Reply to "Perception vs. Reality"

nycdad10,000+ posts

@Francis7 posted:
There are many 8U parents who think a baseball career will go like the chart on the left.
And, there are many parents of kids who were/are still playing in their 20's who know a baseball career is often more like the chart on the right.
It's not a ride on a rocket and is more often a ride on a roller-coaster.

I think there is less of this now than 10, even 5 years ago because of the internet and sites like this.

But, even if that's not the case. I'd say let parents and kids have their dreams at that age. Nothing worse than the curmudgeonly turd in the punch bowl that craps all over someone else's dreams.

9/25/2312:22 AM

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