re: The case against Travel Ball by Dr. James Andrews

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Glads its not just me that thinks these parents as a whole group are over board.

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Parents and sometimes coaches are just the worst. I played a TON of ball growing up. But thanks to my dad not being a moron I never had any problems. Didn't matter who I played for, he'd tell every coach how use me. I know that sounds crazy but I promise it wasn't. I wasn't allowed to pitch but every so often and had a strict pitch count and even sat out games to get rest. And he'd drive me to those games to watch and support my friends.

Hell, my senior year I think I only threw 48 innings. My dad is old school as hell but he had a prophetic eye for what was happening in baseball while I was growing up and refused to have coaches use me like it was game 7 of the World Series every week from 13-17. Seeing how my dad acted and how some of my friend's dads acted really opened my eyes to how lucky I was.

You don't need to kill yourself for a college scholarship or potentially a draft selection. I've just finished the whole process so if any parents here ever have any questions I could give some advice.