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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 01:12pm
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Lol sorry guys dint know i was being graded ! That 530ft shot u were talking about was hardball i assume?? remember ur talking like 5th level skydome at 530 ft. Brett Helmer and Jeff Hall distances using 120 mph bats
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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 01:15pm
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Lol sorry guys dint know i was being graded ! That 530ft shot u were talking about was hardball i assume?? remember ur talking like 5th level skydome at 530 ft. Brett Helmer and Jeff Hall distances using 120 mph bats
No, it was actually one of our local church league slow pitch softball games.

Not kidding. The kid has serious bat speed and technique.

Everyone's jaws hit the floor, including mine as I watched it soar from behind the second baseman.
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I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views!

Screw green, it ain't easy being blue!

I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 01:17pm
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Slo pitch??
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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 01:26pm
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Slo pitch??
Yep. Slow pitch softball.

The entire field just froze and gazed at the ball, including the runners.

This kid's as honest as they come, too. His bat was 100% legit.
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I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views!

Screw green, it ain't easy being blue!

I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 01:36pm
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Lol sorry guys dint know i was being graded ! ...
OK, since the subject has already been broached here, I'm not taking this thread too much more OT more than it already is. This idea that capitalization and punctuation rules exist only to get a 5th grade English grade is, well, juvenile.

As has already been said, the reason we have these rules is so the written language can be understood. It has nothing to do with "grades" and everything to do with communicating.

The person who won't use at least enough punctuation and capitalization to divide his writing into basic sentences is like the driver who changes lanes and cuts in front of another driver to avoid braking. He is forcing the driver he cut off to now brake. He has no problem inconveniencing others to avoid minor effort himself.
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Old Mon Sep 28, 2009, 02:46pm
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Lol sorry guys dint know i was being graded ! That 530ft shot u were talking about was hardball i assume?? remember ur talking like 5th level skydome at 530 ft. Brett Helmer and Jeff Hall distances using 120 mph bats
No, I have been watching players hit softballs over 400' for a while and I have a hard time believing there are bats with a 120 mph exit speed.

Then again, anyone who is truly a power hitter doesn't need a juiced bat, out of the wrapper or altered.

BTW, I know there are multilingual posters, but I'm not so sure anyone is fluent in jibberish. Maybe in the YSISF.
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