Justin Mercer

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Not a great weekend for the Hogs, but it was a great weekend for the Mercer Boys

@ClintCab82 @BaseballDudes48 @2Dsportsbsb @2DsportsbsbLA If all the teams played at the same park, and just played double headers then they could get the same gate (since we all know that is what keeps something g like this from gaining traction)

@JustinM0282 @BaseballDudes48 This was something that was proposed before we started the current season but never came to life. I’m sure it could be a reality with enough support. @2Dsportsbsb @2DsportsbsbLA

How about this… Asked a kid I work with (with his mother present) if he’s ever played a full game. Meaning no time limit and a full 6+ innings. They said no. He’s now 13 and has never played a full length game. Literally every hame he’s ever played has been on a time limit. Interesting where the youth game has gone.

@hoguey803 @BaseballDudes48 That is so common that it's just become a tactic for "winning". It's grown men teaching kids how to cut corners

@JustinM0282 @BaseballDudes48 The stalling at the end of the games is just pathetic. It’s not real baseball. In 9u last year, we had a coach on the other team make three pitching changes in the same inning- 1 batter each pitcher. The ump finally stepped in.

@Hirsch_Tweets @BaseballDudes48 @LittleLeague Unfortunately in my area the little league program is so depleted they play 11-14 year olds together. It stinks

@JustinM0282 @BaseballDudes48 This is called @LittleLeague. You should try it.

@CoryJordan27 It's teaching these kids to win with a crutch. I can't stand it. Show some damn grit

Can’t tell you how many umpires have looked at me and said “really coach? You couldn’t take a mound visit? There was under a minute left when y’all made the last out.” Nope, I can’t win like that. In high school and beyond they gotta know how to get all the outs w/o a time clock

@originaljamied @BaseballDudes48 Is that common where yall live? I honestly don't see that often here. If the pitchers are struggling the umps usually adjust

@JustinM0282 @BaseballDudes48 I think the problem extends well beyond 11 and 12u. Watching a 14u club game now between two “good” teams. No outs in the bottom of the 3rd, one team has 8 walks. Other team has 7 runs on 3 hits. This is the highest level of club play for 14u in New England.

@flowsdoc My son is 12 and has been doing this for several years now. He loves football and basketball as well. We pretty much focus on what is in season and he is jazzed when the next sport rolls around, rather than being burned out. Play everything while they are young. Don't specialize

Being a youth baseball parent is hard. My 7-year-old loves the game—wants to train all the time. Talked to a dad whose son just went through the travel ball gauntlet… all the names, programs, connections. Felt the FOMO… Then it hit me—we don’t need to chase everything. We just need to enjoy the game and let them grow. Any advice?

@originaljamied @BaseballDudes48 My idea would be to begin this format at 11 or 12 years old. Or you could implement a run rule per inning to guard against that.

@JustinM0282 @BaseballDudes48 Problem is you would have 4 hour games. 14 walks, 5 errors, 7 pitching changes and a catcher that takes longer to get ready between innings than most airport security lines. I hate timed games, but I think they are a necessary evil.

@BaseballDudes48 I witnessed a game last year where the umpire allowed a coach to pull His batter out of the box and run off the final 3 minutes of the clock.

Absolutely!! And how about a new rule in these timed games where an umpire can call a “delay of game” or something when these coaches are obviously using stall tactics. I mean, since they want to call umpires “refs” and runs “points” and extra innings “overtime” we might as well throw another footballs thing in there!! 😂😂

Bruce Lee once explained the importance of speaking positively about yourself

@s_shoemaker52 My favorite Memphis eatery

Get someone to talk about you the way Memphis DC (and Louisiana native) Lance Guidry talks about Folks Folly

@WarMachine2013 @tim_radio America's team loses today

Guess that boat got a hole in it. Go Hogs.

@WarMachine2013 I was born in North Louisiana and I'm also a huge La Tech fan. I got to experience Jim in the TAC in Ruston during the Lady Techsters hay days

I was born in 1991 so I didn't get to experience the insanity of Barnhill Arena and Jim Robkin running around making the place go crazy. If I had a time machine that might be the first place I go.

@RobinHughey2 I don't know, Ron Jeremy made a ton of money during his career. I would have to imagine his savings are substantial

The guy in the middle looked like he just lost his lifesavings😂

Let’s revisit this as a college basketball community

@ArkActAssn There is no way Barton should be playing in the state finals. There has to be some accountability

2A Boys state tournament field has been narrowed to two! March 12 - 7:45 pm Barton vs Mt. Vernon-Enola

@CoachZ_ARKANSAS @JacksonCollier I'll never understand this

@JacksonCollier NCAA NET is often poooo

Arkansas fell one spot in the NET, from No. 17 to No. 18, after yesterday’s road win at Missouri.