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Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:34 pm to jdd48
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Are some parents seriously saying shite like that about their kids before they even make it to double digit ages?
Yes. 100%. Absolutely.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:35 pm to BabyTac
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Kids playing travel ball are a failure in fatherhood.
It depends on what the parent expects out of it. If a parent thinks they are raising the next MLB all-star, then you are correct. If a parent is giving their kid an outdoor activity, away from screens, and an opportunity to interact with peers with similar interests, then it is an excellent parenting move.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:36 pm to HarryHoudini
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not traveling hundreds of miles every week to go play
wtf are talking about? very very few teams travel more than an hour and especially not more than 2x per year. 99% of teams in LA do not travel more than an hour the whole season.
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Academies and travel ball are different. Academies help develop players. The guy running the travel Ball league couldn’t care less about development, all he wants is your check.
you again have zero clue wtf you are talking about
when it comes to the academies in south america and the DR, those kids are taking from there homes at around 10-11 and put in academies where they live, go to school and play baseball for 7-8 hours per day. its all paid for because they sign a contract that they will give the academy 20% of all future earnings. sometimes more, sometimes less. but 20% is typical.
so yea they are about the check, plain and simple.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:37 pm to danilo
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have been out of the youth sports world for a long time so i am out the loop. Are other sports just more cut and dry: you sooner realize you aren’t very good and just move on? With baseball do you keep pursing this false hope by jumping around to different travel teams and paying for hitting coaches?
Because baseball is more skill and mental toughness oriented than basketball or football are. Also, baseball is a game of failure where an all world player at the youth level could fail 5/10 times at the plate.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:39 pm to The Swindler
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How much are you willing to lose on this bet?
if they were drafted in last 5 years....be pretty hard pressed to find many that didint. I know the last 2 years every single kid drafted did
everyone on LSU's roster did.
some might have played both but all played some form of travel
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:47 pm to lsu777
His statement didn't bring up percentages, he said all played travel....simply not true there are plenty of stories of kids not playing travel ball and made it professionally. Im 40 years old, I am right after the travel ball birth. So majority that i saw make it 15 years ago were not products of travel ball. Yes that percentage has increased in the last 15 years
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:52 pm to The Swindler
For players coming out of the US I'd love to see an example of a non-travel player in the past 5-10 years.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:53 pm to RoscoeHarper
That number is steadily increasing but at what age are you considering travel ball. 8-12 traveling to hammond or 15-18 traveling to SEC venues?
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:55 pm to The Swindler
They both are
Posted on 5/28/26 at 2:58 pm to supatigah
I'm over this travel crap, honestly. My 12 year old is in travel hockey, and he's damn good, but I'm so tired of it. Last year we traveled to Colorado twice, Lake Placid, NY, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, and Toronto for tournaments. We're coming into his last year of it, thank God, because he wants to play high school JV next year and that's MUCH cheaper. 
Plus, the parents are f*cking insane. They tend to forget this isn't the NHL and it's 12 year olds.
/rant
I feel better
Plus, the parents are f*cking insane. They tend to forget this isn't the NHL and it's 12 year olds.
/rant
I feel better
This post was edited on 5/28/26 at 3:02 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:09 pm to supatigah
we did travel baseball for years because at a certain age (13ish) there weren't enough kids left to play rec level and my son loved baseball. Most of the less athletic kids quit long ago and gradually teams fell apart as more and more kids went to travel teams. A self fulfilling cycle.
It was a huge pain in the arse, time consuming, sleep stealing, and expensive endeavor. I never once did it because I thought my son would play after high school. He just loved it. He loved the camaraderie and the competition. Some coaches were great and the teams cohesive. Others were total dickheads with over inflated egos. Either way my son learned discipline, discernment, and healthy habits that will carry on into adulthood. It was worth it for us.
It was a huge pain in the arse, time consuming, sleep stealing, and expensive endeavor. I never once did it because I thought my son would play after high school. He just loved it. He loved the camaraderie and the competition. Some coaches were great and the teams cohesive. Others were total dickheads with over inflated egos. Either way my son learned discipline, discernment, and healthy habits that will carry on into adulthood. It was worth it for us.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:18 pm to jdd48
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Are some parents seriously saying shite like that about their kids before they even make it to double digit ages?
My oldest son was good enough to play college baseball at a JUCO or smaller college. Some of his friends at his baseball level went that route. My son had ambitions to go to medical school. He knew a Junior College/Community College associate’s degree was basically a joke. He put all his focus on academics and invested in his future post baseball. He realized it was time to leave that behind him.
This post was edited on 5/28/26 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:20 pm to Sofaking2
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My oldest son was good enough to play college baseball at a JUCO or smaller college.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:21 pm to Chad504boy
Ok he wasn’t, lol. He had to settle for being an MD. That’s more impressive to me anyway.
This post was edited on 5/28/26 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:23 pm to Sofaking2
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He had to settle for being an MD.
hey there's people that can bat .350 and then there's nurses.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:23 pm to Chad504boy
That’s funny, lol. Hahaha, you got me on that one.
This post was edited on 5/28/26 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:27 pm to supatigah
Travel baseball, in its current form, is nothing more than a private, highly monetized version of rec ball.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:30 pm to Chad504boy
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"my kids made varsity rosters, played ball and made happy life memories through their dedication and striving to be the best they could be"
Because you spent all your time and $100,000 doing it. And most can't afford it.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 3:31 pm to Gee Grenouille
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Because you spent all your time and $100,000 doing it. And most can't afford it.
most can't afford kids. I also spent probably 100k on private tuition and that shite wasn't worth it either.
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