Define Showcase

Showcasing is when you are showcasing individual skills.  Like everything else, there are levels, even in terms of what part of the country they are located in. The truly “prestigious” ones are more like events. The PG National, PG All American, Futures games, Area Code, Super 60.  Everyone does not get invites to those.

By definition a showcase is an individual event designed to showcase your talents. By definition a team tournament now matter how prestigious isn’t a showcase. Jerry Ford (president of PG, former regular poster) didn’t like the term showcase teams.

However, I believe most people see any event a player can showcase his talents to the proper people at the next level to be a showcase.

A player who is a definite D3 prospect isn’t going to get invited to major events. But he’s still showcasing his talent to D3  programs.

When I created the Area Code Baseball in 1987, I had NO idea the the word "showcase" would be used to ID College prospects. Parents need to ask questions of the "Showcase Operator" before expending $$$$.

All the players for our AC tryouts and games were ID by Pro Scouts and my contacts. We may have "miss" a few, but not many.

Veteran Scouts can evaluate the 5 tools by the watch, gun and sound.

Pro scouts and College Coaches can evaluate the 6th Tool by observation; listening to the players conversations and the "gossip" from scouts, parents and girl friends watching the game. "Study the game"!  Learn from the great players. "they have a story to tell"

Bob

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At its core, a college baseball showcase is a marketplace where buyers and seller meet to evaluate baseball skills and assign athletic value.  In most cases the college coaches are the buyers and recruit is the seller.   

Showcasing is a process, not a location or an organization.

JMO

I believe showcase can be an individual event or a team event that does not have a winner.  A tournament which is not really a tournament.  It allows you to play against competition but does not give a trophy.

A payment in the hundreds of dollars that somehow my spouse can find with laser precision in the credit card statement, yet she somehow misses her salon "treatment" charges...but seriously it is a vehicle to provide exposure to the next level of the prospect and well defined by other posters. I will omit my editorial on it's value and impact on sports.