I don't think that people properly understand that it ain't all about the size of the boat but it's also not about the motion in the ocean either.  Sometimes it's just about if the rent is paid on time everyday.  60% of the time, it works every time.  

 

 

 

3 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

First LL game I pitched, I struck out 11 and walked 12.  Half of the kids I struck out were out of the box by the time the ball got to the plate. 

You’re a hero

4 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

First LL game I pitched, I struck out 11 and walked 12.  Half of the kids I struck out were out of the box by the time the ball got to the plate. 

True story… i once threw a perfect game in T-ball 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

I don't think that people properly understand that it ain't all about the size of the boat but it's also not about the motion in the ocean either.  Sometimes it's just about if the rent is paid on time everyday.  60% of the time, it works every time.  

 

 

 

Confirmed troll

Lol

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Lol

Now RTK is going to try and get a pair from Hurts.

10 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

My son took a ball off the thumb while batting and now steps back with his back foot when swinging like he is trying to get away from the ball. 

His batting has gone to crap with this new bad habit.

For those of you who played baseball, how did your dads, coaches, etc get you to stop fearing the ball?

My son is laying down watching TV and I just started throwing balls at him. Think thatll work?  He has the the home run derby tomorrow, and championship game Sunday so the fear has to get out of him now.

Maybe baseball is not his sport. There are a lot of major leaguers who are afraid of the ball, more than you might think. When Bob Gibson or Nolan Ryan threw it they were looking for a seat in the dugout. I don't know how old your son is but one thing I'm sure of: telling him to Man Up is not the way to go.

1 hour ago, justrelax said:

Maybe baseball is not his sport. There are a lot of major leaguers who are afraid of the ball, more than you might think. When Bob Gibson or Nolan Ryan threw it they were looking for a seat in the dugout. I don't know how old your son is but one thing I'm sure of: telling him to Man Up is not the way to go.

Maybe it won't be.   But he's still having fun playing it.  He's only 8. He didn't used to be afraid.  He had been excellent.  Only a recent thing after taking one on the thumb while batting.  I think he will move past it at some point. 

15 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Maybe it won't be.   But he's still having fun playing it.  He's only 8. He didn't used to be afraid.  He had been excellent.  Only a recent thing after taking one on the thumb while batting.  I think he will move past it at some point. 

So long as he's having fun, great. Maybe getting him a pair of batting gloves will help. Besides, he'll think it's cool. There are some that have padding on the backs of the fingers.

The fear is not necessarily a bad thing, so long as you can control it and work through it. It's part of growing up. Back when I did some semi-serious weight-lifting, our trainer would say, "You should always be a little afraid of the weights. If you're not, you should add more weight."

4 hours ago, Swoop said:

Now RTK is going to try and get a pair from Hurts.

Hurts Swag dictates he go commando😎

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Maybe it won't be.   But he's still having fun playing it.  He's only 8. He didn't used to be afraid.  He had been excellent.  Only a recent thing after taking one on the thumb while batting.  I think he will move past it at some point. 

Put him in the box and use tennis balls. Plunk him occasionally. Have to get desensitized. We used to do that as catchers working on short hops all the time 

8 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

True story… i once threw a perfect game in T-ball 

I once threw 4 touchdowns in a game when I played for Polk High.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Maybe it won't be.   But he's still having fun playing it.  He's only 8. He didn't used to be afraid.  He had been excellent.  Only a recent thing after taking one on the thumb while batting.  I think he will move past it at some point. 

I am having the same issue with my son. I am trying to help him because he likes it, but secretly I hope this is his last season. I hate baseball almost as much as I do soccer.

1 hour ago, HazletonEagle said:

Maybe it won't be.   But he's still having fun playing it.  He's only 8. He didn't used to be afraid.  He had been excellent.  Only a recent thing after taking one on the thumb while batting.  I think he will move past it at some point. 

Just grab some scrap 2x4s and a box of framing nails and a hammer. Have him drive the nails to hammer two boards together until he can get the nail straight in with three hits. He’ll hit his thumb enough setting the nails as he improves his skill that getting hit on the thumb by  a baseball thrown by another 8 year old will seem like child’s play.

Is he batting right or left.  I am left handed a generally grew to hate baseball by the time I hit high school.  Inevitably in almost every game from LL on, some right handed pitcher would bean me because he couldn’t figure out how to change his pitch for a left hander or switch hitter batting left.  

4 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Just grab some scrap 2x4s and a box of framing nails and a hammer. Have him drive the nails to hammer two boards together until he can get the nail straight in with three hits. He’ll hit his thumb enough setting the nails as he improves his skill that getting hit on the thumb by  a baseball thrown by another 8 year old will seem like child’s play.

Is he batting right or left.  I am left handed a generally grew to hate baseball by the time I hit high school.  Inevitably in almost every game from LL on, some right handed pitcher would bean me because he couldn’t figure out how to change his pitch for a left hander or switch hitter batting left.  

You damn lefties were so much harder to jam with an inside pitch

12 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

Just grab some scrap 2x4s and a box of framing nails and a hammer. Have him drive the nails to hammer two boards together until he can get the nail straight in with three hits. He’ll hit his thumb enough setting the nails as he improves his skill that getting hit on the thumb by  a baseball thrown by another 8 year old will seem like child’s play.

Is he batting right or left.  I am left handed a generally grew to hate baseball by the time I hit high school.  Inevitably in almost every game from LL on, some right handed pitcher would bean me because he couldn’t figure out how to change his pitch for a left hander or switch hitter batting left.  

He's right handed

These baseball suggestions remind me of the famous sports phrase - "if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

5 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said:

This looks like he gave up trying to pass and just takes off lol 

20 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Oh yeah sure.  
 

 

I can't get over how bad Adams wanted out of GB so he could go team up with Carr. Pretty crazy 

1 hour ago, Shalodeep said:

This looks like he gave up trying to pass and just takes off lol 

Also why is he running in OTA’s. There’s no damn pass rush 

We also have idiots who apparently don’t understand how angles work 

13 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

We also have idiots who apparently don’t understand how angles work 

We all know how angles work.  If a nice person dies they become one and then they help grant our wishes.

1 hour ago, Shalodeep said:

This looks like he gave up trying to pass and just takes off lol 

I legit thought that was the point of the photos. Then I slowly realized it was supposed to show increased muscularity. At least I think that was the point.

 

1 hour ago, RememberTheKoy said:

Tale of Two Jalens