08-23-2006, 12:51 AM
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| Little Leaguer is 6'8"
Dunno if anyone knows this but there is a little league player at age of 13 who is 6'8"...... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060821/..._little_league
It's ridiculous, Shaq couldn't have been that tall that young.
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08-23-2006, 01:17 AM
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Originally Posted by KShan5[PrFC] It's ridiculous, Shaq couldn't have been that tall that young. | Beware, somewhere out there lurks a Meehan brood.
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08-23-2006, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by KShan5[PrFC] | how tall is Alex?
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08-23-2006, 02:42 PM
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| As tall as I am...so like 6'2".
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08-23-2006, 02:52 PM
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| Shaq was close though. He was evidently 6'6" @ 13.
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08-23-2006, 03:07 PM
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| it seems that kids are getting taller and taller with each generation. but 6'8....damn thats huge! | |
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08-24-2006, 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by keropie Shaq was close though. He was evidently 6'6" @ 13. | Considering his current height and the amount most people grow during puberty, it kind of makes sense.
So this Little Leaguer is either a really early bloomer or is going to be over 7'1". Or both.
A bored wikipedia search shows that Yao Ming is the tallest player in the NBA, at 7'6". The tallest players ever (two tied) were 7'7".
That's really tall.
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08-24-2006, 10:18 AM
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| And yet both Manute Bol and George Muresan were terrible. Particularly George (at least Manute sorta had a shot). So I guess height isn't everything  Though the way I recall, both of those guys were listed at 7'7", as was Shawn Bradely (who was actually ok). Oh well, once you break 7', I think you're just freakin' tall.
PS. Oh yeah, Shawn Bradley is evidently 'only' 7'6", but he also played college baseball, where he hit a semi respectable .400 or so, even with his freaking huge strike zone.
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08-24-2006, 10:22 AM
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| One of my eleven-year-old sixth graders a couple of years ago was 6' tall--he's a good bit taller now. His parents and grandparents are tall. He wasn't particularly interested in basketball, though the coaches kept trying to get him to try out.
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08-24-2006, 10:26 AM
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| Yeah, that happened to me. I was over 6' when I graduated 8th grade, and I really loathe basketball. Everyone kept trying to get me on the team, though.
"You're tall! You should play basketball."
"Nah, I don't really like basketball."
"But you're tall! You'd be so good at it!"
"But I don't want to play."
"BUT YOU'RE SO TALL! YOU'D BE GOOD!"
They just couldn't understand it. Any other epeeists out there have my problem growing up?
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08-24-2006, 12:26 PM
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| Whereas I'm not tall (5'10" or so), but I love playing basketball. There was even an unfortunate incident (well, a series of them) where I skipped NCAA fencing practice about 90% of the time for my first two years on the team to play basketball instead. I find it completely coincidental, of course, that I never traveled those years. . .
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| And this is the plus side to keeping kids back a couple of grades. He is really 23 years old, but shh...
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08-25-2006, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Hades And this is the plus side to keeping kids back a couple of grades. He is really 23 years old, but shh... | I think he gave himself away when he ordered a baccardi mixer from the snack stand, and was hitting on the other team's mothers. | |
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