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Smoltz crushes Travel ball in HOF speech
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:20 pm
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Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:21 pm to Tiger Ryno
Great summary
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:21 pm to Tiger Ryno
Hell of a thread
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:23 pm to Tiger Ryno
Elaborate please
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:24 pm to thermal9221
He said baseball isn't a year round sport. Go do other things. Having Tommy John at 14 isn't normal.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:27 pm to Tiger Ryno
He did not say anything about travel ball.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:32 pm to PrimeTime Money
Are you dense?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:36 pm to lsu31always
I've heard him say this before, as well as Glavine and Tommy John himself. It's not good for kids to play baseball from March to early December. I loved baseball and played JUCO here in MS, but I couldn't have played year round like some kids do now with all that traveling. I played on the HS team starting in 8th grade( this was 86) then played in Rec leagues until mid July and then was ready for football. By March of the next year I was ready for some more baseball. No burnout or arm trouble, and I went just as far as most of these travelball all-stars of today without spending 1,000 's of dollars.
This post was edited on 7/26/15 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:36 pm to PrimeTime Money
While he didn't directly call out travel ball, everyone with a brain knew what he meant.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:38 pm to PrimeTime Money
Everyone who cares about the issue knows travel ball is part of the problem...good for Smoltz...I'm glad he brought it up in his speech
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:39 pm to Tiger Ryno
i didnt think smoltz would shut up. I thought he would have a great speech but he was all over the place and terrible
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:40 pm to GynoSandberg
Smoltz must have thought he was just doing another 3 hours of time killing on MLB Tonight.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:40 pm to GynoSandberg
He did keep going and going, but I thought it was a good speech. About 5-7 min too long but frick it. You only get the chance once.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:40 pm to Jwho77
He kinda was...
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:41 pm to auzach91
He's the best former player turned analyst they have by a long shot though.
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:42 pm to Tiger Ryno
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:44 pm to Tiger Ryno
Travel ball parents are just the best
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:45 pm to Tiger Ryno
My aunt is always bragging to my mom about my first cousins kid who plays 8 year old travel ball like he's some kind of MLB star. What the frick is that? 8 year old travelball?
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:48 pm to msudawg1200
A fool and his money are easily parted
Posted on 7/26/15 at 2:49 pm to Rouge
Exactly what I told my mom. Somebody is getting wealthy off this stuff.
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