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Becky McMinn created * 16U TEAM LOOKING FOR A CATCHER *

guest — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:43:30 GMT

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CATCHER TO ADD TO OUR ROSTER FOR OUR SUMMER AND FALL SEASON . IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TRYING OUT GIVE ME A CALL. ALL TRYOUTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE TRYOUTS ARE AVAILABLE.

MARDI MCMINN

281-924-9068

XTREME HEAT FASTPITCH

31611 SUGARBEND DR

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mardi03_mcminn@att.net

LaDyStRos14U modified Upcoming Lady Stros 14U 00's/99's

guest — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:28:18 GMT

Lady Stros 14U, is looking to start building in the surrounding areas of Baytown, Highlands, Crosby, Channelview, Mt. Belview, Dayton Area. We are going to be ASA and also playing in USFA Tournaments, ALL POSITIONS ARE OPEN, we are looking for Hard Working, Dedicated, Great Attitude, Team Players and that have a Dream to Play in College.

Lady Stros Organization is one of the Top Fast Pitch Organizations in the Houston Area and is Managed by Coach Carlos Morgan, Head Coach of the 18U Lady Stros 18U Gold.

Lady Stros Black 16U is Coached by Head Coach Chuck Peters.

I will have an update on the try out dates for August and Sept. regarding location and times, but any information that you would like to know, you can reach me at ( 832-629-0030/ Sly Gomez). ##

We will also have an open position for a Former College Player that would like to apply as a Coach, please contact us ASAP.

gsly13@yahoo.com

LaDyStRos14U modified Upcoming Lady Stros 14U 00's/99's

guest — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:03:13 GMT

Lady Stros Organization is one of the Top Fast Pitch Organizations in the Houston Area and is Managed by Coach Carlos Morgan, Head Coach of the 18U Lady Stros 18U Gold.

Lady Stros Black 16U is Coached by Head Coach Chuck Peters.

I will have an update on the try out dates for August and Sept. regarding location and times, but any information that you would like to know, you can reach me at ( 832-629-0030/ Sly Gomez). ##

We will also have an open position for a Former College Player that would like to apply as a Coach, please contact us ASAP.

gsly13@yahoo.com

Lou_B created Ty Cobb: .401 or .399 ?

guest — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:38:39 GMT

May 15, 1922: In a game at New York, Ty Cobb beats out a grounder to shortstop Everet Scott.

Veteran writer Fred Lieb scores it a hit in the box score he files with the Associated Press.

But official scorer John Kieran of the Times gives an error to Scott.

At the season's end, the A.L. official records, based on AP box scores, list Cobb at .401.

New York writers complain unsuccessfully that it should be .399, based on the official scorer's stats.

JUSTIN1224 created Snipers 99 LOOKING FOR BRACKET PITCHER

guest — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:35:07 GMT

Looking to add a pitcher to our roster. Signed up for State, plenty of playing time. If interested please email Justin @ justinblissett@yahoo.com

Mike_CVUA replied ESPN.COM: TEACHING RESPECT FOR UMPS, OFFICIALS

guest — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:06:24 GMT

Lou:

I think it was around 1992 that George Will wrote an essay on umpires. He suggested that a ball player who hits .400 is hall-of-fame material, and yet 60% of the time he fails! Let an umpire be "only" 99.5% correct, and someone will take him to task.

I was taught that in Little league basball, you are expected to be perfect at the beginning of the season--and then improve as the season goes on!

This is difficult discuss when the Astros-Angels crew last week just blew the pitching change rule six ways to Sunday! (I suspect they used the interpretation for ambidextrous pitchers, which is new this year, to apply to any pitching change. No! They kicked it.) How did 4 guys who must have taken a million clinics blow that one that badly? Alpha dog syndrome where the crew chief is always right?

I made up some shirts for my league umpires. Red T-shirts to wear under blue ump shirts. There is the usual logo on the front, but on the back it says, "I blow 'em as I sees 'em!" Reminds us all of the human element where you might not have collected enough data to make an "out" call, so you judge "safe".

But I have had to apply 11.03(g) this year a few times. No humanity involved whatsoever!

Mike CVUA

Frank_B replied Pitches count limit.

guest — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:27:10 GMT

That is why some LLWS/Majors TV fans get "confused" when they hear announcers note that a player is 13 years old. True, chronologically, but LL league/age 12. Announcer failing to note or explain the league/age cut/off date.

LLWS being held in August, a player turning 13 on/after May 1st.

Frank!

Knight13 modified Southern Indiana 18U team looking for shortstop and catcher to complete roster. Only playing showcase tournaments

guest — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:11:20 GMT

Southern Indiana 18U gold team looking for a shortstop and catcher to complete roster. Will only be playing ASA showcase tournaments.

call Rick at 502-939-6756 or email at rak0523@yahoo.com

Lou_B created ESPN.COM: TEACHING RESPECT FOR UMPS, OFFICIALS

guest — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:33:33 GMT

"All you, blue, all you!"

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, I wanted them back. The umpire on the bases in the high school softball game had clearly blown the call: tight score, bases loaded, two outs, ball hit to left field for what looked like an RBI single … except that the left fielder quickly threw to third to beat the runner by a step. Unfortunately, the ump was trying to get out of the way and didn't see the force, and the home plate ump refused to get involved, so the run scored, and the next batter hit a grand slam off my daughter. Which is when I made my own bad call.

Umps may take the abuse, but that doesn't mean they deserve it.

I knew better. These things happen, just like they did in Cleveland when the umpires didn't acknowledge an A's home run that would've tied the game, just like they do every night in every state at every level. I've seen enough games to realize that bad decisions are like bad hops. Dems da breaks.

It doesn't matter if the official is a teenager making $20 a game, or a man or woman moonlighting as much for love of the game as for money, or Joe West, who's been working major league games since 1977. It's a tough, usually thankless job, but somebody has to do it. We often hear, "The most important thing is to get it right," and while that is very important -- the more replays the better -- it's not the most important thing. First and foremost, we owe the umps and zebras and refs a foundation of respect and a debt of gratitude. There would be no games without their commitment.

That's worth mentioning at this time of high visibility for officials, when the NHL and NBA are in their postseasons, baseball is in its ascendancy, and spring school and collegiate sports are heating up. On the list of headlines on ESPN.com on Thursday, a few spots below "Indians top A's after blown call," was this one: "Utah teen charged in death of soccer ref."

On April 27 in a recreational league soccer match outside of Salt Lake City, authorities say, a 17-year-old goalie punched 46-year-old Ricardo Portillo in the head after the ref penalized him for pushing an opposing player. After hospitalization, Portillo lapsed into a coma and died on May 4. A game that was hardly a matter of life and death became one.

There may be no way of knowing what brought the unnamed player to that tragic moment of anger. But here's what does lead to a breakdown in respect for authority: coaches who think it's OK to ride the refs; fans who feel it's cool to yell at officials all the time; the constant cries of "Call 'em both ways!" and "Open your eyes!"; the confusion of professional sports with youth sports.

Contempt for officials is nothing new. In 1906 a singer named Bob Roberts recorded "The Umpire Is a Most Unhappy Man." But there are two converging media streams that seem to be adding to the turbulence. One is the criticism of officials, be it missed home runs, or unfair penalties, or control of the game. The other is the almost prurient interest in bad behavior at sporting events. It kind of feels like sports civilization is crumbling.

The death in Utah hit Jim Thompson particularly hard. He is the CEO of the Positive Coaching Alliance, which he founded at Stanford University in 1998 to help transform the culture of youth sports. "I feel for both families," he says. "It's the ultimate price to pay for a win-at-all-costs mentality."

Soccer officials wore black patches and arm bands at Ricardo Portillo's funeral.

Since its founding, the PCA has grown into a network that reaches 1 million athletes and 100,000 coaches, though that's still only 2.5 percent of all the participants in youth sports in this country. The foundation of PCA workshops is the phrase "Honoring The Game," and the sessions encourage respect for the acronym R-O-O-T-S: Rules, Opponents, Officials, Teammates, Self.

When it comes to dealing with officials, PCA has a few suggestions for coaches: introduce the officials to the parents before a game, designate a parent to monitor spectator behavior, have the players practice their responses to a bad call, find a self-control routine (like counting backward from 100), and approach the officials deferentially if there's an important difference of opinion.

"The best way to teach respect," says Thompson, "is to show respect." Thompson also recommends thanking officials after a game, and complimenting them if they've done a good job.

Some of them don't, though, and a few of them make things worse by mistaking arrogance for authority. "Just think of them as bad weather," says Thompson. "You still have to play in it, and it doesn't do you much good to complain."

The vast majority of officials are just striving to be fair to both sides, to get it right. And if you're lucky, you'll encounter one who goes above and beyond. Same daughter, different sport: field hockey. At halftime of one of her games, the lead referee came over to the spectator side of the field to ask if there were any questions about the calls in the first half, or about the arcane rules of the sport in general. The session was both edifying and disarming -- nobody questioned any calls in the second half.

As for the ump who blew the call in the softball game, I could see he felt as bad about missing the call as I did about yelling. He actually ran to his car after the 10-7 game ended, ahead of what he might have imagined to be an angry mob. In reality, my daughter and her teammates were already over it by the time he got there.

It's not all you, blue. It's all us.

Kyle_ replied Re: Pitches count limit.

guest — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:05:52 GMT

It really depends on when his birthday is. If it's 30 April, or before, he's league age 11. If it's after, he's league age 10.

It's that simple.

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Becky McMinn created *** 16U TEAM LOOKING FOR A CATCHER ***

LaDyStRos14U modified Upcoming Lady Stros 14U 00's/99's

LaDyStRos14U modified Upcoming Lady Stros 14U 00's/99's

Lou_B created Ty Cobb: .401 or .399 ?

JUSTIN1224 created Snipers 99 LOOKING FOR BRACKET PITCHER

Mike_CVUA replied ESPN.COM: TEACHING RESPECT FOR UMPS, OFFICIALS

Frank_B replied Pitches count limit.

Knight13 modified Southern Indiana 18U team looking for shortstop and catcher to complete roster. Only playing showcase tournaments

Lou_B created ESPN.COM: TEACHING RESPECT FOR UMPS, OFFICIALS

Kyle_ replied Re: Pitches count limit.

Becky McMinn created * 16U TEAM LOOKING FOR A CATCHER *