Summer League Assignments

HHH,

Congrats to your son, that is super! I definitely would like to check out one of your son's games with the Moondogs, so keep me updated! There's at least one other hsbbwebster's son who expects to be playing in the Northwoods League, also.

My son will be playing in the Alaska league with the Kenai Peninsula Oilers...anyone else know if their son will be assigned there? Please post or send me an email if you find out your son will be going there.

Ann

One of our relatively inactive posters, Braves has a son who will be at the Mat Sui Miners in Palmer, AK

Thanks, MN-Mom -- (that's for Tony)

HiHardHeat - I believe my son is going to be a River Bat (St. Cloud)...

Hey for the AK league, give me player names for the guys and I will follow them. I go to alot of ABL games.

AKBaseball20 -
Hope you are having a great fall!

My freshman (RHP) will be playing with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod League.

gtmom -

Wow - great stuff. Congratulations!!!!!!

URKMB, you have a personalized massage.

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Originally posted by MN-Mom:
.....There's at least one other hsbbwebster's son who expects to be playing in the Northwoods League, also.

There were several son's playing the Northwoods Championship Games in 2005, and are returning to the League in 2006!. Quack Quack!

Regards
Bear

just out of curiosity... are most summer assigments made in the fall or are there assignment made in spring also.Also I notice that a number of the websites have contact pages if a player is interested, of course needing the coaches blessing. Is it usual or unusual for players to have to apply for a spot on a team if they are really interested.

justamom ...

I don't know about ratio's but I would venture a guess that more are made in the spring than the fall. Some of the more "experienced" (I won't call them older, 'cause I ain't young myself) posters can probably answer this question.

justamom - I wondered about this too, as many posters said their sons were assigned in the fall. My JUCO son's coach said they don't make assignments in the fall. He said the fall was used for evaluation. Then come spring, assignments were made. They appear to place all of their kids that want to be in a collegiate league, so I guess it works for them. However, I don't know if this is the minority (schools placing in the spring)?

Nearly all the Cape teams will have rosters filled in the Fall and many other leagues and teams strive to do the same.
Even when that occurs, many roster spots open in the Spring due to injury, grades, overwork during the college season, and others. If the college coach works hard at it and has good connections, they certainly can get many players placed during the Spring.

Lafmom,
Many D1 players are not placed in the fall. Last year many of son's teammates (freshman especially) got placed later on.

My son has been assigned into the Valley League so I look forward to spending time in Virginia next summer

ClevelandDad,
wooo hooo

Thank you for the answers. I was beginning to worry a little. As a freshman JUCO you are working hard to earn a spot and so I was not sure how it worked. I do understand the cape league is filled in the fall, but after looking through the sites there seems to be a fair amount of leagues for the summer, so I wondered if they all filled in the fall.

Do you know if the players are intersted in any certain league if they should fill the form out on the websites or just take a chance and wait.

I am of the philosophy that you need to consult wiht your coach (by you , I mean the player) and see what his preference is and then go from there. For all you know he may tell you to forget about it or he has something in mind.

Justamom - you're reading my mind! After researching, I have two favorite leagues - the CICL and Valley. However, when I spoke at the beginning of the semester with son's coach, he mentioned another league as a possibility. For us, I think we're going to rely on his experience in the placement, but I'll be checking out the replies here. Where is your son in JUCO at? You can PM if you prefer.

justamom,

lafmom started a thread this past summer on summer leagues in the general forum. It had some very useful information posted in it. It prompted me to call my son's assistant coach. He said they generally place their kids in summer leagues in the fall. He also said it usually took a little longer to place freshman. He said he could generally place them in a league but he could not assure them where.

AKBaseball- as triple H mentioned, my son will be playing for the matsui miners. This will be his first trip to Alaska. Can you give me some feedback about what it will be like?

BTW- he is an obsessed fisherman. He is looking forward to going on a guided King Salmon trip.

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Originally posted by OUBsbMom:
My son will be playing in the Alaska league with the Kenai Peninsula Oilers...anyone else know if their son will be assigned there? Please post or send me an email if you find out your son will be going there.

Ann

Ann- one of my son's teammates, Jesse Jordan, pitched there last year. I believe Jesse is returning this year. What a great young man...and a very good pitcher.

Question. I don't know nearly as much about this subject as I should. You guys (figuratively, since some of our most knowlegable posters are ladies) know a lot more about this than I do, so here goes.

As I understand things to be, many 4-year schools will use the promise of a summer league team placement as a recruiting inducement to help obtain quality players. As a result of this, it has apparently become more difficult for juco players to find college summer league teams. Of course, I don't know how difficult it is for most good juco players to get into a quality college summer leagues anyway, but from what I've heard this has become more difficult over the last few years. Is that accurate? I'd love to learn some more about this topic.

One of the main problems that JUCO players have is that they are not allowed (by NCAA recruiting rules) to play on a summer team coached by a Div. 1 or Div. 2 coach. Many, if not most, of the summer teams are coached by D1 or D2 assistant coaches. This limits the number of teams that would be allowed to take JUCO players.

Son is off to the Valley League.

This is my 3rd summer coming up w/ Coastal Plain League. One son played for the last 2 summers, now my youngest son will play.

Braves, Sorry I didnt see it till today
The Miners are always a decent team, the field is excellent in my opinion in the games I have played there. There is also some good fishing in the MatSu valley. Send me a PM and I can hook him up with some good spots. And if there is anything else, let me know!

Most coaches want to have their rosters with the best players ASAP, it's like the early signing period, some kids signed early and some later, my son a freshman CF, is going to New England, really nice area and weather.
Let's play ball!!!

Can anyone give me any input on the Atlantic Collegiate Summer League? I believe teams are based out of PA, NY, NJ and CT.

http://www.geocities.com/colsportsites/summer.html#atlantic

TPM I see your son will be coming up to old cape cod in 2006 Congrats

bmx,
Thanks, just saw roster was up.

Where will he be playing? We are planning a vacation to the cape next summer and are considering a house in Chatham - about 100 yards from the field... It would be fun to see a HSBBWers son play...

08Dad:

If you decide to rent the house, I think you'll love it. I'm envious!

08Dad-

My son has been assigned to the Chatham A's.

Awesome - another HSBBW kid to root for!!!!

DB2B....Congrats to Vance! Guess this means you'll be making some cross-country trips this summer!

Congrats indeed DB2B!

Maybe you can exchange frequent flyer miles with luvbb as she lugs it out to watch her son in Arizona this summer

DB2B:

My son really enjoyed getting to know...and becoming close friends with...the Dirtbags' Jared Hughes at Chatham. He's a terrific young man.

Best of luck to your son. I think he'll love Chatham.