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  1. J

    Showcase Rant

    Thanks for listening. I have no doubt that it’s a great event for the right teams. We weren’t one of them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  2. J

    Showcase Rant

    Getting to Long Island is never easy. Either brave the traffic or pay for the ferry. Once in the area the trip was good. Accommodations were nice but a bit pricey. The event was good. Girls played well. Won a couple lost a couple and were competitive. Won our first bracket game but lost our...
  3. J

    Showcase Rant

    Been whirlwind of a last Softball Weekend. When the travel ball season started we had our Tourney/showcase schedule all mapped out. Play 3 local tourneys, 1 local showcase a trip to Long island and end the year with New England’s finest. At the time it made sense to or our newly formed...
  4. J

    The death of JV Softball???

    This will be the first time in 5 years we have a JV. It’s more of a hybrid. Coach has 17 girls. 12 are playing varsity and 5 “jv”. Most the varsity girls are underclassmen and will play both. Not every program has JV so getting games is tough. Coach mentioned playing a couple jamborees but not...
  5. J

    *POLL* 18u everybody plays

    Funny thing about Showcases is that you should Showcasing all your players. Heard a few stories of players setting up to be seen at events but never getting into those games. There was a pitcher who was the teams number 2/3 depending on the weekend and she reached out to a few D3 coaches and...
  6. J

    Coach undermining face mask use

    Giggle all you want. My kids got $4k worth of braces and plays on some pretty sketchy outfields. Not to mention saw at least 3 collisions between 2nd base and charging RF in for bloop flyballs this past season. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. J

    So who has started playing again?

    Where did you see this?? I know all orgs around us are planning on 6/20. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  8. J

    HS season starting for most areas..how long till???

    Tryouts in CT are in 3 weeks. Only 22 girls attended the meeting. 11 returning players, 11 Freshman and a new head coach. Team graduated 4 Seniors including only pitcher(oldest DD), starting catcher and SS. Team will look very different this spring. My youngest is part of the large Freshman...
  9. J

    Organization / Club fees

    For Fall Ball we’re paying $140 for 3 tournaments. Summer fees are $500. Covers 5 tournaments, 1 full set of uniforms (shirt, pants, belt and socks), and a week day summer league, dozen games with playoffs. Girls hit 2x a week indoor all winter. Last year we played a 3 pickup winter games...
  10. J

    Outfielder Glove Upgrade

    Great! Thank you. J Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. J

    Outfielder Glove Upgrade

    She’s 5’4” average build with average size hands. Noticed the Velcro is pretty tight on her current glove. Majority of games she plays is OF with the occasional inning at 2nd. Looking for a glove that will last more than a couple years. Between Hs and summer travel ball she will play around...
  12. J

    Outfielder Glove Upgrade

    DD has been playing with a now floppy and worn out Rawlings FP125. She has a 15th birthday coming in Dec and I’d like to get her an upgrade. Local selection is limited as you could imagine. She likes the Rawlings and seems to manage well with the 12.5”. She mentioned a glove in gray. Looking...
  13. J

    Outfield - Where to throw the ball

    Debate from today’s 14u bracket game. Top of the 7th. Home team in the field leading 3-0 Bases loaded no outs. Hard hit ball to RF fielded cleanly. Where’s the throw? 1: Try for the out at 1st or 2nd possibly allowing R2 to score from second?Runners now on a 1st and 3rd. 1 out. 2: Throw...
  14. J

    Questionable IF fly.

    First pool play game of the day. We are the home team and following a couple miscues our girls are down 2 runs and bases are loaded now outs. Flare to the SS (not a line drive and pop up). SS gets to it and makes the catch(or so we thought when home ump signals out without an infield fly...
  15. J

    Saw a new one today

    Not a technical term but have read it specifically on LL baseball sites when my girls were in LLSB. Usually it occurs when the fielder at 1st has to come off the bag to catch a poorly thrown ball and gets tangled with the BR. Bang bang play on the home plate side of first. Runner is hustling...
  16. J

    Saw a new one today

    Based on umpires judgement (gotta love how that protects almost every call Blue can make) the rules were applied correctly. BR out on the tag R1 out on the INT. Devils advocate: Now what stops fielders from “dropping” the ball after as she tags the BR to get the free out? I know INT doesn’t...
  17. J

    Saw a new one today

    No arms swinging or swiping at the glove at all. May have moved the arms up to her Chest defensively but didn’t make a motion toward the glove. There was no play on the runner at 3rd. She didn’t make a move to go home until the ball squirted out of play. The field ump only chimed in after a...
  18. J

    Saw a new one today

    So we are playing the Semifinal 14B USSSA state tourney bracket game today. Back and forth game with lots of scoring. We were batting in the top of 4th with about 15 min left. Nice rally going to score 3 runs to tie the game at 9 each. No outs. Our number 4 batter comes to the plate with a...
  19. J

    WTB a 28"/29" -11ish DeMarini or LS

    I have a 30/19 CF6 Sprite I’m looking to sell. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. J

    When should a TB player stop playing LL

    I’ve been a part of our local LL for the last 8 years. My youngest is 13 and is in her first year in TB. When we had a discussion about NOT playing LL because of the conflicts she was in tears. She wanted to keep playing with friends. Last year LL was fun and our All Star team won Districts...

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