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[quote name="footballfan1135" post="1167412" timestamp="1327762724"] menard hurt his shoulder in the playoff football game and had to have surgery [/quote] He should be back for district.  That is a big loss for the Cards.  He may be the best power hitter in the area.  Hopefully he will get back to 100% in time to make a playoff run.

Not a bad list.  I would probably move Silsbee & Livingston to the end and move everyone else up.  BC will miss Menard the first half of the year, but may end up being the last local team playing.

SETXsports will be coming out with our polls in a few weeks.  Help us out and tell me the top 10 teams in the area going into the year.  It's time to get this baseball board going!

No BH or GCM?  ::)

I believe the field is off limits as well as the track, because of some vandalism in the past.  They could cover it during the summer if need be.

[quote name="falconfanatic" post="1166797" timestamp="1327682658"] [quote author=westend1 link=topic=93312.msg1166786#msg1166786 date=1327681690] [b]I don't know what is causing it, but go ask the orthopedic docs around here and they will tell you that they are seeing more serious arm injuries in young kids than ever before[/b]. [/quote] Pitching is an unnatural act. You are going to have injuries regardless of what you do. Almost everyone who has played baseball for a significant amount of time is going to have shoulder damage. Now I would say the increase of army injures among children is due to a couple of different things. One is they simply don't rest or recover properly. Its fine if you want to play 80+ games a year, but you can't have your star pitcher start a game and then go out and play a position. You have to give your arm time to recover. Two would be throwing breaking pitches wrong. If you don't throw sliders or curveballs properly you are going to get injured. Third would be the pitchers body is just not conditioned enough. Core and leg work are important, but by strengthening the small muscles in the shoulder with workouts you can do at home you will greatly reduce the risk of injury. [/quote] When I played, the only people having Tommy John surgery were professional players.  Now its common place for kids as young as 13 to get the surgery.  The amount of arm injuries now is ridiculous compared to just 10 or 15 years ago.  I guess that has nothing to do with increased workload.  ::) I was a catcher my whole life and have had 3 knee surgeries because of it.  I also have a problem with a kid catching 6 or 7 games in a weekend.  That happens a lot in select especially at younger ages.  Everyone counts pitches but most don't realize the wear and tear on a catchers knees.  I'm not trying to bash select or say it is bad to play that many games at a young age.  My whole point is to protect your kids.  Your kids future isn't worth some trophy.  Hopefully, your kids coaches are great and are concerned with their health first and foremost.  Just be careful.

Today is the day we have all been waiting for!  Hopefully the weather holds off and everyone can get some work done outside on the field. Post your comments from the first practice here.

Pretty funny prank.  Hard to believe they used to wear those shorts.  ;D [Hidden Content]

That's one problem we don't have in Nederland, Bandkid.  ;)

The PN-G school board voted to take legal action against the turf company.  The turf is experiencing premature wear and district officials say the turf company is not honoring the warranty.  Anyone heard of this?

I'm kinda up in the air in the select vs. league debate.  On one hand, if you don't get your kid in select you risk them getting passed up by others.  If you do and they get burned out then you wasted your money.  When I was little we had 12 league games then a few all-star games and that was it and we moved on to the next sport.  Now some of these teams are playing 80+ games a year at ages as young as 5 or 6 years old!  I was digging through pictures a while back and found my 9 yr old all-star picture.  Out of that team of 15 players only 3 of us ended up playing baseball in HS.  My point is that most of your kids will end up getting burned out before HS anyways, so always make sure they are having a fun with whatever they choose.  I also have a problem with young select pitchers throwing 200 innings a year in all of these tourneys. A growing kids arm is not made to go through that kind of strain, so make sure your select coach is about teaching and safety as opposed to how many trophies he can win in 8 yr old select.  LL has rules to protect the kids where I don't think select does as much.

Use this thread to name some kids that may want give college baseball a shot.  Maybe we can help get some of these kids in school.  Any info you can give will help.

I'm going to go ahead and start a new thread and sticky it at the top.  This one is 2 years old and I am going to start it over. Any players looking to play college ball or if you think they are deserving give their stats on the new thread.

Boutte has 3 State titles on his resume that English doesn't, so it's hard to compare them based on that.  On those championship teams Boutte got to coach Kelvin McKyer, Keith Harris, Steven Jackson, Immanuel McElroy, Kendrick Perkins etc..... Has English ever had a player on the same planet as any of these guys???  I think not!  I'm not knocking Boutte, but the talent level that he got to coach is not even on the same level.

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I'm all for the $5 beer!  ;D Last year was the first year in my memory(I think in my lifetime) that I didn't attend at least 1 game.  Hopefully with some of these fan friendly changes I can make a few this year.

Yes announced his retirement at the school board meeting tonight. Further discussion in the Locker room forum [Hidden Content]

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The Rangers signed Yu to a 6 year- $60 million contract.  So with the bid that equals $18.7 mil a year.  Pretty crazy for an unproven arm. These foreign born, all world pitchers scare me.  Hopefully it works out for Texas.

Nice win for Nederland

Dogs are playing keep away and Ozen isn't fouling

Big 3rd quarter for the Dogs 36  -28 Ned after 3

Ned on a run takes their 1st lead of the game. 30-27 Ned.  3:41 3rd

14-11 Ozen after 1