I played local youth sports my whole life, played in high school, and was a youth sports camp counselor for six years.

Note: I never said travel sports, but it wouldn't be a spanky post if he didn't have a huge gap in what he read of mine.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I don't want to completely dismiss travel. I think it has many benefits. It's just gotten weird and its getting weirder.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Telling a kid to stand there at home plate and not swing has zero consequences. Telling a kid to swing at everything usually means they will pop it up or strike out. Really not that dangerous compared to competitive situations.

On defense, you save your good pitchers and just throw a kid out there that is easy to hit. Most rosters have about five solid pitchers and then a few guys that just throw soft strikes.

The whole thing is self serving because you just want to get your winning team off the field and save their energy for the next game. Saving your best pitchers is a great strategy for tourneys.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

No, not in a tourney. You want your kids to get off the field as fast as possible. You have to play 5-6 games in two days. Saving your pitchers and not wearing out the hitters is self serving.

You want to save your "resources" for competitive games.

Edit: I am referring to when you are winning. When you are losing, you try like hell. You want your kids to go up there and swing against good pitching.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Not even close to surprised this is happening...

It will all settle down after this show takes the headlines away from the golden children!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

A "Matt from Peoria" just called in to Kass & Cohn on WLS with some good comments regarding this. Was it CSFMB "Peoria Matt"? If so, well done, sir. Inquiring minds and all...

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

It wouldn't be a BRick post if he didn't change the discussion to fit his ever-changing argument.

The discussion, largely including you, was the benefit/detriment of travel sports. It went on for pages. You then said "I have some pretty extensive experience with youth sports"

Either you were still laboring to support your uninformed point of view, or you were just sputtering out a useless statement that did not contribute to the conversation at all. I'll let you pick.

Unless of course, you took one course on it in college, in which case you probably do consider that "pretty extensive experience".

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What were the thoughts

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

I don't know what your complex is but it may be time to figure out why you make posts like this towards me. Clearly something about me gets to you on a deep level.

I spent a lot of time in many different parts of youth sports and I was also talking to others involved in youth sports and in my opinion I was able to learn a lot about the whole thing. I also had friends and teammates who were involved in the travel side and they would talk about their experiences to me also. Being the camp counselor really gave me a wide range of experiences from other coaches, players, and parents too.

But, let me point out I didn't go into this seeking to say "I know stuff because of my life experiences". I was basically called out for not having kids and therefore not having a good idea on what is involved. If you don't feel my experience is worth much I don't really care.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

You are desperate to be important

I have no complexes about you. You may have a hard time coming to grips with this, but you don't actually affect my life

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I'm glad to hear that.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I hope that doesn't stop you from continuing to post about it

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Oh the irony is rich!!

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Oh, so you're an expert on mental health now, Hawg?

I can't help it. I got a psych minor in college? Remember? Of course you do!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yes, get checked out stat!!!

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#ExtendLafleur
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2018
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Alright but seriously, 2 of the three guys are REALLY mentally disturbed

You name yours first.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
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The case:
Me: argues on internet a lot
spanky: imagines me as a teddy bear
panther: stayed up all night creating accounts to skew results in a message board popularity tournament.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

The choices are extremely difficult

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#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

What is normal? Why would anyone want to be normal?

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Not me.

I'm watching The Killing.

Same as Bigfan's.

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How much are you guys spending on this travel stuff?

Cooky and Looney Tunes

Seacrest must have missed this in his rush to try and make a funny.

Agreed.

Agreed


I use it sometimes to fuck with people by deadpanning and saying "normal" when they say something crazy


but the last thing you want to be is normal or ordinary