I guess you missed the whole, change uniform from year go year thing. No way any real friendship can be built like that
“I guess you missed the whole, change uniform from year go year thing. No way any real friendship can be built like that.”
Do you actually have any experience with children on a travel team? Do you think that every year the roster is completely new and parents don’t make an effort to keep their children on the same teams?
It really sounds as though you read the article and taking every negative thing as the only truth.
I hear you. I have even heard parents say “It’s okay if you lose this game, it’s just in-house” to their son. Travel ball is killing our little league. The best pitchers don’t pitch because they are “saving their arms” for the travel game, which is “obviously” more important than the lowly little league game. I feel bad for my oldest son. We are stuck in a SUPER competitive (elite?) little league district. He is a very good all-around player, but not what you’d call “elite”....which means able to hit home runs at will in my town. He can slap singles and doubles just about every at-bat and against the “elite” pitchers, but that’s not good enough apparently. He loves baseball, plays it well and just wants to be able to play and experience it in the summer. He would make just about any other district team in the area most likely, but not in the league we’re stuck with. The same 11 kids have played on the summer team since t-ball. I just wish he had options.