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re: If the travel baller in your life has a birthday coming up
Posted on 3/18/24 at 6:11 pm to Sofaking2
Posted on 3/18/24 at 6:11 pm to Sofaking2
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Tryouts at a place like Catholic High for example are insane. Every kid out there has played at the highest level on only the best travel teams. You could make good playoff teams from the players who never see the field.
This is what people don’t get. Got to think schools like Catholic, barbe, west Monroe, Sam Houston, Jesuit, the AP schools etc are all only taking like 10-12 kids. It sucks and wish LA had the money to be like Texas schools and have multiple fields and coaching staffs where the big schools could keep 25-30 and see who develops but unfortunately it’s not like that.
What I don’t understand why everyone bitches about it ruining local leagues. The local leagues now get a bunch of kids that get a lot more playing time and get to play positions they otherwise wouldn’t
Now I don’t get the flying around the country thing. It’s why I like 2d select series so much over the PG nits. Allows teams to play other teams from the state and play against kids they will play against in HS. For example got teams flying in to BR this weekend from NC, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas etc just to play the pg nit. Not to mention the whole…bracket play is on Monday bullshite. Sorry but kids don’t need to skip school to play fricking baseball, especially in elementary school.
Don’t get me wrong I love seeing my kid play and he would play all day everyday and drop every other sport if I let him but some of the BS this site makes fun of is kind of justified when talking baseball at the higher levels
As far as why it gets made fun of on here, it’s mainly same guys in every thread that never really played anything competitive. But like I said, to be fair some of the travel baseball stuff has jumped the shark
Also travel soccer is way way worse, same with cheer and dance. Volleyball too and gymnastics. Way way way worse
And rec ball parents are 1000 times worse than travel parents and usually the higher classification you go, better behaved the parents are. Usually AA has the worst parents.
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Posted on 3/18/24 at 6:37 pm to Areddishfish
Imma get that for ma son! His name is Bawston.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 6:49 pm to back9Tiger
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So there is an everyday chain as opposed to a not-every day chain?
Got to have your church chain baw
Posted on 3/18/24 at 6:51 pm to North Dallas Tiger
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I like the term travel baller - sounds like a business dude that flies first class off the points all expenses paid by the company as a tax write-off as a business expense, of course....
Can you translate this to English?
Posted on 3/18/24 at 6:52 pm to lsu777
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Also travel soccer is way way worse, same with cheer and dance. Volleyball too and gymnastics. Way way way worse
My only experience was football(private league), soccer and baseball. My main issue is some really talented kids get left behind because of pay to play.
This post was edited on 3/18/24 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:00 pm to ShoeBang
Some mom on Twitter was bitching that her boy Chadson didn’t get a scholarship.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:33 pm to LSUfanatic
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The same can be said about competition cheer and competition dance teams!
At least that is in air conditioned buildings
Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:43 pm to SouthboundTiger
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only baseball?
You haven't been paying attention. It's baseball, volleyball, lacrosse, (eta: cheer) no limit.
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Why does travel ball always get so much hate on this site
Head down, "fire for effect!"
This post was edited on 3/18/24 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:48 pm to Areddishfish
Y’all all just mad your Matthews, Johns, and Charles can’t put one over the fence.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:51 pm to BPTiger
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Y’all all just mad your Matthews, Johns, and Charles can’t put one over the fence.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:53 pm to Areddishfish
Link?
I’ll need to order one for my nephew
I’ll need to order one for my nephew
Posted on 3/18/24 at 8:02 pm to lsu777
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This is what people don’t get. Got to think schools like Catholic, barbe, west Monroe, Sam Houston, Jesuit, the AP schools etc are all only taking like 10-12 kids
Catholic is a good example of this, especially this year.
They have, last I checked, 2 non- starter seniors that have been offered from college spots.
We had 2 kids that got cut freshman year transfer, and end up playing college ball.
If you want your kid to be a high performer at one of the powerhouse 5a schools, he's going to have to be on a travel team in Jr. High to be used to the level of comp.
That being said, 7u coaches pitch travel ball is a money grab. These kids don't need to be traveling in our area until 11-12u at the earliest.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 8:06 pm to Areddishfish
Reading travel ball threads on the OT is entertaining to me.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 8:07 pm to baseballmind1212
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end up playing college ball.
I think (and thank Fk my kid hates baseball) that translates into something along the lines of "he got a 1/8th scholarship to LA Tech." Is that winning after spending tens of thousands of dollars a year (which should have gone into a 529?)
Mom culture impacts everything, without regard to cost or benefit. Color me shocked, says divorced guy.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 8:50 pm to baseballmind1212
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Catholic is a good example of this, especially this year. They have, last I checked, 2 non- starter seniors that have been offered from college spots. We had 2 kids that got cut freshman year transfer, and end up playing college ball. If you want your kid to be a high performer at one of the powerhouse 5a schools, he's going to have to be on a travel team in Jr. High to be used to the level of comp. That being said, 7u coaches pitch travel ball is a money grab. These kids don't need to be traveling in our area until 11-12u at the earliest.
Disagree. By 12 aa kids are so far behind they can’t catch up. Hell by 10 most are unless you are just a stupid good athlete
And it sucks. I love travel baseball but I loath some of the bullshite. This year with the NITs going to Monday bracket play and teams flying from all over then flying kids in just to pitch is fricking stupid
But if you aren’t playing aaa by 12, not gonna make a good hs team and most of the time if you aren’t playing majors ball by then, might make team but won’t ever play. It’s gotten dumb competitive at the big schools
And 7/8 is when kids should not be playing rec if they are really good. It’s where the biggest skill gap is. Have some 8 year olds throwing 50+ and hitting ball 175 feet. Last thing you want is those kids hitting piss rockets at coach Johnnie’s son at third and him taking one off the face.
Now I will say shouldn’t be much travel involved. No more than an hour. Along I-10 there are tournaments in Houston, Beaumont, LC, Lafayette area, BR and Nola almost every single weekend for those 10 and under. Should play locally as much as possible too but have to play competition to get better too.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 8:52 pm to lsu777
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And 7/8 is when kids should not be playing rec if they are really good.
Do you understand how stupid and volatile this is?
Posted on 3/18/24 at 9:01 pm to Broski
Believe what you want but rec sucks and playing 12 games a year is not getting a kid ready. Seen plenty of kids not play travel and despite them being really good in rec, can’t even make aa teams at 10, much less aaa and majors.
Believe what you want. And I just said shouldn’t be traveling, just tournaments. Play 30-40 games in the spring and play other sports.
I think y’all have the wrong idea on what “travel” ball is and think it’s like the teams that travel the country. It’s not even travel for 90% of teams in LA, it’s just tournaments.
Believe what you want. And I just said shouldn’t be traveling, just tournaments. Play 30-40 games in the spring and play other sports.
I think y’all have the wrong idea on what “travel” ball is and think it’s like the teams that travel the country. It’s not even travel for 90% of teams in LA, it’s just tournaments.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 9:12 pm to OweO
That’s rec ball or high school, talking about playoffs.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 9:14 pm to Broski
If baseball is you or your kid’s thing, most of what he is telling you is not false.
But I do disagree that 7-8 yo’s can’t play rec ball
By the age of 10-11, if they are not making All-Stars in rec, it’s very unlikely they will see significant playing time in high school
I get the whole stereotype thing, and I do regret that I kept my boys from developing more at golf as to not hinder their baseball development.
But don’t kid yourself, your kid isn’t walking on to the team at a high school with even an average tradition and playing without having competed in “travel” ball.
But I do disagree that 7-8 yo’s can’t play rec ball
By the age of 10-11, if they are not making All-Stars in rec, it’s very unlikely they will see significant playing time in high school
I get the whole stereotype thing, and I do regret that I kept my boys from developing more at golf as to not hinder their baseball development.
But don’t kid yourself, your kid isn’t walking on to the team at a high school with even an average tradition and playing without having competed in “travel” ball.
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