u/Bonbeanlio

Growing up I used to think my Dad was such a good driver because he was always "avoiding so many accidents" and "close calls." Once I started driving myself I realized there shouldn't regularly be anything you're avoiding.

85+ as a 13-year-old is wild. I didn't hit 85+ until my sophomore year of college. Times and training have changed.

Same thing. I keep being told in the first round that they loved the chat and want to pass me on to the next round, only to then hear nothing ever again. I feel like I’m pretty personable and good with words, and I’ve only ever gotten positive feedback, but thus far no cigar. At least I’m getting interviews now, that wasn’t always the case.

If there are less than 2 outs, 1st and 2nd, grounder in the IF should be a double play. The only time it's not is when you get a perfect storm of slow runner on second, and slow-ish grounder to the shortstop's backhand. Then they will often throw to 3rd. It just doesn't all work out that way too often. Usually better to guarantee an out at first.

This is not lost on me, but thanks for the reminder.

The Isle of Man TT needs to be banned. I know everyone knows the risks, but we're allowing people to kill themselves every year. It's a bit beyond the realm of other risky sports activities IMO.

Insane to me that this is required for entry level, but you're not wrong, this is the world we live in.

The framing around employment has totally flipped. Instead of, “who should we give an opportunity,” it has become, “who will bring value to us that we don’t already have?”

If you can’t prove to them that you’re bringing new value, they usually don’t care. For new graduates and entry level people, that can be nearly impossible without going out and creating your own successful thing. 

They’re also looking to “say” they’re hiring to look like a healthy business or justify an internal promotion, data farming, looking for a unicorn candidate because they can, or repeatedly reposting the same role at lower and lower salaries until they find the cheapest they can get a reasonable bite.

I know those don’t help you land a role, but they’re the answer to your title question.

When it’s in the right lane, many of those people aren’t the most comfortable drivers to begin with. (If they were they’d be going faster in the middle / left.) Therefore, many of them feel more comfortable being directly behind the car in front in order to help them line up and control their car by essentially copying the car in front. I’ve known bad drivers who unconsciously tailgated because they felt it helped them stay in the lane. (Not justifying, just explaining. It’s incredibly dumb and those people shouldn’t be on the road.

If a company is cold calling me, my first assumption is that they’re an MLM. Either way, beginning an interview on the spot without any research or specific preparation is never a good idea. It’s a lose lose no matter what. Heck, we send out so many apps I don’t remember half the places I’ve applied.

Well you have to state it in the job description then. And if I have some skills and think I can do the job well, I'm allowed to take a flyer and make a case for myself.

I'm not the one who chooses to schedule the calls. All I ask is that recruiter reads a resume beyond a quick glance before scheduling a call with someone.

Half the time the recruiters running cold hits don't know the first thing about an industry, they just found a keyword they recognize on your profile.

Same thing happened to me earlier this year. 3 interviews, a reference call, and they told me essentially I got the job, they just needed to send the formal offer. Well apparently HR then informed them they were no longer allowed to hire for the position.

You see, to me it's the Honda Insight for most of the reasons stated. Accord space, Honda reliability, and hybrid gas milage, without the Accord name recognition. Only downsides are putrid performance and odd looks, but that's not why you're buying one.

Damn I should get that right, I’m literally an editor.

It's literally a public forum of evidence that you might be difficult to work with. She of all people should understand that.

It's true, and then you just wind up stuck. But citing self-work as freelance is a good idea.

This is what I'm scared of. I completely agree that believe it or not, it could be much worse.

Launch angle just means the angle the ball comes off the bat. Attack angle is the angle the bat comes through the zone.

Ideally, you want your attack angle to be slightly up, matching the plane of the ball coming in. If you just do that with good connection, long fly balls will come.

Pros have attack angles about between 5 and 20 degrees, with the higher creating more loft. But high attack angles also bring more fly balls. You have to have home run pop for that to be advantageous.

If you're not hitting any long fly balls you probably have a power and connection issue more than an attack angle issue.

The front foot starting to open pre-swing is definitely leaking a bit of power. I'd like to see more upper body coil and vertical bat angle in the load, creating better posture to generate a better swing plane.

Right now you're getting a push of the knob with the hands down to the ball. That creates a disconnected and long rotational swing. Think of launching the barrel, knob to the catcher, with the back shoulder, instead of down over the back shoulder.

That being said, contact point on this inside pitch looks pretty good, as does commitment. I think the power will come with more connection in the swing. A decent swing for the age overall.

Not for 21

Heck, they even make special batting gloves with hand and wrist padding, and rubber thumb guards so you don't wring your hands getting jammed.

If he doesn't already have them, see if he wants an elbow guard, leg guard, and stanton-like helmet chin flap. Being geared up really does help mitigate the fear.

I think it really depends on level and degree. Yeah, for a 7u rec league where nobody can catch the ball, who cares?

But once the kids can reliably catch, throw, and make contact, isn't this the next logical step?

12u travel consists of teams often trying to make the LLWS. Prepping opposition tendencies is absolutely already part of the game at that point.

That being said, you should also be teaching the kids what to look for themselves. Blindly telling them what to do based on your book isn't helping anyone.

If you're a pitcher / outfielder you can probably get by without it. To my surprise none of my college teammates wore one either. But as an infielder I feel like it's worth it. I found I approached my (ground)balls with more confidence when wearing one, especially on subpar fields.

Unless you make a big deal about it I don't think guys are really going to notice or care that you're wearing one.

I also oddly liked to wear one when facing an opposite handed pitcher with a sharp slider. Wouldn't want to start a swing and get hit square.