Frank Phillips College Tryout at DBAT

Guy Simmons at Frank Phillips is a good guy. Frank Phillips is in Borger, the arm pit of the Panhandle, sadly, and their facilities leave a bit to be desired, but if I had a kid looking at Jucos, I would sure want to cross paths with coach Simmons.

Cold and Windy. Hell Hot(<----Interesting phrase) in Summer and Windy.

Old saying in the Panhandle......Nothing to stop the wind but a barbed wire fence and it's down.

Please don't take this the wrong way folks but lets not discourage players from attending the tryout because of the enviroment and facilities. Every player cannot play at a Texas, Baylor, Navarro, North Central, Grayson, etc. I see this as an opportunity for others. I can tell you of a 3rd round pick this year that attended Frank Phillips.

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Originally posted by SWAC:
Please don't take this the wrong way folks but lets not discourage players from attending the tryout because of the enviroment and facilities. Every player cannot play at a Texas, Baylor, Navarro, North Central, Grayson, etc. I see this as an opportunity for others. I can tell you of a 3rd round pick this year that attended Frank Phillips.

Ouch! Sorry just a weather forecast.

I just got on their website and Frank Phillips is a DI Juco and has received awards/recognition for their team GPA.............

SWAC - I think you read more into the post than was intended, in NO way was I discouraging a player from looking at Frank Phillips ....the Texas panhandle is a fine place to live.....it was just a comment regarding the weather and I don't think it is information that they don't already know if they have done their homework or followed a weather map....

I have removed my previous post so as not to offend you or sway others.

Look at the bright side...we are "bumping" the tryout posting towards the top of the page!

Houston is Humid, Dallas is Hot, and it rains alot in Seatle.

Cheapseats, I knew what you were refering to but a 17 - 18 year old and a parent that knows little about baseball may not. I just didn't want anyone that needs the assistance to miss out on an opportunity. However, thanks for your clarification.

SWAC

You have a PM

D-BAT's facility is very nice- the first time I had been inside. The flat screen TV's were a nice touch.

Coach Simmons was also a very friendly guy.

My oldest son plays at FPC for Coach Simmons and he has no regrets as he looks back at his choice. As a family we were all impressed with Coach Simmon's honesty and caring for the young men he coaches. The faculty and staff at FPC are down home friendly and you feel welcomed when you visit the campus.

My son came from a large city worlds away from Borger,Texas and yes he gets bored. But he is there for an education and to play ball and I remind him of that all of the time.

As parents we felt that the integrity and knowledge of the coach was paramount to our sons development,not only as a player but as a man. We feel that Coach Simmons and Coach Gomez fill those expectations and we look forward to seeing lots of Plainsmen baseball games in 2007.

Thanks for posting this, I have a friend who's son got a call from Coach Simmons this weekend so I will pass this on........

Not taking anything away from Frank Phillips JC, but there are some very good JC's in the DFW area that are very inexpensive and have had very good success against D-1 JC's in Texas and sending on their players to 4 year schools.

Eastfield and Richland have won 5 of the last 6 D-III JC National chanpionships. Eastfiled, the 2006 D-III JC National Champions, coached by Mike Martin sent 4 players to D-I / D-II schools last year and Richland sent 9 players to D-I / D-II schools in 2006.

This is not about whats here in Dallas but an opportunity for Frank Phillips to offer scholarships.

Excuse me, I thought this was about information