Favorite Baseball Card(s)

[JoeDirt]

I remember that.  Eric Show threw the pitch and I was in 8th grade and in Pony League.  Believe it or not, there were a ton of bean balls that season in my league...and there were a ton in the majors around the time of the Dawson hit.

I remember thinking, even as an 8th grader, that it was getting out of hand.

Anybody who says professional atheletes don't affect a child's thinking/actions is just wrong.

[nomaaa]

yeah, i once gave the middle finger to all the opposing team's parents after walking off the mound.
john rocker is awesome.

[RedBarron]

yeah, i once gave the middle finger to all the opposing team's parentshomosexual parents and single mom's with AIDS after walking off the mound.
john rocker is awesome.

[fknmclane]

I once kicked over a chair on the bench in basketbal a la Scottie Pippen and we had two kids in my little league who threw their bats at the opposing pitcher although I can't remember who did that in the bigs.  I wanna say Dante Bichetter for some reason.

[RedBarron]

one of my players threw  their helmet after striking out.  I yelled, "get your butt on the bench NOW."

The kid's parents were pissed.

We won one game that season.

[Nacho]

one of my players threw their helmet after striking out. I yelled, "get your butt on the bench NOW."

The kid's parents were pissed.

We won one game that season.

I hope the kid's parents were pissed at the kid and not you.  I can't stand parents who let their kids to anything and get pissed when a teacher/coach disciplines them.

I always wanted to be a coach so I could be a prick to the kids who were full of themselves.

[RedBarron]

parents were pissed at me.


i  had a 12 year old who was an athlete with 2 problems --- 1) no brain  2) shit for brains parents (father).

he was a lefty who could bring it.  I had his windup and deliver perfect --- throwing strikes like a sumbitch, but daddy wanted him to have a higher leg kick and other bull shit.  fucked him all up.  it was a constant battle

the kid could hit.  he was ripping the ball then one day he shows up with this fucked up stance ----- his lead foot was now in the "tipppy toe" position.  ALL of his weight was on the back leg and he had a strawberry-esque front leg kick.  The kid struck out or grounded to the pitcher his first few ABs.  I told him over and over to stop the stance.   I finally  get him to change and guess what?  HE GOES YARD.   He comes to the dugout and his daddy calls him over and chews his ass out for changing his stance.  I chew the father out and tell him to stop screwing with his kid.   I broke out the old "you didn't want to coach the team so go sit down."    He backed off somewhat, but all year it was a battle.

It was at that moment I decided that I won't coach again until my boy is old enough to play ball.

[fknmclane]

My dad and Chubbs dad coached us from the time we were 5 until we were 18 years old.  I still marvel at how they put up with everything.

But if I have a boy, I'll be coaching him for sure.  Not so sure I can coach girls.

[Bonny]

I wont coach. But I will watch those fuckers very closely.

Let the kids stand how ever they are comfortable. You think anybody taught Sheffield that fkn bat wiggle?

[RedBarron]

listen to me damnit, your kid will bat however the fuck i tell him to!


lucky for you, the first thing I do is tell them to do whatever is comfortable. . . .then we make adjustments.

I wasnt so easy on the pitchers.   I taught them to keep their arms and leg (on the kick) close to their bodies. . . then "uncoil" and release their energy towards the mitt.   The primary forcus was for the kid to have his lead foot go directly towards the plate.


Those kids hated me.

I bring out the batting T during the first practice and you'd have thought I'd given them diapers and bottles --- even the parents were pissed.  I told them that major leaguers hit off a T and they should be doing T exercises every day.

it went on deaf ears.

[Bonny]

listen to me damnit, your kid will bat however the fuck i tell him to!


lucky for you, the first thing I do is tell them to do whatever is comfortable. . . .then we make adjustments.

  The primary forcus was for the kid to have his lead foot go directly towards the plate.

Nice work Ryno. Perfect coaching techniques in my book.

You should have had the the parents running laps.

When my kids start sports, if any parents gets out of line I will calmly stroll over and whisper, "If you dont shut the fuck up and let the kids enjoy the game, Im gonna break your fucking neck. Its not about you, jackass."

I cant wait to just sit back and enjoy them playing.
I will not coach.

[RedBarron]

you'll get into coaching the same reason my dad did.  you'll get sick of the fucking retards trying to ruin the kids and make it all about them (the coaches --egos, etc).

my first coach (I was 9) actually called some of the kids on the team "stupid."   Dad couldn't take that shit anylonger.  He took over the team the following year.


My biggest problem when I coached LL was that I was way too young.  I was just 22 or 23 at the time.

[erhajj]

MY middle brother hurt his arm when he was 12 because some coach told him to put ben gay on his arm instead of warming up to pitch.  That is the must stupid shit ever, but the coach believed in it. 

This was a situation when the coach had a son on the team who was terrible but he of course was given star treatment.  The coaches son got one hit all season. 

Ryno, I so very much want to coach, be it track or be it baseball.  But I think that I would really do badly at dealing with the parents. 
Bonny, I totally understand what you are saying.  I have been around kids playing sports enough to have seen so many parents act like jackasses to the point of taking the children's joy of participation away.  That just sucks. 

[fknmclane]

Ryno, very, very nice job with the coaching techniques.  Way to get the kids to work on mechanics and fundamentals.  Hitting off a tee and soft toss are fucking key.

[Bonny]

My biggest problem when I coached LL was that I was way too young.  I was just 22 or 23 at the time.

I managed an American Legion team when I was 19 and 20.  The team was basically our cities top 16 and unders. 

[RedBarron]

American Legion (or anything older than LL) is a totally different ballgame.  Parents are as much of a problem at that age.

[nomaaa]

you'll get into coaching the same reason my dad did. you'll get sick of the fucking retards trying to ruin the kids and make it all about them (the coaches --egos, etc).

my first coach (I was 9) actually called some of the kids on the team "stupid." Dad couldn't take that shit anylonger. He took over the team the following year.


My biggest problem when I coached LL was that I was way too young. I was just 22 or 23 at the time.

at least you weren't a pedophile like my little league coach, i think he's still in jail. thank God i didn't go to the scrapper's game with him...

[VEGAS]

How has no one picked the 1987 fleet set... especially the glossy tin. Gorgeous cards

[Bonny]

Ugliest sets ever

1990 Topps


1991 Fleer

[Bonny]

http://sports.upperdeck.com/news/article.aspx?aid=673
$500 packs of Basketball cards