We live 20 miles from a Great Lakes League team and son is likely playing there next summer. We saw them play quite a bit this year. Really good baseball (this team has 3 or 4 SEC guys). Not bad travel, most games are no more than a 2 hour trip. Other than the Cincinnati and Columbus teams, the others are in smaller towns, so a big city kid may get a little bored...lol. If anyone has questions on the league, the HC of the team is a very good friend of mine....can get you any answers from him.