much better off with a $40 bat and 8...
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    AZ Little Leaguer dies after being hit by pitch

    Arizona Little Leaguer, 13, dies after pitch hits chest - ESPN PHOENIX -- A 13-year-old Arizona boy died in a freak accident after a baseball hit him over the heart as he tried to bunt, officials in his Little League said Friday. Hayden Walton went for the bunt during a game Tuesday night in...
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    Carryover vs re-drafting teams

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    Do teenage umpires need work permits?

    Anyone in California ever encountered this question?
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    Money and my mouth

    Well, at a minimum, you've got to give me credit for consistency. :) One has to concede that TB is largely cost-prohibitive for most people, no matter how badly they might want to play. There are lower-cost alternatives, say the 'B' teams that never travel more than an hour away for games, but...
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    Dominating 8u: time to move on??

    After a solid 2-month layoff, kiddo began practicing a week or so ago and is loving it. She's back in her groove and looking forward to a very exciting season. She's been using the 11" ball and pitching from 35'. She's eager to face the challenge of moving up and is one of those kids who...
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    She's called for the ball...and wants to be #1

    While chatting on the way home from school yesterday, my DD informed me that she needs to start getting ready for softball tryouts (what she calls our evaluation day), which are in a month. It's been a little over 2 months since she last touched a softball and she's apparently chomping at the...
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    Managing a special needs player

    Do any of your rec leagues have written guidelines concerning special needs players? Our league doesn't and in the years I've been here, while I'm not privy to conversations that have gone on between the board and coaches or parents and coaches, there has been no communication with the other...
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    Off-season management of a young player?

    Since our daughter has been playing/practicing pretty much non-stop since January (she did have a slow period in July), my plan is to not let her pitch for a couple of months. Her arm isn't overworked, I just feel she needs time to focus on other skills - like taking the same aggressiveness to...
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    How many of you refused to join 'the rec clique'?

    Sometimes details are important, sometimes they're not. Going to choose 'not' again on this one, as it relates somewhat to previous drama I also didn't feel like outlining. lol Although I can be acutely aware of its presence, I don't do drama very well. I also don't like poor communicators...
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    Team Just Disbanded - What Next?

    Yet another tryout thread... Without getting into all the rigmarole, my daughter's fall team has just been disbanded. Although there is one team not too far away that advertises solo tryouts, the other teams I know of all have open tryouts...tryouts which have now concluded since school has...
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    Back from camp!

    Had an incredible week at softball camp and can't possibly imagine my child having had a better experience with her first time at a sports camp. She was excited to get there each day and was always eager to demonstrate what she'd learned. She made several new friends and all the coaches were...

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