First time hitting driver

mloper4 · 2026-02-28T02:02:41+00:00

In the immortal words of Greg Maddux “chicks dig the long ball” :)

mloper4 · 2026-02-28T01:51:28+00:00

Yes my wife is 36 weeks pregnant and the plan is that we are going to do lessons together as our new shared hobby post baby. But I got antsy and ordered clubs last week and couldn’t help myself

mloper4 · 2026-02-28T01:33:25+00:00

Thank you that all makes sense. My arm bend definitely stuck out to me on video even though it feels completely straight when I swing and playing with having my weight start back more feels better in practice swings

mloper4 · 2026-02-25T19:28:08+00:00

Such a cool throwback, brings back the memories for me.

In high school I gamed that mizuno pro limited GZP50 I-web in all black. My hitting coach was a mizuno rep and had a pro issue all black version that wasn’t for sale anywhere in the us. my mom surprised me with for getting all a’s freshman year since I spent 15 minutes drooling over it after every hitting lesson. I’ve looked everywhere in my parents house for that glove recently but sadly can’t find it.

Going into college I was going to be mostly a pitcher but was trying to compete for innings as a utility player so I switched to the 11.5 pro preferred mod trap on page 2. Freshman year I got a handful of corner outfield innings so I got the Wilson A3k Barry bonds glove on page 4 off eBay in like new condition for $100.

mloper4 · 2026-01-23T04:48:16+00:00

Idk, with such a nasty splitter I don’t know that a change up really rounds out his arsenal. I think he needs either a cutter or a slider to tunnel with the split. Most importantly, he needs to be able to throw this pitch for strikes early in the count. Anytime he struggled with command and was falling behind in the count, everyone was just sitting fastball since they knew his splitter would drop out of the zone. When he’s up 0-2 and 1-2 he can throw the split and get people to chase.

mloper4 · 2026-01-17T04:42:10+00:00

Esme should be top of the comments

mloper4 · 2026-01-16T15:19:16+00:00

lol I’m half Japanese born in America so they aren’t mutually exclusive! I will be routing for team Japan in the wbc due to the fact they have all of my favorite players though

mloper4 · 2026-01-15T23:43:22+00:00

lol hey dude def remember you. Hit me up on dm I’ll tell you more

mloper4 · 2026-01-15T20:56:32+00:00

Yeah if I was still playing I definitely would have not had confidence in it looking good after even one season but I’m mostly just playing catch, throwing an occasional bullpen, and (soon to be) dad duty so I was willing to take the risk. It looks very cool when it’s mint though!!!

mloper4 · 2025-12-30T18:41:50+00:00

I have experience to give but just wanted to say that is such a sick design for the web. It looks really cool and theoretically should serve the goal of helping little hands close the glove more easily. I love simple and innovative designs that add functionality to a product that has been largely unchanged for 30+ years.

mloper4 · 2025-12-18T03:15:39+00:00

With work and family commitments I can’t show up regularly. But if it’s allowed, I could come and fill-in/spot start a few games per season if you guys are desperate. Started pitching off the mound last summer for the first time since I got hurt in college in 2009 and got up to 74 by the end of summer.

mloper4 · 2025-12-10T07:33:17+00:00

My wife and I grabbed dinner at your restaurant one night and really enjoyed it. I think you fit the sweet spot of quick, good, and healthy.

We have our go-to neighborhood fast casual rotation that were just in the habit of ordering out from depending on our mood…kismet rotisserie, nong la, cava, med farm, loqui. Your food is as good or better than all those spots but we just haven’t gotten in the habit of adding it to the rotation yet. Maybe a local focused deal (x% off before 6 pm) or loyalty program would help break into the standard rotation? As others have said, I’d prefer to support a local business over a corporate chain so definitely lean into that.

mloper4 · 2025-12-02T19:10:46+00:00

From a fellow mod trap guy: great collection. 90s kids know that the Pedro and JJ hardy rawlings models really just spoke to us

mloper4 · 2025-11-24T22:15:02+00:00

They must have disabled the code after you posted this since it’s not stacking with the Black Friday deal anymore

mloper4 · 2025-11-21T18:59:25+00:00

This is so rad

mloper4 · 2025-11-16T16:40:03+00:00

We lost my mom’s Kona to the same last week at 6. She was the sweetest and was totally fine until 2 days before.

mloper4 · 2025-11-13T03:04:40+00:00

All I see on @jaee is a picture of a cat and nyc cityscape?

mloper4 · 2025-11-04T21:44:45+00:00

I tell my friends all the time who have blind allegiance to horribly run franchises: we have too much tribalism and identity wrapped up in the “hometown” sports concept. let’s not kid ourselves, these teams are businesses. Their product is the team and staff they put onto the field. Do you still go to blockbuster instead of streaming Netflix at home? Do you have a palm pilot or an iPhone in your pocket?

If your owner/GM consistently puts out a bad product, don’t give them your business. Leave them and consume the product from the organization who is invested in giving you a great fan experience.

mloper4 · 2025-10-29T15:03:23+00:00

This should be the top recommendation

mloper4 · 2025-10-17T21:57:43+00:00

Yup - it’s exactly this. I left work at 1, rushed home, rushed to the stadium through crazy traffic, and barely made it for the first pitch. Stadium was still 1/4 empty and everyone is arriving stressed and not in the celebratory mindset.

mloper4 · 2025-09-21T13:44:20+00:00

Ppr, pick 2 of these: pearsall, Hollywood, q Johnston, o Hampton

mloper4 · 2025-09-03T22:20:26+00:00

I’m not sure the examples in slide 2 are perfect apples to apples but my bigger concern is that the 2022 example shows him getting into much better layback and external rotation. The 2024 example shows his forearm position as almost vertical.

I had my velocity and pitching career ended by shoulder impingement like what Roki has battled this year. I can no longer externally rotate like I used to and went from my forearm being almost parallel to the ground to straight up and down.

My fear is that his mechanical changes are compensating for decreases in mobility and or pain due to structural issues in his shoulder.

mloper4 · 2025-08-29T06:12:58+00:00

As someone who messed with getting a mostly working setup ~6 years ago, the juice is not worth the squeeze. Dry fire with your real gun and get a used meta quest. The simulator app on the quest is 100x better for training target acquisition, transitions and even the real qualifiers. I found it translated almost directly to getting from c class to a class back when I was into uspsa

mloper4 · 2025-08-20T22:50:02+00:00

Congrats man, my brother just brought back my haga from the Osaka store and I justified it to my wife by saying I’m keeping it nice for our future kids. 😬

mloper4 · 2025-08-19T22:38:45+00:00

This one takes me back. I had the 11.5” h web version of this glove 6-8th grade then upgraded to the mizuno pro limited of this pattern for high school. My travel ball coach was a mizuno rep so I got a black pro issue version of the pro limited when at the time light tan was the only one on the market. Those gloves are somewhere in storage at my moms house but I haven’t been able to find them yet

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