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Forum: Baseball Fri Jan 09, 2009, 12:32pm
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Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Originally, you were asserting that when an...

Originally, you were asserting that when an umpire works high school or below, he would not have the skills or experience to handle difficult situations or rulings.

(And that lone phenom thing...
Forum: Baseball Thu Jan 08, 2009, 12:44am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
I don't know if words like "relax" or...

I don't know if words like "relax" or "belligerent" or terms like "running at me" apply to anything that I present.

My point is exactly what Seth said: there is high school ball in this region and...
Forum: Baseball Wed Jan 07, 2009, 10:39pm
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Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Oh, okay ... I'll be sure to watch myself. And...

Oh, okay ... I'll be sure to watch myself. And I'll tell all the Southern California pro and college scouts that followed them around to control themselves too. And I'll try not to make any other...
Forum: Baseball Wed Jan 07, 2009, 09:35pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Where did you get that? Wow, that's quite a...

Where did you get that?

Wow, that's quite a reach.
Forum: Baseball Wed Jan 07, 2009, 02:00pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Here are two pitchers from the team that won the...

Here are two pitchers from the team that won the National Tournament at Cal State Fullerton. I see them both as serious big league prospects. The first guy is an Orel Hershiser clone. His name is...
Forum: Baseball Tue Jan 06, 2009, 09:27pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
And we never compared it to D-I, because we know...

And we never compared it to D-I, because we know we can't.

It's just high-level high school with games that are peppered with high draft picks and major D-I signees.
Forum: Baseball Mon Jan 05, 2009, 07:32pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Very, very well said and very true.

Very, very well said and very true.
Forum: Baseball Mon Jan 05, 2009, 02:40pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
I agree. I probably emphasize that more strongly...

I agree. I probably emphasize that more strongly than many of my peers, and I get good responses from baseball people to my overall game because of it. Sometimes a well-managed pregame and first two...
Forum: Baseball Mon Jan 05, 2009, 02:27pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
I'm just saying that you did place high school in...

I'm just saying that you did place high school in a category that made it sound free of any real challenges. I did a H.S. game at Jered and Jeff Weaver's school, and they had another pro prospect...
Forum: Baseball Mon Jan 05, 2009, 02:08pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
In some parts of the LA area, some high school...

In some parts of the LA area, some high school environments can be as challenging as most D-III or JC or similar small college settings. Ever heard of nationally-ranked Chatsworth? The left side of...
Forum: Baseball Sun Jan 04, 2009, 10:57am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Stay at it, man. Slow and steady. Best...

Stay at it, man. Slow and steady.

Best advice I ever heard: "Eat half as much and chew it twice as long."
Forum: Baseball Sat Jan 03, 2009, 11:07am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Drink few or none of your calories and you've won...

Drink few or none of your calories and you've won half the battle.

This is my weight control tool (instead of Sprite):
http://www.elcuzcorestaurant.com/onlineorder/images/Pellegrino.jpg
Forum: Baseball Fri Jan 02, 2009, 12:31pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
With all due respect, baseball has been around a...

With all due respect, baseball has been around a long time, and so has the locker room code. What is said there--however brazenly or childishly--stays there ... period. To act on it publicly is a...
Forum: Baseball Wed Dec 31, 2008, 04:05pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
I have several stab wounds in my back, but never...

I have several stab wounds in my back, but never as much as a hangnail from delivering one. And I have had some pretty objectionable partners. The never-throw-the-partner-under-no-matter-what...
Forum: Baseball Wed Dec 31, 2008, 04:04am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
I neither ignore nor encourage such ill behavior....

I neither ignore nor encourage such ill behavior. It's just that as the scenario was originally framed, what goes on inside gets stored and used at the first opportunity. I've done that. Or reported...
Forum: Baseball Wed Dec 31, 2008, 03:07am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Okay, fine. I really do what I do for the...

Okay, fine.

I really do what I do for the right reasons. I respect the game more than you can imagine. I don't know why you are painting me otherwise.

I am also a realist, so I guess that...
Forum: Baseball Wed Dec 31, 2008, 02:53am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
His on-field behavior is subtle (the screamer is...

His on-field behavior is subtle (the screamer is another area guy). He's a mentally cruel guy who's a womanizer and in the past assaulted his sons in public and also shoved a couple of other kids in...
Forum: Baseball Tue Dec 30, 2008, 08:07pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
This is what I heard a coach scream at a kid...

This is what I heard a coach scream at a kid while he got lit up: "You deserve to get knocked around like that! And I'm gonna' leave you out there to die!"

His father objected loudly to that kind...
Forum: Baseball Tue Dec 30, 2008, 07:13pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
I don't know where you live, but in Southern...

I don't know where you live, but in Southern California, there are guys like him at several schools, and there is politics just as blatant as this at more than one school, and guys who are even more...
Forum: Baseball Tue Dec 30, 2008, 03:38pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Pete, this is obviously a complex issue, because...

Pete, this is obviously a complex issue, because I am normally one of the small percentage who speak up and/or stand up to anyone who I see victimizing a person or animal. I don't care what or who...
Forum: Baseball Tue Dec 30, 2008, 02:05pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
I never said ignore it. I said store it and...

I never said ignore it. I said store it and beware of the guy and warn others.

I wouldn't tolerate a single peep out of a guy like that in public, but what he says in private is none of my...
Forum: Baseball Tue Dec 30, 2008, 01:50pm
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Okay, the game is not the game in Little League....

Okay, the game is not the game in Little League. You changed the subject in order to tell me I'm wrong. Nice twist. No need to strain yourself like that just to start an argument.

We were...
Forum: Baseball Tue Dec 30, 2008, 11:17am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Okay? The man's right. And when he's right, he's...

Okay? The man's right. And when he's right, he's usually very, very right.

The game is the game, irrespective of everything, including the level of play. If it's going on in public, you are...
Forum: Baseball Tue Dec 30, 2008, 11:14am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
Absolutely not. It is inside the locker room. It...

Absolutely not. It is inside the locker room. It stays there. Be a pro.
Forum: Baseball Tue Dec 30, 2008, 12:57am
Replies: 93
Views: 7,659
Posted By Kevin Finnerty
I played and I coached and I scouted and I was in...

I played and I coached and I scouted and I was in a few clubhouses in other capacities.

What goes on in the locker room stays there. Period. And that goes for the fruits of eavesdropping. To act...
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