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    Advice about twins?

    I have boy/girl twins who are now in college. They have always been each other's support system/best friends, but they really hated when they were considered a "package deal." There were a couple of times where we got the "if we were not twins would you do it" or "if we were two years apart"...
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    Pitching Question

    When watching a game the other night, we noticed one of the pitchers would go into a deep crouch at the beginning of her pitch and, while bringing her arm back, would scrape the ball on the ground. Is this legal? Illegal? We could not find any specific rule one way or the other about it...
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    Wearing batting glove inside fielding glove

    DD2 always wears a padded catcher's glove, no matter if she is actually catching or playing 3rd. The one she has is fingerless, as she prefers that.
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    Glove to wear under catcher's mitt?

    My daughter wears a padded catcher's glove, but prefers the fingerless one. Agree with InsidePitch...lasts about a year, but they aren't that expensive to replace.
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    Head butting with daughter?

    My husband had a talk with each of our kids that he coached about separating "dad" from "coach" and they had a way to know if he was talking to them directly or to the team in general. (If he called them by their number, it was something for the team. By their name, it was specifically for...
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    DP/FLEX Question

    How does your team determine the DP/FLEX, who is utilized for those roles, and do you always use the same players for those roles in all tournaments (pool play and bracket play)? Thank you!
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    Uniform #'s

    Oldest DD wore #2 for her whole career until 18U, when it was taken so she went to 22. Younger sister chose 4...and told her sister it was because she was going to be twice as good as her! :)
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    Have you Considered a Chiropractor for your DD?

    With two daughters who have played/are playing travel and school softball and a son in baseball, football, and wrestling, I am fairly certain our chiropractor should have a wing named after our family. In fact, two of the kids are headed there in about an hour. He does a ton of PT exercises...
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    FRIDAY CHECK IN - Where are you going?

    Heading to MN this weekend ~ last two were in Nebraska. Next three are at home in Sioux Falls, SD, so that will be a nice break.
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    Strangest thing an Umpire has said to you?

    DD's team was playing in a championship game a couple of years ago and hubby is the coach. After DH asked for time to talk to his pitcher, PU told him that he had to change pitchers because this was his third defensive conference. DH indicated (calmly!) that he should not have to change his...
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    Overthrown Ball and Tagging Up

    Thank you for the information! Yes ~ she was between 1st and 2nd. I apologize for the confusion on that.
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    Overthrown Ball and Tagging Up

    Good morning ~ R1 on 1st, B2 hits line shot to F5 which is caught. R1 starts to go back to first to tag and F5 overthrows first into dead ball territory trying to throw her out. What is the correct base award? Argument over whether it should be 2nd (as she was retreating to 1st) or 3rd (as...
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    Grrrr, high school softball

    My oldest DD threw right and batted left. Had highest HBP percentage on the team by a LONG way...and that IS something that they worked on in practice (how to get HBP "correctly" to avoid injury). Had a girl on an opposing team plunk her (and only her) the first time up to bat and it was...
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    Getting white SB pants clean???

    Second the "Iron Out" info (but I let them soak overnight) ~ we use that all of the time, followed by Fels Naptha if there is something that doesn't come out.
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    Father in law

    Keeping you in our thoughts from South Dakota ~ hoping for the best outcome possible. Your FIL sounds like an amazing guy and your DD has been incredibly lucky to have him in her life! What great stories she will have to tell her kids some day about all of the time she got to spend with their...
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    Who is your mommy, and what does she do?

    I am the team advisor for the Compliance Department of a large insurance company, mainly handling consumer complaints and agent investigations for the regulatory authorities.
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    How is Fall High School Softball Going for Everyone....?

    Here in South Dakota, we had end-of-season varsity state tourney on 10/4-10/5. Ended up 4th and got the Sportsmanship Trophy. I love having softball in the fall here ~ my brother in MN always has wondered why they don't switch, too.
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    Metal Spikes

    My DD's orthopedic surgeon nixed metal cleats for her after her second knee surgery. He said the majority of the knee surgeries he saw for softball were pitchers w/metal cleats because the "grab" was just too much for the plant leg. Might be just a pitcher thing, but that was the end of them...
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    Cheer Mommies

    We are running into this more and more with many activities. We had a large number of "something else came up" for practices this last off-season. Another problem is coaches/band directors/drama leaders scheduling over top of each other and getting mad at the kids because they can't be in...
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    Curling as an Olympic sport.....

    Well, originally being from Minnesota where there were youth curling leagues long before girl's fastpitch started up around 1980, it actually does not surprise me at all! :) Now I prefer to watch softball, but I still like to get into a good bonspiel!

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