If Altuve was 6" shorter it'd be dead on. He's up to Judges shoulder. Our girl was up to their girl's letters.Similar?...
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No need to compare the batter to the pitcher. Compare the Pitcher to the umpire. Oh MY10U. My slightly-bigger-than-average DD in the box. The pitcher was easily 5'-10".
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Yeah. She had a couple of inches on him, easy.No need to compare the batter to the pitcher. Compare the Pitcher to the umpire. Oh MY
you are going to have that regardless. on DDs team, mostly 2008s, but with a few 2007s, the one 2007 pitcher is as tall as I am. there is one 2008 girl, one of the best players on team (think vacuum cleaner in MI, great speed, lots of contact, fake bunts for blooper hits, etc.) comes about to her elbow, and the 2007 girl is probably at least twice as heavy (not a comment on 2007 girl, she is just very powerful).In our last town, the rule was that your team must play in the level you'd be playing in next spring. In our new town, the team moving up can choose to stay at the lower level and only move up in next spring. This presents a very dangerous situation esp. around 12U. You would have 10U kids ('08 birthday) moving up to 12U that may have a late birthday (say, 12/08). Then you have kids who are moving up to 14U but still playing in 12U who may have an early birthday (say 01/06). At this age, almost 3 years of difference in age could mean 2 heads taller and 50 lbs on the little kid, not to mention a pitcher who is pitching 43 yard pitching closer and faster.
In our last town, the rule was that your team must play in the level you'd be playing in next spring. In our new town, the team moving up can choose to stay at the lower level and only move up in next spring. This presents a very dangerous situation esp. around 12U. You would have 10U kids ('08 birthday) moving up to 12U that may have a late birthday (say, 12/08). Then you have kids who are moving up to 14U but still playing in 12U who may have an early birthday (say 01/06). At this age, almost 3 years of difference in age could mean 2 heads taller and 50 lbs on the little kid, not to mention a pitcher who is pitching 43 yard pitching closer and faster.
Especially when my DD was pitching we got looked at sideways. She was always taller than most of the other girls and she was good, so I would hear "You know that pitcher is an 05" comments. Not only did she have an 06 birth year like the rest of her team, she has a late birthday so she's actually a grade behind most of her teammates. I keep her BC on my phone so it's always handy even if the paper version gets misplaced. She's around 5'7" now, going into 14U, so she doesn't stand out that much anymore.