Not sure if stupidity is a skill - why would a "hunter" not use superior tools at hand rather than risk injury going "Against the lion" Un protected?
Have we tortured that metaphor enough?
I will repeat the same thing I say every time I see a tread like this one -
There were still NHL goalies as late as 1977 not wearing masks for all the same reasons you hear about fielders masks - If you saw a goalie go out today without a mask you would question his sanity.
When my daughter...
Aabsolute first thing test to be sure they are not using a too heavy bat - this tends to be a problem in the younger ages - parents want to try to get two ore three years out of that $300 bat so they tend to buy up
I did a quick count - Not looking at $$ handed over for scholarship because I have no way to know that but just sheer number of girls playing in College -
It turns out the Pedestrian organization in our area who feels their mission is to get girls to play and continue to play Softball has at...
I'll be honest CB but I was a little uncomfortable clicking on a link called Getting me all hot! here at work...
We have 3 "big Orgs" here that will fight constantly over this "Who gets the most recruits" when in reality it's usually the girls themselves or the organization they came from...
Are the -11 Really that bad that they break that easily that 10 year olds are snapping them? - My DD is almost 15 she's 5' 7" 145 and strong - Swings hard and has never come close to breaking a bat - she had a CF5 for a couple of years (Actually still has it just out grew it if anyone needs one...
be careful - Often times these kids are just ahead of the curve and end up average later after the other girls start to develop.
One of the problems with these early phenoms is they don't have to try hard to be better then those around them and they never learn to push them selves.
Do not let...
This subject is always popular with the masses - I'm setting the Over Under for number of pages for this tread at 50 - whose in?
(and in my opinion Control beats speed if speed has no control - WALKS KILL - But so does getting the ball blasted all over the field - I agree with Riseball you...
I don't know that there is a metric that measures what you are looking for - We could invent one KiKS (Strike outs In Key Situations) you can measure any stat you want. That's what sabrmetrics is.
General stats are to be taken as an aggregate. If one player has a WHip of 1.00 and it's almost...
My daughter is NOT a strike out pitcher - she can throw mid 50's - She found that when she throws harder (upper 50's) she was getting hit more - because there tended to be less movement
Let me ask this question - I hear so many numbers bandied around I no longer know what's good -
She's...
Id expect a good year on them. Plus - change them over to practice shoes
How is she wearing out the drag foot cleat on the dirt? You guys play on some hard packed fields?
My daughter is a pitcher but haven't gotten the pitchers toe. her ringors from last year are worn but wearable
We were...
KEY FOR NEW TRAVEL BALL PARENTS - ALWAYS have and extra pair of cleats and an extra glove just in case - Could probably start a thread of "MUST HAVES" extras for the back of the truck