Is baseball declining?

MILBY100+ posts

I cannot speak for other areas of the Commonwealth and across the country, but I know darn well in the 22601 zip code, the quality of baseball is declining very rapidly.

Why?

Example: The Handley Judges Baseball program had a two-year run of 46-4 in 1999 and 2000 while winning the program's only Group AA State Title in 1999 with 25-1 record.

1997: 17-4
1998: 11-6
1999: 25-1
2000: 21-3

Just last year, The Handley Judges had just 25 kids tryout for BOTH Varsity and JV programs with 7 or 8 of those 25 kids being 8th graders.

What in the world is wrong with this picture?

It would not surprise to see Handley High School's baseball program go defunct within 5yrs.

Respectfully shared,
Coach Milburn
Winchester, VA

12/31/098:14 AM

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