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  1. connorp
    Yeah, that’s always been my angle from Day 1. It’s not dreams of my kid playing in Yankee stadium. By the time I got to 7th grade I was obsessed with being the most popular kid and being a huge douche bag. I failed some grades along the way and had to start out in community college my first year. I had matured by my senior year when I had to change schools but obviously was too late. I had friends along the way that I played on school teams with that were more dedicated and on travel teams and such so I was intent to steer my kid that way early to lessen chance of making my same mistakes Worked out well
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    Parenting a lot of times is based on your own idea of what a good dad is. To Laila we know how life shaped him, in my case I wish my dad encouraged sports at an earlier age and so I did. You can say it’s about you but it’s really just about your own idea of what a dad should do for his kid. There’s not a right or wrong way to parent, in this case anyway, but I can agree im not a fan of extreme cases/forcing them to do something they don’t want to
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    All sorts of wrong in that last paragraph. Baseball maturity isn’t decided until later many times. The fat/big kids rule the leagues at the early ages. As boys grow, they catch up and skill becomes more important
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    I actually remember some kids getting cut from my sons 7yo travel team. Unfortunately they do need to learn the game before that but I can definitely agree some parents can be overbearing with sports, as well as other stuff dance/acting etc Definitely not an indictment of bb
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    A lol wouldn’t do that post justice.
  7. connorp
    Ok. I was just curious your stance and got the answer so no need to explain how I tied the two together. Anyways, they have those same camps for basketball and every other sport. It’s not an example of baseball disconnect
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    Just seeing if your consistent with your beliefs that kids should be kids that age. At first I thought CD was being over sensitive to your initial post but you were more serious about it than I thought. You have some strong beliefs though and I was just curious if they were equally or selectively applied
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    Give me one “political” question to pose and if it gets out of hand just erase the posts. But honestly, after your liberalism was on display there, what about the 6yo girl’s parents that start dressing them up as a boy because they want to play with a GI Joe toy? I hope you are consistent and find that repugnant as well. My guess would be not though
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    Ah yeah. All good points. Didn’t think about 8u not being kid pitch. I’ll expand my favorite window from 8u-12u for reasons you mentioned
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    Actually 7u was beginning of good times. I think 6u they were still chasing butterflies in the outfield. I remember first year was like that
  12. connorp
    It’s deemed normal for them to switch genders at that point so they can prob handle some complex baseball stuff Jokes aside, that is an age you aren’t teaching much to. My favorite age group was like 8u-10u where they start taking the games serious but they’re still little guys << that’s meant more for Carlos. Enjoy man. Good times
  13. connorp
    Don’t post this stuff at this point. I googled thinking they signed Springer
  14. connorp
    I can respect that. I’m sure you’re prob right about guys that slipped through the cracks. We all prob agree Baines is a big reach but even Morris, his career ERA+ was 105, never won a CY young, handful of AS nods. Definitely won some big games and accrued respectable counting stats and that got him legit consideration from bbwaa but in the end he fell short of the cut. I just support that first instinct
  15. connorp
    I do see Morris got to 55 WAR. Pretty meh overall stats besides being a workhorse but could see argument for him going in... I just think it should be an elite threshold just above that though There’s always going to be dudes that are somewhat deserving that get 60% of the votes or whatever.
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    Yeah that’s why I knocked the Veterans committee before. I never take the time to look into the players from different eras they let in but guys I can think of recently- Morris, Baines, Lee Smith (he’s a bit more acceptable than the other 2 but hardly a must have)... I just think if the writers didn’t find them elite enough to make it in the normal way, they shouldn’t go in. I guess Trammell would be considered as deserving but if that means it opens a door for Baines and Morris type guys, I’m not a fan
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    NFL Thread

    connorp replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    Guess I’d have to look again. Pit sux anyway
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    NFL Thread

    connorp replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    Kinda bang bang in real time. It’s like nit picking on a Hail Mary play Maybe by definition PF but didn’t do anything to make WR not be able to make a play
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    connorp replied to Dylan's topic in Other Sports

    That Cinci safety may have blown game with easiest pick you can get
  20. connorp
    Word is it’s only an Xmas sale though. So there’s only few days left to get it done
  21. connorp
    That said, nobody is a slam dunk. But 5/125 type stuff is right in Jays wheelhouse.
  22. connorp
    1) Mild perhaps but nothing alarming 2) Same Springer in 2020 3) At 31 you should be more concerned on what he does after CF 4) If he was 28 he’d be signing a 10 year deal
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    I’m surprised FG doesn’t take the next step for projection junkies and project like 5 years out.
  24. connorp
    Exactly. His bat plays there just fine, not like his value is dependent on his CF defense. Power and eye (walks) goes after that. He should be fine. Obviously it’d be great to give him a 3 year deal but it doesn’t work that way for guys like him
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    And while you’re at it- “Move Kim to CF?” thread would be good
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