Back from playing baseball in TX this summer,a tremendous eye-opener! Glad you found your way over from collegeconfidential to hsbaseball.com, as I suggested. I have always maintained that there are folks here who know as much as their academic counterparts on the collegeconfidential web site. Get your player seen. Good luck.
Someone posted in another thread "is it too late ?", especially since they got no offers to date
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE !!!! there are many ways to make it happen between now and next spring if not sooner.
GO FOR IT__ do not give up or panic !!!!
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE !!!! there are many ways to make it happen between now and next spring if not sooner.
GO FOR IT__ do not give up or panic !!!!
Hi everybody,
I'm sorry I have caused such a fuss. I have read all of your posts, and believe that everyone who bothered to post believed their advice to be helpful. (As do I.) We all have opinions, and I read these posts as if we were having a conversation in the workplace, the ball field, or at a school event. Everyone has different experiences, and it is the sharing of these experiences that makes these forums so wonderful. Thank you!
I'm sorry I have caused such a fuss. I have read all of your posts, and believe that everyone who bothered to post believed their advice to be helpful. (As do I.) We all have opinions, and I read these posts as if we were having a conversation in the workplace, the ball field, or at a school event. Everyone has different experiences, and it is the sharing of these experiences that makes these forums so wonderful. Thank you!
limom ...
Trust me when I say that you didn't cause a fuss ... some of our posters could cause their own fuss by talking with themselves in the mirror ...
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I'm sorry I have caused such a fuss
Trust me when I say that you didn't cause a fuss ... some of our posters could cause their own fuss by talking with themselves in the mirror ...
Limom, thanks for being so gracious. I heartily second TR Hit's "it is never too late". Even after all my son's recruiting was finished, all the showcases attended, all the letters written, all the applications in, he was contacted by a school to which he had been admitted early admission, which had not previously contacted him, and invited to walk on. Since this was his first choice school, he ultimately accepted the offer, although he did waver until the last possible minute between this school and his close second choice, a D3, where he was actively recruited for baseball and where playing time would not really have been a question mark (as of course it will be at the chosen school).
Even more telling, a number of his summer league teammates, including several who were late-round major league draft picks, are STILL getting offers, in July after their SENIOR year, and are still not 100% decided!
That is not to say, of course, that you shouldn't be diligently researching, writing letters, contacting coaches, preparing a videotape (ours was homemade, filmed by his coach and edited by our son on his computer then copied onto VCR on our outmoded videorecorder), working on applications and essays, etc. It's just to say that "it ain't over til it's over".
Babyback Momma, you always know the right thing to say, and you say it in exactly the right way. Thanks for everything and enjoy your son's marvelous ride!
Even more telling, a number of his summer league teammates, including several who were late-round major league draft picks, are STILL getting offers, in July after their SENIOR year, and are still not 100% decided!
That is not to say, of course, that you shouldn't be diligently researching, writing letters, contacting coaches, preparing a videotape (ours was homemade, filmed by his coach and edited by our son on his computer then copied onto VCR on our outmoded videorecorder), working on applications and essays, etc. It's just to say that "it ain't over til it's over".
Babyback Momma, you always know the right thing to say, and you say it in exactly the right way. Thanks for everything and enjoy your son's marvelous ride!
Bordeaux, you know just the right thing to say too...I'm sure a lot of 05's will be happy to read your posting...it's encouraging...thank you.
Let me just say as a "newbie" to this site, (3 weeks ago)and as a "Dad who started a little too lately", that the information that I have received here within just the last week as been EXTREMELY beneficial!
I publicly want to thank Dad04, Tiger Paw Mom and Bighit 15 specifically! The info I have received from you three alone is more than I asked for! I have taken all of it and hopefully my son will benefit from it!
I can only tell those folks just starting out, that this "trip" is a lot more complex than I thought it would be! You as parents need to get involved, and do it early! I tried to make "wise decisions" and unfortunately I placed my trust and my sons future with a couple of "coaches" and hopefully my son does not pay the price for those mistakes! Read all you can from this board!
Bordeaux, you have also given us some hope in you above post!
Trust me, you all have valid opinions, and I am reading and taking as much as I can from all of you!
Thanks!
I publicly want to thank Dad04, Tiger Paw Mom and Bighit 15 specifically! The info I have received from you three alone is more than I asked for! I have taken all of it and hopefully my son will benefit from it!
I can only tell those folks just starting out, that this "trip" is a lot more complex than I thought it would be! You as parents need to get involved, and do it early! I tried to make "wise decisions" and unfortunately I placed my trust and my sons future with a couple of "coaches" and hopefully my son does not pay the price for those mistakes! Read all you can from this board!
Bordeaux, you have also given us some hope in you above post!
Trust me, you all have valid opinions, and I am reading and taking as much as I can from all of you!
Thanks!
Miamidad,
What's happening?
What's happening?
Tiger Paw Mom,
Sent you a PM update!
Sent you a PM update!
limom....My name is John Petrulis and I'm a genuinely nice guy who has a son going to school to study and play ball...gees...in a few weeks! I'll be in New York and in the Northeast next spring. I know that won't help you since you need some assistance now. Call me.
I'm in Chicagoland and I've jousted with some "websters" in the past.
All good-hearted men and women, I might add.
Give me a call and we can talk about sons and baseball and I'll help you out if I can...I'll even treat for a coke and hotdog if we meet at Columbia or ???? next spring.
815-469-4520
I'm in Chicagoland and I've jousted with some "websters" in the past.
All good-hearted men and women, I might add.
Give me a call and we can talk about sons and baseball and I'll help you out if I can...I'll even treat for a coke and hotdog if we meet at Columbia or ???? next spring.
815-469-4520
Bordeaux ...
Thanks for the kind words.
Thanks for the kind words.
Thanks Miamidad, you have a return pm.
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