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by fasterpitch92701 » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:38 am

Listen to Skarp.

And... swing several bats of team mates. Many. Assure your daughter that the graphics mean nothing, price means nothing, logo means nothing, fashion means nothing. Or, another way of saying it is, which would your rather have? A $300 fashion statement bat and an occasional hit or a $100 used bat that feels right and helps her generate hits?

If you are working with a hitting coach ask that coach about her ability to generate bat speed and he/she may recommend a length and/or weight. And... don't overlook used bats in good shape. The scorekeeper records a double as a double. There is no check-point saying "techzilla" or "martini" or "easton" or "anderson".

I think a lot of pitchers LOVE seeing batters with $300 bats and no bat speed, uncoached marginal technique, missing the ball by a foot. The bats sure are pretty, though...

Enjoy in good health and good luck.
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by jofus » Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:47 am

fasterpitch92701 wrote: The scorekeeper records a double as a double. There is no check-point saying "techzilla" or "martini" or "easton" or "anderson".



I'll have a double martini please, this friday afternoon is dragging.
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by artomatic » Fri Jun 06, 2008 11:52 am

jofus wrote:
fasterpitch92701 wrote: The scorekeeper records a double as a double. There is no check-point saying "techzilla" or "martini" or "easton" or "anderson".



I'll have a double martini please, this friday afternoon is dragging.


I guess!
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by jofus » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:28 pm

Only a little over an hour til the weekend officially starts here :)

I have to be on the road by 5:30 or so in the morning for a 9:00 am game, so I'm not going to have much time to enjoy it.

I dunno about you guys out west, but we're gonna have a hot one here in the mid-atlantic area....supposed to be 95 tomorrow and 97 Sunday at our tournament :|
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by SSdad » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:03 pm

jofus wrote:Only a little over an hour til the weekend officially starts here :)

I have to be on the road by 5:30 or so in the morning for a 9:00 am game, so I'm not going to have much time to enjoy it.

I dunno about you guys out west, but we're gonna have a hot one here in the mid-atlantic area....supposed to be 95 tomorrow and 97 Sunday at our tournament :|



Here out west our girls would be in pants and their under armour. 110 they might wear shorts. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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by playball » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:21 pm

"There is no check-point saying "techzilla" or "martini" or "easton" or "anderson"."

I prefer my "de martini" shaken, not stirred! :lol:
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by jofus » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:26 pm

Heh, my DD pitched in a league game a few weeks ago, 8 pm game, it was 61 when we were warming up....then it started sprinkling rain. By the end of the first inning, it was 47 and levelled out there (and kept lightly raining the entire game). Her team does wear pants, but she didn't wear anything under her team uni (sleeveless) shirt.

She did tell me at the beginning of the last inning that her entire pitching arm and hand were so numb that she could hardly feel the ball (and yes, she was wearing a jacket in the dugout when she wasn't batting). I told her the quicker she got 3 outs, the quicker we got in the nice warm car and got home.

9 pitches and 3 K's later, we were heading to the parking lot :D

I'm thinking of holding her down with her pitching hand in an ice bucket between innings, as well as she pitched that night :)
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by Skarp » Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:28 pm

playball wrote:"There is no check-point saying "techzilla" or "martini" or "easton" or "anderson"."

I prefer my "de martini" shaken, not stirred! :lol:

HAHAHAHA. That was funny. :|
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