2015 College Wood Bat Leagues

My son played with the Covington LumberJacks last year. I was in VA for a week watching him play. I would also like to make a shout out to the Great Lakes League. Mostly based hear in Ohio. I enjoy watching the Licking County Settlers. 

 

Lumberjacks - Licking County Settlers - Tomsox = absolutely wonderful names!

 

Good to hear you are able to support the Great Lakes League.

 

Just curious, anyone ever hosted a player over the summer while the player competes in a summer league? If I lived in an area that had a team, I would love to host a player.

We host 3 players every summer for the Strasburg Express of the Valley League, but I am the General Manager so it's not unusual. We love the experience, except these guys drink a lot of water and Gatorade, and destroy our supply of luncheon meats. They invariably sleep until almost noon. Hosting provided the definitive proof my wife is a "Baseball Wife". We had hosted 2 and had an open bedroom, but it's right next to our bedroom. My wife tells me, "I don't want to put player in there...unless we can get a really good left-handed pitcher."  We did, he went there, and we've had 3 every summer since then.   Very good experience.

Son played the last two summers for the Green Bay Bullfrogs in the Northwoods League.  He as well as us really enjoyed the experience especially considering we are from Wisconsin and he plays college ball in Florida. The Northwoods League is very competitive and is scouted out by pro scouts at nearly every game. Plus it is run like minor league teams with in game entertainment and post game fireworks with autograph sessions plus many teams average several thousand fans a game including the Madison Mallard who average over 6 thousand a game.