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[quote=Anonymous]My DS played travel baseball for many years.  Our experience was they always had more guys on a team than could be in the field at one time because you never knew if someone would be out (sick or traveling or get injured.)  As he aged, the boys started specializing and the programs we were with were good about not carrying a team full one specialized player, like five or six catchers.  And the programs we were with would not take a player if they felt they weren't good enough to play.  Now with that being said, because there were almost always more than 9 guys show up for a game, someone would have to sit.  Our coaches were good with rotating who would sit.  But if only one catcher would show up and there were 14 players, the catcher would never sit out.  In baseball, almost anyone can play outfield but catcher is so specialized (equipment being one) the coach couldn't just throw anyone in at catcher if he was trying to get guys playing time.

If you are in an organization where your kid is never getting playing time, I would go find another organization.  When you are paying top dollar, they should either not take the player to begin with or put the player in.[/quote]

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