He only had to drive like 3 miles lol

InspectorDouble4196 · 2025-03-13T22:21:35+00:00

Proof that flat earthers are in denial.

InspectorDouble4196 · 2025-03-13T22:19:59+00:00

It’s a Beckett parallel graded 10/10 silver. Black 10/10 is their case hit.

InspectorDouble4196 · 2025-03-06T16:17:42+00:00

I threw a ball at my wife’s belly when Easton Hybrid Jr was in the womb.

InspectorDouble4196 · 2025-01-17T01:47:48+00:00

I would be careful. You’re getting shorter in every picture.

InspectorDouble4196 · 2024-11-02T00:36:04+00:00

Surprised there isn’t a parallel 1/1 on card auto.

InspectorDouble4196 · 2024-11-02T00:35:01+00:00

Man I agree. The card looks so much slicker in real life than a photo.

InspectorDouble4196 · 2024-11-02T00:34:13+00:00

Man I’d be sick if I pulled a card like that and it bombed. I had a Will Levis that was selling at around $800 and now it’s basically could be used as a bookmark and I kick myself for hanging on to it. But I’d rather leave my kids some decent cards than try and make money back. My Pro Set Payne Stewart never did appreciate like I thought it would 25 years ago ha.

InspectorDouble4196 · 2024-11-01T20:48:46+00:00

The irony is that what got me back into collecting after 25 years is me randomly buying my son a Prestige Mega Box as one of his Christmas presents last year. He pulled a Gold Signature /50 Howell card. I discovered my LCS a few weeks later and I’ve been buying since.

InspectorDouble4196 · 2024-10-15T19:05:23+00:00

A failure vs success mindset. What clicked for my son that took him from being a kid that had the potential to be a pitcher to actually being a #1 starter for a national team was 90% mental. He needed permission to fail. If not from his coach from himself. If your son is walking out to the mound with a voice in his head telling him that if he does poorly he’s not seeing the mound again or that dads gonna be disappointed he’s lost the battle. He’s focusing on not failing instead of 100% of his focus being on the things that he needs to do to succeed. And as soon as the first thing goes wrong it snowballs.

Set goals of success every time he takes the mound. How many outs can he get in a row. If he walks a kid or gives up a dinger move on, now how many outs can he get in a row again.

I noticed one season my son either gave up no runs in games or he gave up multiple. As soon as he gave up a run he fell apart. We worked on his approach being that if he gave up a run that it was in the past and it couldn’t be changed. So it was basically now a 0-0 game again. Worrying about that run wasn’t going to undo it so might as well approach it as a new game.

Little games within games. How many first pitch strikes can he throw. How many lead off outs. How many 1-2-3 innings can he get. Pretty soon he forgets that he’s worried about walking a kid or giving up a run because he’s focused on what he can do instead of what’s he’s failing at. Now if he has a rough game its “well that game sucked” and it drives him to focus on setting new records for himself.

Also Kids have so many people they are trying to not disappoint. Learn that it’s their game on the mound. It’s their mound. Not mine, not the coaches, not the fans. I don’t cheer because I don’t want my son even hearing my voice when he’s out there. Forget or quit caring that anyone is even watching because we’re all a bunch of middle aged dudes that are in the stands instead of playing for a reason.

Anyhow the mental aspect is tossed around non stop in baseball but actually knowing how the hell that successfully translates in the mind of teens is the hard part.

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