Originally Posted by roothog66:
Stats, he was using common baseball terms. It's usually understood within the community that a travel team differs from a showcase team in purpose. A travel team is put together with the intent of instructing and competing. A showcase team is geared toward exposure. As a result, a showcase team is unlikely to practice much. A showcase team is also likely to be more flexible with their pitching rotations in order to garner exposure for their players even at the expense of affecting their chances of winning a game or tourney. For example, a showcase team might throw a particular pitcher because a college he is pursuing has sent a recruiter even when a better pitcher is available.
Common to who? The assumption here is often that everyone reading posts understands the “lingo”, but there’s a lot of folks who look in that don’t possess knowledge of all the “common baseball terms” you seem to. Personally, I thought I knew what he was talking about, but wanted to be sure before I commented.