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Originally posted by YoungGunDad:
This Buddy? He was one of my favorites!

I thought he was speaking of Buddy Sorrell aka Morey Amsterdam from the Dick Van Dykke show


I'm sure some posters are saying "who are those old guys?"

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who are those old guys?"

One was a great dancer. One was a great cellist. One was supposed to be the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz. One worked for Al Capone.

"ALB is making an epic leap forward this year folks! Look for ALB to start getting more coaches and players back that have ventured off to other venues"
How so. What is Legion planning to do that makes you say this. By the way I love both LL and Legion. Also, our post charges players nothing to play, i believe they pay for their hat and socks and have seen that waived in certain circumstances.

Me, I like baseball in any venue. More power to all of them.

LL plays a very important role. It is intended to be recreational, so that really anyone can play and enjoy the game, regardless of ability. Even the best players benefit from being out there with their schoolmates.

Legion is fine by me. There was a time when it was THE summer outlet for the HS player. Those days are gone and not coming back. Legion simply cannot compete with travel ball in terms of offering scouting opportunities to the college bound player. But Legion still offers a strong playing experience to a lot of HS age guys. Gotta love that.

I don't get the point of arguing one vs. the other. Both serve valuable roles. They aren't even competitors, since LL's Senior and Big League divisions are very very weak and no threat to Legion ball at all. I don't see why we cannot appreciate them both. A lot of families enjoy both, at different stages of their sons' lives.

since LL's Senior and Big League divisions are very very weak and no threat to Legion ball at all. I don't see why we cannot appreciate them both. A lot of families enjoy both, at different stages of their sons' lives.

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i think all youth ball serves a purpose, affordability is the key. bigger than that is a place for kids to play and stay out of trouble.

who wouldn't want to go to the sr. LL world series in maine, very beutiful part of the country.

http://worldseries.bangorinfo.com/

LL was more than baseball. It was a community event. Since the food was good people would sometimes have dinner at the park on off nights. The parents would sit around socializing and half watching the games while the kids would be playing behind the outfield fence or in the batting cages.
Isn't any venue from tee ball to 18U that gets kids on the field a good one?

In our area the Legion programs keep telling anyone who will listen the quality of ball is just as good as any travel/showcase level as the numbers continue to dwindle. The Junior Legion kids show up for high school ball less prepared to face tough competition than 15U travel players. The four best players on my son's high school team played 16U when they were fourteen or fifteen.

THe players at our school are forced to play Legion; if they choose to play travel, they will not play on the HS team. The other schools in the district allow their players to play travel and they ALL place more players in College and in the Draft.

As someone who was on the board of the local little league a few years back, I definitely have a bias for Little League.

Little League has a rule that you cannot require a fee to play - every child who cannot afford the suggested registration fee must be allowed to play for free.

Is Little League great baseball and the highest form of 12U?

Nope - but the various organizations that are often compared to it have very different rules around the formation of leagues/teams. Comparing little league to 12U travel is like comparing a public high school to a 17U travel team. There is no question in my mind that my son's 17U travel team would have clobbered his high school team - but then again, his 17U team would have clobbered any high school team I have ever seen. It is just apples and oranges.

As for Legion ball, I also think that it is good baseball - but again, not comparable to high end travel ball.

My opinion is that getting kids out and playing the game we all love is the important thing - that is where the next generation of baseball lovers will come from.

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Originally posted by Coach Milburn:
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ALB is making an epic leap forward this year folks!

What are the specifics?

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Little League has a rule that you cannot require a fee to play - every child who cannot afford the suggested registration fee must be allowed to play for free.

That is correct but the staff at Williamsport does not send over the fee. The fee must come out of the operating budget of the local league.

When I was involved in our local Little League we had to incorporate the number of anticipated sponsorship dollars needed into the league fees of the able to pay members.

I think the LL dollar reserves are high but the organization itself is outstanding. EVERYONE GETS TO PLAY! Every child regardless of level of ability gets to develop love for the game of baseball at the community level.

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Originally posted by rz1:

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Originally posted by YoungGunDad:
This Buddy? He was one of my favorites!

I thought he was speaking of Buddy Sorrell aka Morey Amsterdam from the Dick Van Dykke show


I'm sure some posters are saying "who are those old guys?"

Ok RZ, trivia quiz for you, you old dinosaur.

What was the name of the um, "female" that is standing beside Uncle Jed in the picture on the show? Her show character name.

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Originally posted by YoungGunDad:

Ok RZ, trivia quiz for you, you old dinosaur.

What was the name of the um, "female" that is standing beside Uncle Jed in the picture on the show? Her show character name.

That would be Jethro Bodine's sister, Jethrene Bodine. Both were played by Max Baer, Jr., son of boxer Max Baer.

Jimmy, you just announced to the world that you too are a prehistoric dinosaur! LOL.

Correct answer!

You win the grand prize!

Guess RZ is still in the bed!

My lovely wife tells me that I'm still middle-age, provided I live to be 116.

Now we will never know if RZ knew the answer

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Originally posted by TRhit:
Now we will never know if RZ knew the answer

Max Baer was the first cross dresser in a returning role on tv. Way ahead of the times

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Originally posted by Coach Milburn:

It's FREE to play as a player.

From my perspective ... ALB is truly the only nearly 100% volunteer baseball organization in the WORLD!

In many, if not most, areas local ALB charges its players. Also, I know of several areas in which ALB pays its Senior coachess.

Both LL and ALB serve a purpose, but times have changed. In most areas neither provide the most competitive experience for those players (parents) who believe they are destined for college or pro ball.

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Originally posted by rz1:

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Originally posted by TRhit:
Now we will never know if RZ knew the answer

Max Baer was the first cross dresser in a returning role on tv. Way ahead of the times

Actually, I believe "Uncle Miltie" beat him by a decade.

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