2009 Little League Thread

[Guest themetfairy]

T-Ball certainly counts. It all starts with T-Ball

[soupcan]

="themetfairy":2wljm4ma]T-Ball certainly counts. It all starts with T-Ball [/quote:2wljm4ma] Agreed - T-Ball counts. We've been there, we know! metfairy - is MK going to continue with Babe Ruth next year?

themetfairy May 04 2009 11:33 AM

soup - we're not sure. There's a lot on Activity Island right now, including Boy Scouts and his trombone studies (he has definite plans to be a part of the marching band in high school). He's a good ballplayer, but not the most talented. His biggest asset is that he knows the game so well, but he's often frustrated by the gap between his ability and what he wants to do. If he wants to go into Babe Ruth, we'll let him. But we're not pushing it. If he doesn't play, I see him umpiring - that would keep him involved in the game, and also give him a way to earn some money once he turns 14. What about your Pirate? Is he continuing on?

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2009 11:54 AM

Baseball or trombone, gotta practice if ya wanna to be among the greats. Just ask me, I turned out to be neither.

soupcan May 04 2009 11:58 AM

He wants to keep playing. He's not a big kid though, and next year they would go to major league size fields. I think that might be an issue for him unless he has a growth spurt this summer. He already umpires and he really enjoys it. I'm surprised at how decisive he is as an ump. Its like I'm watching a completely different kid. He takes no crap from anybody and is loud, clear and quick when making calls. The money don't hurt either. $30 for calling balls and strikes and $20 for the base ump. Pretty good scratch for a 12 year-old.

themetfairy May 04 2009 01:04 PM

Our township makes you wait until 14 to ump. But I think the kid would be great at it. He does practice the trombone, and takes private lessons. He also made a regional band this past winter.

Benjamin Grimm May 04 2009 01:40 PM

I'm managing a softball team of seven- and eight-year-old girls. Last year, in t-ball, I was an assistant coach, but the manager was a shlub who didn't know what he was doing, so I made all the decisions. We've played two games so far, and unofficially won them both. (We're not supposed to keep score, but I've been doing so secretly.) The girls seem to be having fun, the parents have been nice, and I'm having a good time too. My daughter wants to be the first female major leaguer, but her teammate Amanda has extraordinary (for her age, anyway) talent and outstanding (again, for her age) instincts. If any of my group of girls is going to crack the gender line, it will be Amanda.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 04 2009 01:48 PM

Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com

seawolf17 May 04 2009 02:12 PM

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":554gygwb]Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com[/quote:554gygwb] I just sponsored Amanda's page. HahnSolo May 04 2009 02:24 PM CapriSun Player(s) of the Game. themetfairy Jun 06 2009 07:24 PM Tonight was the final game of my son's Little League career. Before the night there was a slim possibility that the team could still advance to the next round of the playoffs. That would have required them to win tonight by a margin of four runs or more, and then to get some help from the other teams playing tomorrow night's game. But all contingencies are moot. The Liberty Tax Services Mets won tonight by a score of 3-1. MK caught all six innings and had an RBI in the game. So it's over. But at least they went out on a good note. Let's Go Mets!

[Guest themetfairy]

soup - we're not sure. There's a lot on Activity Island right now, including Boy Scouts and his trombone studies (he has definite plans to be a part of the marching band in high school).

He's a good ballplayer, but not the most talented. His biggest asset is that he knows the game so well, but he's often frustrated by the gap between his ability and what he wants to do.

If he wants to go into Babe Ruth, we'll let him. But we're not pushing it.

If he doesn't play, I see him umpiring - that would keep him involved in the game, and also give him a way to earn some money once he turns 14.

What about your Pirate? Is he continuing on?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Baseball or trombone, gotta practice if ya wanna to be among the greats.

Just ask me, I turned out to be neither.

[soupcan]

He wants to keep playing.

He's not a big kid though, and next year they would go to major league size fields. I think that might be an issue for him unless he has a growth spurt this summer.

He already umpires and he really enjoys it. I'm surprised at how decisive he is as an ump. Its like I'm watching a completely different kid. He takes no crap from anybody and is loud, clear and quick when making calls.

The money don't hurt either. $30 for calling balls and strikes and $20 for the base ump. Pretty good scratch for a 12 year-old.

[Guest themetfairy]

Our township makes you wait until 14 to ump. But I think the kid would be great at it.

He does practice the trombone, and takes private lessons. He also made a regional band this past winter.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm managing a softball team of seven- and eight-year-old girls. Last year, in t-ball, I was an assistant coach, but the manager was a shlub who didn't know what he was doing, so I made all the decisions.

We've played two games so far, and unofficially won them both. (We're not supposed to keep score, but I've been doing so secretly.)

The girls seem to be having fun, the parents have been nice, and I'm having a good time too.

My daughter wants to be the first female major leaguer, but her teammate Amanda has extraordinary (for her age, anyway) talent and outstanding (again, for her age) instincts. If any of my group of girls is going to crack the gender line, it will be Amanda.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com

[seawolf17]

="John Cougar Lunchbucket":554gygwb]Ultimate7-And-8-Year-OldGirlsSoftballDatabase.com[/quote:554gygwb] I just sponsored Amanda's page.

HahnSolo May 04 2009 02:24 PM

CapriSun Player(s) of the Game.

themetfairy Jun 06 2009 07:24 PM

Tonight was the final game of my son's Little League career. Before the night there was a slim possibility that the team could still advance to the next round of the playoffs. That would have required them to win tonight by a margin of four runs or more, and then to get some help from the other teams playing tomorrow night's game. But all contingencies are moot. The Liberty Tax Services Mets won tonight by a score of 3-1. MK caught all six innings and had an RBI in the game. So it's over. But at least they went out on a good note. Let's Go Mets!

[HahnSolo]

CapriSun Player(s) of the Game.

[Guest themetfairy]

Tonight was the final game of my son's Little League career.

Before the night there was a slim possibility that the team could still advance to the next round of the playoffs. That would have required them to win tonight by a margin of four runs or more, and then to get some help from the other teams playing tomorrow night's game. But all contingencies are moot. The Liberty Tax Services Mets won tonight by a score of 3-1. MK caught all six innings and had an RBI in the game.

So it's over. But at least they went out on a good note.

Let's Go Mets!