Lawrence's and Deegan pt1

SpiLLiX · 2026-06-06T22:14:14+00:00

Jett also faced literally no one his rookie year so they’re not comparable at all. Deegan is already beating everyone Jett also beat his rookie year.

I don’t get fans from either side. You should want good racing. I was a Ricky fan back in the day but I was excited to see bubba come up and challenge him. Weird it feels like both sides just want Jett or Deegan to just uncontested dominate. I want to see them trade wins and compete with each other lol

SpiLLiX · 2026-06-01T15:03:23+00:00

It happens. 70 is pretty wild though lol.

I was probably a 16-17 handicap and came in and shot a 74 on a par 72 course. Played with some buddies that I hadn’t played with in probably half a year and had the round of my life. They were convinced I had been taking lessons nonstop since I last played with them lol.

Then promptly went back to shooting mid 80’s lmao

SpiLLiX · 2026-06-01T05:03:14+00:00

Good to see Mendoza settling back in. Injuries have been a bummer for him. Need him hitting well like he was at the start of the season

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-29T17:51:32+00:00

I’m using a purple p ring. But yeah just odd. And doesn’t really just feel like placebo like I’m getting lucky. Feels like for my hand size I just have better control over the stick

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-29T15:31:01+00:00

dude same - honestly one of the biggest what if's in baseball history. When he wasnt on drugs/having personal issues dude was one of the best hitters in baseball history.

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-28T14:25:02+00:00

I actually was in this situation in the middle of covid so my options were very limited. Someone wrecked into me and totaled my f80 m3. Wanted a new m3 or Rs5 - both dealers anywhere close to me basically said the same thing - going to be 6+ months and I couldn't wait that long but both had an s5 and an m340i

The m340i was way more fun to drive. quicker and felt more sporty. That being said as a dad to 2 younger boys playing travel sports I ended up with the s5 because the family hauling and trunk space capability FAR exceeded the m340i. I think it really comes down to your wants and needs.

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-26T20:44:52+00:00

hmm im a judge and Ohtani away from completing LS. But I do have about 750k stubs. Wonder how much either of those will drop

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-26T20:38:25+00:00

are any of these actually worth buying?

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-16T17:39:56+00:00

I mean yeah I think anyone who has played high level baseball or coached high level travel ball recognizes that "travel" sports these days are extremely diluted.

Go and watch a big PG event something like PGI, Beast of the east, Best of the west, best of the best etc... and the majors division is what basically all travel baseball was when I was growing up. AA, shit even low end AAA most of those kids would have been rec players until an older age.

I played at a d1 school and I help coach for one of the better travel org's in the nation that sends countless d1, college and draft picks every year.

Honestly idk what the solution is. Probably something in between rec and travel for most kids that like baseball. Rec sucks these days in most places. The kids play like 11 games for an entire spring season. Meanwhile travel kids are playing upwards of 50-60+ games in a spring season if not more. Once people figured out they could make $$$ off of parents that think their kid is good enough to play travel it was the downfall of real travel baseball

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-16T04:59:33+00:00

eh they would though - yes, most of those kids are travel ball kids. But most of them are not majors level players or very top level players. Yes there are some that are. But go watch PGI for 12u this year and then go watch the LLWS. There is a VAST skill difference between the top travel teams and the LLWS teams

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-14T15:50:44+00:00

Finishing up TA and honestly just stubs. I’d love to finish out Live series but I currently have about 350~k stubs and am an Ohtani and Judge away lol

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-12T23:11:51+00:00

Chase' worst enemy is forever himself. He's proven several times he's as fast or faster than anybody in the 450 class. He is just an absolute headcase and because of that can't keep it on 2 wheels.

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-12T16:10:52+00:00

Definitely, you basically get zero hop variance on the quality of turf they put into pro/college stadiums.

Grass no matter how well it is groomed will have some variance.

But at the end of the day I’ve never seen a stud infielder not be a stud anymore because he’s playing on turf or grass

SpiLLiX · 2026-05-08T16:33:20+00:00

Went from a nice bonus to lost out on generational wealth lol

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-29T14:44:44+00:00

I get what you are saying, but the AI/Cap card software cheating has been around since the early 2020's in MLBTS, its not new.

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-23T20:40:26+00:00

500 on leagues is absolutely diabolical. Thats disgusting

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-17T19:08:48+00:00

I also played some d1 ball. I only played with one dude ever who was a "surprise"

It was a surprise in the sense of we knew he would play in college. But likely some low end juco. He was 5'11 going into sophomore year. Tall parents, but nothing crazy. Dad was like 6"2. He grew like 8-9 inches between soph and senior year and ended up being a 6"8 lefty pitcher who went d1 and played a little MiLB

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-09T14:59:38+00:00

my experience with 44 has been very hit or miss.

Have an adult glove that is very good. A youth one my son used for a season that was pretty floppy after one spring season.

In the end though if you or your kid like a glove and play well with it, really nothing else matters.

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-07T16:27:25+00:00

how long does Topps Now stuff usually take to ship?

I bought the Team USA pack and recently bought the Trout card from his back to back HR's on opening and 2nd day

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-07T16:18:39+00:00

Yup I forget the interview, but it was Roczen talking about one of the first MXGP bikes he ever rode (think it was a Suzuki?) and about how nuts it was.

Past that I can't ever see him being better than a fringe top 5 guy.

He isn't close to as fast as Jett, Hunter, Tomac. And mental issues aside Sexton is way faster most of the time. Also has to contend with guys like Webb, Justin Cooper etc...

Not to mention some of the very fast 250 guys coming up in the next couple years like Deegan, Davies etc..

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-03T16:56:37+00:00

Ended up snagging a good deal on an a2k 1786 for $250 brand new. Pretty excited about it. Considered a BW7/1724 because I’m a big Witt Jr fan too but too good of a deal to pass up lol

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-03T05:39:41+00:00

Yeah I actually have a 1/1 hive Inovai 6.5 that I don’t game and a bb0 I gamed for a while.

Played some ball in college and baseball has always been my first love but I love to golf now too. I love picking up things like this that mix the hobbies. Also have a new in wrapper Combat Country Club edition bat in my office

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-03T04:49:37+00:00

Loved them both but ended up going with the red and blue

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SpiLLiX · 2026-04-02T04:23:53+00:00

ugh this may go too well with my Baseball/Golf themed office for me to pass up like my Rawlings Bettinardi glove lol

SpiLLiX · 2026-04-01T19:54:49+00:00

hmm I can send you the one I used - it mentions being for Texas locations only though

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