re: Travel Ball Mecca

quote:

---

high levels of travel ball is like if you only had the all star team from each league and only played with those.

---

I'll say it differently, travel ball is like taking the top 1 or 2 kids from every all star team in the area and making a team.

It has gotten watered down, but that describes the B class teams.

In C class you typically have 4-5 legit kids, and 5 that should still be playing rec. That's the issue now days.

quote:

---

again depends on what level you play at. i can tell you, if you want to play on a high level team in south louisiana......only about 8 from nola to LC...if that. even less in north & central LA now AA teams...there are tons of those everywhere. thats what some of yall dont seem to understand...yall see these AA teams and think that is how they all are...thats not the case

---

I’m glad you are finally saying this.

The vast majority of travel ball in south LA is made up of young kid AA teams playing U-Trip. All of the problems and associated mocking come from this large majority.

For the very few teams of 12-16 year olds that play at a high level, no one makes fun of these teams. This teams are basically replacements for what used to be Babe Ruth all star teams, just a different style. But it’s still the best kids playing on weekends against the other best kids.

But that’s a small minority of what travel ball is, here, in 2023.