It is sometimes difficult to think of topics that will gran an audience. I have pretty much figured out what will get me 80 and what will get me 30, but I am trying to figure out is it better to get steady 30 that a now and then 80. I surely don't have a clue.
I am going to blog today about several things and some of my views might not be "the norm" Feel free to tell me your views.
## Travel Ball- To me Travel Ball for baseball is the worst thing that has ever happened to the youth of today. First of all I believe that most travel ball teams give dads an outlet to get to coach their children during the summer,and I don't really think that is good. I believe the parent role in the development of an athlete is to sit back and watch the coaches work with the kids. That is why we pay the coaches. The lower stages of travel ball is just a bunch of dads coaching a bunch of kids and I don't see much good in it. The wear and tear of the body is not made for year round baseball and that is why Tommy John surgery is way better known than Tommy John the pitcher. I am not saying that all dads are overbearing and don't know the game. Some of them do. But unfortunately they don't always know what's best for their kid. I am a living example of that because I had my kid tell me if I went to one more practice that he was going to quit. I never went to another practice and they kept going to college careers. Parent need to make sure their child loves the sport, because if they don't , they will quit sooner or later.
## Braves baseball- I saw a Pirates pitcher drill Freddie Freeman and Andrelton Simmons and then try and hit Jace Peterson, and virtually nothing was done about it. Gerritt Cole came up twice and Alex Wood didn't put a ball near him. Finally an inning later,a reliever threw a pitch behind McCutcheon, but in my view this is too little too late. The man needed to hit a kneecap. The Braves want to be aggressive and this was the chance for them not to be bullied. They failed and I blame the boss man for all of it. They are a better team than the record.
##Lebron James is no Michael Jordan. - I know that the CAVS won last night but I saw Lebron have a chance to end the game in regulation and failed to finish at the rim. Michael finishes that and the game is over. Golden State wins that series in six games.
##I am ready for high school football
## Interesting stuff done today on Hayley Tierce from HOCO and Sabrina Doucette from Perry High heading to the GACA All Star game. Both of them played for world champion little league teams. It would be interesting to know where all this little leaguers ended up.
## Its a great sports TV night with the USA women playing at 6:30 and the Braves playing SanDiego tonight. BJ Upton makes his debut tonight. God how I hate that man
Have a good week and encourage readers to come to this blog please
Year round anything before high school is for the parents and not for the kids.
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