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

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go to a team usa invite only event and its pretty exact opposite of every single thing you are describing.

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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

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.