Don Johnson

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Well, once you turn your flat bill hat around the right way, i'd like to explain to you what "developmental" means, and what the goal of baseball at this age should be about, at least IMO.

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I get you have your complaints, but address how one is more communist than the other.

I've had three boys play baseball

Oldest - played rec through 12U and did "All Stars" after the rec season for 3-4 tournaments. Played rec only in 12U, before quitting baseball. Just time for him to move on. That's an age where lots move on from baseball.

Middle - played rec through 12 U and did "All Stars" in 7 and 8U. In 9U, a dad formed a tournament team that was comprised of kids that still played rec. So, we played in tournaments throughout the year, but also all broke up and played rec. He did this through 12U before quitting baseball to focus on soccer and football.

Youngest - played rec through 8U and joined a baseball "organization" and plays strictly tournament baseball. (He also plays soccer, football and school basketball). I originally wanted this kid to follow a path more like my middle son. A mix between laid back but serious. But we didn't have the right dads to do this. To my surprise, our experience at an organization has been great. I realize that's not everyone's experience.



If we are being completely honest, playing just rec baseball isn't enough. I've had two kids play rec though 12U. Its like 10 games and the pitching is horrible and they probably have less than 10 real at bats where they get to swing a bat and probably about 10 balls that they have a chance to field.

That's just not enough. Those aren't real reps. The kids he will compete against later on are so far ahead of the rec kids that its crazy. Sure, you can give me an example of a great athlete that didn't play much until 13U. Those outliers exist. But for most normal kids, the ones that play rec aren't making the junior high team. They are too far behind.

When we were kids in the 80's, we played rec. But we also played with friends all the time. Those skills were being honed year round in fun ways. Kids don't do that anymore.

And also, if we're being honest, for the most part these HS teams today would kick your 1990's HS team's arse. They are better in every aspect. Its hard for kids to make the HS team if they aren't already very polished as a player. And those rec reps won't get them there.

Tournament baseball covers such a wide spectrum. You can find the right mix for your kid. There are teams that take it seriously and teams that don't. Teams that travel and those that don't. Teams that play in the Spring only and teams that play year round. Teams coached by dad or teams coached by high level coaches. Teams that costs $5,000 a year and teams that cost $500 a year.

As long as the kid enjoys it, that's all that matters.

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And polio.


lol, nobody's even gotten polio in 65 years.

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If Schloss became aware of this a few weeks ago and that’s where the numbers are coming from, Arkansas is the culprit.

.299 at home now, but hit .240 vs UF to lower it from .306 (what Schloss says)

.211 on the road now, but hit .239 at USC to raise it from .206

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Math doesn't check out on this.

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I think people are misreading this. I don't think they are saying pure bloods are safer than vaccinated. They are saying this new variant is capable of infecting the vaccinated more than previous variants were. And that's because it has mutated and we need updated vaccines. They are not saying vaccinated are at "more risk" than pure bloods.

At least that's how I am reading it. Nowhere did CDC say "the vaccinated are at more risk."

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People need to stop using Charlie Kirk as a news source. He's toying with them and getting rich from it.

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The poorest states, southern or elsewhere, will rank among the EU members in GDP

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You've said that already. So they can all bind together and become as big as the Netherlands?

Is your new country going to also depend on the US to defend them?

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WRONG

Even the poorest states when we divorce this thing out would rank among the EU countries in GDP

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Yet no where close to the remaining US states. Which is fine if that's your goal. Leave a world power to become the Netherlands.

You wouldn’t get close to 50% in Texas or Florida. Most Republicans are Americans first. This is crazy talk.

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100M?? What?

If 100M need to move, people need to damn well analyse the impact of their current votes.

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Yes, there are over 100M people that live in states where they are a different political ideology than the majority of the state.

That's kind of the beauty of the USA.

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Because their entire value system collapses when you remove the half of the country that actually produces. See the current state of the Soviet Union...oh, wait...

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Who exactly is doing the producing you speak of?