GoldenSombrero

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Ryan specifically said kids should be throwing more but with repeatable mechanics. With better conditioning and recovery. Not sure what book you read but I'm sure his opinion hasn't changed.

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I think he’s right. Kids pitch too much and don’t throw enough. Kids don’t play long toss, ever. Kids I start coaching in their teens have no idea what I’m talking about and I’m having to teach them essentially how to play catch and long toss. Coupled with playing nearly year round and it’s only getting worse.

The specialization has also killed kids in other ways. They don’t develop different muscle groups by playing a variety of sports.

Edmonds catch was 28 years ago today…man I feel old.

Awesome that’s very helpful.

Is that stainless top plate bolted to a PVC flange that is glued on? Only way I can think of attaching to the pipe or am I missing something?

At the 2:00 mark you see the contraption I’m trying to build. It’s from a Mark Rober video where he builds a pneumatic device that will lower someone to the ground regardless of their weight be constricting the airflow as the piston moves through the cylinder chamber.

I’ve searched online, used ChatGPT, but cannot find information on how he built this. I have a rough idea how it works. Rope routed thru pulley, into the chamber, attached to a weight the same size of the chamber and probably some type of air valve at the top to regulate how much air is pushed out, thus changing the descending speed.

However, I need some advice on what materials to use and where to source them. Is the chamber just a clear pvc? There also appear to be some metal collars on both ends. Not sure what those are. Assume they are more structurally sound than gluing on pvc end caps? I have no idea how much force/pressure would build up inside and if it blew the pvc caps off you’d have a free fall.

If I can get it figured out I plan on putting in a treehouse.

Any thoughts or ideas?

Idk. I’ve listened thru it once. May grow on me but after first listen not nearly as good as the last 2.

Best songs were the ones already released.

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player and the poster I went through a year where I could not throw the ball back to the pitcher. I could throw down to 2nd and 3rd without a problem. Had to totally retrain my throwing angle. I still have occasional issues when I'm throwing around with my kids.

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I’ve dealt with the same thing. I could pitch, throw out runners trying to steal….but I couldn’t throw the ball back to the pitcher. Like Major League 2 bad. I couldn’t play catch. It was awful, 100% mental and hard to explain how difficult it is to fix.

Always felt bad for guys who experienced it at the professional level.

Last of the Breed (lamour)
The Lonesome Gods (lamour)
Lonesome Dove (McMurtry)

All 3 are great, especially on drives. Narration is great. First 2 in particular are easy to get lost in. LD would cover your trip there and back. It’s 30+ hours I think.

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Legs were shot

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Where is Stan Heath when you need him…

This move could backfire. How many QBs actually brining in $3M? If they were to come up with the money someone is inevitably going to ask why don’t they just take the $3M and go buy the best QB in the portal.

“That was a called play Chuck, and I called it”

Meanwhile RJ or whoever our QB was at the time already mentioned audibling into the play call to beat Vandy.

The moment I became a darksider.