Jason Rancadore

@CoachDavidKlein I agree. My youngest is playing in the local rec league, he is 6 and they are now in all kid pitch. The kids can barely play catch but yet are expected to throw over a plate. I was told years ago with my oldest, "this is the only way they learn, earlier the better"

This bothers me. These kids are 3-4 years away from being able to kid pitch baseball that actually looks like baseball. They are being robbed of a fun youth baseball experience. They don’t need to be playing machine pitch. They don’t need to be playing coach pitch. They need to be playing T-ball! The worst part is… This is going on in hundreds of thousands of communities across the US. Misguided rec league boards and parents pushing their kids to play kid pitch too early because they think it’s what’s best for their development. Super frustrating to see. Can someone make me feel better and tell me this is AI? Hope so.

@NEBaseballDoc That is amazing to me that 9-11 year olds throw that many innings. Last year in college baseball, the highest number of innings by a pitcher was 113. In the MLB it was 200ih, but they are grown adults. My oldest is a pitcher and the highest he ever got was 80 when he was 14.

@rancadore No, you're reading that right. The study referenced in that systematic review was performed by Dr. Glenn Fleisig et al. Study population was 9-14 yos:

The concern is early-"career," high-volume workload that predisposes to injury (usually growth plate injuries at that age), which then predisposes to UCL injury:

@BaseballDudes48 This great to share I think some GC score things incorrectly bc they don't know. Good rule of thumb is if the ball is thrown in the dirt the error is on the thrower. Which sort of sucks because the C blocking a ball or 1B digging a ball doesn't show on the stat sheet.

Scorekeeping 101 Passed Ball vs. Wild Pitch PB: A pitched ball in a location that the catcher can catch cleanly in the air with ordinary effort but is missed/dropped resulting in the baserunner(s) advancing to the next base(s). WP: A pitched ball that is out of ordinary reach of the catcher or hits the dirt before reaching the catcher resulting in the baserunner(s) advancing to the next base(s). Correct scoring of these is vital for the proper scoring of earned and un-earned runs. A PB is treated as an error (though not put on the scoreboard as an error) when figuring out earned/un-earned runs. **Don’t shoot the messenger. Just trying to explain the difference between the two. Note, even if the pitcher is purposely trying to throw a breaking pitch in the dirt for a put away pitch (swing and miss pitch) and the ball hits directly in front of the catcher, it doesn’t matter if we FEEL it “could” be caught cleanly on a short hop or we feel it “should have been caught.” If the ball makes contact with the dirt before reaching the catcher and a runner is able to advance because of this, it’s a WP. Also, if the runner was already stealing on the pitch, it is a SB (stolen base). If the runner stealing is able to advance a second base on the same pitch because of the PB or WP, the runner would be awarded a SB for the first base with the pitcher or catcher being tagged with a WP or PB for the second base reached. Hope that all makes sense.

@butchbaccala Normally I would agree with you. However, the player is a 2026 so not like some teams that roll a 12-13 year old for the same number of pitches. It also appears that he pitches once a week and that is it. It appears that he doesn't go and play C or SS on the other days.

We had a very good team and good coach throw a Pitcher 115 pitches last night. Am I just an outdated dinosaur when it comes to this. He faced his last hitter at 109 pitches and ended at 115. Is this acceptable in today’s game. Are our 16-17 year olds built to throw this many.

@nut_history It is a fascinating idea if it is true. Imagine how the landscape of that era would have changed? Do the Yankees keep Jeter? Do Clemens and Bonds get into a dugout fight? Do the Yankees win more WS rings or none at all?

Barry Bonds: “I gotta tell a story, because George Steinbrenner isn’t here anymore, so I can tell the truth.  I would’ve signed with the Yankees, but Steinbrenner called me and said: ‘Barry we're gonna give you the money, make you the highest paid player ever, but you've gotta sign by 2pm.’ I said ‘Excuse me?’ And I hung the phone up.”

@NeashamKris @BaseballDudes48

@rancadore @BaseballDudes48 They don’t respect umpires who don’t have a dog in the fight!

Imagine having an outsider, un-biased, third party running the GameChanger and scoring every hit, error, passed ball, wild pitch, fielders choice, stolen base, and indifference by the rules. This person might end up being hated more than the umpires!! 😂😂

@ATRightMovies I am hopping into all four

What was your movie introduction to Tommy Lee Jones?

Your all-time favorite ballplayer who wore #24 ?

@BUncommitted Picking conferences outside of the Power 4: @BigWestSports @ThePacWest and @BashBig8 for JUCO

What are the best conferences in College Baseball? Across all Divisions ?

@CoachMarcusHill I agree. Everyone has a special skill set.

I think one of the worst things players and parents of players can do is compare them to another player on the team. So you’re a junior that throws 75 and there’s a freshman that throws 82. So what? Maybe you’re super fast but don’t hit bombs and there’s a guy that hit bombs but isn’t fast. Embrace what your role is and what you do well that’s called being on a TEAM

Reminds me a lot of Steven Kwan @BestSpeedAllday

Homerun and triple @BestSpeedAllday

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