College Summer Leagues ?

Mine is going to N.Adams in the NECBL. Is excited to spend the summer in New England, even if it's not the Cape!

My freshman son is heading to Chillicothe, MO. next summer. The team is in the MINK league. Anybody know anything about this one?

Headed back to Minnesota and the Northwoods ... he had a blast up there last summer, even though the Mosquito is the state bird.

Coach at Coastal Carolina asked son if he wanted to play in the Alaska League next summer. He says it's one of the best. Anyone know anything about it?

you want to play Cape Cod Alaska or Jay Hawk

I'm curious about the Jayhawk League. My son has been placed with the Nevada Griffons.

Any info regarding this league, this team, host family experiences, travel (lots of bus time, I hear), surprise expenses, life in Nevada, etc., would be appreciated.

Anyone out there have knowledge of the Jayhawk League?

Under the find tab (select Advanced Find then type in name of league), was able to find previous hsbbweb discussions for the following leagues:

Jayhawk League

Alaska League

MINK League

Also, HiHardHeat posted this recent article from Baseball America:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/features/262310.html

Hope that helps

Very few freshmann play on the cape their first year.

Where ever your son plays, he will have a blast, meet new friends and play everyday.

Below is a link to the ncaa baseball site, find summer leagues. Jayhawk has no website.

http://www.ncaa-baseball.com/

How do you go about getting your son on a summer collegiate team?

Most of the colleges get their players into the summer leagues. If your college does not send their players to summer teams, you can contact the teams on your own. I would think that the stronger leagues would be difficult to get into without a strong school support.

Here is a really good link to the various leagues* and more important most of the teams:
http://www.geocities.com/colsportsites/summer.html

* There are some leagues that are supported by the NCAA and there are several others which are not recognized by NCAA, but provide various levels of competition over the summer.

Does anybody know anything about the Hawaiian Collegiate League very new?

My son will be playing in the FCSL. I know these teams fill quickly. http://www.floridaleague.com I'm happy I get to see him in the summer. He won't be too far from home.

Merc - PM for you

KCBaseball:

Though the Jayhawk league doesn't have a central league website, here is a link page to the individual teams in the league.

Hope it helps.
Jayhawk League Teams

The Jayhawk League (along with the Alaskan League and a few others) play under the National Baseball Congress (Hap Dumont).

Here is a link to the master site. There are some summer league under NBC that you don't often hear about from other places.

NBC Website

Thanks for the links. Looking forward to summer ball and we haven't even had our first season of college ball! Son did hear that the Griffons have a team bus... no long drives to get himself to out-of-town games. Also, its close enough to home that we might see him a few times! Just thankful he's playing ball and happy.

Windmill, you have a PM response.

If any of your sons/teammates are looking for a place to play in the chicago-land area please contact me at dwoinen@yahoo.com id be more than happy to help out

son just found out that he has a contract to play in NYCBL,07 Geneva red wings any info on them thx,

Do they still use aluminum in the Alaska League?

The Alaskan League is a wood bat league. I have a question that I hope someone could answer. Son played in Alaskan League with a very good ERA last summer-now the college coach is sending him to Cal Rippkin League next summer. This seems like a step down to me? Any thoughts from you folks. Thanks.

The best way to put this is that some teams are better than others. It's important to find out for who he's playing.

2-2

Some say the CRSBL is rising.
Others say ABL's best days are in years past.

Each have six teams in the league, meaning they play each other ~10 times!

The Pilots and Oilers are the better-funded ABL summer clubs. One CRSBL club has a better fan base and as such is funded arguably better than the others. However, the comparison of fan bases in each of the leagues is overall D- (ie up to 300 for one club on best nights, as compared to 7,000 (A+) for other summer leagues)

Tournaments? The ABL is pretty much tied to NBC, yet some ABL clubs might be announcing they are playing in other tournaments.

CRSBL teams pretty much go nowhere after the season, (unless a 20U squad plays in the 22U League, since it's tradition is to head to the AAABA in Johnstown PA every year).

In the early 90's, the rankings of the collegiate summer leagues arguably revealed:
#1. CCL
#2. ABL
#3.-#10. - a handful in the others
as the CRSBL did not exist (since it spun off from the primary Va based Clark Griffith League and the Balt based Eddie Brooks league!)

In the mid 2000's, the ranking of the collegiate summer leagues would less arguably reveal:
#1. Cape
#2. Northwoods League
#3.-#10 - a handful in the others, incl the ABL, CRSBL, NECBL, CP, GL, others.

A step down is arguable.
Bottom Line: What is your son looking for, and probably better yet, what is your son's College Asst Coach looking for with your son?

Regards,
Bear

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Originally posted by scout7610725:
you want to play Cape Cod Alaska or Jay Hawk

Less arguable in the 70's
Most Arguable in the 2000's.
Bottom Line: Try to catch up!

Son is a freshman @ Tulane & is going to Cape Cod...
Got to get a trip planned!!
Whoooopppeee

I agree with Bear, the Northwoods league has definitely become the #2 summer league after the cape. The competition is great, and the players are treated like royalty.

Great things are growing with Texas Collegiate League. Newest team is Brazos Valley Bombers.

http://texascollegiateleague.com/

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The competition is great, and the players are treated like royalty.

spinedoc, you might not be aware of this but the Northwoods League actually sued a player about 2-3 summers back. He signed a contract in the Fall. Changed schools at the end of that Spring and decided not to play where his former school arranged. Returned home and got a call from the Cape to play. Went there and the Northwoods league actually had him served with a restraining order as he was warming up in the bullpen. Last I read, they were demanding the player come up with the payment of the legal fees...about $15,000.
Some of the newer leagues, including the Northwoods and Texas, are for profit ventures and they do mean "business."

Looks like we're going to Alaksa. This will be a new experience for us. Since he was 4, we've watched him play summer ball. We won't get to see much this summer.

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Originally posted by Long_Live_Baseball:
Looks like we're going to Alaksa. This will be a new experience for us. Since he was 4, we've watched him play summer ball. We won't get to see much this summer.

At least, most of the Alaska teams have the game over the internet.

infielddad - as you problably know mostly all college summer league teams have a contract that the player signs, even the very low level leagues that are not as high visibility.

They are run as a business, some better than others, so when the players don't show up, they would be stuck without players. Things happen such as injuries or pitchers who were just used to much during the regular season, but when they go to another league or team...I can see where they would be pushed out of shape.

long live...what team is your son playing for this summer?

long live,

My son played with the Kenai Peninsula Oilers this past summer and LOVED it! He had a great host family and throughly enjoyed his 8 weeks in Alaska. He had great teammates and the Oilers won the league championship. He had played in the Northwoods League after his freshman year and really liked his experience in Alaska much better. To each his own, though. As a player, it depends on what you want to get out of your summer experience.

Ann

Anyone else....My son is headed to the Glens Falls Golden Eagles while my youngest is headed in the same direction..

Coach Merc son will be playing for the Geneva Red Wings

Coach Merc,

Depending on how things go this June - we may be seeing each other at the Glens Falls - Saratoga games!!!

How is Joe liking the Fall stuff?

My best to you and yours.

It's, you have a PM

We were a host family for players in the Valley League in Virginia. I haven't heard anything about this league on this post. I thought this summer league was a pretty good one. Anyone out there have any thoughts, knowledge about the league, etc...

Does anybody have any info about the KIT league? I am a freshman in college and I was wondering if this would be a solid league to get in too.

My son is a freshman and will be playing in the cape for the Falmouth Commodores. He's really excited and looking forward to spending a summer throwing against guys with wood in their hands, rather than aluminum. Never been to New England in the summer...it should be fun.

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Originally posted by TOO O TWO:
The Alaskan League is a wood bat league. I have a question that I hope someone could answer. Son played in Alaskan League with a very good ERA last summer-now the college coach is sending him to Cal Rippkin League next summer. This seems like a step down to me? Any thoughts from you folks. Thanks.

Just out of curiousity, who is your son and what team did he play for? I follow the teams alot, so I'd probably know him.

If anyone has ABL questions, I'll try to help.