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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He has to be all in. 
You have to be all in. 
Would he be joining for 9U in the fall?

It really depneds on the organization, but we have two kids in travel baseball. Fees are about $3000 a year plus $100 a week for training plus all the new gear and the bats are $300-$400. Travel is required usually once in the spring plus memorial day, 4th of July and probably at least 2 other tournaments. For my 11U we will have have probably 7-8 weekends this year that require a hotel and at least one parent to be with him. The hotels can range from 2-3 nights and are usually around $200 a night. We have one this summer that's $500 a night for 3 nights and another that's $400 a night for 2 nights. It really adds up and is a lot if you have other kids. We usually would bring our whole family, but some families can't or don't want to do that. The younger siblings usually don't love sitting out for 5 hours in 95 degree heat watching baseball. 
You cannot do sleepaway camp until August and it limits when you can go on family vacations. 
You cannot miss tournaments. If you are not on board with this, do not sign up. [/quote]

Agree with this. DS has played for a lower level travel team since 11u and it works for our family. Games and tournaments are primarily local (within an hour), but we do play a handful of tournaments where we need a hotel. Even with minimal travel, I'd estimate we averaged roughly 10-15k/year between club fees, hotels/road food, additional training, and equipment. The DHs and tournaments make for VERY long days especially when the weather is not optimal (which seems like it usually the case--we are either freezing or frying). We also spend a lot of time in the car--to/from practices, games, training AND parents waiting in random parking lots at odd hours. Weekday baseball always seems to hit right at dinnertime so we make multiple meals and eat on the go. We go out of town in August, but that's pretty much it because after a certain age, teams expect you to prioritize tournaments and games over everything else. Our lives legitimately revolve around baseball (he's now 15u), but DS is all in. I cannot imagine starting earlier than we did and I would not ever push a kid into this unless they were asking for it. [/quote]

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