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[quote name="maddog" post="929430" timestamp="1291926600"] Pluto - You have the essence of the message to a TEE !! [/quote] Maddog, My knowledge of the message comes from many years of hard "lessons learned" with 3 grown kids and then to have been fortunate enough to have a late child and get a second chance with what it's really all about.....simply enjoying your kids.  period. It is my experience that it really does not matter how talented anybody's child is, (or how talented we "think" they are) being good and playing at a higher level absolutely has to be intrinsic.  It doesn't matter how much money we spend on lessons, camps, bats, gloves, select teams and tournaments...if they don't want it themselves, they are not going to do it.  One must simply support them and enjoy watching them while they're doing it, otherwise you miss out on the best part.  Out of my three, one went on to keep playing, one is working construction (and doing very well for himself) and the other is a stay at home mom.  It seems like yesterday that I was driving the golden triangle dropping off, picking up and sitting at all night softball/baseball tournaments.  Today, they're doing their own thing and you want them to have fond memories of it....not memories of being badgered, nagged and forced to do something that their parents wanted more than they did.  When they enter the "real" world, I don't think anybody who interviews them will ever ask, "Oh, Mr. So and So did you play college ball?"  I believe the real criteria is the transcript. ENJOY your kids people....Life is just too short for pettiness.

[quote name="(13)" post="927322" timestamp="1291611764"] [quote author=GCM Fan link=topic=77076.msg927224#msg927224 date=1291602635] Very well put . [/quote] Really? I must be slow, I couldn't keep up with all the changes of direction [/quote] I think maybe the point was to encourage your kids with their dreams, display your behavior as an adult, but most importantly, ENJOY your kids in whatever it is that they do, college bound or not for Life gets away from us all!

[quote name="vidor pirate" post="793656" timestamp="1271976154"] mojica and trae should be locks for 1st team [/quote] So should Mike!

The youth soccer program is an organization run by Clint Brasher and Chad LaPray.  They have several different teams...boys and girls at different ages.  They all play out of Beaumont and/or tournaments.

Go get 'em Pirates! 

Makes sense to me (jmo) good luck Matt. Tough to keep all your equip. in a tent. Makes perfect sense to me. Barbe is always rated top in the Nation. Alot of publicity. Good luck to you Matt.

I was in Frisco during the hurricane and the majority of news coverage we got was all about Katrina!

My hotel bill was applied to my deductible by my insurance company! lol That helped alot.

I'm sorry for everyone. I was lucky and my neighborhood was spared. Has anyone heard the extent of the flooding on Irving Street in West Orange? My elderly M-I-L's home is down there and she keeps asking.

Vidor at HJ Thurs at 6:00. It's on the school website

check the projections on noaa.gov those are the most accurate.

Yeah, but what does Biggio know about Football? ??? ;D Biggio graduated from Kings Park High School on Long Island, New York, where he excelled as a multi-sport varsity athlete. Most notably, after the 1983 season, Biggio was awarded the Hansen Award, which recognized him as being the best football player in Suffolk County.[1] However, Biggio's passion lay with baseball, such that he turned down football scholarships for the opportunity to play baseball for Seton Hall University. wow that is interesting. What position did he play? He is not a really big guy! He's 5'11". That's a decent size for HS football.

It would be my guess that she, in her very professional and polite Pauline style, HIGHLY encouraged him to take a step back and reconsider his motives. And she probably did it without ever telling him in direct words what he should or should not do. She's very good at that.

[Hidden Content] I'd think this is quite a signing bonus for a HS recruit.

You pegged it. Back when little kiddos were being little kiddos, making mud pies, swimming and doing the things that they don't even know exist now. We adults are cheating kids of being kids.