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wasoxygen  ·  2675 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 23, 2016

    What's the kid doing with a wooden bat?

I don't know! Maybe because that's what I used when I played in the same century as Hank Aaron?

We played a lot, in fact probably through the majority of daylight hours, over the weekend. Two-man baseball is a good deal of running. First session of the winter training program is tonight. We will see what kind of equipment they have and recommend.

I was unable to master my dread of throwing a hard object at a minor, with the result that my pitching was wild. Perhaps a batting helmet will help with my aim. I did send him some lively grounders and he took one or two on the chops, but no long term damage.

There was one YouTube video showing a guy being put out near first after having "squared up" toward second base, probably exceptional. Lots of great trick plays and charging incidents. I love baseball highlights on TV, it's just that they are so infrequent during games.

Only one other tricky question came up: Is the catcher ever called the home base man?





user-inactivated  ·  2675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Only one other tricky question came up: Is the catcher ever called the home base man?

No, but the dad in Calvin and Hobbes would say yes out of spite, and that's your blueprint, yeah?

EDIT: by the way, the thing I regret most about my baseball career was not strengthening my arm from an early age via long toss. However far he can throw, for some amount of time each day or every other day that you look up on the internet, then gradually expand. And don't forget to stretch and build up to it first.