quote:Originally posted by PGStaff:
I believe that Legion stat about 50% of the MLB players having played Legion. At one time it might have been higher and it will continue to drop because things have changed.
Problem is that most all of the younger MLB players did not play Legion. Most all the top draft picks over the past 5 - 10 years have played travel/club baseball. For every Legion player you can name drafted in the top 5 rounds, I will give you 10 who played elsewhere. In fact, I will give you 25 names.
It's odd that so many don't (or won't) understand this. Understand that most HS draft picks come from 3 or 4 states. Illinois is a great baseball state, but it is not among those 3 or 4 best states. Also, if you look at the rosters of the top college teams from th top conferences, you will see that nearly every player came out of travel/club baseball.
There really is no argument regarding any of this... It is a fact! As always there will be a few exceptions.
BTW, I have nothing against Legion Baseball. I grew up with it and my kids played Legion. One son would be among those 50% that played in the Major Leagues. Things have changed in a very big way since then! But believe what you want!
travel teams and your travel elite teams arent any better than the legion teams especially in our district..if you think they are you are just kidding yourself..there really is no arguement Its a fact...the reason you are seeing more of these so called elite travel teams is because daddy can pay up the 2 or 3k and get his kid on the team..in legion ball you take the best two or three kids from maybe 4 high schools and make a team..BY INVITE..not a dad with 2k in his pocket who pays for his son's exposure..illinois is the 3rd or 4th best recruited state for baseball,,and it has to do with grades..any coach would rather pick the talent where he knows there will no be an academic problem down the road.