Select baseball

[David B]

Peter O had a great article on the paid site; however, his area is way behind the times I regret to report.

We have had 9-10 select for the past two seasons, then last year I heard about some coach pitch 8 yr old, and then this summer - drum roll -

A travel team for 7yr olds.

Yes, my son was asked to play for a team - of course we declined since my son just wants to play for fun. (he has more fun playing in the neighborhood thank goodness)

I am happy to report the decision was a good one since I recently heard the reports from the parents of several boys who did play and it was coach driven and many boys did not get to play hardly at all - imagine that.

For the two months they played the parents had to shell out nearly $500 to play in addition to their own fees for staying out of town for the weekend tourneys.

And as Peter reports - the level of ball in the select leagues is getting worse every year. I only hope it starts to phase out in the next few years.

Thanks
David