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Re: Do Scouts value HS baseball enough for a player to toil In a bad program

RJM ·
I would love to see a pic of the indoor facility that allows for games to be played! Diamond Nation in Flemington NJ puts up a dome in the winter. It’s over a full size field. I’m guessing if someone really crushed a moonshot homer it might hit the sloped roof before it goes over the fence. I have no idea if how the dome is inflated affects how far the ball sails.
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Re: Do Scouts value HS baseball enough for a player to toil In a bad program

3and2Fastball ·
There is talk about a few people building domed stadiums in southern Wisconsin. So far it is just talk, but it would definitely change the game for high school sports in being able to accommodate not just a full size Baseball field but could also host soccer games, LaCrosse etc... It would be a great way for the high school programs to "steal back" athletes from Spring Travel.
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cabbagedad ·
Oh, OK. This is really cool but I thought when you said "can accommodate games inside", I thought you meant actual games.
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Golfman25 ·
Ok, a few things. As our season starts to wind down, it's be a real crap show. Even so, I am still leaning play for HS. But can perfectly understand why one would choose not to. Northern springs are always an issue. But this spring was an aberration. In the past we have had a few good days, followed by a few bad days, followed by a few good. So the disruptions were minimal. This season, it was weeks at a time. So, like most it's at all games all the time as there are no open dates left.
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RJM ·
Healthquest Sports Dome at Diamond Nation Flemington, NJ https://vimeo.com/35835322 While it appears there isn't an outfield, look closely. The fence around the infield is removable. There’s a full outfield beind the partition. In the spring they collapse the dome and remove it.
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2019Dad ·
www.thefarleygroup.com/costtobuildadome.htm
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phillyinNJ ·
I think they only allow 13U and below to play in the dome...but still better than nothing.
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2020dad ·
My son played for this organization and has played many games on this turf. No its not 'real' baseball but 3and2 is correct it beats just getting rained/snowed out all the time. Outfielders can not practice their craft. And infielders don't get work on pop ups. Other than that is it real baseball. Anything on the ground is played like normal. The running game is normal. And bottom line it is about pitcher vs. hitter and there is nothing not real about that. By March/April it gets old after...
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2020dad ·
golf you just hit one of my pet peeves. Fact is coaches are lazy now a days. Of course not all but most. Back in the day before Illinois restricted amount of games you could play My high school played 50+ games. We were almost never rained out. When it was raining during the day coach would allow some of us to get out of school to work on the field. We would dig a hole in our low spots. Everyone knows where the low spots are on their field. We would put bilge pumps in the holes. The rain...
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Golfman25 ·
Hey, don't give up hope. I have had the pleasure of watch and listening to some excellent coaches over the past two years coach our opponents. Yeah, they tend to be the older fellows. But I think part of the problem is the "young kids" don't get a chance. It's not a meritocracy. Instead seniority rules. In our case the less qualified older guy got the nod ahead of the "kid" who had only been there for a couple of years. Well, guess what? Rumor is he's bolting for a better gig. Ironic thing...
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RJM ·
When my son was in high school (turning 25 now) they had a Sunday winter high school league. Maybe things have changed. Maybe hitting homers off the back wall was bad for the dome.
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Sully Mac ·
I guess it depends .....if your kid is looking to play down south in college and lives in the north for 99% of the kids it doesn't matter. (If they are the 1% they will come see him). Get on the best travel ball program possible that has a reputation for being followed by college scouts and then go perform down south in the summer. This is hard to do when your only in one or two tourneys at PG. if the kid wants to play in the north and lives there then the quality of competition may matter a...
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Zia2021 ·
Just received some info that is relevant to this thread. A 2018 player quit the HS baseball team last fall due to frustrations with the program/coach. He was a good player, though definitely not a stud (and probably not D1 level). He just signed with an NAIA school despite skipping his senior year of HS ball.
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2boydad ·
My older son's school(D3) HS or travel was not an issue, only his ability to contribute to the college program. My younger son went to JUCO. HS was the factor.
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BaseballBUDDY ·
Son played HS in Newport Rhode Island (fog , wind, rain). Pro Scouts saw him on the Summer Curcuit and attended every game and his Soccer and Ice Hockey games from time to time prior to the season. He loved his HS teams and players have attended his college games as supporters and hecklers. He played in SEC and did not sign when drafted out of HS. The scouts will come, they must come, if the player is considered a "prospect." Scouts don't just mull around HS games searching for prospects...
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