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re: Little League Baseball Really is the Worst. What Happened?
Posted on 2/28/23 at 10:21 pm to Pettifogger
Posted on 2/28/23 at 10:21 pm to Pettifogger
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Cheesy suburbanites with financed wave runners they don't use and travel ball stickers are a really appreciated source of what's gone wrong in this country
Somehow I don’t see their kids carjacking people
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Posted on 2/28/23 at 10:22 pm to ManOnDaRun
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You really sound like an idiot here. There’s no such thing as a $500 Marucci bat. A 5’1” 12 year old has nothing to do with how good a player they will be. You say they like to say “Gucci” while you use “cringe”. Quit talking out of your arse.
Posted on 2/28/23 at 10:39 pm to Obtuse1
Now price the bats for 12 year olds
Posted on 2/28/23 at 10:54 pm to Lsudx256
Wow. These guys are losers.
—Dude complaining on the internet about what other dudes wear to batting cages.
—Dude complaining on the internet about what other dudes wear to batting cages.
This post was edited on 3/1/23 at 10:59 pm
Posted on 2/28/23 at 10:58 pm to 0x15E
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Posted on 2/28/23 at 11:06 pm to choupiquesushi
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Not little league….
Btw it’s all youth competitive endeavors now a days…..
Small % of kiddy ball is “little league”…. Simply call it all money ball
That's what I'm dreading for my lil baw.
When I was a kid me and the same ~120ish kids played football in the fall, basketball in the winter/spring, baseball in the spring/summer and soccer in the late summer at the same playground our entire childhood before high school. There was one select team for each sport that would play the other playgrounds around jefferson parish. That was it. None of us went pro, but we all had fun. We had practice twice during the week and ONE game on the weekends all at the same neighborhood playground and most kids arrived by bike.
From what I can tell and what I hear some of the older people at work say, this is basically dead and the average kid is only focusing on one or MAYBE 2 sports by the time they are 9 or 10 and you're traveling all over the place half the year.
I have a friend who has a 9 year old boy and I think his baseball team has tournaments set from Texas to Florida this year. I don't think the kid has ever played organized football or basketball. frick that.
This post was edited on 2/28/23 at 11:16 pm
Posted on 3/1/23 at 7:23 am to Lsudx256
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Every kid at the cages has bags full of bats, that cheesy baseball hair, wearing chains, and have Kenny Powers glasses on. They all seem to be a bunch of punks...The worst part is 90% of the dads are dressed the same. It’s almost turned into a cult...
Now it seems they just like to cosplay like baseball players.
Insufferable twits.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 7:25 am to Lsudx256
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The worst part is 90% of the dads are dressed the same.
You answered your own question.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 7:33 am to 0x15E
These signs are up at a lot of youth fields where I officiate. And yet the parents STILL act like Brayydin and Jaxxxxten have lost their scholarship/pro career over a judgement call in a U8 rec game.
True story from Monday night- I am a HS soccer referee and assessor in GA. I'm watching a game at the HS in the district where I live and had to have the game administrator eject a spectator for referee abuse. The spectator in question was the AD's wife; the game administrator had to eject his own spouse.
That's not even the worst part; the woman's daughter who was on the field playing just got certified as a referee a month ago. Her older brother refereed for me for 2 years before he went off to college. And, to top it off, she bragged on her Facebook page that she got tossed. I mean, the lack of self-awareness among people these days is ridiculous.
True story from Monday night- I am a HS soccer referee and assessor in GA. I'm watching a game at the HS in the district where I live and had to have the game administrator eject a spectator for referee abuse. The spectator in question was the AD's wife; the game administrator had to eject his own spouse.
That's not even the worst part; the woman's daughter who was on the field playing just got certified as a referee a month ago. Her older brother refereed for me for 2 years before he went off to college. And, to top it off, she bragged on her Facebook page that she got tossed. I mean, the lack of self-awareness among people these days is ridiculous.
This post was edited on 3/1/23 at 7:36 am
Posted on 3/1/23 at 7:41 am to Lsudx256
It feels like around 10-15 years ago the travel baseball folks were let in on the grift that is competitive cheer and turned their model into that. Expensive events out of town where there's a constant need for new alternate uniforms and more and more expensive training sessions for little Braxton, Kolton, Jaxton and Kannon, just like there is for Kayleigh, Breighleigh, Ryeleigh.
It kind of makes sense that the cheer mom and travel baseball dad have molded into almost the same person.
It kind of makes sense that the cheer mom and travel baseball dad have molded into almost the same person.
This post was edited on 3/1/23 at 7:43 am
Posted on 3/1/23 at 7:42 am to Lsudx256
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Every kid at the cages has bags full of bats, that cheesy baseball hair, wearing chains, and have Kenny Powers glasses on. They all seem to be a bunch of punks. The worst part is 90% of the dads are dressed the same.
I have seen the same and always have a good chuckle. I have some friends whos kids do this. They all walk around in the ridiculous glasses acting like they are Nolan Ryan and too cool to talk to us.
Like, you're 12 years old. Take your shades and hat off inside and look the grown ups in the eyes and say "thank you" for the food.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 7:53 am to tadman
Now the new baseball bats have a handle that looks like an axe handle. Just some BS thing that Easton probably invented to get all the kids to want a new $400 bat.
I guarantee my Black Magic from 1985 could hit just as well at that age as these new bats they keep inventing.
I guarantee my Black Magic from 1985 could hit just as well at that age as these new bats they keep inventing.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 7:55 am to Lsudx256
Travel ball ruined baseball. It took rec leagues away essentially by making it watered down. It made baseball a rich sport by glorifying $800 bats annually and poor kids just quit playing.
Sadly though it’s a parent popularity sport where kids are placed on teams based on who is the in crowd socially. Some of the kids are just not good but they look down on rec league kids who might even be better but choose to play other sports too.
Sadly though it’s a parent popularity sport where kids are placed on teams based on who is the in crowd socially. Some of the kids are just not good but they look down on rec league kids who might even be better but choose to play other sports too.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:07 am to Lsudx256
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Now the new baseball bats have a handle that looks like an axe handle. Just some BS thing that Easton probably invented to get all the kids to want a new $400 bat.
I guarantee my Black Magic from 1985 could hit just as well at that age as these new bats they keep inventing.
You're right about that. I don't know about '85 but it's pretty well known that the bats from the late '90s are the hottest bats that were ever produced.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:15 am to Clark W Griswold
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Travel ball ruined baseball. It took rec leagues away essentially by making it watered down.
Rec Leagues never adapted. There are things they could have done to keep them great. Parents are dying to play rec ball.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:16 am to TheChosenOne
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I know a poster on this site that cleared out a room in his house to display all his son’s travel ball rings
What an accomplishment
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:22 am to Lsudx256
Cost is only $30,000 to $40,000 per team at this point. And a lot of times you even get to have one of the kids dads be the coach. Then if your kid does not play enough or bat high enough in the order to your liking, just jump to a new team the next year.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:23 am to rantfan
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Your first two boys didn't have any skill. That's why they quit.
Also, I remember back in the 90s all us skilled baseball players started dipping like our heroes. Yes, boys copycat their idols
I bet you typed this out while wearing your High School letter jacket.
Posted on 3/1/23 at 8:25 am to Lsudx256
If you don't like public batting cages, build one in your backyard.
If you have a friend with an expensive bat, make sure they are your friend. They may replace/upgrade the bat next year. For $50, it could be yours next season.
Talk to your kid about what he sees on the field. Ask him his thoughts on sportsmanship after the game (both the parents' and the kids' behavior). The best ways to learn life lessons are seeing and doing. He most likely knows what acting like a douche is. Talking about the behavior right after the events will most likely make sure he isn't ever tempted to go there in the heat of the moment. And knowing your son is paying attention will help you keep a level head when a volunteer/underpaid ump makes a mistake.
If you have a friend with an expensive bat, make sure they are your friend. They may replace/upgrade the bat next year. For $50, it could be yours next season.
Talk to your kid about what he sees on the field. Ask him his thoughts on sportsmanship after the game (both the parents' and the kids' behavior). The best ways to learn life lessons are seeing and doing. He most likely knows what acting like a douche is. Talking about the behavior right after the events will most likely make sure he isn't ever tempted to go there in the heat of the moment. And knowing your son is paying attention will help you keep a level head when a volunteer/underpaid ump makes a mistake.
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