re: Travel ball opening day!

That's not as bad as the local high school baseball coach I went to high school with who runs a baseball camp after himself.

Coach Trystan made my 9 yr old pitch all 9 innings. My sons team lost 23-3 and he has been complaining about his shoulder. coach Trystan told him to suck up the pain as this is makes a MLB player. So we off to Starkville for our next game before heading to Plainview, Texas.

I do not disagree with the premise of that article at all and in large part I agree and have had that same discussion. BUT not all tournament teams are the same. +good news is you can play local tournaments in Baton Rouge and Zachary. The furthest we will travel is to New Orleans or Lafayette and that will likely be a late summer tournament which these kids have done every year in all stars any way. we held cost down to 500 per kid including practice field rental through July, uniforms and tournament fees. With 11 kids total if we picked up an extra tournament you're looking at a total of about $30 per kid extra. Now there are some organizations who charge an upfront fee of 800 per kid to 2000 per kid because they pay their coaches. We do not do that. This is a group of boys we are vested in and we care about. We are not establishing a youth baseball organization bent on making money. If you look there are great opportunities for even low income children who want that experience whose parents aren't wealthy. Not all TB kids are country club kids

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i just hope he can improve on his 719 batting average from last year.

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Just keep keeping game changer....you can squeeze him out a few more!

Do all the parents still bang each other on the road trips? Swing season

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I do not disagree with the premise of that article at all and in large part I agree and have had that same discussion. BUT not all tournament teams are the same. +good news is you can play local tournaments in Baton Rouge and Zachary. The furthest we will travel is to New Orleans or Lafayette and that will likely be a late summer tournament which these kids have done every year in all stars any way. we held cost down to 500 per kid including practice field rental through July, uniforms and tournament fees. With 11 kids total if we picked up an extra tournament you're looking at a total of about $30 per kid extra. Now there are some organizations who charge an upfront fee of 800 per kid to 2000 per kid because they pay their coaches. We do not do that. This is a group of boys we are vested in and we care about. We are not establishing a youth baseball organization bent on making money. If you look there are great opportunities for even low income children who want that experience whose parents aren't wealthy. Not all TB kids are country club kids

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All we pay for is uniforms up front, field rental through June, and we pay for tournaments as we go.

Here is what I got to watch yesterday:

Home team is winning by a few runs. Visiting team is batting with two outs and a 2-2 count on the batter. About 6 minutes left in the game. Home team coach makes a pitching change. Visiting team coach and fans are going crazy calling the home team coach “soft.” Batter gets a hit, but the next batter gets out a couple minutes later. Time expires while home team is batting. Visiting team coach and fan go even more crazy

Anxiously awaiting the schedule for this upcoming weekend’s tournament. Be glorious if we didn’t play until noon or so. I don’t want to drive 5 hours after work on Friday.

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Here's to a great season for Braxton, Paxton, Peyton, Kayden, Waylon, Ryder, Chase and Cooper.

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