Look, I get what you're point is, but it is not really that relevent that you or I have a kid that was small at that age.
More important here is that you have players the size of a full grown man, playing on a little league field. The little players belong on that field, not these big guys.
Would you throw batting practice to a high school team from 46 feet with no L-screen? I know I wouldn't, and my reactions are better than those of a 12 year old.
Posts: 264 | Location: California | Registered: March 20, 2008
Originally posted by Spartan81: If they just would go to 50/70, the field size would not be a problem.
You have done your research. The best youth baseball is played on 50/70 using real baseball rules. While the teams @ the LL World Series are very strong most would not finish in the top 5 @ Cooperstown Dreams Park. Another thing to remember is that the age rule will probably change again in the next few years to the international rule.
Posts: 659 | Location: USA | Registered: December 26, 2002
Originally posted by Blprkfrnks: Look, I get what you're point is, but it is not really that relevent that you or I have a kid that was small at that age.
More important here is that you have players the size of a full grown man, playing on a little league field. The little players belong on that field, not these big guys.
Would you throw batting practice to a high school team from 46 feet with no L-screen? I know I wouldn't, and my reactions are better than those of a 12 year old.
We are not talking high school are we? The kids are 3 months older not 1 year older. I've seen some monster 10 year olds too. Some of the big kids are not coordinated enough to play up an age group according to size. One of my friends had twin brothers on his 10U team. They were both 5'11" 190 pounds. They were not allstars as 10U's.
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3 months isn't much, but it did make a "bad" situation (too small of a field) a bit worse. It is also a key 3 months as it is during a period where more kids are making significant gains in physical maturity. I thought, if anything they should have gone the other direction so that only kids who were still 12yo at the time of the LLWS would be eligible. For some reason, they didn't ask me.
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