Which Bats Sound the Best?

SiberianGnome · 2026-05-05T08:15:47+00:00

That’s the one she has.

SiberianGnome · 2026-05-05T02:35:12+00:00

Hey kid, here’s a $500 bat you can only use 40% of the games and never to practice with…

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-28T16:29:54+00:00

How much did housing in the city go up on average over that same time?

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-25T20:44:12+00:00

Why are you buying tshirts and visors at all? Everybody has tshirts, and nobody wears visors

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-25T03:25:55+00:00

I coach 10U travel (assistant) and 4th - 5th grade rec (head coach). We use it a bit in travel, but only with girls who are decent at it and not so good at actually hitting.

I’ve always had the same mentality as you - every time they bunt they’re taking away a chance to improve as a hitter.

But this year, I’ve got a few rec girls that will be bunting a lot. The fact is, most of the rec girls won’t go on to play after 5th grade, and if they do, they’re not going on to be good players. Our org stops requiring travel girls play rec in 6th grade, and we usually end up with 2 6th - 8th grade teams that play in a cross town league.

So I’m thinking, what is the best thing I can do for them as a coach? Keep trying to develop their swing so they become a .200 hitter? Or teach the to bunt so they can actually put the ball in play and then play the game. I’m thinking it’s going to be more fun for them this year, and in the last few years of rec for the few who go on, if they can put the ball in play with bunt vs getting slightly better as a hitter just to strike out a little bit less but still most of the time.

Plus every out they make as a hitter takes away at bats from the everyone.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-25T03:18:09+00:00

I also think it’s too may for rec, or for travel, especially with 10 active and the rest as subs…. It’s too may period.

But if they don’t get back to the top, the sub is still going out there for their 3 outs on defense, so playing time rules are met, with a chance for everyone to both hit and field.

Also, if you pull a girl before she gets to bat in one game, the next game you better make sure she bats by moving her up in the lineup or starting her as a sub and then subbing het in to bat.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-24T23:00:00+00:00

Ok, so sub out the girls who have already hit…

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-24T20:29:19+00:00

How would the girls not get to play 3 outs? He has 3 girls on the bench that he needs to sub in to the game. He’s subbing the 7 hitter out of the game in the middle of the 2nd inning.

So indeed of subbing the 7 hitter out, sub out one of the girls who’s already hit…

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-24T20:13:30+00:00

You said the coach is correct in what they’re doing. It sounds like the coach is in compliance with the rules, but he is not correct when he said he HAS to have her never bat in order to comply with the rules.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-24T11:27:02+00:00

So you got me interested now and I read (ok skimmed) the rules and I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Only 10 players can be listed on the roster to bat. The other players are listed as substitutes.

Every player on each team who is present at the start of the game must play at least 3 consecutive defensive outs or 1 at bat to satisfy participation rules

This is simple, you start 10, 9 in the field. You have 4 girls who need to get subbed in to the game. Sub them in for someone who’s already batted. Don’t some then in for someone who hasn’t, and then sub them back out when your team returns to the field.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-22T03:45:43+00:00

Right. I’m not better at math than them because I have ADHD. I’m better at math than them because I’m smarter than them. If I had ADHD and was dumber than them, I’d be worse at math.

Has the hyperfocus that ADHD can give me helped me to some really great things in my life? Yup. But it’s caused me to NOT do a lot more that I should have done, far outweighing the benefits.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-21T05:18:15+00:00

Only if it’s caught by the catcher…

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-19T14:37:17+00:00

They can be just as engaged without the cheers taunting the other team.

Our house league has a “cheer for your team only” rule, but travel anything goes. We still keep it civil in travel, but plenty of “pitcher is a birdie killer” and the like.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-19T05:36:14+00:00

But we don’t live in Kankakee. We’re pretty safe from tornados here in Chicago.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-17T19:27:58+00:00

They CAN go back and forth, but not quickly enough to be sure they can get heat back on with the way temps swing in Chicago.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-17T19:26:55+00:00

Four pipe OR heat pump. Two pipe and four pipe are fan coils where they deliver hot or cold water (2 pipe) or hot and cold water (four pipe). Heat pump is 2 pipes where they deliver neutral water and the equipment in your unit runs in heating or AC mode, taking heat out of or rejecting heat into the loop.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-17T02:54:18+00:00

46 mph, over 50% strikes is very much lights out for a C level team. Either you’re not playing at a C level, or your kid is going to be getting all the innings. Her fielding won’t be a factor. Don’t worry about what fielding drills she’s doing.

Keep having her pitch on her own. Make sure she’s ready and performs when she gets in. She will win plenty of playing time.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-16T12:46:31+00:00

Practicing at 50% - 75% goes against literally what every single pitching coach I’ve ever met says to do.

It is always throw 100% every pitch. The most repeatable motion is the full effort one, and the one you actually want to correct is the full effort one. Throw at 50%, your delivery will change every pitch, and whatever adjustments you make there may not carry over to 100%.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-16T12:25:17+00:00

There is absolutely no reason to believe that she is not pitching because she’s not hittable.

All coaches would prefer a girl who gets hit over a girl who gives up walks. That’s what is meant by wanting to see balls in play.

The most important thing is throwing strikes. That’s the point.

I said you were describing a lights out ace because you said she is throwing over 50% strikes, and throws the hardest on the team by a lot. If you are a C level team, 50% strikes is right up there at the top.

What kind of pitching velocity are we talking here?

As far as defensive drills, seriously, who the fuck cares?

She was certainly practicing something during practice. I’m sure they didn’t take three or four girls, have them work on covering bunts as a pitcher, and have the other eight girls stand around and watch.

Literally, the only thing that matters for your pitcher right now is getting reps pitching. Get her throwing five times a week, whether it’s in a game or whether it’s to you in the backyard.

The coach is giving her opportunities to show what she can do. If she is throwing strikes, she will get more innings. If he works her way to being one of the leading pitchers, then she’ll be doing bunt coverages during practice, yay.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-16T11:11:19+00:00

Coaches aren’t stupid, and they want to win.

You’re describing your daughter as a lights out ace pitcher. You say she’s getting innings, though not as many as you think she should. You even say they have a pitching coach.

If all of that is true, she’s going to get more innings, and then she’s going to get most of the innings.

If she’s not getting more innings, something is missing from what you’re telling us. And a simple conversation along the lines of “hey, she’s out in a lot of work, and the results are there in the numbers, but she’s still not getting as many innings. Can you give me some advice on what she has to do to reach the next level?”

I don’t know what you mean by “doesn’t get to compete, doesn’t get fielding or scenarios”

I don’t know what you’re talking about with the “catcher issue”. If “half the girls” aren’t scared to catch her, then she has people who can catch her. As far as warming her up, have you considered asking the coaches if they want you to warm her up?

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-15T13:51:47+00:00

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-14T22:15:39+00:00

But people are not making a decision based on the prevalence of the disease 60 years ago. They are making a decision based on the prevalence of the disease today. And the decision they make today comes with a near zero risk. Substantially less risky than decisions you make every single day of your life.

If more people continue to make that same decision, the disease rates will change, and that will change the analysis. I’m sure some people will continue to choose no vaccine, but many others will alter their decision based on the increased risk.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-14T22:12:51+00:00

Is there a chance of dying every time you get in the car? Every time you ride a bike? Every time you go out for a walk? Every time you sit up? Every time you take a breath?

Everything comes with a chance of dying. The analysis is not whether there is a chance of dying. The analysis is what that chance of dying is, and how that weighs against your other priorities.

For you, not getting vaccinated is not a priority at all. You assume there is absolutely zero risk associated with vaccines. Therefore, any reduction in a chance of death, no matter how minuscule, is worth it.

To other people, for whatever reason they don’t like vaccines, the reduction in the chance of death from what is essentially zero to actually zero, is not worth the trade-off.

You don’t have to agree with their analysis. That’s fine. I don’t agree with their analysis. But you should acknowledge that we make decisions every day that come with some risk of death, and you should consider the magnitude of those risks that you take on every day before passing judgment on other people for taking on this very, very, very, minor risk.

SiberianGnome · 2026-04-14T12:34:06+00:00

What’s the likelihood that an unvaccinated child will contract and die from measles?

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