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Post by permutojoe on Oct 6, 2020 2:14:29 GMT
Ah, I deleted my post. It was a savage attack on klawrencio, but being that 2020 is pretty awful, why add to its awfulness? We had a pitcher in the rec league during my early high school years who had a really fast fastball. It would just zoom right by you before you realized he had thrown. And a good changeup to go with. Those 2 pitches were all he threw. Now, I was a pretty lazy baseball playing highschooler. I never hit the batting cages, never did any extra batting practice, so this guy struck me out every time I faced him. I'm not even sure I ever saw a changeup from him as a batter either, now that I think about it. He was so unafraid of me that it was just fastball every time. And a quick 3-pitch K every time. Nothing else. If I could go back though and do it all over, I would take batting practice just to hit this guy. It probably wouldn't have taken much either, since he had no breaking pitches whatsoever. It would have been sweet to lay some wood on one of his fastballs and send it into the outfield for a single. That would have almost been my all-time childhood sports highlight. Wish I wasn't such a lazy no-account douche back then.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 6, 2020 2:22:08 GMT
To be able to hold onto my athleticism for as long as possible. 43 and I still move really well for a guy who wakes up in pain every morning.
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Post by marco266 on Oct 6, 2020 2:24:13 GMT
We had a pitcher in the rec league during my early high school years who had a really fast fastball. Why are you guys so caught up in facing a lightning fast fastball? Have I ever faced a 90 mph one? No, I played lacrosse in spring sports. But I have family members that play Division I baseball and they all tell me the same thing - the fastball is nothing to worry about. It can be timed and hit. And the gradual progression - little league travel teams, all star junior high teams, all star high school, college ball - lets the batter get accustomed to the growing speed of the pitcher. I have a friend drafted by Toronto, played in their farm system. It wasn't the fastball that kept him out of the Majors, it was the curve. You don't get accustomed to those because you don't face real good ones until you get to minor league ball.
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Post by marco266 on Oct 6, 2020 2:37:30 GMT
To be able to hold onto my athleticism for as long as possible. 43 and I still move really well for a guy who wakes up in pain every morning. I've found out what goes when you get older is your instinct to do some crazy stuff. Dive for a baseball; ski down closed trails; fight anybody, any size; go hard for a rebound.... The body most likely still would respond quite well, but your mind keeps you from going that extra step. I went skiing a year or two ago and there was a skateboard park laid out on the mountain. Ramps and rails and all that goofy crap. For snowboarders. But I said, "Fuck it, I'm going to do that shit on skis." Big mistake. BIG mistake. Snowboards are nearly a foot wide. Going down a rail on 3 inch wide skis is not to be done. Still can't believe I tried it. Now my mind stops me from such sports idiocy. You'll discover the body is still strong...it's the mind that gets weak (or smart to be more correct).
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Oct 6, 2020 12:13:35 GMT
To be able to hold onto my athleticism for as long as possible. 43 and I still move really well for a guy who wakes up in pain every morning. I've found out what goes when you get older is your instinct to do some crazy stuff. Dive for a baseball; ski down closed trails; fight anybody, any size; go hard for a rebound.... The body most likely still would respond quite well, but your mind keeps you from going that extra step. I went skiing a year or two ago and there was a skateboard park laid out on the mountain. Ramps and rails and all that goofy crap. For snowboarders. But I said, "Fuck it, I'm going to do that shit on skis." Big mistake. BIG mistake. Snowboards are nearly a foot wide. Going down a rail on 3 inch wide skis is not to be done. Still can't believe I tried it. Now my mind stops me from such sports idiocy. You'll discover the body is still strong...it's the mind that gets weak (or smart to be more correct). I'm the opposite, actually. I still throw my body around with reckless abandon playing volleyball, badminton (you heard me), diving to make a catch, etc. I don't know if bracing for impact, tumbling and getting back to your feet is instinctive or a learned skill, but either way it's muscle memory that never really leaves you so long as you keep your body in shape. My lateral quickness is still solid, though I can tell I've lost a step in a sprint. I was never Vince Carter, but surely I've lost some vertical explosiveness (and I use that term very liberally at this point) as well. To your point though, to a certain extent it's all about desire. You have to still want to do it. I can't half ass it when it comes to sports. Maybe I can't get there in time, but I'm sure as hell going to try. The fun is the challenge, otherwise what's the point? It's just the way I'm wired. Where I've noticed my instincts changing is physical labor. Yard work, chores around the house, that kind of thing. "Sure I can lift this fallen tree limb and drag it out of here, or I can cut it down to a more manageable size." "I don't have to carry all of this mulch over there in one trip, I can take two trips, or even three." "Maybe I should get help moving this coffee table." Things like that. In the moment athletically, my body still wants to do things. But when I have time to consider my options, discretion is usually the better part of valor. You don't bounce back as quickly at 43 as you did at 23.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2020 12:34:46 GMT
So to get this back on topic... Who else would Tombstone Sasha Banks? Tombstone:  Sasha Banks:  |
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