bjfinste said:
yeah, and i was 5'6" and about 110 when i started 5th grade.
the height is still the same so that *smoking stunts your growth* thing is TRUE ...
and of course we won't EVEN discuss the CURRENT weight in relationship to height.
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yeah, and i was 5'6" and about 110 when i started 5th grade.
the height is still the same so that *smoking stunts your growth* thing is TRUE ...
and of course we won't EVEN discuss the CURRENT weight in relationship to height.
I graduated from HS at 6-4, 275, and am still 6-4 at 26, so not too much growing after that. I shot up six inches in about 4-5 months that summer after sixth grade. When hockey season started that winter, I was a Pee-Wee with sixth and seventh graders... I just looked like a monster out there compared to some of those little 11-year olds. Thankfully for them, I had little-to-no skating skills, so they didn't have to worry about me too much!
bjfinste said:
yeah, the possibility was there, but after 19+ years of da bears suckin', i'm kinda getting used to it....LOL
BahamaMama...in your highest league do they allow 10 yr olds to play with the 11 and 12 year olds? Congrats on the win last night.
rrc said:
rrc, yup, they can start playing in the majors at age 9. but to do that, they have to have gone thru the stepping stone process to get there except in VERY rare cases. (age 7 - tee ball, age 8 - minor league, and then age 9 - eligible for majors if good enough.) once you are on a major league team, you stay with that same team until you are too old to play.
This was my sons first year of playing *player pitch* ball (he played a year of pack and rec *machine pitch* in Minnesota tho). The requirements for the draft into the majors were for anyone that was not only on a major league team was that they had to attend 2 of the 3 tryouts. we were still living in Minnesota at that time, and he was only able to be here for 1 of the days because of school. This year he was *Placed*, next year he'll be *Drafted*
and i'm still on a MAJOR POWER WHINE about the age change going into effect next year too!!!! He missed being able to play as a 10 yr. old again by being born about 32 hours too early....LOL
I'm dying to know how many of this world series bound NWLL team will be back next year as 12 yr. olds again. law of averages says 1/4 of them as they moved the birthdate back from August 1 to May 1.
DR STRANGELOVE said:
don't congratulate ME, congratulate THEM..... they were the bunch of awesome players and coaches that got the job done!!!!! if i was out there in the feild chasing balls (base) and running bases, it would have been an L for sure....LOL
On our 12 yr old team one kid will be back due to the change of age...team consists of 12 players.
