Recent content by 2TransAms

Damn, I signed up here in 2007? I remember buying a Demarini Vexxum here as my first "good" bat, and couldn't believe the guys who had multiple $300 bats. Didn't take me long to join the club... This'll be the third year where I haven't played. Three years ago I'd have never thought that would...

Few years back I tried to get my league team in a local fundraiser tourney. Wouldn't have won, but we knew everybody there. I couldn't get enough to commit, so I said "forget it" and ended up playing for the team that won it all (not because I was on the team, I gotta add). Half my guys were...

You can usually find enough guys to get a good enough but not great outfield. 3B and SS are the hardest spots for me to fill, having a little more defensive range in both spots makes a huge difference.

That was a longass sentence, but all correct. It's really about pitch recognition. If you don't recognize an inside pitch early and commit to it (if you want to swing), you can end up playing catch-up and leaning back or swinging with your arms in too close. Instead of a proactive attack, it's...

If they cared that much, they'd stop putting the serial # under the grip. Wild ass guess but probably 90+% of bats don't get returned.

I've still got my old Stealth SCN4. It won't die.

They're the exact same, they're just worth less because if you break one you're SOL with no bat and no money.

Stick her in RF and hope they don't hit it there. It's a work tourney, they probably won't.

Years ago someone on the other team broke the back window of a parked car and the owner asked who was going to pay for it; when he determined nobody was going to pay for it he said he was "coming back with a shotgun". Only time I've actually had cops called during a game.

First off, pulling every time isn't so bad if you can still hit the line or shoot the 5 hole every time on demand. Otherwise, it's BP and more BP. Nothing we say will be much help unless you go out and practice it til you can't screw it up. Also need to adjust on the fly. If their 2B is weak...

Yeah, well then you're going back to how they used to do it, where the bat was a log for 500-1000 hits before it opened up and came anywhere close to hitting the limit. Now people want them "hot outta the wrapper", and you can get it, but they don't last as long.

E-rec should, in theory, suck compared to everybody but other E-rec teams. Nothin wrong with having a good team, but even around here in league you've got teams in the "rec" league that I know (because I know the guys) are full of tourney players that just crush the beer league guys trying to...

Only way to improve is practice. Unfortunately "practice" usually means "home run derby", nobody wants to run infield drills. So you're stuck learning on the job one game at a time.

Good one. :D As we all know, a couple extra inches is the difference between going home with the trophy or not. Back on topic, I don't see what a 14-15" glove can do that a 13" can't, and nearly all over 13" are total POS's marketed towards once-a-week beer league players. It's ok if that's...

Easton Stealth+ SCN4. Just fit my swing. Had a few come and go, always looking for the next best thing when I should've just kept what worked. Hitting 44/400's probably helped too. Z2K's are right there with it. 3000/4000's were never quite the same.