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Genetics take over at some point no matter how much time and money you throw at a sport. Hard work can get your kid to be a good HS player but these parents that think they can buy their kid into becoming a D1 athlete are delusional.
Yup, last time I saw him he was 6'2 and just a freshman, starting varsity for Fred Douglas.
Kid has talent and the genes to make a run. Will be a blast hanging with Tmfh through this.
Compounded by the fact that NCAA schools have to split less than 12 scholarships for their entire team which seems like a bizarre limit. So your large financial investment at best will get you an out of state partial scholarship and you'll probably end up paying more that way
Associates Degree. Welding certificate. Profit.
LIttle League early in the afternoon, followed up by the coach taking the team (win or lose) to the Pizza Putt-N-Play for 18 holes of mini-golf, mediocre pepperoni pie, tons of arcade games and some pop-a-shot for the next 4-5 hours. You're negotiating with multiple friends/teammates to see if they can talk their moms into staying at your house or vice-versa. Stay up until 4am playing NES and eating snack-after-snack, hoping that clock moves slow as possible because it's a blast.
Is it blue / purple around it ? I had a strained / torn ligament that sounds like that. Also, maybe a broken blood vessel ? They can clot up and painful as hell.
My grandma was working the concession stand at St Helen's all the time. She probably ran Clarks *** off a few times. I remember thinking it was really cool to find a chunk of coal in the outfield that fell off the railcars. Kids are effing stupid.
Don't swim before a baseball game or else.
I don't know how kids practice as much as they do these days. We had baseball practice maybe 2 times a week and then 2 games a week. We managed to win a CSAA title in 6th grade. It probably had more to do with the 4 fake students on the team that all got held back at some point.
I remember grade school basketball games being serious events with cheerleaders and lots of fans. I went to one of my nephews games and it sucked. Kids sucked, low effort. Just way less competitive nature.
Don't swim before a baseball game or else.
I don't know how kids practice as much as they do these days. We had baseball practice maybe 2 times a week and then 2 games a week. We managed to win a CSAA title in 6th grade. It probably had more to do with the 4 fake students on the team that all got held back at some point.
I remember grade school basketball games being serious events with cheerleaders and lots of fans. I went to one of my nephews games and it sucked. Kids sucked, low effort. Just way less competitive nature.
9 scholarship limit for most sports.
The one caveat to the scholarship argument is that you can get into schools through sports that you wouldn’t otherwise get into. I had great grades and SAT score, but was not super elite. But because I played football, I got into several elite schools. That 1300 vs 1500 SAT score looks better when you can catch a pass.
Sprinting to the concession stand to get that Graveyard (all available soda flavors from the fountain combined) and hot dog was better than actually winning the game.
When we had The St. Louis Cobras come to Madisonville to play a double header it might have well been the World Series for 10-11 year old catsfanbgky. We played one game with their rules, one with ours. Their league you could lead off and steal any time, none of that standing on the base only after the ball reaches the catcher to steal BS. We split the DH, we won our way, they won using their rules. Only whitey on the Cobras was the coaching staff.
Batted lead off, played 2B / center field.
When we had The St. Louis Cobras come to Madisonville to play a double header it might have well been the World Series for 10-11 year old catsfanbgky. We played one game with their rules, one with ours. Their league you could lead off and steal any time, none of that standing on the base only after the ball reaches the catcher to steal BS. We split the DH, we won our way, they won using their rules. Only whitey on the Cobras was the coaching staff.
Batted lead off, played 2B / center field.
Always irked me Louisville people called them suicides.
They are suicides, not graveyards. That’s just stupid. Madisonville really dropped the ball on that one.
Nothing- not Dusty Baker’s management, not Higgins’ officiating, not my sister getting her eyebrow pierced on her senior trip- nothing disgusted my dad more than a kid who went swimming before a ballgame.
“Look at Ben over there - sunburnt, chlorine eyes- he ain’t going to be worth a **** today.”
He was right.
“Look at Ben over there - sunburnt, chlorine eyes- he ain’t going to be worth a **** today.”
He was right.
^Rivaled only by the pregame sleepover ban.
You can F'n forget that, pal.
You can F'n forget that, pal.
CSAA 
I’m not sure their football survives this even if “allowed” to play. They’ve been in the death spiral even before this. Sucks, man.
Had some *top* level briefings regarding football as (elite youth coach here...far more elite than brax)....league is staying ready to play but following KHSAA which for KHSAA it is literally going to come down to Andy’s call, for better or worse.
Pretty pivotal moment for youth sports in general coming up very soon irrrrregardless of your feelings about Covid, sports etc.......if fall sports don’t take place because of fear of “second wave” then you can go ahead and say goodbye to basketball/winter sports and prob spring. Landscape altered permanently imo.
Not shocking as the landscape of everything has been altered at this point but......shew....I don’t want sports especially football/basketball to die in a fire.
I’m not sure their football survives this even if “allowed” to play. They’ve been in the death spiral even before this. Sucks, man.Had some *top* level briefings regarding football as (elite youth coach here...far more elite than brax)....league is staying ready to play but following KHSAA which for KHSAA it is literally going to come down to Andy’s call, for better or worse.
Pretty pivotal moment for youth sports in general coming up very soon irrrrregardless of your feelings about Covid, sports etc.......if fall sports don’t take place because of fear of “second wave” then you can go ahead and say goodbye to basketball/winter sports and prob spring. Landscape altered permanently imo.
Not shocking as the landscape of everything has been altered at this point but......shew....I don’t want sports especially football/basketball to die in a fire.
Harris Sr peaked sophomore year of high school I’m told. Can confirm he was not a threat in intramural ball.
This, and the fact the parents think it makes them look better as parents really cracks me up.
My new neighbors brag about their 8yr group for basketball and how good they are(bullit county mind you) and how their kid scores 20 a game.
Meanwhile my son gave up on competition basketball during his diabetes thing 2 years ago and plays for fun with me, and beats that dudes kid every game they play because he can’t shoot outside of layups.
I was disappointed originally, but my kid got into archery and dirt biking which is a hell of a lot more fun and it makes me not have to be hard on him for basketball which has allowed him to like it better.
I would typically agree, but my next door neighbor growing up had parents that put him in every baseball camp imaginable and all kinds of "how to run faster" camps (he was an only child). He was an above average athlete, nothing special, and his folks weren't super athletic either. I always thought it was a waste of his time, but in high school he started to get really good at baseball. Out of high school he signed with the Red Sox for $550K. I've been pissed at my dad for not putting me into the same camps ever since.
Not really, I was undoubtedly a baseball camp away from making the Show myself.
My kids don’t play travel. They play for our county cal Ripken league and both make all stars every summer. We play in tournaments against other all stars teams and travel teams on the weekends. They enjoy playing against their classmates and talking **** all day in school leading up to their games and then all day the next day. Now we may HAVE to do travel this summer because of the global pandemic, but I have no intention of doing that life full time until they age out of their Rec league. My boys COULD play on any travel team in the state tho, for the record. My oldest is a brick ****-house and a mean motherf*cker. Don’t get it twisted.
- Under contract for selling our “old” house after 18 showings and 2 competing offers. Can’t wait to stop hauling my lawnmower back and forth across town. Fingers crossed.
- The first project at the new house is a redesign of the family room that involves a projector. Many people are saying that movie theaters are now dead. Apparently, they are putting their money where their mouth is: The cheap projector I was eyeing has doubled in price on Amazon and is backordered everywhere else. Welp.
- My wife has a tacit green light to WFH indefinitely, and I’m cleared though the summer. We’re setting up two home offices and my mom will be coming over to watch the kids daily. New normal, LOL.
- With no summer vacations in sight, it looks like I’m going to take off every other Friday to take my kiddos and dog for swimming and grilling (mushrooms? beans???) at my parent’s June-August. Nice lil’ Summer.
- The first project at the new house is a redesign of the family room that involves a projector. Many people are saying that movie theaters are now dead. Apparently, they are putting their money where their mouth is: The cheap projector I was eyeing has doubled in price on Amazon and is backordered everywhere else. Welp.
- My wife has a tacit green light to WFH indefinitely, and I’m cleared though the summer. We’re setting up two home offices and my mom will be coming over to watch the kids daily. New normal, LOL.
- With no summer vacations in sight, it looks like I’m going to take off every other Friday to take my kiddos and dog for swimming and grilling (mushrooms? beans???) at my parent’s June-August. Nice lil’ Summer.
<------- doubled runner at second (playing CF), knocked in the go ahead run in the top of the 6th with a gapper, and pitched a scoreless bottom (2K's) to win. (best sports day of my life)
After that, it was pretty much boarding, weed, and punk rock.
After that, it was pretty much boarding, weed, and punk rock.
I'm dying to know what kind of lawnmower you have, Joey.
I had a Fiskars StaySharp Max Reel Mower, 18” for five years. Then it crapped out and I bought a normal Lawn Boy push mower at Lowe’s.
Now, I’m looking to get back into the Reel life, with a Scott’s classic.
-If G goes to school for any sport it will be endurance related. My guess is cross country. Little dude logged more miles before birth than most of you 3 chinned bastards. Kid just "runs" all the time and has done laps around the house since he could walk. Lol, the bellydaners and b$'s challenged him to a Derby Day kids race. Dusted as expected. You want a horse to bet on for college scholly though, gimme 40proof. Going to be a large individual. #prouddad
Oh well, he's obsessed with basketball and cries often because he can't dunk. Having hard time moving his interest back to tee ball right now.
-I wired our 3rd floor for a home theater. Been thinking of putting a small setup up there in the near future. Our patio movie viewing is not great, way too may reflections and glares with all the open space.
-The baseball season and summers were the best times in life. It's why Sandlot is still one of my favorite movies. The unbridled mischief, shenanigans, and ridiculous urban legends were the best. "Do you know how many kids died on Devil's Hill behind the floodwall? At least 100, only 1 was found."
Oh well, he's obsessed with basketball and cries often because he can't dunk. Having hard time moving his interest back to tee ball right now.
-I wired our 3rd floor for a home theater. Been thinking of putting a small setup up there in the near future. Our patio movie viewing is not great, way too may reflections and glares with all the open space.
-The baseball season and summers were the best times in life. It's why Sandlot is still one of my favorite movies. The unbridled mischief, shenanigans, and ridiculous urban legends were the best. "Do you know how many kids died on Devil's Hill behind the floodwall? At least 100, only 1 was found."
It never gets mentioned enough how weird looking that mf Reggie Miller is imo
Daily youtube binge produced a Metallica concert from 91 with 1.6 MILLION Ruskies in attendance. That's a lot of vodka. Look at these bastards.
Yea Kyle's never lived in this city and seen how that cute strategy actually works. My entire life people in this river town have tried to guilt me into cheering for them in good times, or taking pity on them in bad, or simply supporting them in the name of city pride (or civic progress).
It's a one way, dead-end street. Trust me. Hope they get the Death Penalty.
SAE- one of the good ones
It’s f’ing May 5 and I’m putting a beanie on to walk my dog. Lost in all this is what a ***** Mother Nature has been this spring.
The nicest day of the year was on a canceled Derby Day as an extra little f*ck you.
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