Pacific International League

Sorry, seems like 'league' was my word of the day.  

I'm interested in this thread as my son is joining a team in the Pacific International League (PIL) for the first time this Summer.  From my review of prior year rosters, the teams look to be a mix of current college players (seemingly at all levels, but more JUCO/DIII/II than D1) plus college grads.  We used to have the NW Collegiate League up here, but it recently folded which has likely sent more players to PIL (players who are not invited to the West Coast League).

My son played in the Texas Collegiate League the last 2 years and wanted to get to see something different for the summer.  It's his last summer season and this time next year will be getting ready for med-school.  So, he's going north for the summer!

My son played in the PIL last summer.  I think he felt it was pretty solid competition (though I have no idea how it would compare to the Texas Collegiate League).  I visited at the end of the summer and saw a few games and at least the teams I saw were solid.  His team was composed of college players, with a couple of former pros; think one of those guys had played affiliated ball and the other Indy ball.  They played a couple of non-league games against a West Coast League team and split -- though I suspect the WCL team may have been using pitchers who weren't getting a lot of innings in league play. Some of the teams go to tournaments up in Canada, e.g, Grand Forks Invitational.  The Seattle Studs go to the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita every year -- which they have won a few times.

Pacific Northwest is beautiful.