Everything posted by jkates
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Axe Bat
Cat 8/Posey - smooth looking bats. The best hitter on my son's team uses one. I have a buddy who believes the Axe Bat has a lighter swing weight and the Cat 8 a heavier swing weight. He gives his stronger kids the Posey but won't let his little kids use it. My son falls on the smaller side. This buddy is the one who put the Axe Bat in my son's hands.
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Axe Bat
He does seem to be making better contact, though not necessarily line drives. How much of that is attributable to the bat handle, I don't know. He bats lefthanded. His misses often resulted in flares or pop ups to SS/3B. He seems to have much fewer of those now. I assumed that handle design might help reduce rollover ground balls. Haven't had a chance to see that yet as he hasn't played games with it. We've just been doing tee work, flips, front toss, BP.
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2020 Texas Baseball
BREAKING: School is out for winter break and the students are home with their friends and families. Classes resume January 21.
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Axe Bat
Do any of your kids use the Axe Bat? What do you think? Pros? Cons? Which one do they use (BBCOR, USABat, USSSA)? My son (9 years old, 10 in April) grabbed an Axe Bat this fall and fell in love with it. He says it feels better in his hand. I don't notice a major difference in his swing mechanics but he is making better contact lately. This could simply be his development, his comfort, his confidence, the fact that he's hitting more this winter than last, or some combination. I'm not one who thinks that a different bat cures a swing problem. Anyway, I think I'm about to pull the trigger on the 2020 Axe Avenge (-10) USSSA bat and was curious if any on here had opinions based on their kids' swinging one.
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United Methodist Church to split in two
This Twitter thread is worth considering....
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Active shooter thread
Which I noted. I also noted that the shooter didn't seem interested in speed. He could have fired a lot faster, even with a shotgun. We'll likely never know why he didn't. Point being, the AR may have been worse, but not necessarily.
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Active shooter thread
An AR-15 isn't necessarily the more effective killing tool. That said, he could have fired more rounds in that time frame. But, it seemed like he wasn't interested in max carnage, because he also could have chosen to fire the shotgun more quickly. The AR would have required more precise aiming than the shotgun. I can't tell where the 2 congregants were struck, but the 2nd one seemed to get hit low. That proved to be lethal with the shotgun, maybe it would not have been with a .223?
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Active shooter thread
That's a bizarre first sentence, full of emotion but lacking legs. What about the pro-gun culture enabled this lunatic to have a shotgun and/or made him use it at this church? As to the 2nd sentence, plenty of pro-gun (really, pro-2A) folks - including the NRA, IIRC - argue for things like gun violence restraining orders. It's myopic to equate not supporting your preferred gun policies with inaction or enabling something like this.
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2 dead in thwarted mass shooting attempt at Fort Worth area church that was live streaming on YouTube
Good job by the security team once the shooting started. My church has an obvious uniformed police presence on Sundays, along with additional plainclothes security folks. Many of the plainclothes are current LEO, some are former. We have a guy on staff who is former HPD Detective that runs security. Thank God for them.
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What the hell has happened to Amazon
This shouldn't surprise you.
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Boycott Hallmark. No, don't boycott Hallmark. Wait, boycott Hallmark!
That's funny. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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2020 Hall of Fame Thread
Bonds Clemens Jeter Ramirez Schilling
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2020 Texas Baseball
I'm feeling big things from Hodo. That kid is an amazing athlete and from excellent stock.
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Texas' KenPom ratings
Where are we after our historic win over the mighty Aggies?
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Joel Osteen is a fraud meta thread
"Don’t be deceived by this funny biz If you come to Jesus for money, then He’s not your God- money is Jesus is not a means to an end The gospel is He came to redeem us from sin And that is the message forever I’ll yell If you’re living your best life now, you’re headed for hell" ~Shai Linne Sorry, Joel.
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Texas vs. bull doggin hoes like dem Georgetown Hoyas - 6pm ESPN2
Just woke up. Did that 2nd half still happen? Ugh.
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2019/2020 Hunting Thread
Sat in a blind on Sunday evening with my 9-year old son. My dad sat in a different food plot. We didn't see much. A spike came out just after sunset. We let him walk because we were hoping for does and pigs. We'll try again this weekend. Still not much better than walking through the woods with my dad and son, even coming up empty.
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
What a 2019 season for the Astros. They didn't #TakeItBack but got as close as possible. In my best trying-not-to-sound-heartbroken-Bill-Belichick imitation, "We're on to 2020." I still trust Jeff Luhnow and his team to put together a top-level squad. I am still happy that Reid Ryan and his team work for the Astros. AJ Hinch is a great leader for the players. Onward...
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
OK, for real this time.
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
In. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
I'll be in Section 133 tonight with my mom, sister, and son. Pinch me.
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
BOOM.
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2019 Houston Astros Thread
Washington is about to get destroyed.