After reading many of the anguished posts on this site about weather delays, etc., here's a solution. Summer high school baseball. This is what we do in Iowa, and it works well. Thoughts?
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I like it. It makes sense for northern states. Unfortunately, Wisconsin, which used to have some high schools in summer ball and some in spring, decided to go to 100% spring. I think it would've been better to go to 100% summer.
Doesn't work in your southern states where it gets too hot and rains. Last weekend FAUs 3rd conference game vs FIU got cancelled due to unexpected rain. It rained so hard in 10 minutes the dugout were flooded. Another mid week game had to be cancelled. Missing two games isn't all that great.
But I think for northern and mid west states it's a great idea.
Personally I wish Football and Baseball would flip flop. Baseball from August to November and Football from Feb to May.
For the top players, it means basically giving up your senior season of ball. I realize this only affects a handful of top round draft picks, but, still...
Of course, a player could simply not sign until after the season and give up a year of development in rookie league ball, but I don't see mlb teams caring much for having guys they just drafted out of their control for an entire high school season.
Iowamom23 posted:After reading many of the anguished posts on this site about weather delays, etc., here's a solution. Summer high school baseball. This is what we do in Iowa, and it works well. Thoughts?
Will your son miss any high school games due to leaving for summer sessions at college?
MidAtlanticDad posted:Iowamom23 posted:After reading many of the anguished posts on this site about weather delays, etc., here's a solution. Summer high school baseball. This is what we do in Iowa, and it works well. Thoughts?
Will your son miss any high school games due to leaving for summer sessions at college?
No. Among other things, he's going to the University of Iowa, which works primarily with Iowa players, so they're used to it. He may miss one game for orientation.
roothog66 posted:For the top players, it means basically giving up your senior season of ball. I realize this only affects a handful of top round draft picks, but, still...
Of course, a player could simply not sign until after the season and give up a year of development in rookie league ball, but I don't see mlb teams caring much for having guys they just drafted out of their control for an entire high school season.
We've had a couple of players who did that — gave up their summer season and signed. I feel like in most cases it doesn't turn out well, but that's more because they're high school kids playing pro ball, rather than anything to do with missing their HS season. A little rough on the team, because obviously, if you have a HS player who gets drafted, he was probably a pretty key person on the team.
Nope. Buy tarps, get turf, travel. Serious high school players need the competitive edge of showcasing and playing against the best competition. I think it would destroy high school baseball in this area. If my kid had to choose, well, it wouldn’t be high school baseball over what he got to do in the summer. No way.
RoadRunner posted:Nope. Buy tarps, get turf, travel. Serious high school players need the competitive edge of showcasing and playing against the best competition. I think it would destroy high school baseball in this area. If my kid had to choose, well, it wouldn’t be high school baseball over what he got to do in the summer. No way.
He would however be in the minority.
Coach_May posted:Personally I wish Football and Baseball would flip flop. Baseball from August to November and Football from Feb to May.
That's what the Canadian University's do for BB, excepting the ones that play in US leagues such as UBC. Bonus is that the athletes can focus on school when it counts most.
19coach posted:RoadRunner posted:Nope. Buy tarps, get turf, travel. Serious high school players need the competitive edge of showcasing and playing against the best competition. I think it would destroy high school baseball in this area. If my kid had to choose, well, it wouldn’t be high school baseball over what he got to do in the summer. No way.
He would however be in the minority.
Coach19
I do believe that you are correct and I am glad that we do not have to choose. With all due respect and sincerity, only the top 2-3% of high school players have the privilege of moving on to play college baseball. Certainly the top 10-20% make an attempt to continue playing, definitely the minority. What do you think high school baseball would be like without those players, in the colder climates where pushing school ball to the summer would apply?
The window of opportunity to get recruited is small, maybe 16-24 weeks for most players. Why make it more difficult?