Posted on 08/20/2006 10:31:34 PM PDT by Marius3188
Wow. He's 13? If so, he has every right to play little league. Looking at the picture, it's sure hard to believe. But I've seen stranger things.
Holy Moley. He's bigger than Richie Sexson. Stick him on the mound, let him throw nothing but gas until he "fills out", then teach him a changeup and a slider.
His strikezone will be too big as a hitter, and you don't shorten a stroke of a guy that size.
Wow. 13 years old.
He looks like a professional baseball player.
Wow. My cousin's son was in a similar situation except that he was really, really skinny. This other kid is big all around. Wow
We were also trying to figure out why the Middle Eastern team looked so, well, American. We wondered if they were the kids of Americans working in the Middle East, and, lo and behold, that is the case:
The players' parents primarily work for oil companies in the Middle East.
We were wondering about the bleach blond hair, too:
The team has a peculiar baseball superstition — the players dye their hair blonde for the World Series.
Was the kid any good? I know it takes a while for some kids to 'catch' up with their own size. I mean when it comes to their hand eye coordination and such.
Thats why some really big kids seem goofy. They just haven't adapted to their body due to their growth rates.
A basketball contract looks to be in this kids future. Baseball will have to be put aside once he reaches high school. Way too much potential to not focus on basketball.
Until we find out, I would recommend not parking your car behind center field at the little league ballparks he plays at.
Paging Dale Brown, paging Dale Brown.
That is no thirteen year old.
My husband would know if he played well. Not I. But I did watch him at bat once, and he was walked. My husband kept saying, "Look, he's towering over the ump!" I think he may have to be careful to watch his weight, though. Then I think he was playing first base, but I didn't see him make any plays.
Btw, a pitcher on the same team was 6'3" and he had a goatee. (I'm not suggesting their ages are questionable, just pointing out how vastly different boys can be from each other at that age).
Adding: I'm sure he made some plays. I myself didn't see them. I didn't watch the whole game.
It does look very weird, but so many young preteen girls these days look 20. Stands to reason that some preteen boys are being affected by whatever's making those girls grow up...
FYI...gigantism? Or genetics? I'd like to see his parents.
It would be interesting, to say the least.
Who was the kid who played in little league years ago, talked to the press and then got in a car and drove himself?
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