12U Preseason Fan Rankings

[rjonesipt]

I am a parent of one of the catchers on Mizuno-Garcia. The friendlies last weekend were just that, they were friendlies. Both R&R parents and Mizuno parents seemed to have a good time watching two good teams play softball. It was fun to watch. Both teams are well coached and have good players and just good kids on there team. You couldn't ask for better parents on both sides. After the game R&R parents made sure to tell Mizuno parents what a good time it is to play eachother and Mizuno parents did the same. Oh ya 1ST to 3RD my daughter can do all the things you mentioned that a catcher should do. You should come watch a game and talk to me about what you see. I'll be the big guy with the Mizuno hat on. I'll probally be standing next to the other catchers dad.

[sportykids]

And 1st-3rd, Mizuno has more than one stud pitcher...

[onlooker]

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[Tenshun]

Friendly scores usually don't tell the whole story, with coaches batting and playing their whole line-ups, but you can still get a good idea of what type of talent these teams possess. RR is a very good hitting team. If they're hitting a pitcher early in the season, chances are they'll be hitting the same pitcher later in the season. How well did RR hit Mizuno's #1? I'd ask the same about RR, but it isn't obvious to me which girl is RR's #1 because they have a couple very good pitchers. Depth is good.

[2muchparents]

These early friendlies are great for getting everybody some work and finding out how much depth you will really have in game situations. If you have 3 good pitchers but you want to make sure you win and your 1 and 2 get all the work, you won't have 3 anymore! Same goes with every position. If your not willing to play everybody and develope all players in febuary, you are going to have a tough time convincing parents that their kids aren't just a players fee.

[1st to 3rd]

I am a parent of one of the catchers on Mizuno-Garcia. The friendlies last weekend were just that, they were friendlies. Both R&R parents and Mizuno parents seemed to have a good time watching two good teams play softball. It was fun to watch. Both teams are well coached and have good players and just good kids on there team. You couldn't ask for better parents on both sides. After the game R&R parents made sure to tell Mizuno parents what a good time it is to play eachother and Mizuno parents did the same. Oh ya 1ST to 3RD my daughter can do all the things you mentioned that a catcher should do. You should come watch a game and talk to me about what you see. I'll be the big guy with the Mizuno hat on. I'll probally be standing next to the other catchers dad.

"Big Guy" - I've seen plenty of Mizuno Garcia games and the best catcher you had now plays for extreme! Period. As a matter of fact my oldest has competed against Mizuno - Garcia, Breeze 99' and Nevada Lightning 99' (pretty sure thats were all your catchers played in the past) since 10U and has a winning record against all of them so maybe you can figure out who I am and come talk to me bud. I dont have time to stand around behind the backstop with my chest puffed out and arms crossed making myself look more important than I am!

[1st to 3rd]

And 1st-3rd, Mizuno has more than one stud pitcher...

We will have to agree to disagree. The #1 is a stud who has the ability to shut teams down, the #2 is above average but definately hittable and beatable.

[AdmittedBias]

Ridiculous! Talking crap about little bleeping kids....and chest puffing...unbelievable.

[onlooker]

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[AdmittedBias]

Just because 1st to 3rd is laying some truth does not mean they are talking smack about kids. Its a pretty right-on analysis in my book. I would remove Heat LaGabed from the top 10, and the '00 team, but for the most part a lot of this is right on the money.

Well, I don't have any kids involved in this discussion, but the way I read his post referring to a catcher with an arm and his insinuation that was all they had, I don't see how that can be taken in any way other than talking crap.