Finding the right league to play in...

Larry


First of all if we were .500 in a league we felt was inferior we would not want to go to a better competition--we would want to get better players before we did anything else--

As for us and where we play we do not belong to a league of any sort---there are enough events on weekends in the fall for us to play great competition on a regular basis.

We firmly believe that you do what you want be it AAU etc if you want--we just choose to do it our way

TR...not talking about showcase ball. I'm talking about amateur baseball, at the 18U level, played from Memorial Day til the 1st of August. Leagues that play with affiliations to NABF, AABC, Dizzy Dean, Babe Ruth, etc... Here is MD, we have the Baltimore Metro Baseball league. This league has been around for 30 years, and hosts multiple age group levels. It, along with various American Legion leagues around MD, are the most established and popular leagues for amateur baseball travel teams to play in.

My thread was posted out of frustration I experience with coaches who decide to jump to a higher age group, or jump to a "better league", before they have proven they can win in the league they want to bolt from.

My 18U team was in the Metro for many years. After the 1998 season, we were invited to join a league being formed by the Grand Slam Diamonds and Bayside Yankees. We had come off of three consecutive league titles, the last year we went 35-1 in league, and we felt like the competition was lacking a little. During the early 90's, when my team was a .500 club, we would have never dreamed about leaving the Metro, even if invited to do so.

I just don't understand coaches who feel they need to bolt the Metro or other leagues for that matter, if they are a .500 club, and feel the only need to jump is because they require "better competition". Do they want to become a .250 club instead?