You know Golf I just think I have a really interesting perspective on all this. I am a high school coach and youth/travel ball parent. Many high school coaches trash travel ball and vice versa. I think they both have their place. I do not have professional playing experience but know many who do. I have been around a long time and have heard and experienced the opinions of every possible corner of the baseball world. Everybody's got a gripe. We are in a cycle now.where it is just popular to pick on the parents. We could fill volumes with mistakes and stupid teachings from youth 'coaches'. And probably almost as many for high school coaches. Umpires? Let's not start that one again. And finally the former pro players some of whom are true experts and students of the game and others who have ten cent brains. Good and bad in all of us. If you look for the bad you will find it. If we just live and let live maybe we will be happier!