Any insight to arlington United?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone please help with some confusion? I have a 14 and they have played an Arlington United 14U team. Are you saying there’s 15-year-olds on that team? Or there are 14-year-olds playing up on a different 15 U team?

There's a combined 14/15u team.

They would play in 15u bracket. The 14u regional has played in a 15u tournament, but any DH’s would be against 14u teams. Most of the kids on the 14u regional team are still 13 for a few more months.

[Anonymous]

We are hearing at our tryouts that several programs (not just united) are trying to figure out what to do with the spring season because many of the 14u kids will have players playing for their high school and not available for travel programs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are hearing at our tryouts that several programs (not just united) are trying to figure out what to do with the spring season because many of the 14u kids will have players playing for their high school and not available for travel programs.

Doesn’t that happen every year though?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are hearing at our tryouts that several programs (not just united) are trying to figure out what to do with the spring season because many of the 14u kids will have players playing for their high school and not available for travel programs.

Doesn’t that happen every year though?

Yes but 1- United is a new program and 2- some of these other programs are fielding two teams at each age level (did not always) and writing on the wall is not all of these kids are going to make a high school team…. then will be “stranded”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are hearing at our tryouts that several programs (not just united) are trying to figure out what to do with the spring season because many of the 14u kids will have players playing for their high school and not available for travel programs.

Doesn’t that happen every year though?

Yes but 1- United is a new program and 2- some of these other programs are fielding two teams at each age level (did not always) and writing on the wall is not all of these kids are going to make a high school team…. then will be “stranded”.

Oh, makes sense. Does that mean the kids who tried out this month may be offered spots in the early spring or will they hold more trryouts?

[Anonymous]

Their website makes it sound like 14u should have all 8th graders and no 9th, but I guess in Arlington, middle schoolers can play high school baseball?

After the 13U season, players will be placed on teams based on their school year: 8th graders will play 14U and 9th graders will play 15U.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their website makes it sound like 14u should have all 8th graders and no 9th, but I guess in Arlington, middle schoolers can play high school baseball?

After the 13U season, players will be placed on teams based on their school year: 8th graders will play 14U and 9th graders will play 15U.

Yes, 8th graders can play JV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their website makes it sound like 14u should have all 8th graders and no 9th, but I guess in Arlington, middle schoolers can play high school baseball?

After the 13U season, players will be placed on teams based on their school year: 8th graders will play 14U and 9th graders will play 15U.

Eighth graders have the ability to play on their high school JV team, but it is quite difficult to make it at Yorktown, a little easier at WL and easier at Wakefield.

[Anonymous]

But if a current eighth grader is enrolled at a private school, they cannot play for public school JV right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But if a current eighth grader is enrolled at a private school, they cannot play for public school JV right?

I would hope not!

[Anonymous]

https://www.arlnow.com/2024/11/01/arlington-united-13-under-baseball-team-goes-25-4-wins-tourneys/

Arlington United 13-under baseball team goes 25-4, wins tourneys

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But if a current eighth grader is enrolled at a private school, they cannot play for public school JV right?

I would hope not!

Actually I'm not sure, since eighth graders don't yet attend the high school they are zoned for. But private school kids shouldn't be trying out for public school teams, even if they intend to go to the neighborhood public high school in 9th grade.

[Anonymous]

Played Arlington United 14u team in a tournament this weekend and parents and coaches were awful. Location of AU wouldn’t make sense for us, but if it did, that’s not a group I’d want my DS to be associated with and I definitely couldn’t handle the parents. We watched their coach get ejected in the game after ours and listening to the parents you’d think it was World Series level stakes. Crazy. I’ve learned a lot about other teams over the years at tournaments. Arlington United was waving a giant red flag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Played Arlington United 14u team in a tournament this weekend and parents and coaches were awful. Location of AU wouldn’t make sense for us, but if it did, that’s not a group I’d want my DS to be associated with and I definitely couldn’t handle the parents. We watched their coach get ejected in the game after ours and listening to the parents you’d think it was World Series level stakes. Crazy. I’ve learned a lot about other teams over the years at tournaments. Arlington United was waving a giant red flag.

Do they have to forfeit if the coach gets ejected?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Played Arlington United 14u team in a tournament this weekend and parents and coaches were awful. Location of AU wouldn’t make sense for us, but if it did, that’s not a group I’d want my DS to be associated with and I definitely couldn’t handle the parents. We watched their coach get ejected in the game after ours and listening to the parents you’d think it was World Series level stakes. Crazy. I’ve learned a lot about other teams over the years at tournaments. Arlington United was waving a giant red flag.

Do they have to forfeit if the coach gets ejected?

I didn’t stay until the end of the game but one coach got ejected after repeated warnings and nasty language (so this was not an ump being touchy about a coach questioning one call). Second coach had the coaches back and protested the ejection but then reeled it in when the tournament guys came over. Ump let the second coach stay. First coach who was ejected hung around up on the hill chirping loudly enough that the ump stopped the game again and ejected him a second time. Left shortly after that but I was close enough to hear parents from AU complaining about every single call that didn’t go their way. Prior to this game the AU team had not allowed a run and they were behind. You could feel the panic in what the coaches (and then solo coach) was saying, parents comments.