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re: Travel Ball Powerhouse B3 Elite 7U just picked up a huge commitment
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:59 am to Stinger_1066
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:59 am to Stinger_1066
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I've never understood why some people get so wound up about what other people do with their free time and spare money.
its OT tradition to tell people how to spend their time and how to spend their money and if you dont spend money like they think it should be spent.....well you are just a dumbass according to them
but keep in mind...we are talking about a board largely made up of non college grads in one of the lowest IQ and poorest states in the country
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:05 am to lsu777
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go to a team usa invite only event and its pretty exact opposite of every single thing you are describing.
Now this I can verify. My oldest was at a rec allstar tourney and an elite 12U travel team tournament was playing in the same complex. The grown men that were pitching that day was crazy. Seeing kids absolutely blasting the baseball and not one parent even clapped
In fact, the only emotion coming from the stands was when an ump made an obvious bad call
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:26 am to TygerLyfe
Parents are the absolute worst. It's wild that they feel the need to do this. The same goes with the "everybody gets a trophy" generation. It was the adults who were handing them out, b/c little Johnny is not athletic and sucks at field day. He's probably pretty good at something else. Let him shine at that thing instead of trying to sugar coat it.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:35 am to SteveLSU35
Don’t underplay the parents. In my experience, these are generally folks who find social prestige, in belonging to “vaunted” travel ball and the social activities that goes with it (travel together, hotels, putting decorations and names on all the rooms, fundraising, etc). Pretty avg folks otherwise but have that oversized prestige belonging need.
Hope the kid at least has fun with his friends most of the time while his parents sip adult bevs at night while junior plays in 98 degrees in June & July…and the boy does not hate his parents that much for it.
Hope the kid at least has fun with his friends most of the time while his parents sip adult bevs at night while junior plays in 98 degrees in June & July…and the boy does not hate his parents that much for it.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:37 pm to lsu777
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non college grads
Travel ball is known to be a bastion of educated parents. Lively discussions of history and geopolitics can be heard in between chants of “Let’s Go Paxton.”
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:41 pm to lsu777
quote:I would guess the vast majority of regular posters on the OT have at least one degree
but keep in mind...we are talking about a board largely made up of non college grads in one of the lowest IQ and poorest states in the country
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:44 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:49 pm to lsu777
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i agree...now at 8u its prolly the least stressful time to play a bunch but I still dont agree with it.
i really dont like more than 2 fall tournaments, especially as they get older as Im a huge believer in having an off season to train.
Offseason training at 7 years old?
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:52 pm to lsu777
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lsu777
You went from getting defensive about travel ball, to condecsendingly attacking the entirety of this board in just a few pages. Nice job
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:58 pm to BugAC
That scholarship to LSU-E isn’t going to earn itself
Posted on 8/17/26 at 1:02 pm to NIH
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That scholarship to LSU-E isn’t going to earn itself
The 10% scholarship to LSU-E
Posted on 8/17/26 at 1:15 pm to BugAC
But it isnt life consuming
Posted on 8/17/26 at 1:21 pm to John Casey
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Blessed Beyond Belief.
Cringe Crushing Comprehension
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:12 pm to BugAC
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Offseason training at 7 years old?
no at 7 should be playing other sports, how the frick do you know what you like at 7 if you never even played other sports?
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You went from getting defensive about travel ball, to condecsendingly attacking the entirety of this board in just a few pages. Nice job
to be fair, there are a lot of amazing people here, a lot of really successful people here and a lot of highly educated people here. Not nearly as many % as there used to be and certainly not the majority anymore.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 3:13 pm to touchdownjeebus
It’s always the parents
Posted on 8/17/26 at 3:26 pm to lsu777
This guys probably doesn’t even lift and is fat as frick haha
Posted on 8/17/26 at 3:56 pm to tiggerthetooth
I can't wait until my son is old enough to play travel baseball so I can withhold him from travel baseball.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 4:30 pm to lsu777
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yalls coaches dont make yall play summer travel? Most schools do, at least the bigger and better schools, if nothing else with the school team.
They don't make them and my son works at the school in the cage and fielding during football season (non-official). He and others that just play baseball. He takes it serious and commits himself to off season work.
He is good but will not play D-1 and I make no assumptions to the contrary. He works at his craft during the off season and will pick up on some teams but I have no delusions that he is going to make Auburn's club.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 4:58 pm to tiggerthetooth
Do them Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic baseball kids do this at 7U? Or is this a USA thing?
Posted on 8/17/26 at 4:58 pm to tiggerthetooth
I was so incredibly happy when I discovered my son was terrible at baseball.
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