Re: many years ago

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many years ago

Jun 5, 2019, 2:29 PM

I was continuing my quest for baseball knowledge and did some research on trivial things like this. I learned that it was illegal to have the logo of a BASEBALL on the uniform! I learned early in my studies that pitchers were not allowed to have white sleeves on their throwing arm. I’m not sure that this has ever been strictly enforced because I’m sure I have seen white sleeves on pitchers. I’ve actually called it to the attention of umpires before games and in every case they made the pitcher remove the white sleeve so perhaps it is a rule. Just a few years ago I was watching a very important game between ‘my’ Red Sox and the hated Yankees and prior to that game the Bronx pitcher had painted a white circle,baseball size, on the outside of his glove. The Sox manager called it to the attention of the umps in the first inning and the pitcher was forced to change gloves. Not a happy response from the Yank fans as I recall. As simple as the game appears to be there are many ways to gain a very slight advantage and the sharp baseball minds know this. I miss the college season already. I wish we got a report occasionally on how the Tiger players do in the Cape Cod league. You learn a lot about a player when he goes to the Cape for the summer. First time for most to play with a wooden bat! And believe me, there is a LOT of difference

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Thanks. I think!

Baseball is an interesting game when played correctly at any level. I still go to several games a week locally and watch the young kids play. Rarely do they play the game correctly but it’s always important to me to see how the coaches react in these games. Even with a less talented team you can still win and all the kids have fun if you can figure out the game.

Usually coaches in tee ball are dads or guys who know the basic of the game but they do some really weird things with the kids. They always put the guy on first who can catch the best. Makes sense I guess except none of the other players can throw the ball to first! So you take your best player out of the game from the beginning. They seem to never catch on. This usually carries over to coach pitch.

Nothing in the world is better than seeing an eight year old playing baseball in front of the family and neighbors.
And nothing in the world is worse than a little league mother! You wouldn’t believe the names I was called forty years ago.

Interesting trivia for a baseball fan......

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many years ago

This postwas more interesting than an entire baseball season***

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Re: many years ago

Few of you chaps

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