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Victoria Seals Professional Baseball Club

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kyle Grucci Apr 30, 2010. 16 Replies

Just throwing it out there but I am looking for a middle infielder or Shortstop for our team in Victoria BC. The start of spring training begins May 7th in Victoria and the best player will get the…Continue

 

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Jackie O'Dell replied to Kip Gross's discussion How do you rule it? in the group Umpires
"I f they are positioned in the infield, they are no longer outielders."
yesterday
Kip Gross replied to David LeVine's discussion Rule question
"Only time an appeal must be redone on the mound with the pitcher stepping off is if there is time called between the out and the appeal. Hopefully I'm correct on this one.  Appeal plays have me jumpy now. LOL"
Saturday
Kip Gross replied to David LeVine's discussion Rule question
"Steven, You are correct and I am 100% wrong. Although I believed you and Perry Lee I had to make a call to one of my MLB umpire buddies who did in fact confirm your posts. The reason I've always believed otherwise was because it happened in…"
Friday
Kip Gross liked Perry Lee Barber's profile
May 24
Kip Gross replied to David LeVine's discussion Rule question
"I haven't been waiting because it's already happened on a team I played on in Venezuela and that's where I thought the rule stood as no multiple appeals on the same play. Both runners took off just as described and we could not appeal…"
May 24
Kip Gross replied to David LeVine's discussion Rule question
"This is a pretty easy one for me because it's an actual play that I've been wanting to set up for years. 1st of all the run scores. In this scenario it would be a way to take advantage of the rules of baseball because of the appeal…"
May 23
Kip Gross replied to Mike Greene's discussion Playing as a Team
"Mike, I'm not really understanding the problem the team comes first thing. It's exactly what it says and means, team comes first and anything else is unacceptable. No other teams, no other practices that will disrupt your practices…"
May 14
Kip Gross replied to Dave Holt's discussion My Name is Not "Blue" in the group Youth Baseball Coaches
"LOL, I about pissed myself reading this and what timing. This weekend my sons team had a fundraiser tournament and to help cut costs i was asked to umpire a few of the games behind the plate so I did. Although we didn't exchange lineup cards…"
May 8
Kip Gross commented on Miles Noland's blog post Crazy Mom Rips Coach During Game
"David,  I 100% agree with you and if there isn't a good reason for missing practices then that particular kid doesn't play. And that goes with the good players as well. Don't practice, don't play. Currently with…"
Apr 20
Kip Gross commented on Bill Stanton's blog post Rethink Modern Bullpen?
"Great article Bill. I could type all day about this with my 2 fingers. LOL"
Apr 19
Kip Gross replied to Mike Torres's discussion Rhythm and Timing
"Pretty good stuff. "
Apr 19
Kip Gross replied to Bill Stanton's discussion Bat or Glove: what do you love more?
"Not even a question for me, 100% glove. Defense is what keeps your team in the games and it MUST show up game after game where as a bat can go on a week long vacation and your defense will keep you in the line up. Do you all know why it is Derek…"
Apr 19
Kip Gross commented on Miles Noland's blog post Crazy Mom Rips Coach During Game
"I have a different take on this. I believe that if a kid is in a rec league and there are rules that say a kid must play a certain amount of time in the game then those games aren't very meaningful in the broad spectrum of baseball and I say…"
Apr 19
Kip Gross posted a blog post

Defensive Scoring Ruling

Bottom of the 8th inning, 1 out and a runner at 1st base. A sharp ground ball is hit right at the 2nd baseman and it hits him in the foot instead of the glove but it deflects directly to the SS who is covering 2nd base for an out and then the SS goes on and throws the ball to 1st base to complete the double play. Here's the trivia question, does the 2nd baseman get credit for anything and if so what?  See More
Apr 19
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Kip Gross replied to Adam Kester's discussion Pitching to Contact?
"Adam, I see that you are 17 years old and from the picture I believe you're a LHP. You didn't leave us much more information about yourself and your pitching except you want to cut down on your pitch counts and you'd like to get…"
Apr 19
Kip Gross replied to DarekGoetzman's discussion I Need A rule Clarification!!! in the group Umpires
"The reason I believe why only a name and position is required is because every player in almost all relevant leagues is on a roster and the roster matches up to what the league has so a number could change for many many reasons. Somebody may forget…"
Apr 9

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Bats:
Right
Throws:
Right
Height:
6' 2"
Weight:
195
Position(s):
P
Type of hitter... Power? Average? Slap? Pull?
Hitter? Hitter? Hitter?
If you pitch, what type of pitcher are you... Power? Ground ball, Fly ball, Knuckleball?
Sinker slider, dime a dozen. Learned change up later on and curve.
I currently:
Coach Baseball, Am a Hitting Instructor, Am a Pitching Instructor, Play Slow Pitch Softball, Scout Baseball, Enjoy watching games
Baseball Playing Experience:
Little League, Babe Ruth, American Legion, College, Minor League, Major League, 30+
Baseball Coaching Experience:
Teeball, Little League, Babe Ruth, Independent
Baseball Umpiring Experience
Little League, College
Softball Playing Experience:
Slow Pitch, Fast Pitch
Who is your favorite hitter and why?
George Brett

Just always has been
Who is your favorite pitcher and why?
Charley Hough, anyone that can give up a 500 ft home run in the Series is my hero.
More About Me:
Wife-Jami
Daughter- Harley Alexis
Son- Tucker Wolfgang
I would love to get a pitching coach job in the Dodger or Angels A ball teams

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Defensive Scoring Ruling

Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:13pm 0 Comments

Bottom of the 8th inning, 1 out and a runner at 1st base. A sharp ground ball is hit right at the 2nd baseman and it hits him in the foot instead of the glove but it deflects directly to the SS who is covering 2nd base for an out and then the SS goes on and throws the ball to 1st base to complete the double play. Here's the trivia question, does the 2nd baseman get credit for anything and if so what?  

Barry Larkin

Posted on January 9, 2012 at 5:59pm 0 Comments

I want to say Congratulations to an old teammate, friend and World Series Champion for being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame today.

Barry was a great shortstop and a great hitter throughout his entire career which was spent entirely with the Cincinnati Reds. I'll never forget Barry for always being a friend and teaching me to have fun when on the field. I don't think I ever saw Barry get upset on or off the field which says a lot in sports today. He always made it look so easy…

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Umpiring and Strike Zones

Posted on June 21, 2011 at 4:34pm 13 Comments

I was asked by a member of this website to tell everyone what it is I told him about the strike zone.

 

I played professional baseball from the A level to the MLB level from 1986 till 1994 when I was given a chance to go play in Japan. Each and every year I heard the same thing from baseball people in professional baseball at every level here in the states. "As long as the umpire in consistent with his balls and strikes calls from the beginning of the game to the end, that's…

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If you were commissioner for one day?

Posted on June 3, 2011 at 2:46pm 45 Comments

It usually comes up once a year so I decided to get it out there now. If you were the commissioner of baseball for one day what would you change? 

 

Me, I would change the fact that you could no longer make trades once the season started. Not in the minor leagues or in the Big Leagues. You could not sign any players that are free agents unless they only play in the minor leagues. The reason I believe this is because teams with big budgets are allowed to make their teams even…

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At 8:01pm on February 22, 2012, Doug Bernier said…

Kip,

I was in San Bernadino in 2004.  I played for the Visalia Oaks (rockies) back then.  I was in the Cal league in 03 and 04.

At 2:32pm on January 30, 2012, Kevin Reid said…

He has a practice mound at home that has a 6 ft slope, but has abount an 8" flat surface based on designs from home depot.    This was his second lesson since shutting down after fall, so he was still working on some timing issues.  I thought that his arm was going forward a little early.

At 12:54pm on October 19, 2011, Richard A. Johnson said…

Kip,

I'm in a meeting. Chat later.

At 11:16am on September 5, 2011, Shaun Reed said…

Kip,

We start our fall program in two weeks.  I was recently promoted to Pitching coach for the whole program.  I am very excited to get things going for our pitchers.  I am gave my pitching program to the head coach and he was very impressed and excited to see what I had come up with for the entire program for the fall workouts.  NM is using wood bats this spring for one season and we are going to continue to press the idea of defense behind our pitching.  With the pitching we are going to press the idea of pitch to contact and let the defense help out the pitcher.  We are also pressing the idea of 1st pitch strikes to the hitters and force the hitters to swing the bat and cut down on walks.  I am also looking into some conditioning program and lifting programs for the pitchers.  We have our pitchers using the jaegar stretching bands and we are pressing the idea of proper use of the bands.  I am also looking into getting some of the rope ladders to work on conditioning in the fall and spring as well.  I also like the rope ladder because you have to stay on the balls of your feet when running through it and that will keep them light on their feet.  Thanks again for the advice you have given me and the good baseball conversation.  

 

Shaun 

At 9:21am on September 1, 2011, Shaun Reed said…
I thought about that after I emailed you and realized that is not a smart thing to do. We are going to add the sinker for the under classmen or just stick with the fastball change up for them and go from there. Sorry I'm all over the place, I'm just really excited to start with my guys and I'm still tweaking everything and working out the bad ideas and working in the good ones. I do appriciate all your info kip. Its great stuff.
At 9:02pm on August 31, 2011, Shaun Reed said…
The ages of the pitchers are freshman to seniors in high school. The boys have been throwing and long tossing for the past two weeks. We start our fall program in 2 weeks. We are going to do some change up and fastball catch on flat ground first at about 60-70 ft. We are then going to get our older guys on the mound to throw about 20-30 pitches off the mound and then have our younger guys start off around 15-20 and then build them up from there. We won't touch any breaking pitches until the end of the fall. We are also going to start them off from the stretch and then work them into the wind up. We are not gonna worry about location the first few pens. We just want them getting use to the mound and also continue their mound presence as well.
At 11:08pm on August 29, 2011, Shaun Reed said…
The guys I have throw the 4 seam FB have movement on it with good velocity. I am concentrating more on throwing the 2 seam FB more this year. I never had a good 2 seam FB, my 4 seam had late movement to it. I practiced a 2 seam all the time, but I could not get anything extra on it to move. I guess some guys got it and some don't. I do have another question for ya kip. I'm working on trying to find throwing programs for the fall. I'm setting up for my pitchers to throw a bullpen every week starting with a 20 pitch pen with all FB's for 2 weeks and then keep adding more pitches and add off speed pitches as well. I'm gonna add a curve in week 3 or 4 and have them throw a change up in week 3 and 4 and maybe push the curve to week 5. I'm also going to have the pitchers throw from the stretch for the first month and then work into the windup after we get all three pitches from the stretch. Tell me what you think.
At 1:52pm on August 28, 2011, Shaun Reed said…
I understand it is difficult to describe different pitching grips over an email.  When I taught that Vulcan grip to one of my pitchers last year it almost helped him get alittle longer on his front side and he stopped short arming the ball.  I have been playing catch with the sinker this week and it seams to be starting to work for me.  All my kids that I give lessons to throw both a 2 seam and a 4 seam.  I have them throw both for me and for my older guys we work on situations.  I have them throw a 4 seam to hit a spot and get a head and then throw a 2 seam in a 2-0 or 2-1 count to get a hitter to swing and miss. 
At 10:54am on August 24, 2011, Bill Stanton said…
Happy Birthday Kip!
At 8:13pm on August 20, 2011, Shaun Reed said…

Kip,

thanks for responding so quickly.  One of the grips I was kind of experimenting with is using the Volcan grip on the ball and placing the ball in between my middle finger and ring finger.  It almost looks like a fork ball.  I place my thumb on the side and throw it like a fastball.  When I stay long I get some good sink action on it.  When I shorten up thats when the ball flattens out and does nothing.  It turns into a slow fastball.  I taught one of my pitchers this grip last year and he started to get more ground balls per game.  The grip also forced him to get long and not short arm the ball.  I know that each pitcher is not alike so I want to understand as many pitches as possible to help each one of my pitchers.  If you have any other info I would love to talk further.  I was also looking at a pitching book called "TuffCuff" Have you heard of this book or had any interaction with this book at all.  

Thanks Kip,

shaun

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