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Everyone most certainly played some baseball when they were younger. Lets hear about it.:tchop:
 
I played baseball since I was 5. No tee ball either, that crap is for the birds!

I went right into coaches pitching. Played all through high school and played juco well sort of. I was a pitcher and pretty darn good too. I generally started almost every one of my senior year games for our city league. Did not play for the high school team because it was all about politics and who you know. The city league had better players than our high school anyway. Of course I got the nod in the semi-final game against a team that hadn't lost in two seasons. Naturally I shut them out for five innings, but lost my bid for a shutout in the 6th after a 2 run single. We won 6-2 and I did go the distance. Distance was 7 innings. I scattered a few hits through 7, but pretty much was un hittable all night. I guess they tipped their cap to me that night.
 
I played T-Ball when I was 4 and then moved up to whatever the next one is called. Played until I was 11 or 12 (forget which one) and quit to focus more on soccer.

For 3 years I lead the league in average. But never had thte power or patience to be a great hitter. Coaches liked me because I was great at making contact. I swung at just about anything and made contact with most thing.

I was a really good hitter, but not as good of a hitter as I was a goalie so as I got closer I switched my focus to soccer with hopes of playing goalie there. Anyway long story short. I required surgery and in the process of recovering from that I gained a ton of weight and grew 3 inches during my recovery. So I went to Football in high school.
 
I was drafted in out of high school by the Pirates in 1991. It was in the late rounds and I decided to go to college. In my Junior year I blew out both knees in a collision at home plate (I was a catcher) and never played again.
 
Played t-ball and little league. Wasn't good enough to play high school ball. I played RF and LF. Had absolutely no strengths and lots of weaknesses. LOL.
 
Sorry to hear that Murph.

I played varsity in High School, but oddly, never before then. Couldn't hit worth a lick, but thrived as a junkballer -- nasty 'curveball' (gripped along the seams) and changeup.

I do miss pitching, a lot. If I could be a pro I'd be a starter for sure.
 
Hawk said:
Sorry to hear that Murph.

I played varsity in High School, but oddly, never before then. Couldn't hit worth a lick, but thrived as a junkballer -- nasty 'curveball' (gripped along the seams) and changeup.

I do miss pitching, a lot. If I could be a pro I'd be a starter for sure.
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My best shot at being anything beyond HS would have been to play 3B where I would have been a decent size. Probably close to Chris Johnson's size. But my reactions and arm were suited over there. When I was younger I played 1B because I was the tallest kid and I had the best reactions/ability to read throws so the inevitable terrible throws were handled easily by me.
 
played from little league all through high school. It was mostly something to do. I always started but never anything special. If my high school was good I likely wouldnt have started...who knows. Wrestled and played football through 4 years of college on the DIII level...good, nothing special. Still play a bunch of Slow Pitch here in Iowa, on a couple leagues and men's tourney teams. Only place a fat slow middle aged guy can still look semi athletic with half a buzz on.
 
I played my whole life since I can remember. Played CF in highschool then walked on to a D1 program in college rather than going the JuCo route in search of a scholarship. Ruptured my right achilles my freshman year and decided to live the exciting life of a software engineer. Now I play slowpitch softball on a traveling tournament team while daydreaming about my glory days!
 
Completely as a Little Leaguer, every year but one at 2B. First year, in Pony, was the only championship and we were coached by a woman. The trophy is buried in box somewhere. Had a handfull of All Star selections. Last season was regrettable and forgettable. The coach at Mustang (highest level for 15 & 16 year olds) was somebody who'd had me on a his team at 2nd highest level, Major. For some reason, he quit before the season started.

I asked a friend, who was 4 years older and home from college. He, and a buddy of his, agreed to do it. The other thing hanging over us was that we had the top pitcher in the league, but he was only going to pitch for half the season. He was scheduled to attend a regional try-out for the Dodgers. We run into each other occasionally, but I never asked him how that panned out. To the best of my knowledge, he never pitched beyond high school ball. After that point in the season, my friend, the coach, pulled me out of a game. Can't recall the specific reason, which may have only been the requirement that every player has to be able to play 3 innings. My reaction was childish and unprofessional. The series of events led me to quit, too, and I didn't sign up for the last season at age 16.

This story does have something of a happy ending though. During one of the last games, my grandfather was up from Cincinnati (BIG Reds fan) for a Saturday afternoon game, which he watched in the stands with my mom. The coach (friend) was doing 3B coach duties. I was the runner at 3rd. He told me to steal home but make sure to kick up a lot of dirt with the cleats. I did exactly as he said, and was ruled safe. Bad call actually by the ump (we'll get to him in a moment), but can't remember if the catcher protested or not. Grandfather died the next year. So, that visit turned out to be the last time I'd seen him alive.

By age 18, I was attending community college, which was about 1/2 hour commute from home. The fella who was the ump, caught rides home with me from school. The only time of discussing that play was one time when we were riding home. I told him that he should've called out. He just kind of shrugged it off. That's the human element and made for a great memory.

I still love going to the batting cages. Can hit 90 mph fastballs with aluminum bat.
 
Played since I could pick up a bat. Starting catching as a freshman a year after my brother got drafted and caught all 4 years of high school playing against the likes of Justin Smoak and Matt Weiters (though they were fresh ir soph the time). Drafted out of high school but elected to go to college and made a dumb mistake the summer I graduated. Needless to say it caused my scholly to become revoked and I headed into the military. Eats at me everyday although I have no regrets.

Coach Polowski can eat a fat one. As a side note. Lol
 
Played all the way up to high school. Was a real good glove at 1B. Could pick them out of the dirt with the best of them. Wasn't much of a hitter though.

I now umpire high school ball.
 
My Al Bundy moment was I once got 4 bunt hits in one game.I was really good at bunting for a hit down the thirdbase line. What made it work was if they brought the thirdbaseman in I would do a swinging bunt and hit it over his head. The coach limited me doing it once a game after the first few games. I am proud to say I was 1-1 bunting for a hit off Scott Kazmir.

My career ended after I got hit 5 times in one game and I pretty much got scared of the ball which ****ed me all up.
 
I once hit this punk five times in one game (he wouldn't stop bunting, and it irritated the **** out of me). It really ****ed him up.
 
I have two ejections under my belt as well. Once was fall league when I was like 14. I swung at a pitch and tipped it back into my thigh. Ump called strike three and I turned and said are you serious? I was ejected immediately. Second time I was pitching and I never walked anyone. I gave up two free passes with strikes at least in my eyes. Catcher threw the ball back to me after the last one and I yelled to the ump asking if he had eyes!!!
 
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