re: Travel Ball Powerhouse B3 Elite 7U just picked up a huge commitment

I cannot believe all of the trash talk and hateration regarding this bookface post for the future phenom Young Lex

It will be one of the great stories in sports when Young Lex gets signed to a D1 scholarship.

Embarrassed for them having a party over this, dad must be one of the coaches.

Ironically 7u (the first season where travel begins) may be the most fun season of travelball. It’s also the only season where better fielders play over better hitters. In 6u very few outs are recorded with throws to first.

IF they can afford travelball, they can afford $1300/month for Ozympic.

Looking at her arms, Mama must be a nursing home assistant.

I bet those parents are a joy at games.

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What does the "B3" stand for?

Please tell me it isn't "Bibles and Base Balls."

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Based on their Facebook page, it looks to be Blessed Beyond Belief.

This reminds me of the beauty pageant scam. Parents sign up a daughter to a beauty pageant program. The daughter wins some, always a trophy or some award at every event. But, it is all about the money. Mom shovels out a ton of money.

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I miss the days when children's sports wasn't all about mom and dad.

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95% of it still is, its only the 5% you see being blasted on social media that isnt.

the only people going half way across the country to play are those that choose to as a team or they are the elite of the elite. such a dumbass narrative, something you just made up

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Sign up for local rec league. Play baseball. Team sponsored by local business.

Go to the local ball park once or twice a week for a game.

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they still have that, its just that you are so far behind if thats all you do, by 12, in most cases you have about a 1% chance of continuing to play. Wont even make the middle school team if they even have that, much less HS team unless its a really small school



but dont get it twisted, in 95% of cases, its the kids driving the travel movement. Parents dont just wake up and say let me spend all kinds of money and give up lots of weekends. Im sure there is about 5% of cases like that in the OP but the other 95% are just trying to allow their kid to play more baseball because that is what he wants and as they get older, allow them to chase their dreams if that is truely what they want.

I want to make fun of this because it is truly ridiculous. However I feel so bad for this kid, and family. Travel ball seems to have such misguided priorities, I worry about what happens to the kid when his playing days are over(Most likely years before they want it to be) and they have to then deal with their families world no longer revolving around them and the fallout of not being “special” in they way they were expected to be.

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That is precisely the issue.

It essentially feeds in on itself. Come up with concept, utilize FOMO to coax parents to sign their kids up. Kids abandon rec league. Travel ball is now the only way to prepare for JH, HS, and beyond. More and more money is pumped into travel ball.

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you dont have to do it. if you think the rec ball approach is better, dont participate but also do not be a fricking Karen if your kid doesnt make the HS team either

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Kids know don't know any other way when they've been force fed travel ball from the age of 3.

We've ruined sports for kids.

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nobody does travel ball at 3 and nobody travels half way across the country except the best of the best and because they want to. 99% of teams in louisiana travel less than an hour except maybe once or twice a year and they play roughly 10 tournaments march - june.

So stop just making shite up

travel doesnt even start until 7 in LA and most dont start until 8

but listen if you think your way is better, go for it

some kids actually like playing sports and want to play more than 12 games a year, I know foreign concept to you


nobody has ruined youth sports, baseball participation is at all time high. Soccer is all time high. those along with AAU basketball are the main travel sports


if you think that its ruined sports dont participate but stop bitching because others choose to. nobody is being forced.

do what's right for your family. I know plenty that dont participate, I know some who's kid hated it, some who the family decided it wasnt right for them as a family and then some that their kids absolutely love everything about it and parents hate it and then some where the whole family loves it.