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Who are they prop joe? When we first started out, we were by the sewer plant and they called us Sewer City!

Unreal how much it has changed mainly due to the obvious population growth. I played at Pembroke Pines Optomist in it’s first year and we had a total of 28 kids. Played there for 7 years and by then we finally had enough kids to field 3 teams. Still was only about 25-30 per team.

We had 3 weight classes back then in the late 60's; 90, 110, 130. You could add pounds per game depending on the weight class. Due to the lack of numbers having been the first year of the program at PPO, I started with the 130's right away as a 9 year old - at center and MLB no less. Got my ***...

In the late 60's, I was a big boned RB/FS @ PPO. The last 3 years, I had a helluva time making the weight. We started at 135 and added 5 lbs per game until we got to 155. My HC would have me sit in his running car with the heat on for an hour a couple of hours before weigh in a rain suit on top...

Used to sit in my HC's car in a rain suit with the car running and the heat on for an hour. After weigh in, I got to eat anything I wanted - within reason!

It’s great to hear that weight restrictions at the youth level are being changed. Lots of kids are just naturally big and have a helluva time making the “weight”. When I played in my Optomist club in the 60’s, there were several kids that were unable to play because they were “big”. Broke their...