Don't do it!

agree 100%

I think it is OK to post generically to a college message board but it takes some finesse.

For example, it's ok to post you are excited about an upcoming series with state u.  Ok to post something complimentary about another player.  I think it's cheesy if you post something about your own however.  It's not ok to post things like we would have won today if only the pitching would have been better (when your son is a position player).  Or, too bad nobody hit today except the shortstop (when your son is the shortstop).  I guess the golden rule should be at play.  If you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it.  If the only time you post is to say something about your own player, don't say it.  Of course, it is not a good idea to criticize the coaching staff. 

There are no rules of course but it can be done with a humble attitude.  They'll never figure out you are the parent of a player if you never say anything about your player, hint about anything about your player, and avoid criticizing other players.  Now, criticizing players on opposing teams, now that's fair game

PS to my above post.  justbb's idea about don't do it is fool proof.  It works 100% of the time.  If you visit the local college message board, you might not like what they have to say about your son.  No need to raise your blood pressure like that.

I'll say this, some message boards are different than others.  My son went to school in South Carolina.  The message board with his school was very upbeat and hardly ever critical.  They never knew I was a member until after my son graduated.  I posted my thanks to them for how decently they treated my son and the rest of the team frankly.  There are some good message boards out there.

I agree with you CD. The ones I was referring too violate ALL of the rules above. One particular player's father on my son's team always posted all kinds of stats to support why his son shoulda been playing more and embarrassed the heck out of his son with his teammates. Another dad constantly criticized the coaches...for 4 years. Another promotes his son for All American...first on the local HS board when his son was in HS, now on his son's college board...its the only thing he ever posts. And I remember one mother going after our son asking why did he play so much?

I too posted occasionally along the vein you described. Positive team stuff. And I signed my name. That's about the only way I'd do it. 

Bottom line, the players see it and easily know who it is most of the time.  Better think about that before you do it. 

In a corollary in which your analogy is very relevant, there's a reason a lot of us umpires limit our info we put out here. We have been told not to engage anyone on the Internet that may be directly critical of us or to comment on anything in which we are involved. On this board alone, I can think of at least one call brought up in which the calling umpire was known to members of the umpiring community here.

I get a kick out of folks trying to remain anonymous when people can figure out who they are.

Don't post anything here that you don't want a current or future coach to see.

It's very hard to not go to the boards or search for articles, but my suggestion is to enjoy the games, everything else doesn't matter.