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Huber, I’m decidedly not going to eat a dick.

But I also will admit I spoke only from personal experience and that baseball is completely different depending on where you live and your own community/local customs.

 

[anthonys735]

Rax had a reasonable response. I get it. There's exceptions to every rule. Huber basically proved my point. 5u travel, lol. As long as the boys are having fun and you're not flying in mercenaries every weekend, do you.

 

[HymanKaplan]

and i ended up with the best family dog in the world in Buster the beagle. Worked out best for all parties.

I can confirm that Buster is dope as hell.

 

[cricket3]

The funny thing is Woodford County is a pretty good high school baseball program, which is most likely the result of their youth program.

 

[HymanKaplan]

Does Jeff Parrett still coach Woodford Co. ?

He grew up down the street from me (went to HS together but he was 2 years ahead of me)

 

[TCPUKChamps]

Really wish SGA had learned this foul baiting bullshit against Kansas State in 2018

 

[WayneDougan]

Really wish SGA had learned this foul baiting bullshit against Kansas State in 2018

Easy now... that was a tough roster Cal had to deal with. He only had 7 future NBA guys.

 

[btodd0224]

Hawthorne just committed, this team is an embarrassment of talent. Pope’s gonna run teams to death, he’s actually gonna run a ‘96.

 

[Hank Camacho]

Hawthorne just committed, this team is an embarrassment of talent. Pope’s gonna run teams to death, he’s actually gonna run a ‘96.

We gonna add another guy and run a JV team? The Hawthorne clips, such as they are, have a Tayshaun-esque vibe.

 

[Creed Bratton]

Travel balls deep

 

[Booker Noe]

The funny thing is Woodford County is a pretty good high school baseball program, which is most likely the result of their youth program.

The current high school baseball coach created the Rockers years ago which essentially has pulled the best kids out of Rec ball and they start playing together from coach pitch.

 

[WayneDougan]

Back to youth baseball... I have to ask, what exactly are we saving some of these kids' arms for anyway? The most important game I ever pitched was when I was 13 years old in the city Pony league semi-finals. It would have been totally worth it to blow out my arm to get that W that day. I wasn't going to the show.

I get protecting the high potential guys. But shouldn't youth baseball be more like race horsing where you "retire" the super high value pitchers (e.g., keep their arms in good shape for college ball) and trot out the average arm talent 15-year old Johnny Curveball and tell him to throw junk until his elbow hurts so bad he can't tie his shoes any more?

Edit: This is tongue-in-cheek; I say this as a kid who played on a travel team and we'd sit around laughing about how bad our pitching arms hurt, but we didn't want to tell the coach because we always wanted to play.

 

[catlanta33]

Some shitdohs:

- Travel ball is something I still vividly remember even 30 years later. Packing in the caravans, having our road trip games planned out, smelling the salt air when you start getting near your rundown motel but it's on the beach and playing 6-9 games over the next 3 days in high 90 heat. Not sure if it's still there but there is an annual LL tournament in Dalton, GA and those may be the best fields you'll ever see as a LL kid that isn't the LLWS. You kids will remember it forever and they're having some of the best times of their life.

- There's fast and there's a roof crew doing your entire roof in a day fast. Worked from 6:30 am to 8:30 pm. Even saw one of them pop a Modelo before going back up to finish a section. Thank you, amigos!

- Have what I assume is a retired Asian couple that's along the pup walk. These folks spend nearly every moment of daylight outside detailing their house and their shrubbery. It's like walking past Miyagi's backyard. Insane level of detail and obsession. It's awesome.

- E-bikes have been all the talk around here because a local kid was found unconscious next to his just randomly on the side of a sidewalk off a busy road. Got a few young dudes in our hood that probably aren't ready for the responsibility yet. Feel like that's going to become a bigger thing nationally at some point.

- Started on a new playlist and Lightening Crashes comes on. Never really liked it that much when it came out but it was so prevalent throughout so many memories as a teen wanted to hear it. Just walking and listening to the lyrics completely smacked me and reminded me of my mom and got to reading up about the meaning of the song - life, death and reincarnation. She believed in reincarnation and this weekend we're going to spread her ashes.

- Lamine Yamal is a 17 year old soccer phenom and some are predicting as the next Messi. Kid is unreal and fun to watch.

- Dad is still pissed at MLB for banning Pete Rose and the latest lifting of said ban is bullshit. He's cheered for the Braves because we grew up in Atlanta but that man is a Redleg until he's gone.

- Oldest nephew is now into golf. Dude has done basketball, football, rugby and now golf. Tried telling him with his dad's uncoordinated and slow genetics that golf is perfect for him. He's finally getting that.

- Back to the grindstone. Take her easy.

 

[august-west]

Started on a new playlist and Lightening Crashes comes on. Never really liked it that much when it came out but it was so prevalent throughout so many memories as a teen wanted to hear it. Just walking and listening to the lyrics completely smacked me and reminded me of my mom and got to reading up about the meaning of the song - life, death and reincarnation. She believed in reincarnation and this weekend we're going to spread her ashes.

Every time I hear that song it takes me right back to sitting at the the Parkette Drive-In. I ate there exactly one time the entire 10 years I lived in Lexington and that day was the first time I’d ever heard the song. Makes me hungry for so-so cheeseburger and lustful for a certain red head I was dating at the time. Pavlov’s dog and such, I guess.

 

[MaxPowerrr]

 

[anthonys735]

-E Bikes for kids is ridiculous. They're getting fat enough. I get it for old folks but otherwise pedal and get a little work it. JFC.

-Aroldis Chapman threw that 105MPH pitch in 2010. 15 years ago. Dude is still throwing straight gas. Color me surprised that not only is he still alive but still pitching.

-Speaking of youth sports and football. Saw a specialist talking about the impact of a hit to the head in different levels of sports. The impact is the exact same as college football. Slightly less than high school. Heard a lot of... they're not strong enough to do damage and we can teach them to tackle correctly at an early age. We have a tackle league that starts in 1st grade.

-Would be nice if flag went on to become a thing. NFL Players playing in the Olympics is amazing. This will easily overtake the Dream Team dominance. Note: I stole that take from bellydancer on text.

-I'm done with this weather pattern. Bring on the summer. Let's go.

-Little Man has exclusively been a cartoon kid until yesterday. Walked in and he's just sitting there watching The Journey on Youtube. Yesterday was also the first day on the car ride home from school that he recounted every detail from the after school kickball game.

-Love the freshman addition and his attitude. #35 player in the class and OK with taking a back seat next season. Hell, we have several NBA All Stars that were ranked lower that, and even more in the last decade that came in ranked similar, dead set on bolting as soon as the season was over. Refreshing.

 

[WayneDougan]

-Speaking of youth sports and football. Saw a specialist talking about the impact of a hit to the head in different levels of sports. The impact is the exact same as college football. Slightly less than high school. Heard a lot of... they're not strong enough to do damage and we can teach them to tackle correctly at an early age. We have a tackle league that starts in 1st grade.

Can you clarify what you meant here?

 

[Wodie Sloot]

I think he means you have CTE, Wayne.

 

[Kooky Kats]

Kids are fat and brain damaged. Big, if true.

 

[anthonys735]

Can you clarify what you meant here?

They measured the impact of hits in youth, high school and college kids. The impact generated in youth and college were exactly the same measured in g using sensors on helmets. Looking at more than just concussions and focusing on number of impacts. . Google: Daneshvar Leveraging Football... repeated head impacts.

 

[WayneDougan]

They measured the impact of hits in youth, high school and college kids. The impact generated in youth and college were exactly the same.

I will look at the study but I have a hard time believing it. Tim Calvert - who played at UK as a 5-10 WR for 3 years in the early 90's - used to live down the street from me. He said that the hits in college were on a completely new level. He told me in practice he got hit so hard going over the middle that his eyes went crossed for a while. That doesn't happen in Pop Warner.

 

[wildcatadam6]

I will look at the study but I have a hard time believing it. Tim Calvert - who played at UK as a 5-10 WR for 3 years in the early 90's - used to live down the street from me. He said that the hits in college were on a completely new level. He told me in practice he got hit so hard going over the middle that his eyes went crossed for a while. That doesn't happen in Pop Warner.

Probably has more to do with the ability of the body to absorb a head blow. An adolescent body isn’t nearly as tough/hardened/resilient to head trauma as a HS/college/pro athlete.

 

[Irish Beck]

The analysis Anth is referencing is more damning than just the potential impact of hits. Repetitive head injuries (particularly in early brain development) are not good. There isn't a safe way to play any sport, but that is particularly true of football.

So I suppose it doesn't matter if a 6 year old isn't getting ear holed, he likely doesn't have the same support structure from his skull that would limit any kind of impact to the head as a college student might, and even college students are carrying dozens of concussions by that point.

I'd expect to see a lot more Antonio Brown type former players in the near future.

 

[anthonys735]

^correct. Head size, neck and body strength must increase proportionally with impact. Like I said, the HS kids took the worst of it. That also study goes into the likelihood of CTE and life expectancy of former players based on number of years played. It's not the end all be all study but certainly not a great piece of evidence for a growing trend.

There's studies on Flag v Tackle. Flag is remarkably safe.

 

[DoubleSecretProbation]

Every time I hear that song it takes me right back to sitting at the the Parkette Drive-In. I ate there exactly one time the entire 10 years I lived in Lexington and that day was the first time I’d ever heard the song. Makes me hungry for so-so cheeseburger and lustful for a certain red head I was dating at the time. Pavlov’s dog and such, I guess.

Takes me back to Hell Week before start of second semester freshman year. I swear 103.1 played that, Glycerine and What If God Was One of Us on repeat that week. Between that, the sleep deprivation and hazing it was a crappy week.

 

[ukalum01]

I will look at the study but I have a hard time believing it. Tim Calvert - who played at UK as a 5-10 WR for 3 years in the early 90's - used to live down the street from me. He said that the hits in college were on a completely new level. He told me in practice he got hit so hard going over the middle that his eyes went crossed for a while. That doesn't happen in Pop Warner.

That little kid getting hit doesn't have the core, shoulder, or neck strength to absorb the hit.... not to mention they also hit the back of their heads on the ground more often because they don't know yet how to fall.

 

[UnfrozenCatfanLawyer]

They need to hit the weight room imo.

 

[B.B.d.K.]

No way in hell Flag Football is safer than real tackle football. Jmo

 

[RBDS24]

Anth, the youngest has been watching and learning from Sloot, you, and your oldest son plus his friends….. just wait, He will surprise you both.

 

[PTI (pti)]

Smashing your had into things is very bad for your health.

I’ve got a business degree and an MBA, btw. You can trust me here.

 

[WayneDougan]

hit the back of their heads on the ground more often because they don't know yet how to fall.

Do you have kids? They sure as shit know how to fall.

 

[HymanKaplan]

It's pretty much accepted now, that the notion of throwing breaking pitches as a kid ruins your arm, is a myth. Overuse, to some extent, but more significantly, poor mechanics is what wrecks a youngster's arm. That said, a little league diamond, specifically the shorter distance between the rubber and home plate (46 feet vs. 60 feet 6 inches), makes it pretty difficult to get much snap on a curveball anyway. It's physics... Teach them control and a palm/changeup instead.

 

[Kooky Kats]

The viral Chinese brother & sister boxing each other gonna be bokchoy brains by age 9. But hey, they’re getting clicks.

 

[B.B.d.K.]

That account is amazing.

 

[jayroon]

-My son was on the same little league team as Reece Potter for 2 years at SE and he (Reece) blew his elbow out twice around the age of 12-13. He did both league ball (which included junior majors for 9/10-year-olds) and travel ball.

-We were fortunate to play on a team coached by a former UK player and youth instructor (Blythe) for a year. He ran his teams like a well-coached high school team.

One thing he was always particular about was pitch counts and especially early in the season. For the first few games of the season, no starter would pitch more than 2 innings per outing, etc.. Reece got hurt after he was his coach.

-There is another kid that was on that team that plays baseball at UK now and 2 others from the same league that play there currently too which is kinda crazy.

 

[KingLlama]

- I played Little League but didn't end up playing high school ball. It wasn't because of my arm. It was because I was fat and untalented.

- Didn't really need another Dallas/Edmonton conference final, or the Panthers appearing to be the best team in the playoffs again, but here we are. Playoff hockey is still great, imo.

- It's just unreal how much better the TNT/TBS studios shows in both NHL and NBA are than the ESPN versions. It's unfathomable how bad these ESPN studios show are, when their game productions are so good. It's like Chick-Fil-A having mediocre fries.

- Maine with the Mrs. in July. Pumped. Recs welcome, as always.

- Late on the baseball uni talk, but I will say that the Diamondbacks of all times have improved their overall look the most over the past few seasons. Meanwhile, the Orioles are failing every time they swap out the classic bird face for that generic "O's" cap logo. What are you even doing.

- Tomorrow is the last time I'll ever drive a kid to school. The days are long and the years are short, etc. Soak it in, gang.

 

[Hank Camacho]

Where you headed in Maine, Reverend? The missus and I are looking to head to Bar Harbor in August.

 

[KingLlama]

We're flying in/out of Portland, but making our way up to BH for a night or two, as well as hitting up Acadia.

 

[WayneDougan]

Okay, I read that study by Daneshvar. That study was f'ing whack because there's no random sampling of the population re: likelihood of CTE at death (i.e., control group).

But even putting that to the side, the evidence that playing Pop Warner football leads to CTE is completely non-existent.

 

[jayroon]

Shai won MVP