SPYvSPYjr is wanting to get a job so he can fix up his car plus the occasional "date" this summer. Any recommendations for types of jobs that seem to work well for a serious ball player e.g. flexible for PG events and showcase weekends and weekday practices? Thought about signing him up for Amway but don't think he's got the right mentality for it. 
We're in a major metroplex area so thee should be SOMETHING he could do.
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My son umpires games. He can set his own schedule and pick the days he wants to work. Plus he makes $50 a game, not bad for two hours work.
Look into local daycamps, particularly the ones that run until 1pm or so...2016 started this last year, works five mornings a week which doesn't usually interfere with any tournaments, practices, showcases, etc.
He's a seasonal employee for the rec. dept. so he can get hours at the lake or special events as well if he's available. He also umps baseball and refs hoops when he can.
FYI - he tried working as a cashier at a large supermarket late last year. Hated that. Likes being outdoors with kids.
Never could talk my son into it but I always thought that he would be good at giving baseball lessons. Hitting, pitching, catching, fielding. Maybe even pair up with a friend.
Put flyers up in various neighborhoods to get the word out.
SoulSlam's summer camp idea is a good one. There are a lot of for-profit summer activity/enrichment camps, sometimes offered on the grounds of private schools. My son worked a couple summers at computer and robotics camps. It was weekday only, and the workday was done by early afternoon. He got to pick the weeks he worked, and the hourly wage was surprisingly high.
Oldest son worked at a water treatment plant doing an engineering internship after freshmen year. I highly suggest staying away from that position and looking into other opportunities if they are offered. 
The best paying and most flexible jobs my kids have had have been mowing lawns and babysitting. The son who plays baseball worked as a bat boy for the AA affiliate in our city for two summers...the pay wasn't great but he had schedule flexibility and could watch all the baseball he wanted with a front row view!
Sophmore in HS mine started out making pies at Dominoes when he got his permit and then after a year when he got his license he began delivering for a local very busy pizzarant in a good neighborhood in senior summer (when not playing bb) and fall and the summer before he left for college. He loved those monday nights in the fall during NFL football season.
While some people said we were foolish to let him do that (delivery guy) he really liked it and made some nice bucks. During recruiting the coaches got a kick out if it, said they were very impressed he could play baseball, work and maintain the GPA he had.
While he didnt have to work, he really enjoyed making money and feeling independent, he was never one for coming and asking us for much (unlike his sibling) . It taught him how to manage his time and his money.
Camps are good as junior counselors but they do have hours you have to work. Mine liked the flexibility, which might work better for your son.
2016 "spins" a sign on the side of the road. He also works for a family, with their LD adult son. He cleans businesses at night! Like banks! dr's offices. He prefers to work non traditional hours so he can still get his baseball work in during the day, sleep, extra college classes, pool, live a little.
Oldest umpired. Made good money at. Our local LL paid the umps $40 a game. Would get 6 or more games in a week. It was all cash under the table. m
The college admissions folks we met during his college searched actually commented on the ump ing and said they were impressed by a kid who would put up with older adults and their sports behavior. Many said it was the type of leadership thing that they looked for on an application.
My 2017 was a junior counsler for a skateboarding and biking and mountain biking camp for kids. Had to spend a summer being a counseler-in-training (CIT) the summer before that. Of course, he was a student in these camps from 3rd through 7th grades so the management knew and liked him. He was great with the kids, and mostly spent summer of 2014 teaching young kids how to ride their bikes. Too bad the owner insists on 5 days a week availability. With the summer showcase schedule, he'll be out of town most Fridays so that's a no-go. Need to find a M-Th summer job.
I wouldn't have thought of that TPM, good point. Not that showing 10 year olds how to swing off a tee should be an infraction, but you never know with the NCAA.
I can't speak to TPM's point about NCAA status, might want to check on that. However, when I was in High School, and then College, I did work at a camp that catered to the idea of private lessons for their campers. After the camp day ended at 3pm the campers could either be picked up or attend a lesson...these varied from Horse back riding to swim lessons, to sport specific training...lessons were provided for groups and for individual kids. Back then the cost was $30 for a two hour group lesson, $50 for a one hour private lesson. I taught swimming, for either type of lesson I was paid by the camp $30 per hour, well above my usual pay amount and I got to set my days I chose to give lessons.
CaCO3Girl,
You make a good point and I think times have changed as well. Much more scrutiny and examination in today's world. Like you, I had a summer job in college and taught a sport (tennis) in the summer. The same sport I played in college. I taught kids and adults. Over 4 years, my college coach never asked me or my teammates (under scholarship) what we did in the summer to make spending money. The only thing we were told is not to accept prize money in tournaments. That was the extent of it. Nowadays, it is much more complicated and legal interpretation is needed with anything related to money or athletic scholarships.
If baseball is your "choice" then spring/summer umpiring is a great way to learn the rules of the game, stay involved, and get paid.... When your playing days are over, you can still umpire... Teaches you a lot about the game - however, weekends are naturally the busiest time too for I think obvious reasons.
Having a summer job that is "flexible" like you want it is tough because many employers of teens prefer to give (or force) them to take the night shifts and weekends because their full time or long term employees (eg adults) don't want those hours...
Finding a business that's usually open M->Th is not easy - you'll have to make compromises... Plus shall we say there's a lot of competition for those hours!
In addition to umpiring, my boys have also worked at an amusement park (speaking a second language / spanish really helped land that one), camp counsellor at a business that runs summer camps in various towns for communities, blowing insulation into attics (an eye opener on *why* you go to college), cold calling and selling life insurance (great way to gain networking skills, piss of some friends, and know "how" to interact with people that are trying to sell you something)...
