Illinirock,
No problem. We are (or were) just as excited and a little skeptical that everything would fall into place when it should and as it should. There is nothing wrong with you discussing the scholarship with the baseball coach. He understands this is your first time too. Just explain you are trying to work out your son’s college budget and I’m sure he will give you all the information you need. Yes there are a few horror stories about coaches reneging on their offers or changing their offers but for the most part if a coach and a player agree to the terms and the player verbally commits to the school there should be no problem. However you can’t expect to hold on to five or six offers for very long. Even though the schools may have offered your son a scholarship, if he fails to verbally commit, they will continue to search for his “replacement”. I would also ask the coach (or have your son ask) what their deadline is for a verbal.
Fungo