It seems to me that you've been pulling a disappearing act when my pitcher's are on the mound. It is quite frustrating for me, as a coach, to deal with.
To me, you look like you've always looked - a five-sided slab of white rubber with black outline, commonly referred to as "the black". You're 17" across, but to my guys I think you've been shrinking to around 12"? Maybe.
From what I remember (and from the rule book) you're 60'6" from the pitching rubber, but again, I think sometimes you scoot back a bit, to somewhere in the vicinity of 62'? Maybe?
Either way, I would like to get through one game without you disappearing at least 8 times (we're averaging 10 free passes a game, between BB's and HBP's).
I've broken a clipboard and a stopwatch, and we're only 4 games into the year.
I guess I need to go back to the drawing board and figure out how to teach pitchers - college pitchers - to throw strikes. Because when these guys were in high school, they didn't seem to have this problem. That's why we wanted them to play for us.
Oh well, enough blabbering. We have four more games this weekend down in Rock Hill, SC. Winthrop twice and Notre Dame twice.
Pray we don't walk the park and that you, home plate, decide to keep your shape and size the entire weekend.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Music Challenge - Day 11
A song from my favorite band? That would normally be pretty easy, but I am not sure if I've used any of these songs prior to this in this Music Challenge.
Here's one of my favorites though, from Muse - "New Born" - have at it.
Here's one of my favorites though, from Muse - "New Born" - have at it.
Bronx Battle Royale
Heading over to Fordham to take on the Rams in what always winds up being a chippy game. Both of our school are in the Bronx, separated by a little over four miles.
We both recruit the same kids so this game sometimes goes a long way in winning the recruiting battle.
As for the game, the Battle of the Bronx is huge. I always loved playing Fordham - I hated them. They were the ones who told me I didn't throw hard enough. Looks like I had the last laugh in that one, beating them several times in my four years at Manhattan. Even if my arm didn't feel so good, I wanted an inning against them (midweek games acted as a bullpen session for me).
We are very young, so I hope the kids understand the importance of this win - for our team, the administration, and the schools in general. Beating Fordham goes a long way.
If we can keep the walks low (which was our problem last weekend) we'll be OK. I think we'll hit, and our defense has been pretty decent. Like they said in one of my all-time favorite movie's Boiler Room - "ABC - always be closing".
Let's get after it today.
We both recruit the same kids so this game sometimes goes a long way in winning the recruiting battle.
As for the game, the Battle of the Bronx is huge. I always loved playing Fordham - I hated them. They were the ones who told me I didn't throw hard enough. Looks like I had the last laugh in that one, beating them several times in my four years at Manhattan. Even if my arm didn't feel so good, I wanted an inning against them (midweek games acted as a bullpen session for me).
We are very young, so I hope the kids understand the importance of this win - for our team, the administration, and the schools in general. Beating Fordham goes a long way.
If we can keep the walks low (which was our problem last weekend) we'll be OK. I think we'll hit, and our defense has been pretty decent. Like they said in one of my all-time favorite movie's Boiler Room - "ABC - always be closing".
Let's get after it today.
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