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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a question for anyone familiar with LL draft rules. We are brand new to an area, went to the LL tryouts, and son was assigned to a Minors team, not Majors. He's almost 11 and has been playing club for years.

Checked out the Minors practice only to find little kids who could barely throw or catch and the Coach wondered why son wasn't on a Majors team. Coach thinks it's too dangerous for him to play with such little and inexperienced kids. League says draft is final and teams are full (not true) and won't reconsider.

What we think happened is all the Majors passed on him b/c they don't know him even when son smoked all the other kids at his tryout who made the Majors.

What gives? Is this typical for LL for coaches to only pick certain kids and blackball newcomers? Should we just stick to club?[/quote]

Oh yuck. I’m so sorry! I think what happens, is coaches go with the “known” player and possibly don’t take tryouts into account as much. And since your son is new....they didn’t take a chance on him even though he had a great tryout. That is really a shame. Hopefully once word gets around, he will me moved up to Majors. As someone else said, there is sure to be an injury or someone will drop out. Hopefully he can pitch etc and be a star in the Minors in the meantime. Surely he will make All Stars too? I’d aim for that- then he will be playing with Majors kids. Little League is such a mixed bag. Ultimately I feel coaches want to win (especially in All Stars) but seems to take forever for “new kids” to overcome pre existing bias. As you know, LL is pretty irrelevant in the long run. [/quote]

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