re: Travel Ball Mecca

I’m seeing a lot of “open tryouts” for “highly selective competitive” travel teams looking for “highly motivated and skilled players.” This is all over my Facebook feed. Sometime with the tag line “BALLERS ONLY.”

Once again, no matter what anyone tells you, travel ball is just what rec ball used to be with an added travel component and higher cost and the perceived air of superiority which appeals to so many WASPY suburbanites. It’s not selective or elite in any way unless you are referencing the ability to pay to play and the time to travel 200 or more miles every week for this weeks “World Series of Podunkville.”