Reply to "Select teams and showcases hurting baseball?"

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Are showcases and select teams hurting baseball?

I might have to answer this one with a yes (nice job bringing this up Fungo)
The biggest problem that I see right now is that the main, if not only, goal of many players and parents is exposure. Teams and coaches are being judged more by their perceived ability to "place" players than their ability to teach the game.(note: I think the term "placement" is not only way overused, but even somewhat insulting to one's intelligence)
What it boils down to is this. There isn't anything wrong with exposure, but if that's what you are looking for, you'd better have something worth exposing(that sounded bad huh

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I see too many players who are so focused on being seen that they forget to become players worth seeing.

9/3/083:07 PM

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