Now by all the select coaches of coarse I mean the majority. Thank the good lord there still are good organizations that care about the kids first and not the money. That being said, it bothers me to no end that I have to charge so much to put together a competitive team over the summer. Yes I coach the Dallas Drillers and no I don't care if you all know who I am. Obviously, when I tell you my last name in every posting.
Back to topic - At some point the main focus of select baseball in Dallas became money and not helping the kids improve. You can argue with this all you want, but the facts are, good tournaments cost too much money to enter, certain organizations have excluded everyone else from their reindeer games so they can corner the market, and parents are left with a flurry of different opinions and promises when all they are trying to do is what's best for their children. Have I added to this problem by starting a new organization? Maybe. But I do know that I long for the days when all the talent in the area played in one league and you had guys like Kerry Wood, Ben Grieve, Vernon Wells, and so on playing in the same league with everyone else. Other people may say that they are trying to up the level of competition by starting a new league, but the simple fact is they are just adding to the growing problem. Baseball should not be about money and power until ballplayers make it to the bigs. When that happens everyone involved is an adult and they can deal with it.
Why couldn't we have one league with different levels. No more organizations that have 15 teams, and no more sword fighting among everyone off the field.
It's a shame that so many people are trying to exploit these kids. Highschool baseball is about team, learning to win, and improvement.
NOT MONEY
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