Reply to "Select teams and showcases hurting baseball?"

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Doughnutman

I am not against travel or showcaseing per se...they have their place...exposure and competition are important as players develop...But I do believe that it is not only shortsighted but potentially disasterious to the baseball community as a whole not to do everything in it's power to keep community leagues in place and prospering...offering exposure to the game and churning out large numbers of players and future fans...at least for a portion of the year.

Interesting that that while many discount the danger...MLB is putting money into the inner city, trying to regrow the game there where it has been lost to a great extent...Maybe it's just mainly PR but I think they understand that the loss of community leagues there (while not the result of Showcasing or travel) has hurt their ability to both find talent and connect with a historic fan base...

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9/3/084:40 PM

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