kizer permanente

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On Aug 12, 2019:

  • kizer permanente replied to "Ohhhh FFS" at 04:53 pm
  • posted by jmog

    This is so true.

     

    When I was playing little league baseball, (80s to early 90s) the regular little league teams were good. Typically only the top player off each team got "picked" to play travel ball. I was playing travel ball most summers growing up, the only summers I didn't was when I chose to play pee wee football instead (my parents had a 1 sport at a time rule).

     

    Back then the "travel ball" season didn't start until around early June after the regular little league season was over. The tryouts for the team was either by selection (like I said, they would grab the best kid or 2 from each team in the league) or by tryout. So even the "elite" kids played little league as well. 

    Now, even the above average kids aren't playing little league at all, they are playing "travel ball" year round. Its ridiculous to be honest. I absolutely love baseball and was darn good at it (played in D1 college until I hurt my shoulder and couldn't throw anymore). But even I would have been burned out by this type of "year round travel ball" that parents put kids through now.

     

    There is no reason for a kid to "specialize" in one sport anytime before high school.

    Yeah when I was a kid you played a little league season and kids were selected for “Allstars” which was travel ball. Now kids try out for year round travel teams.  

  • kizer permanente replied to "Ohhhh FFS" at 03:10 pm

  • I used to think parents were crazy to spend the money they did on sports, but when you look at little league anymore, it's not what it used to be. The worst of the worst play it. So unless your kids is part of the worst, you're doing them a disservice, even if they only want to play in high school. There's no way they make a high school team playing modern day little league or local ymca league stuff. It used to be only elite kids played travel. now average kids do. So even if your kid is just good.. not great... they have to find some travel team to play on. 

  • kizer permanente replied to "Ohhhh FFS" at 02:46 pm
  • posted by gut

    LOL I take it you don't realize that travel ball isn't the only option?

    You haven't seen a modern day little league or rec league in a long time I imagine?

  • kizer permanente replied to "Ohhhh FFS" at 06:29 am

  • It's not cost? You don't have kids that play travel ball I take it lol

On Aug 2, 2019:

On Jul 29, 2019:

  • kizer permanente replied to "Roundabouts" at 10:53 am

  • they're great when people know how to use them. You'll always have some idiot stop at an open one though. 

On Jul 19, 2019:

  • kizer permanente replied to "Know your neighbors" at 01:49 pm
  • posted by iclfan2

    Lucked out, bought in a new section of a neighborhood, in the front. First 3 houses all in their 30s (we are the 4th). First couple of years we all drank and hung out, then they all had kids. A year later we had a kid, and then they all had their second kid. Now we all throw our kids in the fenced in yard and have happy hours together.

    Our neighbor on the next side (5th house in) are 70 year olds who love giving us extra food to eat and watch our cat when we go out of town. Basically nest of both worlds and everyone looks out for everyone else. We do know a lot of the other neighbors too bc it’s so new and people were so friendly. Will suck when we have to move.

    We have a similar situation to you although it didn’t work out as well lol. 

    When we were buying the house we had an inspection and that day we brought the kids along and they played outside. The neighbors have kids the same age and they’re both around the same age as my wife and I. Well the neighbors were really excited to see us and came out and told us how excited they were that we were moving in. Once we moved in we invited them over for dinner     Our kids played along together ... we talked all night... my wife thought everything was great. They ended the night with a “we’ll have to have you over next “.... that was the end of it lol. They barely talk to us. Just an occasional wave when we’re both outside. It’s just strange since the kids played all night and we stayed out on the deck drinking and talking til it was bed time for the kids. My wife and I finally just gave up trying to figure out what exactly happened lol

On Jul 10, 2019:

On Jul 3, 2019:

  • kizer permanente replied to "OC Mount Rushmore: Things you are elite at" at 12:19 pm

  • I wouldn't call it elite per se since it's average to below average in higher league baseball, but my fastball was 90 and I topped at 92 in high school which was pretty elite for high school. Most other kids on the team were upper 70's low 80's. I couldn't throw for strikes at that speed either which also makes it less elite lol. But if I had someone 0-2 they were definitely getting my top speed and I didn't care where it was going. But being left handed it had a tendency to tail away from a right hander and it was tough to hit... as long as it wasn't 3 ft outside. 

On Jul 2, 2019:

On Jun 26, 2019:

  • kizer permanente replied to "Will the Browns make the playoffs this year?" at 12:49 pm

  • As long as Baker doesn't have a sophomore slump I think they can win the wildcard and possibly the North. LB'ers are the only true concern on this team.  Pretty solid to good nearly everywhere else.

On Jun 24, 2019:

On Jun 20, 2019:

  • kizer permanente replied to "Dr. Marijuana Pepsi" at 09:26 am

  • I mean... it's a PhD. I'm not calling you doctor. You're still Marijuana Pepsi to me.

On Jun 18, 2019:

  • kizer permanente replied to "The white guilt is real with this one" at 12:09 pm
  • posted by iclfan2

    No chance that is real. Satire website.

    lol my bad. I've never heard of this one before.  It did seem very SJW'ish though.

On Jun 17, 2019:

  • kizer permanente replied to "Steubenville Case on TV" at 01:17 pm
  • posted by gut

    I wonder if they'll breakdown what % responsible the perps were....over/under 75%.

    Word around the Professional Figure Skating Association says the line is ever changing.

  • kizer permanente repped a post in "NBA Offseason 2019" at 12:02 pm
  • posted by kizer permanente

    Lakers give up 3 average players and picks that most likely won't amount to anything as the Lakers will be good (there's a huge drop off from 3 to 4 this year). Lakers get AD.

    Yeah.. I do that everyday of the week. 

    Not to mention spent 3 top 2 picks on:

    • Russell
    • Ingram
    • Ball

    And have made the playoffs exactly zero times in that span.