u/nola_mike

My son is 6 turning 7 in a couple weeks. Currently, due to the odd fall ball setup at our park, he was only eligible to play 8u with a lot of older kids.

He has a great stance and his swing is strong and even, unlike many of the other kids his age who tend to have an uppercut in their swing. I've noticed that he tends to step towards first base rather than stepping towards the pitcher when he swings which is causing him to pull his head up and take his eyes off the ball. Is there some sort of trick or tool I can use to help him practice his front foot movement when he is hitting?

He will be in this 8u league for next Spring and Fall so I want to make sure he's prepared and doesn't get discouraged with himself. He has asked me to help him get better and is making tons of progress elsewhere so I'm trying to iron out the obvious things I'm seeing.

I recently got a pretty nice bonus at work so I've allocated about $1500 of it for a new pellet grill. I'm a lifelong offset user, but it's just too damn hot where I live to be messing with a fire in the summer months.

I saw the Pit Boss Titan at Academy the other day, and I have to say it looked quite impressive. I started watching review and test videos and it looks pretty ok, but it didn't knock my socks off.

The Weber Searwood XL 600 and Traeger Woodridge Pro are also in consideration. I wanted a Camp Chef Woodwind Pro 36 was a strong contender, but I can't seem to find it available at the moment. I need some convincing fellas. My budget is around $1500 give or take so what should I get?

My outside unit is a large American Standard. The unit has always started loudly, as if it has a hard start on it but it doesn't. This afternoon a storm rolled through and caused a brown out. The unit outside started making a loud pulsing whirring sound then it quieted down but wasn't blowing cold, so I shut off the entire system for 45 minutes to allow for the safety feature for brown outs to do it's thing. I turned it back on and it's cooling like it normally does but loud start doesn't happen anymore, in fact the unit is now super quiet when it runs now. It's like allowing the system to "reset" after the brown out made it work more efficiently and quietly.

This is a long post, but does anyone have any insight on what might have happened? This unit has been a pain in the ass since I bought my house so it's nice to not have it sound like a cannon blasting right outside my window when it turns on now.