Great Move by the Valley League

Glad to hear that.  My sons teammate played up there last summer, so my son has decided that is where he wants to play next summer.

LeftHook,

That is a great decision, Thanks to some advice/Help from HokieOne and his Head coach and pitching coach, he was able to play out there last summer. As a D3 pitcher he was able to start one of the most important games of the summer against the eventual champion, Waynesboro.

It was probably one of the most Memorable starts of his career. He went 9 innings gave up 5 hits, walked 2 and struck out 7. He struck out the side to end the 9th. The Valley league is a wonderful league to play in and the country is beautiful. 

Hokie, this is great news from a parents viewpoint. We had our son home all of 2 days before sending him off to Va for the summer. And in that time he was more interested in seeing his friends and running around than hanging out with Mom and Dad. I think the time he was home I heard "whats for dinner" more than any other words out of his mouth. . We also only had him home for a week before he had to report back to school. Same scenario, "Whats for Dinner", I have to meet my friends.

Haha....mine is playing local, but we get the phone call..."what's for dinner?" before he gets home....if he doesn't like the menu he goes and hangs out with the other players at their apt's

Bishop, I will check on that

I agree with you Hokie, I think it's a good move.  Mine is playing in a league in the Northeast next summer and I believe it is 56 games plus playoffs.  As much as I love watching him play, I do think its a few too many games.  I'd like him to have a little more summer to visit family and just have a bit of down time before heading to school and fall ball.  Not complaining at all, feel very fortunate that he has a great spot in a competitive league as a rising Freshman, but I was a little surprised at the season length.

Yes and I don't know what factors were behind the decision but I'm guessing it wasn't easy since gate, concession and selling sponsors on exposure are likely important elements of profitability in an already-short season. 

Bishop, sorry for the delay, but didn't see my kid for a cpl of days, he didn't like the dinner menu so he wasn't home much.  Finally tracked him down and got the followin:

Sound like the player he was talking about may have played two summers ago:

TJ Pederson (spelling?)  played for Winchester...according to what I could get out of him

Thanks, I was curious if my son had played with or against him. 

My son dislikes the dinner options so much that he is not even comming home for fall break. He is heading to wisconsin with a fraternity brother. Hope he likes cheese curds... 

I think the reduced schedule is a good thing. My son was in the prospect league last year.  I think they have a 60 game schedule. After two losses in the first round of the playoffs, I don't think there was a disappointed player in the bunch. Advancing would have meant another week at least. A couple of kids only had a week off before returning to school as it was.

My son opted for the necbl next summer, I think they have 40 games in 60 days. Start 1st week of June finish early August. He's passing on sleeping in his own bed and dinner at home during the home series to head north. There goes my grass cutter for the summer! 

The NECBL seems to be a pretty well operated league with some nice venues. Years ago when one of my sons was playing summer ball, they won a late season game to knock the opponent out of the playoffs. As the players went through the line to shake hands, instead of "good game" , the other team was saying "thank you, thank you, thank you..."