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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: March 11, 2024, 12:20:39 PM »

pretty sure I've said it before but it still boggles my mind that baseball is the first organized sport I played. It's boring, has confusing rules, and really difficult for little kids. Like the worst of everything for kids trying sports. I wonder how many kids got completely turned off of sports because they sucked at baseball when they were like 8 or 9 and that was their only option and they assumed they sucked at all sports. (granted that's changed but still)

LOL at being introduced to sports at 8 or 9 anymore.  By the time they are that age, baseball/softball kids have had 6 years of private instruction, outgrown $3000 worth of gear, had at least one Tommy John surgery, are practicing/playing 5 days a week year round and have played tournaments in 6 different states outside of their own.  Soccer is almost as bad (no Tommy John though).

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: ksu ladycats

« on: March 09, 2024, 08:48:04 PM »

Looks like a pretty good kstate contingent in attendance.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: March 09, 2024, 08:41:17 PM »

It's a wonder there aren't more concussions in tee ball and early coach pitch.  They put all the kids in a semi-circle around the pitcher's mound, and every time a ball is hit, there are about 4 kids diving for it and cracking heads.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: KU Basketball is Hurting

« on: March 09, 2024, 04:28:15 PM »

This is rough ridin' hilarious

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: eff the clones game thread

« on: March 09, 2024, 03:44:26 PM »

dng is out there battling today

He has been our most dependable player since conference play started.  He has been a pleasure to watch.  Dude just plays hard.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Squawk super bowl

« on: March 05, 2024, 08:55:42 PM »

We have butter on our hands AND our feet.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Cars.... How far have you went before getting a new one?

« on: March 01, 2024, 09:04:07 AM »

Do any of you auto aficionados have any experience with the Chevy Traverse?  Mrs Schreds is looking at buying one.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions

« on: March 01, 2024, 08:49:03 AM »

Yes, if there is a silver lining, at least this is the right time of year for the grass to burn.  It's those late summer or fall burns that really hurt grass stands.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS

« on: February 29, 2024, 03:32:30 PM »

They are literally building a dedicated facility west of the speedway to house the Royal. 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Cats vs viper handlers

« on: February 28, 2024, 02:23:41 PM »

Refs swallowed their whistles for us at the end, felt good.

they really didn’t let wvu get the bullshit calls they were trying to get

Yeah, Kerr Kriisa was so bad at flopping that you either wanted to laugh, or punch him in the face.

Yes.  Our flopper (TP) was much better than their flopper.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaches that have had their faces x and O’d into oblivion by Jerome Tang

« on: February 24, 2024, 07:30:54 PM »

Isn't that guy a senator from Pennsylvania or somewhere like that?

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS

« on: February 22, 2024, 03:29:55 PM »

We hosted a 2  4 World Series and 5 AFC Championship games. Amaze.

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: February 20, 2024, 12:53:50 PM »

Smallville has a community youth basketball program that is underwritten by donations and the proceeds of an annual tournament. For $60 each year, kids get (basic) uniforms, two 90 minute practices per week plus 15 - 20 games during the season when entry fees covered by the youth bball association. Kids have always had good coaches (with one glaring exception). Not enough court time to get your kid a D1 scholarship but they are able to understand the fundamentals of basketball well enough to enjoy participating in their school's team by the time they get to middle school. Seems like participation in club volleyball has exploded here over the past 5 -10 years. If kids aren't participating in a club team they are hopelessly behind when they get to middle school and it is a waste of time to try and get started in the game at that point.

This is how youth sports should operate.

YES!

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: February 18, 2024, 10:43:20 AM »

Which explains the irrationality of youth sports today.
"Honey, I'd really like to go spend some time in the Vail area this summer."
"Well crap!  I think there's a tournament up there that we can spend an extra couple hundred dollars per family just to participate in!  I'll bet the view from the ball field is great and we can spend the time resting in between games back at the overpriced condo that we can share with the Daves!"

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: February 18, 2024, 10:18:11 AM »

Why don't you just take a vacation up there so you can spend the entire time doing what you want and not have to dick with other parents and teammates and ball games screwing up your entire day?

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS

« on: February 12, 2024, 04:24:55 PM »

Not sure where to put this

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: The Sunflower Slaughter on Big Monday

« on: February 05, 2024, 10:10:34 PM »

If we go ahead and lose this game it better God damn well be by more than 4 rough ridin' points.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: The Sunflower Slaughter on Big Monday

« on: February 05, 2024, 08:16:40 PM »

Well the good news is that we are about 8 points ahead of our usual pace at the 16 minute mark.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Degenerates Thread / Proud of this house they repossessed

« on: January 29, 2024, 03:32:59 PM »

Yesterday was a good day my friends

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Kansas State Football / Re: Degenerates Thread / Proud of this house they repossessed

« on: January 29, 2024, 12:27:04 PM »

So has anybody else been cashing in on Mahommes/Chiefs being underdogs the last two weeks?  Took Chiefs moneyline both games and won some farms!

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: CHIEFS

« on: January 28, 2024, 04:43:15 PM »

Is Felix active

No but I dont know why.  Is he hurt or does he just suck?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Pet Peeves

« on: January 27, 2024, 10:50:34 AM »

Anybody out driving on my roads at the same time I am

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Kansas State Football / Re: KU football is NOT going through a rough patch. Cheer on our hawk brothers here!

« on: January 26, 2024, 07:35:22 PM »

So the state of Kansas is spending millions subsidizing KU's new stadium and they are going to send millions to Missouri to play 4 homes games?  Cool.

It's a travesty, but it's so absolutely #onbrand for that place.

The very worst part is that they're doing this to build a facility that is not at all in keeping with the history of the original stadium nor the core architecture of their campus. 

From what I've seen so far there's nary a single component that embodies indigenous natural building materials found in Kansas.  Maybe that's because we've just seen the marketing renderings.  We'll see I suppose.

Using Rock Chalk Park as our guide, they'll also be a financing and funding story to mull over when it's all said and done that will require FOIA's and an attempt to hide behind the shield of some potentially non FOIA'able entity like the KU Endowment.

Well in their defense, in order to keep in line with campus architecture they would have to pony up and put a red roof on it.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kansas City things

« on: January 26, 2024, 08:10:01 AM »

I have a hard time believing there wasn't fentanyl or lethal doses of some other illicit drug in their system.

Sounds like the guy that lives there is some sort of scientist....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/brother-of-chiefs-fan-who-was-found-dead-in-friend-s-backyard-speaks-out-says-story-not-adding-up/ar-BB1hfKEm?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=8a56dc4885a642739b70704682ca1843&ei=35

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kansas City things

« on: January 24, 2024, 10:14:22 AM »

WTF?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/3-kansas-city-chiefs-fans-found-dead-outside-home-after-watching-a-game-what-we-know/ar-BB1hbIxz?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=f022b39ea9bb4d09b8a0d590729341bf&ei=74