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05-06-2020, 12:13 PM
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I have a summer birthday so for whatever reason it worked out in my town's little league that I would get lumped in with kids older than me all the time. Anyway, there was this kid named Ryan who was HUGE for a 13 year old and threw what seemed like 100 at the time.
Nobody liked facing Ryan. One of my clearest memories from little league is when my team played Ryan's and they had Ryan on the mound. I was in the on deck circle and this kid named Guy was at the plate. Ryan threw his heater and nailed Guy right in the middle of his back. SPLAT! Guy went down, got up to head to first, and collapsed again. An ambulance came and took Guy away. The game continued. Now I had to hit! After a kid just got taken away in an ambulance! Well, I think Ryan scared himself because he let up on his pitch to me and I smacked a single. Might have been the only hit he gave up that day. 
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05-10-2020, 11:56 AM
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When I was like 12 my friend and I went to a game at Shea Stadium and decided to loiter at the players exit for a few hours after the game ended. Missed the last train home and had to panhandle -- as 12 year old suburban kids -- to get money for the subway to get to the Jamaica train station. That was interesting. I remember the first player to come out was Davey Lopes of the Dodgers and HE WAS SMOKING A CIGARETTE!!!! What? What? My 12 year old brain couldn't comprehend it. He was nice to us ("Hey kids, sorry can't stop . . .need to meet someone for dinner . . ." BUT HE WAS SMOKING A BUTT. Never dawned on me that a professional athlete could smoke.
Last edited by Snapolit1; 05-11-2020 at 07:08 AM.
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05-13-2020, 09:04 PM
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Great thread. I didn't realize that LL was cancelled. Man, I feel so bad for these 11-13 yr olds.
In 2017, I fell snowboarding and had to get rotary cuff surgery. I was a rec coach of my 11 yr old's team and ran the town's summer sandlot program. But because I couldn't drive (my Jeep is a manual) my father in law had to drive us and my 13 yr old to all the practices and games. And oh, both did travel baseball... We had the best spring and summer together. My father in law was a Navy doctor and we heard some awesome stories in the car rides. Practices were actually became fun when the kids had to help out more : ) Both sons made their respective Little League teams and played well. My younger son's team became rec champs that season (in spite of my coaching). My older son's 13/14 Junior League team had a great run, became NY state champions, but lost in the East Regional Finals--they were one game away from making the Junior League Little League World Series.
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05-13-2020, 11:37 PM
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tv game
Watched a game on TV as a kid with the Yankees against the Washington Senators...... cant remember exactly what year but mid to late 1960s...... anyhow, I saw Mantle go 5 for 5 with I think 2 homers and a double! Never saw anything like that since......
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05-15-2020, 02:19 AM
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I played baseball for years. My mom would come to most games, but my dad was always working. When I was 15, my dad finally showed up one night. I was excited. But, that night our catcher Eddie didn't show up for the game and we didn't have a backup. I was the second baseman, and we had another kid that could play there, so I volunteered to be the catcher.
The first kid that got on base tried to steal second. My throw was a perfect strike to the centerfielder, and he easily took third base. Then, he danced off of third daring me to throw, figuring I would overthrow again. But I didn't. I picked him off of third base with a good throw and a great tag by our third baseman Ricky. I got four hits that night and we won 9 to 4. My dad was so proud that his son had played so well. Unfortunately, he never saw another game that season, and I stopped playing after 16 to get a job. But for one night...
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