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  1. Cumberland Blues

    LL 9-10 - Crash Course for Catchers?

    I'm coaching a 9-10 LL team again this year.  Against my loud protests - our league decided to bump most of our best 10yr olds up to the 11-12 Majors division.  This has left most of our minors division teams really short on pitchers & catchers.  I've had pretty good success working w/ kids who...
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    PC disconnects modem

    I've got Fairpoint DSL.  I've got an old (6.5yrs) HP desktop running Vista.  Comtrend modem/router supplied by Fairpoint.  For the past 3 weeks or so, whenever the PC is on - the modem disconnects from the internet every 5 minutes or so.  I turn off the modem and turn it back on and I'm good for...
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    Weird Stuff Happens in Baseball

    Seems like we ought to have a place to talk about random statistical oddities and weird plays.  I know we do some of that in the monthly gamethreads, but more threads are better so I'm not putting this there.   I was following the Cubs game today and pondering the plight of Jeff Samardzija -...
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    LL evaluations

    Every league has to do these...they suck, but we've gotta do 'em.  Kids who've not picked up a bat or a glove since July go into a gym in March and stumble through a few stations while a handful of dads with clipboards give 'em hopefully not too random scores.  I'm the lucky fool tasked with...