re: My Non-travel ball playing nephew just made the HS baseball team

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It's not even remotely close. I don't know how much youth baseball you watch...I have been coaching my kids for the last 6 years. They play rec and a few tournaments a year before all-stars but don't travel. There is a huge difference in the quality of teams in the tournaments and in their league, and the league they are in is easily the most competitive in the region. I'm just being honest here.

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Again not sure what you are arguing, I am not saying the elite travel ball teams are comparable to rec league teams. I am saying that there are many teams that are called "travel" ball teams only because parents can pay. They have no tryouts, they accept anyone, and they play in the lower divisions of the travel ball, these are the ones that are facing what amounts to travel ball teams. Also, if you put many of those kids in rec ball the level of competition increases, however, it is cooler for parents and kids to say their kid plays travel ball.