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quote: Originally posted by Texan: quote: Originally posted by KellerDad: Maybe this summer we can get DBat GM to arrange a race between Slater, Miller and Leftridge. Would be fun to watch at least. 
Think I'd have to go with Miller...
 Hands down, Leftridge is the fastest kid I've seen either on a sprint or around the bases. This kid has world class speed. Mark that. |
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| Posts: 1453 | Location: Desktop | Registered: August 02, 2004 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Ken Guthrie: Hands down, Leftridge is the fastest kid I've seen either on a sprint or around the bases. This kid has world class speed. Mark that.
Cool your jets, young'un. I said nothing derogatory about anyone. Just paid a compliment to Miller, who has some serious wheels himself.
"Show me a guy who won't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser" Sandy Koufax
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| Posts: 4133 | Location: Texas, USA | Registered: June 02, 2003 | |
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It's all good --- Ken, let's hear your area preseason top 10! (it was worth a shot)
-PD
As much as I'd like to add to the drama and give you my top 10, I can't/won't. 1. Due to the fact I have not coached since the summer before last, my knowledge of kids in our area is very limited. 2. I never have been the one to put too much stock in ranking high school teams. When you have a 30+- game schedule it's very hard to determine who might have the better team. When you get to district, there are only 2 games a week. If you have a dominant arm, how can you accurately rank a team. Example - When Kershaw pitched last year, I would rank HP #1. When he didn't pitch, I wouldn't have put them in the top #25. Now that's my opinion only. But to be frank, it don't make a hill a beans on any of the ranking stuff in my opinion. Personally I think it's a waste of time and effort for anyone to attempt to rank amatuer sports. Adults should understand that our youth are so unpredictable and that ranking them is like our local weather forecasts. If we, as adults, put as much focus on the important things amatuer sports have to offer versus who is #1, I believe it would benefit our kids a little more than some glorified ego boosting poll. But, since we are talking about the real world here, there will always be a group (cough cough) that will get their thrills from speculating on what team will beat what team. And what #2 is better than the other #2.  Bottom line............................... Who cares.............................. I don't. I just enjoy watching good baseball and hope that some good kids get the opportunity to continue playing this game. And........for that matter...........there is a reason I'm sitting in my home office vs. in a coaching office.  |
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| Posts: 1453 | Location: Desktop | Registered: August 02, 2004 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Texan: quote: Originally posted by Ken Guthrie: Hands down, Leftridge is the fastest kid I've seen either on a sprint or around the bases. This kid has world class speed. Mark that.
Cool your jets, young'un. I said nothing derogatory about anyone. Just paid a compliment to Miller, who has some serious wheels himself.
Jets haven't even been turned on.............. Just stating the truth. |
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| Posts: 1453 | Location: Desktop | Registered: August 02, 2004 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Ken Guthrie: quote:
It's all good --- Ken, let's hear your area preseason top 10! (it was worth a shot)
-PD
As much as I'd like to add to the drama and give you my top 10, I can't/won't. 1. Due to the fact I have not coached since the summer before last, my knowledge of kids in our area is very limited. 2. I never have been the one to put too much stock in ranking high school teams. When you have a 30+- game schedule it's very hard to determine who might have the better team. When you get to district, there are only 2 games a week. If you have a dominant arm, how can you accurately rank a team. Example - When Kershaw pitched last year, I would rank HP #1. When he didn't pitch, I wouldn't have put them in the top #25. Now that's my opinion only. But to be frank, it don't make a hill a beans on any of the ranking stuff in my opinion. Personally I think it's a waste of time and effort for anyone to attempt to rank amatuer sports. Adults should understand that our youth are so unpredictable and that ranking them is like our local weather forecasts. If we, as adults, put as much focus on the important things amatuer sports have to offer versus who is #1, I believe it would benefit our kids a little more than some glorified ego boosting poll. But, since we are talking about the real world here, there will always be a group (cough cough) that will get their thrills from speculating on what team will beat what team. And what #2 is better than the other #2. Bottom line............................... Who cares.............................. I don't. I just enjoy watching good baseball and hope that some good kids get the opportunity to continue playing this game. And........for that matter...........there is a reason I'm sitting in my home office vs. in a coaching office.
Um....so I guess we won't be getting your list? (cough, cough, sneeze, hack, wheeze ) 
Go Rowlett Eagles!!!!
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| Posts: 374 | Location: Texas | Registered: June 02, 2005 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Ken Guthrie: quote: Originally posted by Texan: quote: Originally posted by Ken Guthrie: Hands down, Leftridge is the fastest kid I've seen either on a sprint or around the bases. This kid has world class speed. Mark that.
Cool your jets, young'un. I said nothing derogatory about anyone. Just paid a compliment to Miller, who has some serious wheels himself.
Jets haven't even been turned on.............. Just stating the truth.
No, just stating your opinion. The truth would have numbers with it. |
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| Posts: 1342 | Location: Denton County, TX | Registered: July 08, 2005 | |
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This is pretty funny. It went from the preseason state rankings to who is the fastest kid in the history of baseball. By the way, if you don't enjoy the rankings...don't look. Let everyone else enjoy them instead of critisizing them for it. Most people interested in them are the parents of the kids anyway.
Go Rowlett Eagles!!!!
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| Posts: 374 | Location: Texas | Registered: June 02, 2005 | |
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quote: Hands down, Leftridge is the fastest kid I've seen either on a sprint or around the bases.
This kid has world class speed. Mark that.
I've observed that myself. And, my prediction is that we'll see him run long fly balls down in centerfield, soon. Very, very, soon.... He has enough stick to go with it, too. |
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| Posts: 3163 | Location: Texas | Registered: December 27, 2002 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Ringer1: I'm looking forward to the Rockwall/Rowlett games. The JV games last year were very entertaining. Hopefully with the same results. 
Rockwall had a pretty good tussle with the Eagles last year during the regular season and the playoffs. OP son had 2 losses for the Jackets last year and they were both to Rowlett. One in the reg. season and one in the playoffs. If my memory serves me correctly, one of the JV games last year, the score was something like 16-15, so this years games will be pretty interesting.
"You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time"
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| Posts: 2167 | Location: McKinney, Texas | Registered: February 25, 2006 | |
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ringer1: This is pretty funny. It went from the preseason state rankings to who is the fastest kid in the history of baseball.[QUOTE] Ringer, It is fun to watch how some of these posts take so many turns. From time to time, it's like that hill in San Francisco that turns a 100 times ! But it's a heck of a good time.
"You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball, and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time"
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| Posts: 2167 | Location: McKinney, Texas | Registered: February 25, 2006 | |
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