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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you are thinking about this backwards.  I’m sure most (not all) professional athletes were also talented when they were kids.  But the argument is that the vast, vast majority of “all-stars” or “elite” pre-pubescent children will NOT be professional athletes.  The vast majority will not even play in college.  Many won’t even play in high school.  And many kids who were “average” will pass them by.

And a kid who is on the path to making MLB is not going to be hindered in the slightest by riding the bench every once in awhile so his fellow 10 year buddies can have a chance to play.  Being a good teammate is (or should be) part of an athlete’s development as well.[/quote]

+1
My kid played on a travel team for former MLB coaches (DS was middle school aged at the time). Two former MLB guys each with a son on the team. And guess what? Their own talented kids sat the bench as much as the rest. They’d have their gigantic, talented sons splitting time with my mediocre little 100lb son and other teammates/friends. Why? They knew it didn’t matter. It was YOUTH ball and until high school, it is about fun/reps/learning to be a good teammate. And youth ball success is totally irrelevant later on.  They knew that. [b]It is the “regular dad” types who rarely seem to understand this.[/b] And I appreciate those guys too- there would not be any youth baseball with them!- but they often have the wrong perspective. [/quote]

There is very strong evidence to support this statement in this thread.  But I do think you have a point that we should appreciate them, too.  You’re absolutely correct in that they’re the ones doing most of the work to make youth baseball happen.  [/quote]

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