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And the travel ball cliche kicks it up a notch...
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:01 pm
Let me preface this by saying I have two kids playing travel baseball. They are on teams where all the kids played rec ball at the same park when younger. No one was recruited from miles away. Only play four months of games and not much off season. Our goal for the boys is that MAYBE they will be good enough to ride the bench in high school. Fun and friends are a goal equal to winning.
That being said I see the things that lead to deserved mocking. The vape smoking moms that know more than any coach or umpire. The dads that argue a call like thety have money riding on it. The same dad that looks online for sports agents for their future big leaguer. The coach that makes Woody Hayes look soft. Enough tattoos to keep multiple tattoos shops in business and that is just the moms. And that is just the Livingston Parish teams. We played a Houston team that had kids from a 300 mile range.
So I look at a tournament we are playing this summer. They are pushing suites that cost two thousand and up for ONE game. Some folks have lost their mind.
That being said I see the things that lead to deserved mocking. The vape smoking moms that know more than any coach or umpire. The dads that argue a call like thety have money riding on it. The same dad that looks online for sports agents for their future big leaguer. The coach that makes Woody Hayes look soft. Enough tattoos to keep multiple tattoos shops in business and that is just the moms. And that is just the Livingston Parish teams. We played a Houston team that had kids from a 300 mile range.
So I look at a tournament we are playing this summer. They are pushing suites that cost two thousand and up for ONE game. Some folks have lost their mind.
This post was edited on 5/30/24 at 12:04 pm
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Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:03 pm to Cell of Awareness
Gotta spend money to make money.
Spend $100k on travel ball.. maybe the kid get a school to the local community college baseball team.
Spend $100k on travel ball.. maybe the kid get a school to the local community college baseball team.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:04 pm to Cell of Awareness
Does the suite include complimentary concessions? Asking for friend.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:04 pm to Cell of Awareness
That’s lsu777 on the top left
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:05 pm to Cell of Awareness
Trailer trash commoners.....
This is our suite:
This is our suite:
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:06 pm to Cell of Awareness
The phrase "attaboy" gets thrown around way too much
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:08 pm to Cell of Awareness
Here’s one that’ll piss off a lot of folks around here
My organization has been around awhile. Year after year we add more teams in all ages that aren’t very talented but want to “play travel ball” for “this team”. Parents gladly pay the fees. They get to tell their friends their son(s) now play travel baseball for this great organization.
All those fees cover coaches pay and 3 teams fees for the entire year
My organization has been around awhile. Year after year we add more teams in all ages that aren’t very talented but want to “play travel ball” for “this team”. Parents gladly pay the fees. They get to tell their friends their son(s) now play travel baseball for this great organization.
All those fees cover coaches pay and 3 teams fees for the entire year
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:09 pm to Jim Rockford
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Does the suite include complimentary concessions? Asking for friend.
Includes 20 guests, light food, and soft drinks
This post was edited on 5/30/24 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:09 pm to Cell of Awareness
I know people here in Oklahoma that work full time and take their kid to a travel ball league in Plano. That's a 2 hour one-way drive. Every single bit of their existence revolves around getting to Plano for practices.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:09 pm to Cell of Awareness
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look at a tournament we are playing this summer.
Where is this tournament?
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:11 pm to Jim Rockford
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Does the suite include complimentary concessions? Asking for friend.
No, sir still have to shell out $3.50 for the single bagged pickle
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:12 pm to Cell of Awareness
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Fun and friends are a goal equal to winning.
You do know that winning a sports game is useless in the grand scheme of things right?
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:12 pm to Cell of Awareness
Give parents no life and kids they want to make happy… this is what you get.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:13 pm to Cell of Awareness
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Only play four months of games and not much off season.
How hard is it to put something like this together? I would love to be a part of a team that plays ball all summer but doesn't play year round.
What are the average costs to get in a local tournament and can I just goggle these tournaments? I have done literally zero research on this because I didn't think these types of teams existed.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:13 pm to Cell of Awareness
I know a baw who missed his grandma's funeral because his kid had a travel ball tournament that weekend
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:14 pm to Gee Grenouille
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You do know that winning a sports game is useless in the grand scheme of things right?
His entire OP is about how they don't take it too serious...
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:14 pm to Cell of Awareness
Thank goodness my kids rather fish durning the spring than play travel baseball! Both do/did rec ball and that’s it.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:15 pm to Cell of Awareness
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Our goal for the boys is that MAYBE they will be good enough to ride the bench in high school. Fun and friends are a goal equal to winning.
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:16 pm to Krane
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That’s lsu777 on the top left
na that is cal ripken in pigeon forge, we went last year but they are dumb with suite shite. its in the outfield and cost like 1k a day. Dunno why anyone would need it as the weather is amazing there and you can bring your own ice chest
Posted on 5/30/24 at 12:17 pm to Cell of Awareness
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kicks it up a notch...
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