TBR Instant Classic: Ask Applejack

I think that is one of the best answers I have heard yet and certainly the one I had in mind when I posted the question. Also if publicity is what you have in mind when playing ( and I am not sure that this is everywhere though I imagine it is most places) the news papers tend to follow highschool baseball very closely and can easily make a name for a kid by publishing an article.

 

PUBLICITY!!!!!

Boy, thats another can of worms. Another good discussion topic.The question is; Is a lot of publicity a good thing or is the bright light of "fame" more than some kids can handle?

 

Well I'm not sure that it's always that the kids can't handle it but more that maybe they didnt deserve it in the first place. Sometimes a kid can just be having one of those amazing years where everything seems to go his way, but the publicity he recieves can cause too many expectations to be placed on him when maybe he wasnt in fact as good as he was made up to be. Hopefully you understood that, it is kind of a heap of ideas there.

 

Hey Guys, these are great questions, but we're getting a little off topic here. Just start a new thread with those topics.

 

Applejack, I know your busy building the basketball board, but, when you get a chance, can you share some stories about some of your teammates. I know you have a zillion of them. (yep, I count without using my toes).

We need some good ones to go with our morning

 

AJ, quit allowing your job to interfere with your priorities...stories, man. We want stories

 

OK...OK!! I just stumbled across this. For some reason I'm not being notified that you guys are posting here.
I'll have a story here by the end of the day.
hey Braves, can you check on that notification thing for me?

 

Yep..here it is, " You have been notified that you are to report to your nearest IRS office....." Whew, I thought that was being sent to me

 

There is some truth to that statement.
I gotta go see H&R Block.

 

in response to how much a kid should throw, i believe it should be up to the kid. i'm a current high school pitcher now, and although i'm a young guy i think i have a great feel for my arm and know when i should throw and when i shouldnt. every pitcher's arm is not the same, for example we have a kid that will just come in and close this year, we arent goin to have him do the same work outs as the staters, its a different mentality as well as approach. pitchers should learn to get a feel for their own body and set up a throwing program accordingly, a coach can help with this process, but i dont believe a coach should mandate one.