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[quote=Anonymous]A friend told me about this web site. Thought I might want to tell our story about what happened to our son. He was an incoming freshman at St John’s and was invited to participate in workouts for incoming baseball players over the summer. There was a cost associated with this. I can’t remember how much but I think a few hundred dollars. My son went to work outs all summer. He never touched a ball, a glove, or a bat. The workouts were entirely running and stretching workouts. At the end of the summer when school started, my son heard nothing more from the coach. Nothing about the fall travel baseball program that apparently all St John’s players play with, and nothing about any other work outs. The coach simply stopped communicating with us. He was never given an opportunity to try out for the team in the spring either. It became pretty clear to us that the only reason my son was invited over the summer was so the coach could make more money for himself. My son wasn’t the only one either and we’ve learned that this happens every year.

I have read through this entire post and am not surprised about the other things I am hearing about the baseball coach. Some people have said that families and players know what to expect before they get there. I would like to say as loudly as I can that this was not what we expected! The coach is a horrible person. He stole from us, but I feel worse about the fact that my son was never even given the opportunity to try out for the school team. He might not be the next Bryce Harper, but he is a good player and more importantly a great kid who loves baseball. He should have started his freshman year excited to be at a school he had been excited about. Instead he was demoralized by the coach. It really had an negative effect on the beginning of his high school years.

If the school administration does not know all of the horrible things going on in the baseball program it’s because they don’t want to know. I think it’s more likely that they know and don’t care.[/quote]

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