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Rubberbandman21
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re: Anyone complaining about pitch count
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/4/25 at 1:41 pm
Touché
re: Anyone complaining about pitch count
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/4/25 at 1:33 pm
Yes, all of those things influence arm injuries. One big factor is that a lot of kids don’t throw enough. They pitch a lot, but they don’t throw in between. So the only throws they’re making are high intensity without building strength. They show up at tournaments on the weekend and throw max effort, and that puts big strain on weak arms. Historically, pitch counts have been way higher than they are now, yet arm injuries are through the roof where they were fairly rare before.
re: Anyone complaining about pitch count
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/4/25 at 1:26 pm
Little League can mean 9 or 14
re: Anyone complaining about pitch count
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/4/25 at 9:36 am
How young are you talking about? Do you mean kids that only throw off a mound when they pitch and never throw to condition their arm? Then yes, pitch count probably matters because their arms aren’t in shape.
re: Anyone complaining about pitch count
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/4/25 at 9:24 am
I only got to catch the last few innings after he passed the 100 pitch mark. Every pitch he made after that was stress free, no trouble, and in complete command. I think that means more than the actual number of pitches.
re: Anyone complaining about pitch count
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/4/25 at 8:28 am
There’s no known correlation between pitch count and Tommy John surgery. And nothing that says 100 pitches is some magic number.
re: Do/Did you spank your kids?
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 1/23/25 at 6:40 pm
My experience is if you do it right, you’ll need to spank them once to prove you’ll do it. Then the threat of it will keep them straight the rest of the time. I have a teenager and a soon to be teenager. It’s worked so far. As an example, when my son was younger and he was back talking my wife, I sent him to his room, took off my belt and slammed it on the bed very loudly. Raised my voice and pretty much scared the hell out of him. Told him next time I’d slam the belt on his behind instead of the bed. But I never had to use it. Just a mention of the belt now straightens him out.
re: Black flag on truck covered up by cops
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 1/1/25 at 10:49 am
The picture from Tulsi’s account that shows the flag removed was screenshot from a video clip. The clip was posted somewhere on TD, but I can’t find it again. The flag was still there, but you can’t see it in that picture because it’s blurry and the flag blends in with the background. But when the video moved, you could see it.
Sherburne squirrel question
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 12/29/24 at 10:16 am
I bought my son a 20ga for Christmas and want to bring him squirrel hunting in Sherburne. But I don’t want to walk up on any deer hunters and spoil their hunt. Safety reasons too, since it’s open rifle at the moment. If I stick to the small game emphasis area along the river, should we be okay? Do people deer hunt that area? And if they do, I’m okay to walk through there hunting squirrels since it’s designated for that purpose right?
re: The wild card series should be 5 games
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 10/4/24 at 8:04 pm
Exactly! 162 games determines the best teams. Isn’t that what people want? That’s what I hear all the time in other sports. Get the best teams in. This year’s Detroit Tigers are a prime example of why the new playoff format is bad. Good teams have good starting rotation, not 1-2 guys. The Pirates can beat any team in baseball in a 3 game series if Skenes starts game one. And they’re terrible.
re: It’s a 100% given FACT she knew the questions before hand
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 9/10/24 at 9:10 pm
I don’t think she did, and she didn’t need to. She has a ton of canned answers that don’t answer anything and the moderators don’t follow up. All it would take would be for one moderator to follow up and say “explain that plan a little more in detail” and we could all watch her head short circuit.
re: Official Debate Thread: Trump vs. Kamala—ABC @ 8cst
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 9/10/24 at 8:58 pm
The only reason the CNN debate was “fair” was because the fix was in to get Biden out and they let him roast. They have their candidate now and the fangs are out.
re: Vote Martin Maldonado as a write-in into ASG!
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 6/6/24 at 6:12 am
0.760 is a hell of a batting average. Best ever. He probably should make the all-star game hitting that.
re: Was very wrong with the pitch timer. Has made baseball watchable again.
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 5/22/24 at 7:52 am
I agree. I was watching a Great Games on the MLB station on Pluto TV. Mets vs Red Sox in ‘86 World Series. It felt like they were playing with a pitch clock because the pace of play was so much better. We lost our way but the clock has brought it back. Didn’t think I’d be a fan. Still don’t like the pickoff limit because it influences stats that could be measured across eras.
re: 2021 baseball team
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/18/24 at 3:59 pm
We’ll find out a lot about this year’s team the next two weekends. Schedule is finally getting lighter. Maybe knowing that will light a spark for them.
re: Baseball Observation/Rant/Question
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/16/24 at 8:33 am
I’ll give you an upvote for that
re: Baseball Observation/Rant/Question
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/16/24 at 8:30 am
Why does baseball have any of the phrases it has? Why say can of corn when you can say pop up? It’s two ways to say the same thing. And it’s not new.
re: Baseball Observation/Rant/Question
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/16/24 at 5:53 am
Interesting. I’m 41 and also played and coached all over. Maybe we’ve played against each other lol. I always make my players go backside for their first round of bp. Their 2 strike approach is to look to drive a fastball backside and adjust to the offspeed. I’m pretty dumb about a lot of things but baseball isn’t one of them. I never paid attention to who’s used the term or not and I’m assuming I picked it up somewhere over my career. Didn’t know it was controversial lol.
re: Baseball Observation/Rant/Question
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/15/24 at 9:05 pm
Where did you grow up? I grew up in south Louisiana and played ball my whole life and have always called going oppo hitting backside. Never thought about your backside facing the other way though lol. It was just pull side and backside.
re: History buffs: A recommended podcast listen for the history of Israel/Palestine Conflict
Posted by Rubberbandman21 on 4/10/24 at 4:50 pm
I know there’s a difference between the Kingdom of Israel and the current Nation of Israel. I didn’t know what point you were trying to make by your post.
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