Stanford All Star Camp - June 25-28

Congratulations to Jason. He works to all the time.

Who cares? You are the parent everyone loves to hate and you are just making yourself look more and more full of yourself with your elitist attitude.

You don't see any other parents posting their kid's stats constantly. You are ridiculous.

If If I were your son I would be furious at you. Just .02 cents worth from another high school player.

His monicke should be Dolphin Dummy. Talk about a father living out his childhood fanatsy through his son.

What perhaps might have been more appropriate here would be an update on the camp itself and perhaps some of the others in attendance, instead of a self-serving, self-centered, self-promotion of one's own son. I am certain that Jason knows nothing about his father's website antics, or his pretending to be a female (questionable identity choice at best) and we can only hope that this behavior does not prove to hinder the young flipper in his future endeavors. Scouts and Coaches DO tend to look into the parental situation, and shy away if the baggage alarm goes off. This one is a five-alarm.

pshaw......

Excerpted From The High School Baseball Website.....

Marketing Your Player

"Marketing" is not a bad word - It is a fact of life in high school baseball recruiting - We have assembled a collection of articles that will help with the process.........

I suggest you read the extensive content that is posted within this web site.

"Maximize his exposure." This is the recommendation provided by Division I College Coach Wayne Mazzoni who speaks with the players at the Stanford Camp. I suggest you read his contribution to the HSBB web article site. Wayne Mazzoni is one of the leading experts in the college recruiting process...or you may want to contact my firm.

I am the President of the firm and we provide consultative marketing services to clients and individuals to help them achieve their goals. One of the important aspects of marketing is all about letting people know that there is somebody out there that can meet their needs and offer them what they are looking for.

If the product is good. The world will beat a path to your door. You won't have to do so much "marketing"'

"Marketing Your Player" certainly doesn't mean telling everyone on this board, over and over again, where your son is playing, what his BA is,etc. It is simply inappropriate.

Market him to those who may actually care; ie,college coaches or Billy Beane for that matter.

I can assure you that you are doing you son no favor by your nonstop barrage of what should be personal information.

I can assure you that the world has changed.

Blogs attract attention and are an increasingly popular way to "market." The Internet has become quite a new fangled thing! Thanks to Al Gore for inventing the Internet!!

Anyway, "Blogging" on a site such as this, is a practice that many refer to as a form of "marketing."

Believe it or not...People actually read what is written.

There is also a high probability that the platform of the High School Baseball Web Site (which has content that is searchable) extends to a wide variety of baseball venues.

Whether you like it or not, the Internet has changed the game.

No, Dolphin Mom the game hasn't changed, it's still played between the lines. And no amount of keyboard hype will ever get a player signed.

I suggest you visit the many college sites which have sophisticated web sites which require keyboard interface and uploading of information. College recruiting budgets are small. Technology has greatly aided the information gathering process to assist colleges in their recruiting efforts.

There is no doubt that the player has to perform, however the way that information is transmitted and communicated has changed.

Dolphin,

Any college recruiter that reads this board will want nothing to do with an egotistical father like you. Someone that will complain to them everytime precious little Jason isn't getting playing time. You need to let it go.

pshaw.....

Division I Coach Wayne Mazzoni has a degree in Sports Marketing and writes and speaks on this subject. His material which is directed to parents and students is exellent and helps individuals find the right marketing approch for their situation.

Sports Marketing is becoming a current trend in business education and has applications to the college recruiting process.

I encourage you to become familiar with the concepts.

Mark, You are right and everyone else is wrong... You can trumpet the little flipper all you want. His skills will have to get him where he wants to go, or.. where YOU want him to go. My guess is that you weren't much of a player in your day...

Okay Mark, since you tell us everything else. What schools have expressed serious interest in your son?And I'm not talking about somebody sending a flyer for a $600.00 camp

The End is always the best part.

Time will tell.

Dolphy,

You are right. time will tell when your son at best gets a 25% ride to a division one. And you will have spent thousands and thousands on sports camps, overseas travel and the like. You'll be lucky if he gets anything close to what you have spent on promoting him. Hope you have money left over for his and your psychiatric bills when the ends doesn't justify the means.

Scroll down on the link and we'll see who we are dealing with.

http://www.capstoneconsulting.com/par.htm

The 2008 Stanford All-Star Baseball Camp is now in the books and it was a huge success. With representation from all over the country and over 50 colleges in attendance. All of the players in attendance were very impressive.

Many thanks to the coaching staff for all of their hard work and dedication in making this another one of a kind event on the Farm.

Obviously, Mark has the money to spend and is not ashamed to tell us about it. I'd mention some theories about "conspicuous consumption" but that's for another day. Mark, I would second and third the statements about the impression you are leaving. You want to inform the masses about your marketing strategy for you son. You intend to use this site for that purpose. That isn't the purpose of this site. Please keep that in mind. I'd suggest that you error in your assumption that college coaches are going to read your posts and get all consumed in the merits of your child. Rather, I'd suggest, you are raising a red flag. Yes, your son might merit a little financial aid to some institution of higher learning. However, I'm betting he is earning that by his actions on the field and not your posts on this site. To suggest otherwise is absurd. Then again, perhaps you can pull off one of the greatest marketing campaigns of all time and have your son get that full ride to a top ten school. If so, congratulations. If not Mark, you're setting your son up for constant ridicule.

I'm going to watch this topic closely. I don't feel comfortable myself knowing that the table is being set for attacks on a young man that has nothing to do with this thread. Please, I'd ask fellow posters to take that into consideration.

Take care,

Darrell Butler

He attended and had a good showing. Many other players from Illinois were in attendance and it is up to them to report on their experiences. Welcome to the 21st Century....living in a totally connected Internet World.

This all sounds "conspicuously sanctimonious."

huh?