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I'm all for speeding up the game but this is BS
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Actually, parents have gone insane with all travel sports. Organizations are making millions of dollars alluring parents to spend tens of thousands a year having their kid play travel baseball, basketball, football, softball and volleyball; because everyone believes they will get a college scholarship and then go pro. It's insane and I've been smack dab in the middle of it. We've lost our? fucking minds.Doogles said:The problem with baseball is that it requires organization, numbers, and equipment to build interest with the youths.
Most prefer to just grab a ball, pretend a crack on the wall is a hoop, and play. -
The little I’ve seen has varied from interesting to disturbing. The disturbing part is that were I still working, there would be more time to drink postgame…as for no shift, I like it.LaZoris said:I'd be curious what our? very own MLB scout says on this issue. Also no more shift in the game.
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Our local grade school where I grew up was like a perpetual version of Sandlot. Actually playing baseball is a lot of fun. We would play workup and players would come an go throughout the day. Baseball diamond busy, outdoor basketball hoops silent. Workup game at grade school for recess when school started and then start up again in May when the weather got better. Kids brought their gloves to school. Today, a bunch of fifth graders playing unsupervised at the grade school would bring some CSD visits. I would take my four year old brother and turn him loose on the playground equipment while I played baseball.Doogles said:The problem with baseball is that it requires organization, numbers, and equipment to build interest with the youths.
Most prefer to just grab a ball, pretend a crack on the wall is a hoop, and play. -
Embarrassed to say I did travel baseball with my oldest. Travelling to AZ and Texas and SoCal to play in tournaments when you could find all the competitive baseball and talented opposition you wanted within 100 miles of where I live. I have to admit, regret all the money I spent on it but I did get great enjoyment out of watching him play, made some good friends with some of the other kids dads. It helps a lot if your kid is good and he plays. Some of these guys would spend all that money on it and their kid was a pitcher only or didn't play that much. I'm sure they really regret it.RoadTrip said:
Actually, parents have gone insane with all travel sports. Organizations are making millions of dollars alluring parents to spend tens of thousands a year having their kid play travel baseball, basketball, football, softball and volleyball; because everyone believes they will get a college scholarship and then go pro. It's insane and I've been smack dab in the middle of it. We've lost our? fucking minds.Doogles said:The problem with baseball is that it requires organization, numbers, and equipment to build interest with the youths.
Most prefer to just grab a ball, pretend a crack on the wall is a hoop, and play. -
I recall going to the neighborhood park when I lived in Seattle and playing pickup baseball. You know that doesn't happen today. If you didn't have enough players you got rid of 3rd base and made the field the area from 1st to 2nd base. You could play with 5 or 6 guys that way.WestlinnDuck said:
Our local grade school where I grew up was like a perpetual version of Sandlot. Actually playing baseball is a lot of fun. We would play workup and players would come an go throughout the day. Baseball diamond busy, outdoor basketball hoops silent. Workup game at grade school for recess when school started and then start up again in May when the weather got better. Kids brought their gloves to school. Today, a bunch of fifth graders playing unsupervised at the grade school would bring some CSD visits. I would take my four year old brother and turn him loose on the playground equipment while I played baseball.Doogles said:The problem with baseball is that it requires organization, numbers, and equipment to build interest with the youths.
Most prefer to just grab a ball, pretend a crack on the wall is a hoop, and play. -
We did soccer for our daughter- I can't count how much we spent but I would do it again in a heartbeat. Being an only child, this was her group of sisters and friends she'll have for a lifetime. For the wife and me- it was a group of friends that we still have today even after our girls have gone to college.SFGbob said:
Embarrassed to say I did travel baseball with my oldest. Travelling to AZ and Texas and SoCal to play in tournaments when you could find all the competitive baseball and talented opposition you wanted within 100 miles of where I live. I have to admit, regret all the money I spent on it but I did get great enjoyment out of watching him play, made some good friends with some of the other kids dads. It helps a lot if your kid is good and he plays. Some of these guys would spend all that money on it and their kid was a pitcher only or didn't play that much. I'm sure they really regret it.RoadTrip said:
Actually, parents have gone insane with all travel sports. Organizations are making millions of dollars alluring parents to spend tens of thousands a year having their kid play travel baseball, basketball, football, softball and volleyball; because everyone believes they will get a college scholarship and then go pro. It's insane and I've been smack dab in the middle of it. We've lost our? fucking minds.Doogles said:The problem with baseball is that it requires organization, numbers, and equipment to build interest with the youths.
Most prefer to just grab a ball, pretend a crack on the wall is a hoop, and play.
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We weren't paying tens of thousands but both our kids played high school basketball and my daughter played high school softball. AAU basketball in the offseason and ASA softball in the summer. Travel was generally restricted to Oregon and Washington with trips to LA for Christmas vacation basketball for the son's high school team and for one summer trip to Hawaii for my daughter's team and one trip to Tahoe. These were generally trips we would have made anyway. I agree with Georgia that it was definitely worth it for the kids' social and team building skills and for the friendships we made with the other parents. It's not for everyone, your kids have to want to play, not forced to play and you have to love watching your kids play. I worked with people whose worst nightmare would have been a weekend at the ball field or gym with their kids. Take away time from golf and Saturday night parties while the kids stayed at home.georgiaduck said:
We did soccer for our daughter- I can't count how much we spent but I would do it again in a heartbeat. Being an only child, this was her group of sisters and friends she'll have for a lifetime. For the wife and me- it was a group of friends that we still have today even after our girls have gone to college.SFGbob said:
Embarrassed to say I did travel baseball with my oldest. Travelling to AZ and Texas and SoCal to play in tournaments when you could find all the competitive baseball and talented opposition you wanted within 100 miles of where I live. I have to admit, regret all the money I spent on it but I did get great enjoyment out of watching him play, made some good friends with some of the other kids dads. It helps a lot if your kid is good and he plays. Some of these guys would spend all that money on it and their kid was a pitcher only or didn't play that much. I'm sure they really regret it.RoadTrip said:
Actually, parents have gone insane with all travel sports. Organizations are making millions of dollars alluring parents to spend tens of thousands a year having their kid play travel baseball, basketball, football, softball and volleyball; because everyone believes they will get a college scholarship and then go pro. It's insane and I've been smack dab in the middle of it. We've lost our? fucking minds.Doogles said:The problem with baseball is that it requires organization, numbers, and equipment to build interest with the youths.
Most prefer to just grab a ball, pretend a crack on the wall is a hoop, and play. -
Went to my nephew's baseball game last weekend, my big takeaway is that I'm getting some sort of comfy chair to bring when my kids get old enough for this stuff. Sitting on those metal bleachers sucks.WestlinnDuck said:
We weren't paying tens of thousands but both our kids played high school basketball and my daughter played high school softball. AAU basketball in the offseason and ASA softball in the summer. Travel was generally restricted to Oregon and Washington with trips to LA for Christmas vacation basketball for the son's high school team and for one summer trip to Hawaii for my daughter's team and one trip to Tahoe. These were generally trips we would have made anyway. I agree with Georgia that it was definitely worth it for the kids' social and team building skills and for the friendships we made with the other parents. It's not for everyone, your kids have to want to play, not forced to play and you have to love watching your kids play. I worked with people whose worst nightmare would have been a weekend at the ball field or gym with their kids. Take away time from golf and Saturday night parties while the kids stayed at home.georgiaduck said:
We did soccer for our daughter- I can't count how much we spent but I would do it again in a heartbeat. Being an only child, this was her group of sisters and friends she'll have for a lifetime. For the wife and me- it was a group of friends that we still have today even after our girls have gone to college.SFGbob said:
Embarrassed to say I did travel baseball with my oldest. Travelling to AZ and Texas and SoCal to play in tournaments when you could find all the competitive baseball and talented opposition you wanted within 100 miles of where I live. I have to admit, regret all the money I spent on it but I did get great enjoyment out of watching him play, made some good friends with some of the other kids dads. It helps a lot if your kid is good and he plays. Some of these guys would spend all that money on it and their kid was a pitcher only or didn't play that much. I'm sure they really regret it.RoadTrip said:
Actually, parents have gone insane with all travel sports. Organizations are making millions of dollars alluring parents to spend tens of thousands a year having their kid play travel baseball, basketball, football, softball and volleyball; because everyone believes they will get a college scholarship and then go pro. It's insane and I've been smack dab in the middle of it. We've lost our? fucking minds.Doogles said:The problem with baseball is that it requires organization, numbers, and equipment to build interest with the youths.
Most prefer to just grab a ball, pretend a crack on the wall is a hoop, and play. -
Get one of these with the two cup holders. Pretty comfy.Bob_C said:
Went to my nephew's baseball game last weekend, my big takeaway is that I'm getting some sort of comfy chair to bring when my kids get old enough for this stuff. Sitting on those metal bleachers sucks.WestlinnDuck said:
We weren't paying tens of thousands but both our kids played high school basketball and my daughter played high school softball. AAU basketball in the offseason and ASA softball in the summer. Travel was generally restricted to Oregon and Washington with trips to LA for Christmas vacation basketball for the son's high school team and for one summer trip to Hawaii for my daughter's team and one trip to Tahoe. These were generally trips we would have made anyway. I agree with Georgia that it was definitely worth it for the kids' social and team building skills and for the friendships we made with the other parents. It's not for everyone, your kids have to want to play, not forced to play and you have to love watching your kids play. I worked with people whose worst nightmare would have been a weekend at the ball field or gym with their kids. Take away time from golf and Saturday night parties while the kids stayed at home.georgiaduck said:
We did soccer for our daughter- I can't count how much we spent but I would do it again in a heartbeat. Being an only child, this was her group of sisters and friends she'll have for a lifetime. For the wife and me- it was a group of friends that we still have today even after our girls have gone to college.SFGbob said:
Embarrassed to say I did travel baseball with my oldest. Travelling to AZ and Texas and SoCal to play in tournaments when you could find all the competitive baseball and talented opposition you wanted within 100 miles of where I live. I have to admit, regret all the money I spent on it but I did get great enjoyment out of watching him play, made some good friends with some of the other kids dads. It helps a lot if your kid is good and he plays. Some of these guys would spend all that money on it and their kid was a pitcher only or didn't play that much. I'm sure they really regret it.RoadTrip said:
Actually, parents have gone insane with all travel sports. Organizations are making millions of dollars alluring parents to spend tens of thousands a year having their kid play travel baseball, basketball, football, softball and volleyball; because everyone believes they will get a college scholarship and then go pro. It's insane and I've been smack dab in the middle of it. We've lost our? fucking minds.Doogles said:The problem with baseball is that it requires organization, numbers, and equipment to build interest with the youths.
Most prefer to just grab a ball, pretend a crack on the wall is a hoop, and play.
