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So it is quite impressive feat that she is doing, but in the back of my mind I wonder how much trouble she will have with shoulder later in her career from throwing different pitches.
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish...le-league-game
So it is quite impressive feat that she is doing, but in the back of my mind I wonder how much trouble she will have with shoulder later in her career from throwing different pitches.
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I don't personally find it "impressive" in that sense. A girl at 11 will be more physically along in development than boys will be. Once they all hit puberty, she likely won't be able to keep up at the same level.Originally Posted by Steven Burton
It depends. She likely has a 4-seam and a 2-seam fastball, along with a changeup. That means only one pitch is probably ill-advised in her repertoire, most likely a curveball.
- Ben
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death! And to those in the tombs, bestowing life!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας! καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!
well throwing a 60 mile an hour fast ball at 11 is pretty good. I only know of one person on my high school baseball team that could hit that speed. Curveball is does a good amount of damage to the shoulder when it is not fully developed, not to mention the damage it does after you have a fully developed shoulder.
"Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek."
Curveballs are a lot more destructive on the elbow, if thrown correctly. And really? Only one person on your HS team could clock 60???
I could hit 78 at 15 and was hitting off of pitchers routinely throwing low 80s by 16.
- Ben
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death! And to those in the tombs, bestowing life!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας! καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!
Ah, that is all I had heard about the baseball team. The fast ball though was not his strong pitch. I couldn't even get close to that speed when I tried basically my shoulders would give out after about 10 pitches or so. And yes the curveball does screw up the elbow much more.
"Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek."
Ben I would hate to pitch to you as a hitter. You have a pint sized strike zone, I'm afraid I would walk you every at bat.
I had a good eye to go with that zone. I walked a lot, and struck out very little. Once on base, I was a nightmare on the basepaths. If only SABRmetrics were being used when I was playing middle-school I would have batted higher up and been noticed before I hit my growth spurt and started hitting for power.
- Ben
Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death! And to those in the tombs, bestowing life!
Χριστὸς ἀνέστη ἐκ νεκρῶν, θανάτῳ θάνατον πατήσας! καὶ τοῖς ἐν τοῖς μνήμασι, ζωὴν χαρισάμενος!
What are you talking about? Never heard of it.
how about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabermetrics
"Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek."
This will give you all a laugh. As a high school sophomore at Chelan, WA I was the starting and regular second baseman. Then as a junior I was switched to utility having been replaced by the new superintendent's Senior son. Then we moved to Rufus, OR where there were a total of 15 students in the high school, 9 boys and 6 girls. The coach had me practice at shortstop but having only one pitcher I offered to relieve if our one pitcher got tired in the later innings so he said, "Get up on the mound and let me see what you have.? So I threw a few in and he said, "You're my starting pitcher." I believe we played a total of 4 games one of which I struck out the clean up hitter all four times he came to bat. By the fourth time he was laughing so hard that a little rinky dink had struck him out the first three at bats that it made it easy to strike him out when he was laughing so hard.
So there you go Dr. Coach Poteet. And, Yes, I was voted Letterman of the year at NNC and I won my letters as baseball statistician two years and track manager another year. Tiger Hills and Elmore Vail liked my willingness to serve.
At least you didn't say that the new superintendent's daughter took your place.
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Mr. Louk had only two sons, Dale and Wayne, hank you.
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