What's your favorite MLB team?

[AbrahamG]

Always a baseball fan. I played when I was younger. Little League/Pony from 9-13 (pitch/ catcher) junior year in HS, then from 19-22 (3rd/ Catcher) in single A AA. Coached my son from T-ball-HS/Travel  (Catcher) As a Strength coach, I’ve had several enter the MLB. I spend 3 years as a HS position coach (Catcher). A side of me  I never talked about.

As an add on. One of my athletes, a Catcher, was a freshman in HS and was a verbal commit to USC. When he was a junior in HS, Scott Boris was a regular in my gym. He wanted make sure he wasn’t getting hurt. Long story short, he wound up signing with  St. Louis

That's pretty awesome bud.  How was the jump from A to AA?  Had to be big, no?

[Coach is Back!]

That's pretty awesome bud.  How was the jump from A to AA?  Had to be big, no?

Much more competitive, skill level much better and what I would call a cleaner way playing meaning much less errors made, smoother transitions in play (ex; Double plays, third to first, etc). In the box you learn not to crowd the plate or you get nailed or whoever was on the mound won’t hesitate to come up high and tight and brush you off. If I remember correctly we didn’t have ear and cheek protection.

A lot of players were just down on either rehab assignment or got sent back down (from Bigs) for substandard performance (errors, not hitting, etc) I only spent 3-4 weeks then got sent back down.

[AbrahamG]

Much more competitive, skill level much better and what I would call a cleaner way playing meaning much less errors made, smoother transitions in play (ex; Double plays, third to first, etc). In the box you learn not to crowd the plate or you get nailed or whoever was on the mound won’t hesitate to come up high and tight and brush you off. If I remember correctly we didn’t have ear and cheek protection.

A lot of players were just down on either rehab assignment or got sent back down (from Bigs) for substandard performance (errors, not hitting, etc) I only spent 3-4 weeks then got sent back down.

Thank you for sharing.  Did you enjoy playing baseball more than football?  Or were you better at baseball therefore chose to pursue it instead?

[Coach is Back!]

Thank you for sharing.  Did you enjoy playing baseball more than football?  Or were you better at baseball therefore chose to pursue it instead?

Never played organized football. In order my favorite sports are Golf, Baseball, football

[tom joad]

Always a baseball fan. I played when I was younger. Little League/Pony from 9-13 (pitch/ catcher) junior year in HS, then from 19-22 (3rd/ Catcher) in single A AA. Coached my son from T-ball-HS/Travel  (Catcher) As a Strength coach, I’ve had several enter the MLB. I spend 3 years as a HS position coach (Catcher). A side of me  I never talked about.

As an add on. One of my athletes, a Catcher, was a freshman in HS and was a verbal commit to USC. When he was a junior in HS, Scott Boris was a regular in my gym. He wanted make sure he wasn’t getting hurt. Long story short, he wound up signing with  St. Louis

When you were playing A and AA ball, were you jacked?  When was that … the mid 80s?

[Grape Ape]

One of my good friends got drafted.  He was the best hitter in BC college  history at the collegiate level.

His minor league stats were not good.  I asked him what changed.

He said, in college, he could wait, get ahead in the count, and get his pitch to hit.  In the minors, if he was ahead 2-1, even 3-0, it was knees-corner out at 95.

A completely different game, and that was single A.

What the pros do is incomprehensible.

Even moreso at this point.

[funk51]

Castellanos just hit a grand slam-Phillies up 6-2 over the Dodgers in the 3 rd.

[IroNat]

Castellanos just hit a grand slam-Phillies up 6-2 over the Dodgers in the 3 rd.

Castellanos is a Braves killer.

You have to be careful pitching to him.  Dude has power.

[funk51]

Castellanos is a Braves killer.

You have to be careful pitching to him.  Dude has power.

Game ended up phils-8, dodgers-7, phillies took 2 out of three fron the dodgers. both team's DHs spent most of the series just standing there or flailing at air.

[Bevo]

Never played organized football. In order my favorite sports are Golf, Baseball, football

[Coach is Back!]

Pretty much, yep.