UnderArmour Baseball Factory event

Be careful. Ask them how much it costs if your son is chosen for the team. In the past it is about how much money you want to spend not how good your are.

My son recently attended the last local Under Armour Tryouts. When we attended it was just the 4 staff members from Baseball Factory attending the event. A couple of days later we called to get the results and got a very good evaluation from the team that attended. Unfortunately after talking to the Baseball Factory Rep we realized in order to go any further the cost would be between 3-5 thousand more dollars. Seemed a little steep so we passed on it. If you are looking to get an evaluation of performance I think its probably worth it however I think the later expenses seem excessive.

Thanks for the feedback,..this is the type of information that I was not able to gleen from the flyer or the website. I appreciate it

Our experience was the same. skipped the video session and just attended the try-out for 4100....got a great feedback, he did do very well, said he quailified for the next invite only holiday camp....only cost $2995!

Our try-out was well run and there were numerous coaches there, held at University of Tampa. Happy for the experience but glad we only paid for the try-out portion. Did it more for the first experience of attending a showcase style workout.

Same here. Attended the "try out" but did not shell out the money to go on from there and did not do the videotaping. It was fine--nothing special. OK to do for the $99 money, but probably not worth it beyond that.

Why would you even want to spend $99, plus the time, travel, etc?

Ours was local, and we thought it was a good experience to get his feet wet in being looked at and evaluated. It was just a way to try to work through some nervousness that will undoubtedly accompany more important showcases later on. We did get some feedback that seemed useful, although it's hard to judge how honest it was when we know that they were motivated to get us to sign up for more.

Yep, ours was in our back yard so it was a good way to expose lefthook to the showcase style scene, plus I wanted some "indepedent" feedback to see if it matched my perceptions of where lefthook, and his friend, stood on skill level.

So, from a coaching/parent standpoint, it may have been as or more benficial for me to make sure I wasn't seeing him through the ole rose colored "daddy" glasses so to speak.

My older son received a number of emails from the Under Armour event. He never attended and is now a freshman playing college baseball in the Midwest.

I was surprised to receive an email recently for my younger son to attend an Under Armour event and that he could be an Under Armour All-American. I was extremely surprised that he received such a prestigious invitation, especially since he hasn't played baseball since coach pitch.

He did have a great arm for a 7 year old.

You pay me $100 I will give your son a good evaluation. )

Sounds like this event is a scam to bilk thousands of dollars from hopeful parents.

Our son attended a local Under Armour Tryout this past weekend. Not PG quality but he had fun and liked the T-Shirt. We had the weekend off and it was worth a Sunday to go hangout and play some ball on a down weekend. T-shirt, chance to play, and a slightly skewed eval is probably worth the $99 if you aren't traveling far for it.

Well ran with a solid staff running it.

We called yesterday to get the results and got a very good eval. We are not interested in the $3,000 to go forward with the program. Sounds like a NEAT experience but not enough benefit for the cost.

I guess that makes my decision easy enough. My son received one today for a tryout/eval locally at Hebron HS.

When my son was in h.s. there were two or three kids from his hometown that did Under Armour showcases and instantly made "All American" status. Nothing ever came of them, of course.

None of the kids who were drafted out of h.s., including Bum, Jr., who didn't attend the event, even made their list of top players.

If you want to shell out thousands for a title, go ahead, but it's equivalent to buying a college degree online. I doubt there's any scouts who would be impressed.

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Originally posted by lefthookdad:
Our experience was the same. skipped the video session and just attended the try-out for 4100....

4100?

The "$" sign is on the same key as "4". So probably 4100 meant actually $100.

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Originally posted by 3FingeredGlove:
The "$" sign is on the same key as "4". So probably 4100 meant actually $100.

Oh I hope so!

This sounds like the "WhosWho" scam.

So, just returned Monday from the Pirate CIty camp with my 14 year old.

Pros, great facility, a hard working camp that was organized, great sleeping arrangements.

Cons, I am in sales, so really felt this was a sales push. There were some real duds we saw, but also real studs.

It really almost seems like a ponzi scheme. I also if everyone was offered a spot, was told no. It really does semm that if you have the$, you are invited

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Originally posted by bostonbulldogbaseball:
You pay me $100 I will give your son a good evaluation. )

Sounds like this event is a scam to bilk thousands of dollars from hopeful parents.

Do you feel that way about PG? From what I gather PG is not free.