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re: Another travel ball post
Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:40 am to JonHarbaw
Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:40 am to JonHarbaw
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We are here for business only and try to get Trevor to improve his game playing with better competition.
It is not in your son's development's best interest to feel like an outsider on the team and not be well liked by teammates. You are a complete douche bag with your thought process, all the while accusing the travel ball parents of being douche bags. Seeing the irony yet buddy? Having a team that you enjoy the parents and families is part of the fun. If you don't enjoy the team, then maybe find a new one after the season.
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Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:43 am to The Torch
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It's easier to have fun and laugh, get to know the other parents. You will be spending a lot of time together, all weekend at the park, going to lunch, maybe traveling and staying in hotels together.
These are the things OP is specifically not going to do.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:50 am to JonHarbaw
Nobody can join a cult halfway. You're either in communion with the lifeforce or you are not.
Get out while you can.
Get out while you can.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:54 am to JonHarbaw
If you don’t like travel ball just don’t do it. If your kid loves it and you can afford it - be ready to socialize.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:56 am to MIKEDATIGER
subtle I named my kids Braxton
Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:57 am to The Torch
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am I taking the right approach or being a dick doing this?
Dick Move
Huh? Protecting your own peace is a "Dick move?" He owes those people nothing.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:57 am to JonHarbaw
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We are going to be "those parents" that does not associate with all of the other travel ball parents on the team. I have stood back and watched my friends become such a cult with this stuff and I refuse to
WTF?
Bruh, you don't have to be a snob about it. Teach you kid how to be on a team and don't be a loser about this.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 8:58 am to JonHarbaw
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We are here for business only and try to get Trevor to improve his game playing with better competition.
Tipped your hand here
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:09 am to JonHarbaw
I will be honest, my daughter has played travel ball for 5 years now and we all hate it, lol. That being said, it's a necessary evil if they want to play at the "next level," which she will be doing in the fall. You can make it as enjoyable or miserable as you want. We have found that teams/parents typically break off into smaller groups. So we try to be nice and get along with everyone, but really just "hang out" with a smaller group of the parents our daughter is closest with their kids. Big groups tend to end up being messy, in my experience. Just be nice, cheer for all the kids, keep your mouth shut and it'll be over soon enough, ha!
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:10 am to JonHarbaw
I do this all the time. I usually watch games from centerfield to get away from the peanut gallery. Last year we finished the season at the beach. My wife and I both can’t stand the beach so I booked a house on a river with a private dock instead and we had a blast. We still went to the condo for any team get togethers.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:16 am to JonHarbaw
Ignore most of these travel ball jerk offs.
I'm super shiny Marriott, and will not book a non Marriott brand. I book the hotel within 24 hours of the location announcement. Other parents engage in the circle jerk of waiting until five days out, figuring out where Johnny, Jaxxxxxson, Julee, and Janie are staying. F that. Ain't nobody got time to travel like an unorganized woman.
There are usually team dinners where most of the team meets, and your little heathen kids run rampant around restaurants and have fun with each other anyway. There's time in between games when you can sit in the tent and pretend to like people that talk endlessly about Stanleys, Hukt, the newest titanium accessory that every 12 year old has to have, etc.
If there is a scheduled pool event after dinner at a hotel, fine. Show up for that after dinner, have a drink in the lobby, let all the hotel staff absolutely hate that you travel ball hardos expect them to babysit your kids as they run up and down hallways, and go back to your hotel.
These kids probably see each other in school, see each other in practice, see each other on the field, see each other in between games, etc. If you want to take your kid and his best bro to the local aquarium instead of destroying the hotel lobby, do it. DBAP.
I'm super shiny Marriott, and will not book a non Marriott brand. I book the hotel within 24 hours of the location announcement. Other parents engage in the circle jerk of waiting until five days out, figuring out where Johnny, Jaxxxxxson, Julee, and Janie are staying. F that. Ain't nobody got time to travel like an unorganized woman.
There are usually team dinners where most of the team meets, and your little heathen kids run rampant around restaurants and have fun with each other anyway. There's time in between games when you can sit in the tent and pretend to like people that talk endlessly about Stanleys, Hukt, the newest titanium accessory that every 12 year old has to have, etc.
If there is a scheduled pool event after dinner at a hotel, fine. Show up for that after dinner, have a drink in the lobby, let all the hotel staff absolutely hate that you travel ball hardos expect them to babysit your kids as they run up and down hallways, and go back to your hotel.
These kids probably see each other in school, see each other in practice, see each other on the field, see each other in between games, etc. If you want to take your kid and his best bro to the local aquarium instead of destroying the hotel lobby, do it. DBAP.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:18 am to JonHarbaw
Lottery ticket hope via children. Eye roll.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:19 am to JonHarbaw
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Ok here it goes and hope I don't get banned. It's my first weekend of travel ball starting tomorrow. I have fought it as long as I could, but finally gave in. We are going to be "those parents" that does not associate with all of the other travel ball parents on the team. I have stood back and watched my friends become such a cult with this stuff and I refuse to. We are staying at different hotels and not hanging out like a big fraternity every second we aren't playing. We are here for business only and try to get Trevor to improve his game playing with better competition. In your honest opinion am I taking the right approach or being a dick doing this? I just refuse to make this become my lifestyle 24/7.
You are taking away one of the best parts of travel ball for your kid with your arrogance. Hanging out with the team and making good friends off the field. Our coach, who is unpaid and has a kid on the team, cut a kid between seasons because it affected how the kid worked with the team. There was no chemistry and he never talked with the other players. We do not stay joined at the hip over the weekend but we will hang out and have pizza around the hotel pool and such,.
You are the problem making it ONLY about baseball.
This post was edited on 3/7/25 at 9:26 am
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:23 am to LemmyLives
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Ignore most of these travel ball jerk offs.
I'm super shiny Marriott, and will not book a non Marriott brand. I book the hotel within 24 hours of the location announcement. Other parents engage in the circle jerk of waiting until five days out, figuring out where Johnny, Jaxxxxxson, Julee, and Janie are staying. F that. Ain't nobody got time to travel like an unorganized woman.
There are usually team dinners where most of the team meets, and your little heathen kids run rampant around restaurants and have fun with each other anyway. There's time in between games when you can sit in the tent and pretend to like people that talk endlessly about Stanleys, Hukt, the newest titanium accessory that every 12 year old has to have, etc.
If there is a scheduled pool event after dinner at a hotel, fine. Show up for that after dinner, have a drink in the lobby, let all the hotel staff absolutely hate that you travel ball hardos expect them to babysit your kids as they run up and down hallways, and go back to your hotel.
These kids probably see each other in school, see each other in practice, see each other on the field, see each other in between games, etc. If you want to take your kid and his best bro to the local aquarium instead of destroying the hotel lobby, do it. DBAP.
Our kids can be loud but they were raised with respect taught so they do not do some of the things you list. Sorry y'all raised yours different. Our team is also from five different schools and we only play March through June so they are not always together. Maybe you joined the wrong team.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:26 am to tigergal918
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I will be honest, my daughter has played travel ball for 5 years now and we all hate it, lol. That being said, it's a necessary evil if they want to play at the "next level," which she will be doing in the fall. You can make it as enjoyable or miserable as you want. We have found that teams/parents typically break off into smaller groups. So we try to be nice and get along with everyone, but really just "hang out" with a smaller group of the parents our daughter is closest with their kids. Big groups tend to end up being messy, in my experience. Just be nice, cheer for all the kids, keep your mouth shut and it'll be over soon enough, ha!
Best post yet
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:30 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Why do people get so mad when someone doesn't to join in and prefers to hang out by themselves?
Because in this particular instance, he’s isolating his son from the team because he doesn’t want to be “that guy”.
Nobody is saying you have to be best friends or anything more than acquaintances with these families, but his son is on a team and is presumably younger than 14 if he just now got into competitive baseball. I know if I was that aged I would want to hang out with the other 9-11 kids my own age that are part of my team versus stay in a different hotel by choice and just hang with my family.
THIS...
We have a dad on one of my kids teams who is not that social. But he stays with us and brings his kids to team events. He is a lawyer and will usually do some work while the others just hang out.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:31 am to tigergal918
quote:Define the next level.
That being said, it's a necessary evil if they want to play at the "next level," which she will be doing in the fall.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 9:46 am to TT9
wow
This post was edited on 3/7/25 at 9:47 am
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:13 am to OweO
Lol thanks...we finally made it to our last summer, she starts at a JUCO in the fall. My husband says he's taking all our crap, loading it in the wagon, and having a big bonfire!
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:14 am to TT9
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Define the next level.
prolly HS
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