Little League World Series

[jim]

August 1 I believe, so yes some of the kids would now be 13.

So basically some of those kids are starting 8th grade right now, and are playing with those rules and dimensions.

LOL

Some probably are. My oldest is an August b-day, I'll tell you that 9/10 parents that have kids with August b-days hold them back. We didn't with my son, he was literally the youngest kid in his graduating class of 400+ kids. So most of those kids are probably still going into 7th, but you could have an 8th grader.

[tscards]

and isn't every kid's favorite MLB player Alex Rodriguez?

I may be exagerating a little, but every one I've seen has been so. Funny how Barry Bonds isn't anyone's favorite (but that's for another thread!).

[cardinalkarp]

Some of those kids can throw some heat. The fastest I've seen so far was 77mph out of a 14 year old

I agree about the fences though, they're ridiculously short. It seems like a routine fly ball just flies out of the park.

[lukethedrifter]

Anyone see this article in the NYTimes re teens, and their parents, pushing to get elective Tommy John surgery?

[jim]

Anyone see this article in the NYTimes re teens, and their parents, pushing to get elective Tommy John surgery?

I have seen that. People are insane.

[thrill]

I also hate the translated mph for the pitchers. Some exceptionally mature kid is throwing 75 and the little translated gun shows that as an adult it woult be the equivalent of a 115 mph fastball.

Right.

[cardinalkarp]

I also hate the translated mph for the pitchers. Some exceptionally mature kid is throwing 75 and the little translated gun shows that as an adult it woult be the equivalent of a 115 mph fastball.

Right.

The kid that was throwing 77 mph said it was equal to a 100 mph fastball in the majors. I think they calculate it that way because the mound is so much closer.

[jim]

I also hate the translated mph for the pitchers. Some exceptionally mature kid is throwing 75 and the little translated gun shows that as an adult it woult be the equivalent of a 115 mph fastball.

Right.

The kid that was throwing 77 mph said it was equal to a 100 mph fastball in the majors. I think they calculate it that way because the mound is so much closer.

That's the idea, but it's not quite accurate. The reaction time is the same as 100mph from 60'6", but reaction time is only part of it. Watch a good hitter take BP off of 70mph from 45 feet, and compare that with how they would do at 90 from 60' (~ same reaction time.) 70/45 is a piece of cake, I'm an old man and that's the setting I use when I go hit. 90mph from 60' would be harder to hit, just the extra distance the ball is traveling.

[haltz]

The kid that was throwing 77 mph said it was equal to a 100 mph fastball in the majors. I think they calculate it that way because the mound is so much closer.

Hand to mitt maybe, but that's really not the same thing at all. If those kids were that good they wouldn't be playing Little League.

Poor kid's bat would bounce backwards if he connected with a 100 mph fastball.

[cardinalkarp]

The kid that was throwing 77 mph said it was equal to a 100 mph fastball in the majors. I think they calculate it that way because the mound is so much closer.

Hand to mitt maybe, but that's really not the same thing at all. If those kids were that good they wouldn't be playing Little League.

Poor kid's bat would bounce backwards if he connected with a 100 mph fastball.

I agree, I just think they're talking more about reaction time than anything. And I agree, those kids couldn't touch a 100 mph fastball.