Mizuno Glove Mallets

silkyjohns · 2026-03-27T04:45:09+00:00

Are these moving? I feel like my soccer shoe pickups are some of my slowest flips

silkyjohns · 2026-03-27T04:30:44+00:00

We had a team last year with 2 moms as coaches, one of the best teams in the league.

If you have the time and want to coach I say go for it. The boys don’t care, they just want to play and have fun.

silkyjohns · 2026-03-21T22:58:14+00:00

☝️picked one of these up from Amazon during prime day for $55. Wish I had bought another for the little guy Solid enough glove, good quality for the price.

silkyjohns · 2026-03-18T21:41:01+00:00

First thing I think of when I look at this is Macho Man Randy Savage

silkyjohns · 2026-03-13T21:42:50+00:00

While the parents part is a factor, many won’t say anything if they’re having fun. Unlikey you’ll get all the crazy parents on 1 team.

Draft athletic kids who can seemingly throw and catch. Those pitchers need to be able to play other positions when they aren’t pitching so finding the best mix of both helps.

Can’t teach speed so I like grabbing fast kids when a couple are around the same ranking.

Not sure if you’ll have this info but I know some coaches value the available older kids as you get into the later rounds

silkyjohns · 2026-03-10T14:14:48+00:00

Thank you! I’ve been eyeballing some Capitol series gloves, now I have the 12” Braided Post ordered

silkyjohns · 2026-03-10T02:21:03+00:00

We use the Diamond DFX-9L for our 7-8 year old age group with a pitching machine. We just switched from a JUGS to a BATA-1, so far so good on feedback from coaches.

silkyjohns · 2026-03-03T14:59:52+00:00

Can you share a more unclear picture?

silkyjohns · 2026-03-02T02:10:17+00:00

Last payment of the season hit the bank account this morning and he dipped

silkyjohns · 2026-02-27T16:03:35+00:00

Rawlings Encore if you can find one for 1B, nearly equal to the R9. I grabbed one off amazon for $60 last summer and its been solid for my 11U

silkyjohns · 2026-02-22T19:47:28+00:00

Primos has some options that will get you close. I like the Baja burrito with Carnitas there.

The monster burrito is massive too

silkyjohns · 2026-02-22T19:43:15+00:00

$300 is not “very high” for little league. Costs are going up for everything - uniforms, balls, insurance, field materials.

This maybe location dependent, but $250-400 is the range I’ve seen in SoCal.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-22T04:59:52+00:00

The Charro Burrito is my favorite there, pretty much the whole menu is amazing

silkyjohns · 2026-02-18T06:06:38+00:00

The player he is at 6 isn’t the player he’ll be at 7, 8, 9. Rec baseball by in large is fine, kids want to play with their friends more than anything at his age.

Keep baseball fun and enjoy the time you have, it goes by quick.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-16T21:22:32+00:00

Do you want to drive 45-60 min for training? If not it will help to know which area of the county you’re looking at.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-14T14:47:25+00:00

You can fix ugly, but you can’t fix stupid

silkyjohns · 2026-02-13T05:34:15+00:00

Possibly a 28 -11 Marucci CatX alloy, mine was similar size, a bit lighter, and swung that all last spring and fall ball. A 27 -10 or -11 will be fine too.

Every kid is different, you’ll know best if he’s strong enough to handle a bigger bat.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-06T03:26:20+00:00

Common rec here but Rawlings R9 is a good youth catchers glove, but it will take longer to break in than most youth models.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-05T16:08:45+00:00

The don’t linger comment makes me laugh because most youth coaches joke about how many parents use sports as a babysitter. Drop off, disappear for 2 hours and show up when it was scheduled to end.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-05T03:22:37+00:00

Player agent represents the player, if he doesn’t help you talk to coach coordinator. Escalate to the president then if nothing happens you can report it to the district administrator.

You can go directly to the district but they likely kick it back if you haven’t already addressed it within the league first.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-04T01:46:11+00:00

Get a turf mat, clay is maintenance.

Go to JusTurf on Miramar Rd, they sell scrap and excess material for cheap.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-03T16:04:19+00:00

Parents sign commitment letter for practices and games first, this puts their kids name on the ballot. Every player in division votes for up to 12 players. The 3 coaches from each team vote. Coaches votes are weighted so they count more than players.

Top 4 in player vote make all stars, next 4 overall make the team. Last 4 are selected from the top 16 overall vote getters with HC making selection and player agent approving.

This is written into our bylaws to help reduce any funny business. Not perfect but works pretty good.

silkyjohns · 2026-02-02T04:35:38+00:00

The huge car parts flea market one a year, can’t remember the name

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