Perfect Game Georgia Itinerary Issues

From PG's website: Perfect Game Tournaments are the highest quality events for all travel teams. PG prides itself on being well organized and efficient, providing value to everyone in attendance. The most respected scouting service. Promote the game of baseball now and in the future by hosting the highest quality amateur events while providing meaningful opportunities and information to players, families, MLB organizations, college coaches, and fans.

With that being said, our PG tournament experiences this year were awful! This summer, we played 3 times at fields that were 1 - 1.5 hours away from the main complex because PG had over 400 teams in tournament.  Here is what we encountered - 1) College coaches really didn't come out to fields that far.  There were maybe 2-3 coaches at these games. 2) No radar guns or guns not working - no batteries.  3) No DiamondKast with metric information. 4) No concession stands. 5) Had one day we didn't even play - so we were shorted a game. 6) Hardly any PG scout coverage/reports, especially at these remote fields. 

I don't see how any of the above provides the services that PG states they offer.  I'd much rather have my son's team participate in PBR events.

Remember, the best teams are not playing at those fields.  When son played for the top 5-10 teams, we never travelled that far.  When he picked up with teams that were not ranked, we played one time in Peachtree City.  They take care of the top teams.  One WWBA, we played 5 games at LakePoint in pool play.  It is according to the teams you are playing on.  Read the small print (that is not written).  We cater to the top teams because that is who the college coaches and pro scouts want to see play.

But still the best way to get seen and not a close second in my opinion.  PBR is catching up but still so far behind except one event PBR Future Games.

@PitchingFan posted:

Remember, the best teams are not playing at those fields.  When son played for the top 5-10 teams, we never travelled that far.  When he picked up with teams that were not ranked, we played one time in Peachtree City.  They take care of the top teams.  One WWBA, we played 5 games at LakePoint in pool play.  It is according to the teams you are playing on.  Read the small print (that is not written).  We cater to the top teams because that is who the college coaches and pro scouts want to see play.

My son's team is #10 in the country for his age group - 17U They are the national team for an elite organization. Not a lower level team and it still happened to them this summer.

LakePoint is PBR - not PG.

We did 3 PG events this summer including WWBA Atlanta and BCS Ft Myers. Didn't experience any of the technical issues baseballmom mentioned but the fields in Atlanta are all over the place. The scouts were a little scattered but we did see them. Many of the games were also streamed and one coach reached out to my son's travel coach after watching him strike out another kid he was watching. There were a couple lazy or untrained score keepers.

I will agree that it is hard to top Lakepoint. It is my favorite baseball complex I've seen. Great venue and you are up and playing again as soon as the lightning stops. I can guarantee though that if PBR had half the teams the WWBA Atlanta has then they would also be sending teams all over the place.

The best tournament I've seen anywhere was the Wilson Premier at Lakepoint in 2020. A great combination of the best competition possible in the best baseball venue.

@BaseballMOM05 posted:

My son's team is #10 in the country for his age group - 17U They are the national team for an elite organization. Not a lower level team and it still happened to them this summer.

LakePoint is PBR - not PG.

I know that it is now but not when sons played.

Son is on top 10 team nationally and played 1 hour away from ECB?  That is unusual.

I will say my above comments were based on this years WWBA in Atlanta.  We had good experiences at the UBC in West Palm Beach and the PG World Series in Sanford, but those were much smaller tournaments. 

I still prefer PBR because they do limit the tournament size, they provide excellent metric feedback and, in my opinion, they do a better job of player write ups/exposure.

Gotcha ya @PitchingFan!

I agree that in the past the better teams weren't sent so far away, but things don't feel the same at PG events in GA these days. Even some of the bracket games were played at the 6-4-3 complex. 6-4-3 is at least in Marietta but last year I remember the bracket games being at ECB. I didn't see a single radar gun being used or anybody that I could identify as a college coach at those far flung locations. I have seen plenty of coaches at the PBR events this fall. Being able to look at so many games and players easily at PBR has to be more appealing to coaches (especially at smaller schools), but that is just one dad's opinion.