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re: It's Travel Ball Season Folks
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:45 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:45 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:45 pm to SuperSaint
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:46 pm to Stevo
quote:As a Travel ball Dad, hindsight I would have done things absolutely differently. Instead of my kid being a middle of the road player on a really good team, I would have found him a AAA team where he would have been a top player. Then I would have never missed a family vacation, or celebration because of a baseball commitment, simply not worth it. And this is not a travel ball problem per se, it was a priority issue with me. You think that you cant miss anything for whatever reason. My kids do SOOOOO much better when they are left alone and just go play. So now, I miss a game or two here or there, and it is a lot more fun for everyone. I never hollered or fussed at my kids, but I would spend alot of time telling them what I saw versus them telling me about it. Them telling you about it and giving their experience is so much better.
God forbid a parent sacrifice the weekend for a child.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:47 pm to tigerfoot
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As a Travel ball Dad, hindsight I would have done things absolutely differently. Instead of my kid being a middle of the road player on a really good team, I would have found him a AAA team where he would have been a top player. Then I would have never missed a family vacation, or celebration because of a baseball commitment, simply not worth it. And this is not a travel ball problem per se, it was a priority issue with me. You think that you cant miss anything for whatever reason. My kids do SOOOOO much better when they are left alone and just go play. So now, I miss a game or two here or there, and it is a lot more fun for everyone. I never hollered or fussed at my kids, but I would spend alot of time telling them what I saw versus them telling me about it. Them telling you about it and giving their experience is so much better.
very subtle and elongated brag thread is subtle "MY KID WAS ON A MAJOR TEAM"
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:48 pm to SouthboundTiger
I went to the donut shop to get a kolache. Kid comes in with Dad. Kid is about 11. He has his uniform on, as well as these huge blue sunglasses. Kid looked like a big douche. Why is some kid (who looked like a punk) wearing huge sunglasses indoors?
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:51 pm to alterego55
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i seen a bunch of organizations represented at LSU baseball game yesterday. i just laugh at them
Bunch of kids that play a team sport out enjoying a baseball game together. That's fricking hilarious man!
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:52 pm to chinhoyang
Why did you wear clothes and listen to music your parents hated? 
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:53 pm to jmorr34
How dare they!!! We only played little league when I was a kid and it should never change, nothing should ever change!!!
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:54 pm to chinhoyang
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Kid looked like a big douche. Why is some kid (who looked like a punk) wearing huge sunglasses indoors?
oh man, you ain't seen nothing
Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:57 pm to tigerfoot
This system is absurd. I have a 6yr old and I refuse to give into it. He plays in a rec ball system that runs from the end of May to the end of June. That's it. We played in a 6 week fall league that was one game a week and allowed him to do swimming and wrestling too. We will be on a break from everything from November to the end of May.
There is a 7U travel team at our playground that started last week. They will run all the way into August. They take a break, play a small fall/winter schedule then hop right back into it again in February. These kids do not do anything else. We rarely see them at class birthday parties, outside school activities, etc. Every single parent we know on that team bitches about it. There isn't a single kid that even look above average for a 7U kid. They emailed an invitation this year for my kid to tryout which I promptly declined. It's batshit.
There is a 7U travel team at our playground that started last week. They will run all the way into August. They take a break, play a small fall/winter schedule then hop right back into it again in February. These kids do not do anything else. We rarely see them at class birthday parties, outside school activities, etc. Every single parent we know on that team bitches about it. There isn't a single kid that even look above average for a 7U kid. They emailed an invitation this year for my kid to tryout which I promptly declined. It's batshit.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:03 pm to SouthboundTiger
My son told us he didnt want to play that much baseball after his first season. He didn't like getting home from school, knocking out his homework and going out to play with his friends just to have to stop at 5pm and go get his uniform on and go practice baseball for 2 hours. Wife and I didn't like the way so many of the kids cried all the time. God damn cry babies as far as the eye can see at the baseball fields.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:03 pm to Tigerdew
quote:And generally speaking, many 12-14 year olds that were not that great at younger ages start growing and developing but they long since quit playing. The baseball world has better players than ever at the top, but the depth in many high schools, even big ones, is just not that great. You have 12-15 kids showing up for try outs at high schools that have big enrollments. Kids are just not into it any more, then you lose some to football, basketball, or golf or whatever. It is a broken model. I am 55, I remember my brother playing Dixie into his 18 year old year, those all star teams were comprised of about 50% of kids going on to play college ball the next year.
This system is absurd.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:03 pm to Tigerdew
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7U travel team at our playground that started last week
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These kids do not do anything else. We rarely see them at class birthday parties, outside school activities, etc. Every single parent we know on that team bitches about it. There isn't a single kid that even look above average for a 7U kid. They emailed an invitation this year for my kid to tryout which I promptly declined. It's batshit.
boy, you don't sound like a bag of bullshite lies what so ever.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:07 pm to tigerfoot
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And generally speaking, many 12-14 year olds that were not that great at younger ages start growing and developing but they long since quit playing. The baseball world has better players than ever at the top, but the depth in many high schools, even big ones, is just not that great. You have 12-15 kids showing up for try outs at high schools that have big enrollments. Kids are just not into it any more, then you lose some to football, basketball, or golf or whatever. It is a broken model. I am 55, I remember my brother playing Dixie into his 18 year old year, those all star teams were comprised of about 50% of kids going on to play college ball the next year.
youth baseball numbers are higher than ever just an fyi
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:09 pm to Chad504boy
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boy, you don't sound like a bag of bullshite lies what so ever.
yea no team in LA plays into august unless its a random one off tournament and none do that at 7u...dude is full of shite
and why would you ever want to play may-aug the hottest time of the year and when vacations should be? especially rec league
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:09 pm to reggierayreb
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God damn cry babies as far as the eye can see at the baseball fields.
I’d cry too if I were a 7-year-old kid and my parents were dragging me to that shite constantly.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:20 pm to lsu777
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youth baseball numbers are higher than ever just an fyi
I feel like this number is cooked
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:22 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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I feel like this number is cooked
took a big dip with covid but now numbers are higher than ever before in youth.
still have a huge drop off after 12 when the move to the bigger fields happen but really high participation level below that and HS baseball is bigger than ever too.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:24 pm to lsu777
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now numbers are higher than ever before in youth.
There’s more people. I’m guessing they’re using absolute numbers instead of participation percentage. I don’t care if more people are playing in aggregate if less are playing as a percentage.
And the system is insane. It’s pay for play and there’s no telling how many amazing players we’re leaving behind due to economics
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:29 pm to SouthboundTiger
The one thing I find hilarious is that two local teams, just a few miles apart from each other, are in a travel ball tournament and have to drive 7 hours just to play each other
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