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Not any star, I only want a baseball Star. Because I am in such a deep believe. It's even deeper than believing in God!!

I can only hope you dont truely believe this........

But to offer you an opinion, since you have said you never played baseball, is to reveal to you how difficult the goal you are setting for your child is.......

Baseball is a pyramid.......and to get to the very top requires the vast majority of all who compete to fall by the wayside.....there are literally hundreds of thousands of players each year who strive to make it to the next level be it LL, PONY, HS, College or Pro......and believe it or not...success at one level is NOT a Guarantee of success at the next level.......

Many a great 12 year old is an also ran at 15.......and many a great HS player never makes it out of college.....even the NCAA runs television commercials saying that most all of its players in all sports go Pro in something other than sports....

Even this website mirrors that reality......many posters come along in the process and leave when the baseball dream comes to an end.......what we have here is a recurring group of posters on that whirlwind ride of baseball and a group of the fortunate whose sons have made some higher advancement on to College (all levels) and Pro who hope to help by passing on their experiences....

To that end it is a wonderful place.......I would urge you to put this effort into you and your son's relationship versus all this ....then no matter what happens in the baseball end, you both will come out as a winner.....

If you want your son to be a business man then encourage him to get an MBA. Baseball is not a reasonable investment. You would do better owning AIG today!

stardad

First of all I have never been late to ANY PARTY and you can trust me on that !!!

Secondly equating the the world series of poker with your sons baseball future is VERY WEAK and says alot about your mentality.

Thirdly I am with floridafan---you are totally misguided--you are on the wrong path if in fact you are not a troll and I am not quite sure yet.


Fourthly for a guy unknowing about baseball and its nuances I find it strange that you can offer socalled "expertise" in another thread about back pain


PAL YOU ARE A SHAM !!!!!

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Originally posted by BobbleheadDoll:
Stargazer you will find that their are thosands and thousands of young talenetd players out there. Most of them never play ball past HS.
You are spouting some of the most rediculous garbage. But then again you are not the 1st. You also stike me as having no BB knowlege what so ever. If you set high standards work on your English.

First peosonal insult from this site, no wonder you are an Canadian. This Baseball site is very helpful for me. But sorry you are on my ignore list.

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Originally posted by TRhit:
stardad

First of all I have never been late to ANY PARTY and you can trust me on that !!!

Secondly equating the the world series of poker with your sons baseball future is VERY WEAK and says alot about your mentality.

Thirdly I am with floridafan---you are totally misguided--you are on the wrong path if in fact you are not a troll and I am not quite sure yet.


Fourthly for a guy unknowing about baseball and its nuances I find it strange that you can offer socalled "expertise" in another thread about back pain


PAL YOU ARE A SHAM !!!!!

Well, second personal attack from this site. The Back pain related with high Molecular stuff is not new. If you do some research on it you will know.

You really need to encourage your son to get a top rate education first. If he has half the gonads as you he will do very well in business. Perhaps, the two of you would then be able to combine your assets and buy the Marlins.

Piaa_ump: Great post, thanks.

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Originally posted by piaa_ump:

Baseball is a pyramid.......and to get to the very top requires the vast majority of all who compete to fall by the wayside.....there are literally hundreds of thousands of players each year who strive to make it to the next level be it LL, PONY, HS, College or Pro......and believe it or not...success at one level is NOT a Guarantee of success at the next level.......

Many a great 12 year old is an also ran at 15.......and many a great HS player never makes it out of college.....even the NCAA runs television commercials saying that most all of its players in all sports go Pro in something other than sports....

Even this website mirrors that reality......many posters come along in the process and leave when the baseball dream comes to an end.......what we have here is a recurring group of posters on that whirlwind ride of baseball and a group of the fortunate whose sons have made some higher advancement on to College (all levels) and Pro who hope to help by passing on their experiences....

To that end it is a wonderful place.......I would urge you to put this effort into you and your son's relationship versus all this ....then no matter what happens in the baseball end, you both will come out as a winner.....

The good thing is, you can always quit before the minor league level to have a great life. So what to lose if you set the goal high.

Gazer BB is a series of goals. Like any endevour you don't start at the top.

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Originally posted by floridafan:
You really need to encourage your son to get a top rate education first. If he has half the gonads as you he will do very well in business. Perhaps, the two of you would then be able to combine your assets and buy the Marlins.

Thanks floridafan. Sorry I am not rich enough to buy the Marlins, because my Dad didn't set that goal for me when I was a kids. Just kidding. This website is amazing, a lot of decent people with ton's of baseball knowleges. I like it very much. I will be here for a long time. I will tell you guys if my son make it or not in about 4 years. Thanks again.

stardad

No personal attack---just a statement

The fact that you now want to call posts "personal attacks" tells me something about you and should tell others the same thing

You, pal are a sham and want to stir the pot---you have done research on the back pain situation but none on baseball and monies in the draft--- LMAO ---you are a troll--what names have you used on other sites?

Hey StarDad - welcome aboard. And the greatest bit of truth as a father to be garnered here is - Enjoy the ride, it will come to an end for every player some day. And especially enjoy the High School years. My Son is heading off to college after this his final year. This will be the last opportunity that I really have to see him play every game. It is a bittersweet time. Enjoy the ride!

Just my opinion ...

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Originally posted by TRhit:
stardad

You, pal are a sham and want to stir the pot---you have done research on the back pain situation but none on baseball and monies in the draft--- LMAO ---you are a troll--what names have you used on other sites?

In the internet world, the worst thing can happen is that people don't trust eachother. You call me a troll, please give me any evidents. The reason I did the research on back pain is because that happened to my son, is this personal enough? During one tournament game last year, my son drank a bottle of multi-B enery drink before game, he is doing great during the game. But after the game, he start to feel back pain. We went to the Dr the next day, they found nothing wrong with the MRI. It last exactly two weeks, at the worse time he can not walk straight. Later I found out all the kidney related back pain. And how the high molecular chemicals can hurt your kidney and produce musle pull like back pain. Since then, no more such energy drink for him, this never happen again. Just my personal experience posted to share with them. I don't want get into this personal level with anyone here, but since you asked, I will tell you the story.

Stardad


Are you related to RICO??

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Originally posted by TRhit:
Stardad


Are you related to RICO??

I think he is TG!

if the kid is really that good you can get insurance on his signing bonus/career earings thu Lloyds of London ... (like Mo Clarett)

the downside is that to insure a 6 figure bonus, the premiums may total 7 figures ...

suppose ya could just look at it as an investment

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Originally posted by TRhit:
Stardad


Are you related to RICO??

No, this is my first day here. I registered yesterday but I didn't received the confirmation e-mail untill today. If you have any doubt, please ask the Webmaster.

I think this is a very informative board here, best baseball message board I can find so far. By looking at your # of post, I give full respect for you. But calling a new poster a "troll" is not the way this site works. Hi, I got the info I want from
"Milo Dad". So I will see you probably on some other topics. See you later.

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Originally posted by OLDSLUGGER8:
The phrasing of sentences and punctuation by the same poster goes from 1st generation Eastern Euro to Stanford, so "at the signpost up ahead, you are about to enter the Twilight Zone"

what do you eman?

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Originally posted by Homerun04:

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Originally posted by TRhit:
Stardad


Are you related to RICO??

I think he is TG!

Hi, Homerun04: You still didn't answer my question: What is your kid's physical build?

Thanks.

I could tell you that he is 6' 3" 225 lbs and hit only hit 54 homeruns this last season, but he can do better, as I told him I wanted 78 next season.

Here is his profile and his picture:

Homerun