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[quote name="maddog" post="929430" timestamp="1291926600"] Pluto - You have the essence of the message to a TEE !! [/quote] Maddog, My knowledge of the message comes from many years of hard "lessons learned" with 3 grown kids and then to have been fortunate enough to have a late child and get a second chance with what it's really all about.....simply enjoying your kids.  period. It is my experience that it really does not matter how talented anybody's child is, (or how talented we "think" they are) being good and playing at a higher level absolutely has to be intrinsic.  It doesn't matter how much money we spend on lessons, camps, bats, gloves, select teams and tournaments...if they don't want it themselves, they are not going to do it.  One must simply support them and enjoy watching them while they're doing it, otherwise you miss out on the best part.  Out of my three, one went on to keep playing, one is working construction (and doing very well for himself) and the other is a stay at home mom.  It seems like yesterday that I was driving the golden triangle dropping off, picking up and sitting at all night softball/baseball tournaments.  Today, they're doing their own thing and you want them to have fond memories of it....not memories of being badgered, nagged and forced to do something that their parents wanted more than they did.  When they enter the "real" world, I don't think anybody who interviews them will ever ask, "Oh, Mr. So and So did you play college ball?"  I believe the real criteria is the transcript. ENJOY your kids people....Life is just too short for pettiness.

[quote name="(13)" post="927322" timestamp="1291611764"] [quote author=GCM Fan link=topic=77076.msg927224#msg927224 date=1291602635] Very well put . [/quote] Really? I must be slow, I couldn't keep up with all the changes of direction [/quote] I think maybe the point was to encourage your kids with their dreams, display your behavior as an adult, but most importantly, ENJOY your kids in whatever it is that they do, college bound or not for Life gets away from us all!

[quote name="vidor pirate" post="793656" timestamp="1271976154"] mojica and trae should be locks for 1st team [/quote] So should Mike!

The youth soccer program is an organization run by Clint Brasher and Chad LaPray.  They have several different teams...boys and girls at different ages.  They all play out of Beaumont and/or tournaments.

Go get 'em Pirates! 

Makes sense to me (jmo) good luck Matt. Tough to keep all your equip. in a tent. Makes perfect sense to me. Barbe is always rated top in the Nation. Alot of publicity. Good luck to you Matt.

I was in Frisco during the hurricane and the majority of news coverage we got was all about Katrina!

My hotel bill was applied to my deductible by my insurance company! lol That helped alot.

I'm sorry for everyone. I was lucky and my neighborhood was spared. Has anyone heard the extent of the flooding on Irving Street in West Orange? My elderly M-I-L's home is down there and she keeps asking.

Vidor at HJ Thurs at 6:00. It's on the school website

check the projections on noaa.gov those are the most accurate.

Yeah, but what does Biggio know about Football? ??? ;D Biggio graduated from Kings Park High School on Long Island, New York, where he excelled as a multi-sport varsity athlete. Most notably, after the 1983 season, Biggio was awarded the Hansen Award, which recognized him as being the best football player in Suffolk County.[1] However, Biggio's passion lay with baseball, such that he turned down football scholarships for the opportunity to play baseball for Seton Hall University. wow that is interesting. What position did he play? He is not a really big guy! He's 5'11". That's a decent size for HS football.

It would be my guess that she, in her very professional and polite Pauline style, HIGHLY encouraged him to take a step back and reconsider his motives. And she probably did it without ever telling him in direct words what he should or should not do. She's very good at that.

[Hidden Content] I'd think this is quite a signing bonus for a HS recruit.

You pegged it. Back when little kiddos were being little kiddos, making mud pies, swimming and doing the things that they don't even know exist now. We adults are cheating kids of being kids.

This isn't about Coach Moore or Coach Bryant, it's about Jaden. Neither of them could have gotten him there without him doing what he does, so it really doesn't matter. Congratulations, Jaden. You're a great kid and you've worked hard. Go get 'em.

Heck if he leaves Vidor, every faculty member on the HS campus will be fighting over his job! lol

If he was projected to go in the first rnd someone would have picked him up before the fifth, and no way he's taken in the 5th and get 1st rnd $$, I dont think even Scott Boras could get 1st rnd money for a player taken in the 3rd much less the 5th. Someones got their wires crossed on this story no dought. You can look up what exactly he signed for on the web, I cant remember what site but its for sure there, mite check Baseball America. Is this the guy [Hidden Content] That's the guy. I don't know. Is a Signing Bonus of $925,000 "normal" for the fifth round? He reportedly throws in the mid-nineties. Maybe this one? [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content]

Oh no, Pluto does not pat politicians on the back!

When will Tuesdays games be played?

Any smart man would!

Well hello, I always knew you were a smart one. Oh and BTW Gabe, maybe he shouldn't be "thinking" about it and just start praying. You can say what you want, but the parents in Vidor let the man do his job, "his" way. EVERYBODY who has a functional brain cell in their head knows that does not and will not happen in BC.

I disagree. While he would obviously inherit alot of upcoming talent, he also inherits alot of hornets that seem to always buzz just outside the nest. He's got it made in Vidor. First class facilities, first class administrators who let him run the program his way and hornets that know their place and let him do his job. I hope he thinks long and hard about giving up what he has.

This article is right on par. Baseball/softball parents are the most vicious and political of all sports. While I agree that the most successful coaches don't listen to much of the parental input, they still get the pressure.

All will return except the A's, and we filled that spot with a good one. Here is last years roster and coaches [Hidden Content] That's about 85 years of coaching experience, I know, retirement age is 65, so we all have a few years left. Who is the new coach for the A's and when will he be getting in touch with his returning players?