Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (4/14/2014 10:49:34 AM)
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ORIGINAL: djskillz I think part of the problem, Ed, is that kids are playing way too much from an early age. These year round baseball groups are ridiculous IMO. Give the kids a break and let them try other things. You don't need to pen them into a specific sport with tons of usage from the age of 8/9. That's a travesty in sports today IMO. Agreed. 100% It's the boy version of the little girl beauty pageants re: parenting IMO. Can't stand it. In our little town of the world, the 2 programs are combining to field a 14/under team. Baseball is dying on the vine in this town; there are 11 kids in 7/8 combined playing baseball. Kids have played for several years, are off to other sports; William wanted to run track for something new, with plans to play baseball this summer.Looks like they'll have just enough players. 10th grade class has 4 kids playing baseball. FINALLY, the "leaders" are trying to figure out why. And I can answer that easily: Too many coaches have their own agenda. And normally,that agenda is the old #1. My kid gets to hit first/second/third and pitch as much as I can have him pitch. And the 'have nots' are fed up with the political games like this. So they quit.
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