Baldkin
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I never once said anything about inner city kids. I said POOR kids cannot afford to play high level soccer, and that is why our national team is struggling. The pay to play structure and focus on winning above all else at youth levels has broken the pipeline of talent. You brought up U8 kids. There is a graph in that article that shows more kids play U8 soccer than basketball. http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fmagazine%2Fipad%2Fissues%2FYouthWebGraphic12.jpg&w=1140&cquality=40
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You're talking about the higher levels. Inner city kids (and most suburban and rural kinds for that matter) have no interest in playing at the U7, U8, etc. level. It doesn't matter how much the traveling teams costs (which could subsidize a player if they're good enough anyhow.) If they're not playing when they're young, they certainly won't be playing on a traveling team later, even it was free. Cost has nothing to do with kids not wanting to play soccer. http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/9469252/hidden-demographics-youth-sports-espn-magazine More kids play U7 and U8 Soccer than they do Basketball.
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You proved yourself wrong without realizing it. Football is a more expensive sport than soccer, yet inner city kids are playing it. Why? Because they want to play basketball and football, not soccer. If they wanted to play soccer, there would soccer fields in all the parks. Remember when baseball fields were everywhere? Not anymore, and not just in the inner-city. (At least in WI.) Where do the best football players come from? Their local high school teams. Fees are rarely over $200, and most of the additional budget comes from the $5 tickets sold on Friday nights, sponsorships and donations. Where do the best soccer players come from? Traveling teams that cost thousands of dollars to play on every season.
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Well, you're wrong. If the best athletes play basketball, then how come the US has the best baseball teams? The best track and field program? The best swimmers? Consistently wins the most medals in the Olympics? The US doesn't win at soccer because black kids don't play soccer? That's a bit racist. Inner city kids don't play soccer because it's EXPENSIVE. There is no field space in the inner cities, but there are basketball courts. There is an absolutely huge amount of poor kids who love soccer and play it religiously who simply aren't given the opportunity to succeed at the highest levels. I'm not sitting here just making up reasons. I follow soccer, I played youth soccer at the highest levels when I was 10-14 (I'm almost 40 now), and it was a joke. The coaching wasn't there, there was a huge push to win rather than improve, to drill rather than be creative which resulted in a lack of growth and a lack of skill team-wide. This is still the case throughout the US. http://theconversation.com/until-youth-soccer-is-fixed-us-mens-national-team-is-destined-to-fail-85585 https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jun/01/us-soccer-diversity-problem-world-football I could go on and on and on. It's not that kid's aren't playing, it's that the system is stacked against those who don't have money.
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Looks like his first appearance was April 8th, 1970. I'll see what I can do when I'm home later on finding the clip
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It's too bad MLB has no idea how to market their players. This guy is beyond a generational player. He is literally the Michael Jordan of baseball. There are still plenty of people who will tell you that Bryce Harper is the best player in baseball despite Trouts WAR being 34 higher with only 600 more AB's. I really don't think too many people that will tell you Bryce Harper is the best player in baseball. I think you'll get Stanton, Judge, Kershaw, and maybe Altuve and Bryant as more popular answers. As for marketing Trout, he plays for a crappy franchise. I understand it. I wouldn't have expected a Mike Trout level player that played for the early 2000's Brewers to get any pub either. The fact that he plays on the West Coast hurts him as well. Heck, I'd argue that Kershaw is hugely underappreciated too. Who was the last "Huge Publicity" west coast MLB player? Bonds? Griffey, Jr?
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He refuses to run the pick 'n roll and doesn't want to play team defense - just wants to freelance. I want nothing to do with someone who thinks he's above the team.
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Every spot in the batting order is worth ~15 PA's the rest of the year. The idea of not hitting your 4 best hitters 1-4 is absolutely silly to me. If you hit Villar leadoff and drop Cain to 3rd in the order, you're basically pinch hitting Villar for Cain 30 times the rest of the season.
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I severely doubt that Middleton + 17 would be enough to get top 3. Why would those terrible teams want a worse pick and someone they'll have to overpay to keep in a year? If they find a way to trade up, I hope it's for Doncic. I just love his game and he'd be perfect next to Giannis.
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Hader's gonna K, ꓘ, K, ꓘ, K.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who read that and my blood boiled for that guy even more.... is it Miller time yet??????? He's telling the 2B who isn't looking back at the infield that the runner is coming and he needs to tag him. That's his JOB as a SS in that situation.
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Who would you have brought in? Good question. Brian Shouse?
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Enjoy it, it's June! Free baseball! The drama!
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https://www.mlb.com/news/lorenzo-cain-leading-brewers-to-early-success/c-280306380 My favorite little story:
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No, that's where his party is.
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https://www.mlb.com/news/nick-markakis-has-a-real-chance-at-3000-hits/c-275175746
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Getting to Miller Park from the south (94 construction)
Baldkin replied to MillerParkSouth's topic in Off-Topic Forum
If I were parking there now, I'd park in the Uecker/Yount lots, take Canal St east, get up onto 16th, take that south to National and get on 94/43 at 9th st. -
I honestly can't say, because I haven't tried to do that specifically -- and it would depend on how Wal-Mart, Shopko etc handle things on their end. At the very least, you could download the photos you want to print from google photos to your phone directly and do things that way.
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26 June games, 4 days off, lots of bullpen rest. I say 15-11.
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I asked this season where he was as I hadn't seen him at the bottom of the hill into the Molitor lot. I was glad to hear he was still working in the stadium and the people who I talked to all spoke glowingly about him. He always had a smile on his face and when I was early and tailgating, he would almost always send me into the lot with a "Cook 'em up a win today."
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Except, he does.
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This Bryan Colangelo stuff is absolutely crazy. I mean, imagine if the Ted Thompson had 5 fake twitter accounts and was tweeting out medical information about players. https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/29/17406750/bryan-colangelo-philadelphia-76ers-twitter-joel-embiid-anonymous-markelle-fultz
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Punters are the worst dogs. Anything the size of a football shouldn't be a dog. Disagree. We rescued a yorkie beagle mix and it is the sweetest dog I've ever been around. Its vocal, but it is simply the most loving dog. Don't judge a book...I think that's a phrase. The overwhelming problem with small dogs is that certain people who get them should've gotten a cat. They don't get enough exercise, they aren't trained, they are treated mostly like a toy to show off to other people from time to time. Yes, this is bugging me too.
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That's the rule. He broke it. There's no need for another ruling.