Primetime travel baseball scumbags

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t tryouts next week? I mean this kindly, but if your kid doesn’t play travel, don’t they have almost zero chance of making a public high school team?

He's in eighth grade and doing eigth grade tryouts right now. He says it's going well. He may not make the HS team, but baseball is not his primary sport. He's a good player, he just likes other sports better and so doesn't do travel. He could probably play travel if he wanted to put in the time to do it, but honestly it has always seemed like a waste of time and money if it's not your kid's passion or primary sport. I've seen 3 families that we are close with dedicate every weekend of their lives for years and years to baseball in order to support a really passionate and seemingly talented kid who was a star on their travel team. Those kids ended up going to really marginal colleges to play baseball with the hope, I guess, of MLB or transfer to a D1 school. Two of those kids (one is my cousin's kid) left the sport altogether when it was clear they weren't going to MLB or a D1 program. Those 2 kids ended up transfering to a better college after having wasted 2 years at the marginal school. The other kid got injured and ended up not even graduating from the marginal school or any college. I have to think those families wonder whether having their entire lives dicated by baseball schedules for like 8 years and spending their kids's entire childhoods at baseball tournaments was really worth it in the end.

Honestly, I don't get it. Youth athletics are out of control. It's ridiculous that preteens and teens have to specialized to the point of neglecting all other aspects of their lives if they want to play on their school's team. Money and time wise, baseball (and a lot of other travel/club sports) seem like a long con run by a bunch of grifters preying on the fears of parents that their kids won't get into college or won't otherwise succeed unless they follow the travel sport bridge to nowhere.

The kids have fun and the money is not important so I don't see an issue.

And most importantly it’s no one else’s business how families choose to spend their time. If the kid loves it while it lasts it would seem like a pretty awesome childhood, even if some folks feel it’s a “waste” if kid doesn’t go pro someday.

Maybe I should stop letting my kid play with Lego so much, too? I don’t see much of a future in it for him.

Do Legos cost thousands and thousands of dollars? Require you to take short, expensive, overnight trips all across the country a dozen or more times a year? Disrupt your care and attention to any other children you have? Put thousands and thousands of miles on your vehicle?

What an absurd analogy.

Tell us everything you have ever done for and with your children, individually and separately, and we’ll decide if you wasted money and time and ruined their childhoods. (Did you take them to Disney World? What a waste of time and money! Did they go to daycare or aftercare? Clearly a disruption of your care and attention to them. Why are you commuting to work in your car instead of taking the bus? Excessive miles on the vehicle. Etc.)

Again, for some of us the money isn’t a big deal. The trips are FUN so the time it takes is no big deal. We have spouses and take turns so siblings are well cared for and loved and supported in their *own* fun extracurricular activities.

And finally, Lego ain’t cheap, fool.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t tryouts next week? I mean this kindly, but if your kid doesn’t play travel, don’t they have almost zero chance of making a public high school team?

He's in eighth grade and doing eigth grade tryouts right now. He says it's going well. He may not make the HS team, but baseball is not his primary sport. He's a good player, he just likes other sports better and so doesn't do travel. He could probably play travel if he wanted to put in the time to do it, but honestly it has always seemed like a waste of time and money if it's not your kid's passion or primary sport. I've seen 3 families that we are close with dedicate every weekend of their lives for years and years to baseball in order to support a really passionate and seemingly talented kid who was a star on their travel team. Those kids ended up going to really marginal colleges to play baseball with the hope, I guess, of MLB or transfer to a D1 school. Two of those kids (one is my cousin's kid) left the sport altogether when it was clear they weren't going to MLB or a D1 program. Those 2 kids ended up transfering to a better college after having wasted 2 years at the marginal school. The other kid got injured and ended up not even graduating from the marginal school or any college. I have to think those families wonder whether having their entire lives dicated by baseball schedules for like 8 years and spending their kids's entire childhoods at baseball tournaments was really worth it in the end.

Honestly, I don't get it. Youth athletics are out of control. It's ridiculous that preteens and teens have to specialized to the point of neglecting all other aspects of their lives if they want to play on their school's team. Money and time wise, baseball (and a lot of other travel/club sports) seem like a long con run by a bunch of grifters preying on the fears of parents that their kids won't get into college or won't otherwise succeed unless they follow the travel sport bridge to nowhere.

The kids have fun and the money is not important so I don't see an issue.

And most importantly it’s no one else’s business how families choose to spend their time. If the kid loves it while it lasts it would seem like a pretty awesome childhood, even if some folks feel it’s a “waste” if kid doesn’t go pro someday.

Maybe I should stop letting my kid play with Lego so much, too? I don’t see much of a future in it for him.

Do Legos cost thousands and thousands of dollars? Require you to take short, expensive, overnight trips all across the country a dozen or more times a year? Disrupt your care and attention to any other children you have? Put thousands and thousands of miles on your vehicle?

What an absurd analogy.

Why is it hard to believe that some kids and yes their PARENTS too like this. It's social. Are you the lady knitting in the corner? Then no, it's probably not fun, but I love watching my kids play and I generally like socializing with the other parents in Holiday Inn lobby bars.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t tryouts next week? I mean this kindly, but if your kid doesn’t play travel, don’t they have almost zero chance of making a public high school team?

He's in eighth grade and doing eigth grade tryouts right now. He says it's going well. He may not make the HS team, but baseball is not his primary sport. He's a good player, he just likes other sports better and so doesn't do travel. He could probably play travel if he wanted to put in the time to do it, but honestly it has always seemed like a waste of time and money if it's not your kid's passion or primary sport. I've seen 3 families that we are close with dedicate every weekend of their lives for years and years to baseball in order to support a really passionate and seemingly talented kid who was a star on their travel team. Those kids ended up going to really marginal colleges to play baseball with the hope, I guess, of MLB or transfer to a D1 school. Two of those kids (one is my cousin's kid) left the sport altogether when it was clear they weren't going to MLB or a D1 program. Those 2 kids ended up transfering to a better college after having wasted 2 years at the marginal school. The other kid got injured and ended up not even graduating from the marginal school or any college. I have to think those families wonder whether having their entire lives dicated by baseball schedules for like 8 years and spending their kids's entire childhoods at baseball tournaments was really worth it in the end.

Honestly, I don't get it. Youth athletics are out of control. It's ridiculous that preteens and teens have to specialized to the point of neglecting all other aspects of their lives if they want to play on their school's team. Money and time wise, baseball (and a lot of other travel/club sports) seem like a long con run by a bunch of grifters preying on the fears of parents that their kids won't get into college or won't otherwise succeed unless they follow the travel sport bridge to nowhere.

The kids have fun and the money is not important so I don't see an issue.

Doesn't sound like the kids had all that much fun and seems like at least one of the kids in PP's example is now a college flunked out loser.

My kid is playing varsity baseball in college but we made it clear you only play for a college you wanted to attend even if baseball wasn't an option. We kind of "struck gold" in that both baseball and one of our kid's top college choices aligned.

It helps to also know kids that play club baseball in college and very much enjoy it. If the varsity team didn't work out, my kid would have been fine playing club team for a large university (which has a top 10 ranked D1 baseball program).

Yeah, no one needs parenting advice from you.

I guess your kid is the one that flunked out?

This is your retort and you’re calling kids stupid losers? You’re a clown.

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But wasn't this post supposed to be about PT coaches sleeping with moms??

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The coaches sleep with moms and they are all criminals. Parents who send their kids here are absolute idiots.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t tryouts next week? I mean this kindly, but if your kid doesn’t play travel, don’t they have almost zero chance of making a public high school team?

He's in eighth grade and doing eigth grade tryouts right now. He says it's going well. He may not make the HS team, but baseball is not his primary sport. He's a good player, he just likes other sports better and so doesn't do travel. He could probably play travel if he wanted to put in the time to do it, but honestly it has always seemed like a waste of time and money if it's not your kid's passion or primary sport. I've seen 3 families that we are close with dedicate every weekend of their lives for years and years to baseball in order to support a really passionate and seemingly talented kid who was a star on their travel team. Those kids ended up going to really marginal colleges to play baseball with the hope, I guess, of MLB or transfer to a D1 school. Two of those kids (one is my cousin's kid) left the sport altogether when it was clear they weren't going to MLB or a D1 program. Those 2 kids ended up transfering to a better college after having wasted 2 years at the marginal school. The other kid got injured and ended up not even graduating from the marginal school or any college. I have to think those families wonder whether having their entire lives dicated by baseball schedules for like 8 years and spending their kids's entire childhoods at baseball tournaments was really worth it in the end.

Honestly, I don't get it. Youth athletics are out of control. It's ridiculous that preteens and teens have to specialized to the point of neglecting all other aspects of their lives if they want to play on their school's team. Money and time wise, baseball (and a lot of other travel/club sports) seem like a long con run by a bunch of grifters preying on the fears of parents that their kids won't get into college or won't otherwise succeed unless they follow the travel sport bridge to nowhere.

The kids have fun and the money is not important so I don't see an issue.

Doesn't sound like the kids had all that much fun and seems like at least one of the kids in PP's example is now a college flunked out loser.

My kid is playing varsity baseball in college but we made it clear you only play for a college you wanted to attend even if baseball wasn't an option. We kind of "struck gold" in that both baseball and one of our kid's top college choices aligned.

It helps to also know kids that play club baseball in college and very much enjoy it. If the varsity team didn't work out, my kid would have been fine playing club team for a large university (which has a top 10 ranked D1 baseball program).

Yeah, no one needs parenting advice from you.

I guess your kid is the one that flunked out?

This is your retort and you’re calling kids stupid losers? You’re a clown.

So...I guess your kid is the one that flunked out?

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t tryouts next week? I mean this kindly, but if your kid doesn’t play travel, don’t they have almost zero chance of making a public high school team?

He's in eighth grade and doing eigth grade tryouts right now. He says it's going well. He may not make the HS team, but baseball is not his primary sport. He's a good player, he just likes other sports better and so doesn't do travel. He could probably play travel if he wanted to put in the time to do it, but honestly it has always seemed like a waste of time and money if it's not your kid's passion or primary sport. I've seen 3 families that we are close with dedicate every weekend of their lives for years and years to baseball in order to support a really passionate and seemingly talented kid who was a star on their travel team. Those kids ended up going to really marginal colleges to play baseball with the hope, I guess, of MLB or transfer to a D1 school. Two of those kids (one is my cousin's kid) left the sport altogether when it was clear they weren't going to MLB or a D1 program. Those 2 kids ended up transfering to a better college after having wasted 2 years at the marginal school. The other kid got injured and ended up not even graduating from the marginal school or any college. I have to think those families wonder whether having their entire lives dicated by baseball schedules for like 8 years and spending their kids's entire childhoods at baseball tournaments was really worth it in the end.

Honestly, I don't get it. Youth athletics are out of control. It's ridiculous that preteens and teens have to specialized to the point of neglecting all other aspects of their lives if they want to play on their school's team. Money and time wise, baseball (and a lot of other travel/club sports) seem like a long con run by a bunch of grifters preying on the fears of parents that their kids won't get into college or won't otherwise succeed unless they follow the travel sport bridge to nowhere.

The kids have fun and the money is not important so I don't see an issue.

Doesn't sound like the kids had all that much fun and seems like at least one of the kids in PP's example is now a college flunked out loser.

My kid is playing varsity baseball in college but we made it clear you only play for a college you wanted to attend even if baseball wasn't an option. We kind of "struck gold" in that both baseball and one of our kid's top college choices aligned.

It helps to also know kids that play club baseball in college and very much enjoy it. If the varsity team didn't work out, my kid would have been fine playing club team for a large university (which has a top 10 ranked D1 baseball program).

Yeah, no one needs parenting advice from you.

I guess your kid is the one that flunked out?

This is your retort and you’re calling kids stupid losers? You’re a clown.

So...I guess your kid is the one that flunked out?

I hope your kid didn’t inherit your intelligence along with your baseball talent and athleticism. He’ll certainly have a long row to hoe.

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Anonymous wrote:The coaches sleep with moms and they are all criminals. Parents who send their kids here are absolute idiots.

Stop! It was one coach and one mom almost a year ago. The guy lost is job at the private he was at too. Time to move people!

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t tryouts next week? I mean this kindly, but if your kid doesn’t play travel, don’t they have almost zero chance of making a public high school team?

He's in eighth grade and doing eigth grade tryouts right now. He says it's going well. He may not make the HS team, but baseball is not his primary sport. He's a good player, he just likes other sports better and so doesn't do travel. He could probably play travel if he wanted to put in the time to do it, but honestly it has always seemed like a waste of time and money if it's not your kid's passion or primary sport. I've seen 3 families that we are close with dedicate every weekend of their lives for years and years to baseball in order to support a really passionate and seemingly talented kid who was a star on their travel team. Those kids ended up going to really marginal colleges to play baseball with the hope, I guess, of MLB or transfer to a D1 school. Two of those kids (one is my cousin's kid) left the sport altogether when it was clear they weren't going to MLB or a D1 program. Those 2 kids ended up transfering to a better college after having wasted 2 years at the marginal school. The other kid got injured and ended up not even graduating from the marginal school or any college. I have to think those families wonder whether having their entire lives dicated by baseball schedules for like 8 years and spending their kids's entire childhoods at baseball tournaments was really worth it in the end.

Honestly, I don't get it. Youth athletics are out of control. It's ridiculous that preteens and teens have to specialized to the point of neglecting all other aspects of their lives if they want to play on their school's team. Money and time wise, baseball (and a lot of other travel/club sports) seem like a long con run by a bunch of grifters preying on the fears of parents that their kids won't get into college or won't otherwise succeed unless they follow the travel sport bridge to nowhere.

The kids have fun and the money is not important so I don't see an issue.

Doesn't sound like the kids had all that much fun and seems like at least one of the kids in PP's example is now a college flunked out loser.

My kid is playing varsity baseball in college but we made it clear you only play for a college you wanted to attend even if baseball wasn't an option. We kind of "struck gold" in that both baseball and one of our kid's top college choices aligned.

It helps to also know kids that play club baseball in college and very much enjoy it. If the varsity team didn't work out, my kid would have been fine playing club team for a large university (which has a top 10 ranked D1 baseball program).

Yeah, no one needs parenting advice from you.

I guess your kid is the one that flunked out?

This is your retort and you’re calling kids stupid losers? You’re a clown.

So...I guess your kid is the one that flunked out?

I hope your kid didn’t inherit your intelligence along with your baseball talent and athleticism. He’ll certainly have a long row to hoe.

Thanks for confirming it was your kid that flunked out. But, it was fun, right?

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The parent who said the thing about parents socializing hit the nail on the head. It’s about the parents! Travel teams like Primetime are about the parents taking shots at 10am in quality inn hotel bars. Every single second of the travel team experience is fulfilling a need for parents whether it be socializing, drinking buddies, unfulfilled sports potential from their childhood. Boys need activity to keep them away from screens. But I will never let my child be a $$$ for a creepy travel org owner like the ones at Primetime, a supporting character in some dads story, or an obstacle for some hyper competitive moms attempts to get her 11 year old pitcher signed to a college team. Use the travel program if it works for your kid then leave as soon as you see the writing on the wall that your kid is just a dollar sign. If it feels like a cult then it’s not a community. If you can tell that the other parents don’t want your child to succeed then get out of there.

[Anonymous]

The coaches who run Prime Time are now running the Bishop O'Connell Team. I am guessing its a large organization and the headline may be about other staff- does prime time get/send players to O'Connell or do they get from a different area than Arlington?

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Anonymous wrote:The parent who said the thing about parents socializing hit the nail on the head. It’s about the parents! Travel teams like Primetime are about the parents taking shots at 10am in quality inn hotel bars. Every single second of the travel team experience is fulfilling a need for parents whether it be socializing, drinking buddies, unfulfilled sports potential from their childhood. Boys need activity to keep them away from screens. But I will never let my child be a $$$ for a creepy travel org owner like the ones at Primetime, a supporting character in some dads story, or an obstacle for some hyper competitive moms attempts to get her 11 year old pitcher signed to a college team. Use the travel program if it works for your kid then leave as soon as you see the writing on the wall that your kid is just a dollar sign. If it feels like a cult then it’s not a community. If you can tell that the other parents don’t want your child to succeed then get out of there.

Travel baseball is the worst and the baseball parents are the worst parents out of all of the sports my kids have played.

If I had to rank it:

Normal Parents - Tackle football, Basketball. These sports heavily favor the most athletic kids so most parents accept it if their kid isn't the best.

Bad Parents - Wrestling. Most wrestling Dads have some sort of dream of their kid growing up into a tough guy ass kicker and they like to harass/abuse their child to relive their high school wrestling practices.

Worst Parents - Baseball. Where do I begin? Yelling at umpires. Yelling at their kids. Spending thousands on travel ball per year instead of saving for college. Every parent there is out for their own kid and no one else. If it is the local little league, you'll deal with a bunch of parents who won't help at all with anything related to keeping the league running. Oh, and the parents are completely delusional about their kids actual athleticism. Why wouldn't they be? Their kid spends hours standing around in baseball so how would they know their kid is actually slow as a snail. I hate it.

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Anonymous wrote:The parent who said the thing about parents socializing hit the nail on the head. It’s about the parents! Travel teams like Primetime are about the parents taking shots at 10am in quality inn hotel bars. Every single second of the travel team experience is fulfilling a need for parents whether it be socializing, drinking buddies, unfulfilled sports potential from their childhood. Boys need activity to keep them away from screens. But I will never let my child be a $$$ for a creepy travel org owner like the ones at Primetime, a supporting character in some dads story, or an obstacle for some hyper competitive moms attempts to get her 11 year old pitcher signed to a college team. Use the travel program if it works for your kid then leave as soon as you see the writing on the wall that your kid is just a dollar sign. If it feels like a cult then it’s not a community. If you can tell that the other parents don’t want your child to succeed then get out of there.

So much this. It is all for the parents. Youth baseball is like a cult. I don't understand it and never will. Half of the travel ball kids will quit by the time they get to high school.

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Anonymous wrote:The coaches who run Prime Time are now running the Bishop O'Connell Team. I am guessing its a large organization and the headline may be about other staff- does prime time get/send players to O'Connell or do they get from a different area than Arlington?

The owner of Prime Time is the head coach at O'Connell. Any student can try out for the baseball team at O'Connell. I'd imagine he'll be inviting some Prime Time players to apply to O'Connell to play HS ball with him.

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Anonymous wrote:The coaches who run Prime Time are now running the Bishop O'Connell Team. I am guessing its a large organization and the headline may be about other staff- does prime time get/send players to O'Connell or do they get from a different area than Arlington?

I know parents who kept kids at PT so they have a shot at playing at OC... when otherwise they may have jumped ship for another team.