quote:PWREDS, welcome to high school baseball web, it's a great site, one where you can exchange ideas and opinions with many experienced people from all walks of life who have a passion for baseball. That said, I don't think you're going to find a lot of sympathy for your viewpoint, or Coach Milburns. Are you one and the same, or brothers? The impression I get is that the grapes taste pretty sour to you.
I've been playing and managing baseball for the past 45 years so I guess I have a well formed opinion about baseball. And I have also been a parent who has had players go through the current baseball process locally in Northern Virginia and unfortunately in my opinion it is all about the money.
If you're in California you're definitely in a better environment for baseball than me. If Coach Milburn is from Virginia then I suspect that he has seen the same things that I have seen over the past few years.
Maybe it sounds like sour grapes to you, but then you are just lucky to have not been exposed to the craziness of Northern Virginia baseball.