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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 09:35 PM
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If you have ever held a baseball bat in your hands
or played first base as a left hander, or was a pitcher, or waited for the pop up in right field,

you love baseball.

It's such a great game.

This is just a post saying thanks to all the kids now playing and keeping the love alive, and to all those kids who grew up and continued playing.

Hit a pitch, make it to first base, and you will forever be hooked on this game!
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 09:42 PM
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1. I fell in love when I learned about all the different pitches
It was like being a superhero/ninja and you had all these different weapons that you could use to attack the batter.

I love that one on one confrontation between pitcher and batter. It's very unique.
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 09:45 PM
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2. weird little league story
I was the first baseman. The mayor's son was the star pitcher. We won the state championship in our little division that year. Prior to that happening, the mayor's son went nuts and took a dump in the girls shower. He was sent away, and they made me the pitcher. I wasn't that good, but damn, that was fun.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 09:50 PM
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3. Taking a dump in the girls shower...
See, if you're in little league that's kind of a deal breaker.

But I bet someone like Curt Schilling could get away with it.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 09:53 PM
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4. Or Doug Rader
When he was with Houston, he once shit on a birthday cake. :D

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JTG of the PRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 09:56 PM
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5. The first time I heard the crack of the bat at a big league game I knew I was hooked.
When I scored my first-ever run in YMCA league baseball when I was 10, I remember crossing home plate and stepping as hard as I could. It was an amazing sensation, and I STILL remember it to this day.
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 09:58 PM
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6. THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout
what feelings playing a game like that can cause.

good on you!
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:11 PM
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7. we eat, sleep and play baseball......the whole family...
Edited on Tue Oct-16-07 10:12 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
future baseball champs....they are predestined - born in Cooperstown on the full moon



their mom, my daughter



my son #7



my grand daughter



my other daughter BOTTOM LEFT



YAY BASEBALL!

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nickgutierrez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:15 PM
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8. It's a great game, isn't it? n/t
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:16 PM
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9. as much as I may watch the NFL,
there is nothing better than baseball.

nothing
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Twillig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:20 PM
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10. Mom used to bitch to dad
back in my heyday that I should get some damn job instead of playing baseball during the summer.
This lasted up through legion ball (i.e., 18 y/o).

Dad said(I overheard(eavesdropped)): "He'll have the rest of his life to work."

As much as I ache now at 43, I wonder how dad was able to throw me some BP and catch my fastball and curve at 50+. Probably because he didn't have the opportunity that he gave me.

But anyway, before I get maudlin, baseball season was over in late June.


Red Sox need more Ellsbury!

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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:23 PM
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11. Your dad
sounds like a really cool guy
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:27 PM
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12. Have you ever held a hockey stick?


He shoots - he scores!!!!!!
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:29 PM
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13. No, but
hockey is a great sport. One of the best, and it's a drag that the commish has taken it to the toilet.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:29 PM
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14. And go back to wooden bats! That "tink" noise that the aluminum bats make
is revolting. I've explained to Mrs R so many times that yes, the batters know when they've hit a strong one just from the sound of the bat.

Redstone
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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:32 PM
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15. I couldn't believe when they brought them into
high school and college.

They not only make a "tink" noise, they frigg up the entire swing that would have been made with a wooden bat.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:34 PM
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16. And they're fucking DANGEROUS at the college level. Some day, a pitcher is going
to die because of the velocity a college hitter can put on a ball with a metal bat.

Redstone
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:37 PM
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17. they are bringing back the wooden bats to schools for that reason
Edited on Tue Oct-16-07 10:38 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
NY City is going to require HS teams to only use wood bats and NY State may also pass a law requiring them.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 11:52 PM
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20. Good deal. I hope other schools follow that lead. I'm old and beat up, and will never
swing a bat again, but I remember when I could and did.

Redstone
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 10:42 PM
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18. I played Baseball and I played Football
I liked baseball better.......

and yes, no matter what level you're playing, once you've hit the ball, or fired one to first and it made that real sweet pop in the mitt and you got the runner out or you pitched your way out of a jam, you'll always love baseball. I like A league ball myself, and the Nationals.....
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 11:45 PM
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19. It is the Perfect Game. None better.
Especially in October.

Bake
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 11:58 PM
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21. I played second base in Little League,
using my grandfather's glove. He died playing baseball when he was in his early forties - a lunchtime game with his co-workers. He was an airplane mechanic. I never knew him.

But one day I was playing, and it was that crucial point in the game: a close score, the bases loded for the other guys. Their biggest, meanest pituitary case of a hitter came up to bat. He popped it up right into the sun. I went down on my haunches and held the glove out on my lap. I closed my eyes, and the only thought I remember was the wish not to get beaned in the head. I heard a soft 'plop.' I opened my eyes, and the ball was in my glove - my grandfather's glove. Thank god I didn't have to throw it anywhere! I was too stunned. But we won the game.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-17-07 12:03 AM
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23. Sounds like your Les Nessman moment
:D

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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-17-07 12:15 AM
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25. As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-17-07 12:01 AM
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22. My dear Perseid...
I remember, back in the sixth grade, playing softball with my friends...

I believe we played with the boys as well...

And every now and then, this little, shy, unathletic girl would be magical, and hit a home run...

My friend Donny would walk home with me, and he would say..."Somebody hit a home run today..."

And I would blush...

That was a very long time ago...

But I have never forgotten that thrill...

The sound, and feel, of the bat against the ball...

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Perseid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-17-07 12:06 AM
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24. again
that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

that is a great story and memory!

I love this game!
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