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Touche'! Although if you read CCriders comments earlier about giving up an 0-2 homer to the 8 hole hitter, it is apparent that the coach calling the pitches does not accept responsibility for dingers, balls or strikes. He is going to blame the kid or blue. Why not comprise and allow the father of the pitcher operate the Hosed at Home contraption I've invented. Afterall, he is the most knowledgable person in the ball park, except of the clean up hitters grandfather. /thumb[1].gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumb:" border="0" alt="thumb[1].gif" />

riverdaleman, I have a tendency to agree with you but you know how those big shot 3rd base coaches are, they think they are the only ones that see the strike zone (except our distinguished coaches that frequent this site and CCriders), so they may be the ones who have to use it.

Actually CC, I am the reason she calls herself Grumpy. Lets just say I am selfish and my stamina is not what it once was. I have 2 great baseball inventions and would like to offer to you gentlemen and E5. I am having the proto-type built now. Envison a device shaped like a mound tamp. The base of the tamp is shaped like home plate. You set the tamp on the plate and turn a switch, the tamp vaccums the dirt off the plate and spray paints it white again. Takes LESS time than Riverdaleman turning around and bending over to sweep the plate, less repulsive, and the plate is white again. Could be used between innings. The other invention resembles a bat container in the dugout. The front of this "bat container" opens up and is a dorm style refrigerator that you can place your yohoo or other beverages in and keep frosty cool. The top of this container is actually a warmer to keep your nacho cheese warm AND another spot to keep wing sauce at 106 degrees, which, as you know, is the ideal temp for wing sauce. The sides contains wet wipes for your chin, contains bleach sticks for your pants, and storage for both celery sticks and ranch dressing! I have designed a step that slides from beneath this aparatus, that will serve as a step stool for E5 and his bathroom mission trips. No more legs falling asleep! My short stint in the tank could result in millions for me! I am considering calling these inventions 1) Hosed @ Home and 2) The HS Baseball Covert Kitchen...your thoughts?

Great news, the charges were dropped! I still lost my job as both morning cook and coed softball team coach, but did receive 4 hours severance pay. While in the tank, I could read but not reply to the postings, so I have some pretty deep thoughts. E5, go to the stall that has the gripping rails on the wall. When your legs begin to go numb...simply pull yourself up slightly to get the blood flowing again. Also, take smaller books with you; the same premise as cc's thoughts. As for the girth rule for baseball coaches. Simply change the rules and allow coaches to wear sweat pants. The big and tall section at KMart has both white and gray XXXL sweat pants. Both of you being purist, gray is away, white is home.

Why is baseball not played in the rain? How come the good concession stands serve up great Hot Dogs, but use cheap mustard? How come umpires get so sensitive when you yell at them? How come a huge franchise can fire their Morning Grill Lead AND coed softball coach over a misunderstanding over the dating policy and beer breath?

Riverdaleman is looking for a new job? I have been turned down by E5 and REDSMAN because the lack of dipping sauce for hot wings. CC has not posted in a week or two, he must have gotten into trouble...possibly violated his probation again or maybe all the D1's he has developed he has gotten beyond the posting stage..who knows. I understand Riverdale you are an umpire, therefore I am going to have to really look over your application to be on my coaching staff. It is my thought that if you knew anything about the sport...you would not be an ump, but I have been wrong before. Now, have you ever formed a booster club to raise money? I do appreciate your interest and you have become a favorite poster of mine now because you obviously are a man that knows which shirt tails to hold onto. Forgive me if I appear ignorant/arrogant (whichever means cocky), but being a paid coach causes you to be more direct due to time constraints and sweat pooling up in the darnedest placest. Lets see your resume' and references.

Please do not forget where I work. Ice cream is not a problem...I am working on the wings

I've been out of pocket for a while, but I am glad to see the thread continue. I have great news though, other than taking a promotion at my job (I was 2nd in command, on the 3rd shift, at the drive up window for a local square burger franchise and took over the position as lead grill, breakfast shift...thank you very much) I was offered an additional $30 a month to coach the franchise coed softball team. Now I haven't set foot on a field since my playing days ended with a powdered doughnut addiction and my inability to take the field without stopping to snort the right field line. But I figure if some of the other posters can make a living at it, why can't I? I am not naive enough to think I could coach big time...maybe college or high school. Being the competitor that I am, I'm willing to split this $30 dollar bill with E5, REDSMAN, and CCriders to get the best coaching staff around. League play starts in 6 weeks and practice must start soon. We open up against the Full Throttle team from Tullahoma then have a double header with a local car dealership the following day. The uniforms must be red and white, but I did order some kelly green jackets with mustard gold trim to spice it up. Please let me know your thoughts!

cc developed this tarp idea, not from aiding infield practice, but rather to keep from having to do any field maintenace. He was responsible for infield edging and sponging up the excess water from wetting the infield. He is on to something though...if he teaches the hanging curve or the 78mph heater, his infield will need to have some rockets fired past them I have seen the double cut from the outfield, but my son's team plays on a rather large field and arm strength was not a recruitment requirement for the San Quentin team, so my question; if you have to go with the triple cut and your catcher is near sighted...who covers 2nd base?

Actually E5, and forgive for correcting you publicly, but I am not sarcastic, I'm Christian by faith, although I do like the American League.

And this is why I think you should have your own book deal. I perfer #3 and I really like your answer to who accepts blame. I have seen this reaction from you and it really causes the spectator to say bad things of the teenager who is toeing the rubber. It also usually causes a mom or two to have tears well up in their eyes. But we all know baseball is a humbling game and the parents need to be brought down a notch or two. Now... when a pitching coach takes a trip to the mound, is the seat of his pants always dirty or is their a health issue there for this group of individuals?

E5, it was actually at a truck stop where ccriders told me he was a once big time great pitcher. I haven't seen him pitch since he was 13 and beaned by little girl. And no I do not have a man crush on him despite the rumors... I am a baseball fan. I do think he needs a better nickname than "lot lizard"?

A wish come true for us baseball boarders! As a fan of E5 and recently becoming more impressed with the writings and opinions expressed by REDSMAN, I can honestly say that the ONLY thing keeping this book off the Best Sellers List, is the omittion of CCriders. Now, I do not have a man crush on cc, although he ain't ugly and he looks athletic despite being an ex-big time pitcher, but his insight to baseball lore, the art of pitching poo, his ability to call a game from the dugout without pulling his hands out of his pants and his cunning wit could have contributed to this effort. I am sure that the book will be as successful as other great baseball books like Ball Four, The Mick, and Sandlot. But cc's contribution would have placed this book into the legends of the writings of Lewis Grizzard or Patrick McManus. If there is a Pre-Sale on it, I would like a copy and request it be autographed. Could I also request a book involving the art of sunflower seed spitting?

You are correct E5. That would have been cc's 13 year old travel team. He ended the baseball aspirations of my youngest child that year, although probably unintentionally. My daughter's 10 year old team ran up against cc's travel team in a tournament around Nolensville. She went yard on cc in the bottom of the 1st and her next at bat she got hit between the shoulder blades with his "gas". She cried and said he wasn't playing fair and he meant to do it, cc stuck his tongue out at her. My daughter and I got into an arguement and said she did not want to play anymore. I no longer have any kids to try to live my life through anymore, but I am not bitter.

Baseball Etiqutte Question for both E5 and CCriders: What is the acceptable number of signs for the pitching coach to give the catcher to call a pitch and how many seconds should the signals last? And...who does the head coach believe when... there is a 0-2 count and the 8 hole hitter bounces a fastball off the scoreboard for a 2 run homer. Does the head coach believe the pitching coach when he says he called for a curve ball in the dirt or does he believe the catcher when he said the pitching coach called for the heater? Assuming the pitching coach is smart and has the first opportunity to defend himself to the head coach, is the catcher toast or do they both conspire to say the pitcher threw his own pitch?

I remember that Pig team! Great attitudes. I was responsible for picking up the equipment for the 7th place Amish sponsored "Wood and Butter R Us" team. Our only victory came on a forfeit to the eventual 6th place team that ccriders was the star pitcher on! Small World. CC was voted team MVP as he pitched in one of the two games they won! I believe he was 2nd team all-star alternate as well.

Redsman, Great Question! I am assuming this may buckle E5's knees because rumor has it he typically recruits players that will fit in the existing jerseys. ccriders could answer the hospitality tent question. He has resolved the hot wing sauce problem by keeping the Red lobster plastic bib in the back of his skin tight coaching shorts. The wing sauce drips along the plastic, to be later washed. He always wears the black nike socks w/ his white coaching shoes so he simply wipes his hands on the socks. CCriders is a problem solver and great public speaker. If I had a son that was academically ineligilble for school... I would want him to follow in CC's footsteps. I admire him.

CC: Please allow me to publicly apologize if my aforementioned commented offended you. My point is that several experts "claim" to know and teach the art of poo throwing. I can attest as a fact, that KNOW ONE KNOWS POO like CCriders. Period. I will argue this point to anyone. I personally have spoken to you enough to know that this is an area of expertise for you and you are very comfortable and professional in your conversing of Poo. I can see how my comments were taken out of context, however, thus the apology. I am anxiously awaiting your seminar on Taking a Bathroom Break during the Sacrifice Bunt!

I can pick that, Piggly Wiggly. The INS raided Jesus's Market and the only player left is the 3rd shift woman with green teeth...and she can't hit the curve ball.

The defense I prefer, which would make the game more interesting to watch, more enjoyable for the players and cause the coach to draw up plays goes like this: The pitcher is on the mound, the other 8 players huddle around 2nd base. As the pitcher starts his wind-up the players break and run patterns to set positions but not necessarily conventional baseball positions. Similiar to a wide reciever in football. This defense eliminates "hitting behind a runner" and "sacrifice bunts" or the "hit 'em where they ain't" philosphy because the batter would become distracted by the movement and the coach could not call an offensive play, because you would not know where or if the defense was playing a particular pitch. A blitz would overwhelm a kid that cannot stay back on the slider! The problem which this defense is it takes a coach of E5's magnitude to develop the defensive plays and to call them and unfortunately in Middle Tennessee you have to many coaches that can't do anything but write books about throwing poo

E5, thanks for taking my questions and love reading your comments. The question of the 2000's... Baseball pants up to the knee, showing your solid color socks...or pants covering your shoes i.e. Barry Bonds? My next question... solid socks or stripped? Being a baseball purist, you will probably say stirrups w/ sanitary hose... but these high school kids don't get it, so solid or stripped? Lastly, rumor has it that you recruit your shortstops by venturing into grocery stores seeking the bagger asking paper or plastic, are they just more athletic or do you develop their talent? I will sign off and read your reply.

Heard he lost the scholarship due to an unfortunate incident with some water balloons and a pound of feta cheese?? He has had scholarship offers in 4 sports now. I understand the University of Florida was interested in him as a place kicker but found out he had not serve any hard time yet and was disqualified

Old Timer, you are exactly right about E5, but as the sand in the hour glass slips away with time, so does E5's memory. And he has had several lefty hindcathcers injuried in the last several years, but he is a factory at developing these type of kids and his "blocking the pitch in the dirt drill" has injuried some big league players as well. But like CCriders25 said last year...if you do not ruin a few kids career early on, your not trying. Now I do not believe in that policy myself. My thoughts are you should get them out of little league first, BUT E5 and CCriders kids did win some championships early and was getting some big league looks at the age of 10, before the injury bug bit. Who knows what is right or wrong, but I love listening to the expert (E5) ask us our opinion.

There is an ex-semi pro pitcher in the Middle Tennessee area that teaches the submarine style pitching method. Can't remember his name but had a couple of tommy john surgeries as a player and tends to have to cancel lessons because of arm pain. He is the best I have ever seen at teaching this style of pitching though. Hate to here about you moving the left handed hindcatcher to second base...what are the scouts saying about that? He is athletic enough to handle the blind spin but i was under the impression he could not see out of his right eye? He sure can hit though. It is ashame that your regular 2b could not stay back on the breaking ball and blew his ligaments out. He should call the pitching instructor I was referring to earlier, he typically carries around some meds that could allow him to play with some pain through the regular season. Just a thought.

your thoughts?? Especially curious to hear from East and West Tennessee!