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5 hours ago, closetojumping said:
I played against a lot of guys in Houston and throughout the world from 1990-1994 that were in the high 80’s-low 90’s at 15-17.
Faced a dude from South Korea in a world series at 14 that was hitting the equivalent of mid-90’s. Faced Ramon Castro from Puerto Rico in the same tournament and he threw harder (drafted by the Astros a few years later and he was definitely not 14 when we faced his cheating ass).
Jeff Hampton and Alex Prejean out of Clear Lake. Prejean was high 90’s with little control. He hit me on the tip of my nose in a playoff game in high school and it literally turf-burned the edge of my nose he was throwing so hard.
Marriott, Rupe, the Kingwood guys that went in the first round in 93-95. Dana Davis. Mike Gonzalez out of Pasadena High who played for years as a closer in the bigs. A short fat lefty at Dobie named Shane something or other who ended up playing in the bigs for AZ and Milwaukee. Guy named Mosley out of Deer Park who threw harder than any of them besides Marriott and Prejean and couldn’t find the plate. Scary shit to face a dude in the high 90’s with zero control at 15/16.
The most ridiculous pitcher I faced was a dude named Ryan Cummings out of Marietta, GA. He had 5 fucking pitches at 16 and threw in the mid 90’s with control. Tore his rotator cuff his senior year, I heard, and I think the Yankees still drafted him in the 16th round.
Anyway, I’d say that it’s been going on for as long as baseball has been played. By high school, guys sitting 84-86 are a dime a dozen in the metro areas.
I think it was Shane Nance from Dobie. Don’t forget Backe too. John Patterson from LCM was throwing high 90’s back then
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11 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:
Let's say CJ Williams follows Murphy. How many more WR's would we take? Can't see Stewart, Thompson, and Coleman being told no. And this doesn't even include Chris Marshall.
This is sounding like Charlie’s 2017 linebacker class, hopefully ends up like Tom’s DB class
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DGF and Overshown would have been badass.
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5 minutes ago, hornfromdallas said:
this isnt 2005 a&m has become big brother
all you homers need to take your orange glasses off to see it
i know for a fact kids in this era see texas a&m as superior to texas because my woo was recruited by both during the process & i got to talk to many recruits in a gc
Shemar told him this in a video
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Nobody has forgotten Eric Metcalf
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All the tight ends that were supposed to be badass... Chad Stevens, Brock Edwards, Peyton Aucoin, list goes on.
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Wasn’t Greg Cicero supposed to win the QB battle with Major and Adam Dunn
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With Herman, down by 3 TD’s in the first quarter you knew the game would still come down to the last possession.
With Herman, up by 3 TD’s in the first quarter you knew the game would still come down to the last possession.
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4 hours ago, closetojumping said:
The staff needs to meet and put a full target map together before they’re going to be willing to take anyone else that isn’t a dead nuts lock 5 star. Even the Winfield take had apprehension around it, supposedly.
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I feel kinda bad for that email I sent now. Ah, fuck it.
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6 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:
Decent post from Husky forum that suggest that there are problems at UW and that maybe why he is coming.
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1 minute ago, DanTheHorn said:
Oh shit here we go again
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1 minute ago, Junior Bonner said:
How do you pronounce his last name?
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3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:
Woot! You mean to tell me that Pete Golding to Texas was made up bullshit when being pushed out there ahead of the national title game? Stunning.
This is a shocking, excellent fucking hire. This staff fucks.
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5 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:
Not the worst idea Wescott has ever had.
WTF does this mean?
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Between this and the Hitler video my liver is about to tap the fuck out. I just need CTJ to chime in and tell us we are about to go balls deep on everybody.
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1 minute ago, conVINCEd said:
This fucking place is amazing sometimes.
I agree... these mother fuckers tonight nailed it
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2 minutes ago, Rip76 said:
Username sir
1 minute ago, General Specific said:
Ah, username should check!- 4
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WTF am I supposed to do now?
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CDC was just waiting for Surly’s approval
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Is tomorrow Tuesday?
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Yea I played against Backe quite a bit too, my high school team actually beat him 2-3 times his senior year and eliminated Ball from the playoffs. He was a hell of a player and one of the best hitters in Houston area. Amazing that once his position player role in the pros never materialized that he could resort back to pitching and excel in the bigs for a while. I bet he hit low 90’s in 96, his senior year.