@Momball11 posted:Yes, finding that quality has definitely been an issue.
@CollegebaseballInsights we know that minority struggle personally. When moving to Appalachia I knew I would be a minority. So when my son got into baseball, I knew he automatically would have to deal with implicit bias/racism. It's been interesting to say the least. Fortunately I think he's pretty oblivious to it and it's just made him that much more resilient.
KISS method, don't look at race, play to the best of your ability, but understand you will be in the minority. Which is why when my son was a junior we played with a very good team from North Jersey, more because I wanted my son to have experience with a hard nose African American coach, who's son was drafted and could put some humility into my son.
Also, the objective was to show my son leaders and/or leadership can come from anybody.
It was more about character building and providing my son with addition resources to discuss things that he might not want to speak to me about.
As you are aware at some point you can only advise vs tell your young adult.