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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the input on LL leagues, my son was the one blackballed from the Majors. We don't have time to invest in this org since we're moving before next Spring so we'll probably just quit and demand a refund. I figured the issue was Daddy Ball and cliques and can see that is confirmed.

We played in a Pony league before but the kids were sorted by age like 9U, 10U, 11U and they did not combine age groups so this sort of thing never happened.  Seems like that's a better way to go about it. The overlap in the ages of Minors/Majors definitely gives an advantage to the friends and family of Coaches.[/quote]

I think this is an opportunity for your son to be a leader, build confidence, and learn how to overcome bitterness. I’m one of the pps who was in the same boat years ago, and that year was extremely motivating for my son. That was the year he got serious about baseball, and that hard work ethic never left him. He sailed past those kids after little league and learned a valuable lesson about not quitting when things don’t go his way, and that hard work does pay off in the end. I would hate to have robbed him of that by letting him quit because he didn’t make the highest team. [/quote]

I also agree with this.  Most Daddyball boys crack under the pressure of accountability when they get to HS.  The HS coach has no time to coddle Daddyball boys.  Like the PP wrote, the real world doesn't lay everything out neatly for you, and this is a chance to learn that.  Your son will be much better off as a result.[/quote]

I'm the OP of the LL Major/Minor drama. We aren't going to do the Minors team. Son is already on a club team, we were just looking into LL to meet some new kids, have fun, but at the first practice there were just so many kids who couldn't catch or throw that it wouldn't even really be fun for him at that level. He played that way a few years ago, so nothing to really gain going backwards. We'll look into other club opportunities. Son wasn't really disappointed either way. Coming from Pony leagues he didn't really know what Majors/Minors meant or that there was some parent politics behind it but he saw that the other kids were much younger and inexperienced than he is.[/quote]

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