West Coast League Portland or Tri-State

AK - I love your attitude!

Go where you will play. The summer time is for playing. You have learned enough from watching.

A quick story, JT's son played American Legion ball his first summer out of college. The next summer he played in the Southern Collegiate League and then earned his way up to the Coastal Plains League. None of those promotions would have happened without playing. He started at a lower level and worked his way up to a very high level. Nothing stopping you from following the same path. Go where you will play and then go out and make a name for yourself all the while looking for that next opportunity. Create a plan in your mind and execute it.

You might want to look into this new league starting up in Washington. Here is a link to the topicPSCL

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I believe that his son played in the WCL Portland last year. He is great with ideas and details. I suspect that the league would offer some significant opportunities to play. The tradeoffs might be relative level of play, coaching, budgets, travel

The larger WCL is an excellent opportunity as well. The level of play is quite high, the organizations excellent, the league is expanding, the northwest is a great place to spend a summer.

You might also look into socal since you are there. the summer college opportunities there seemed to be expanding in the last few years.

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ClevelandDad. jjbaseball, and observer, thank you all very much for you responses!

ClevelandDad, thank you very much, I have been brought up to understand that hard work=success and that you can gain just as much off the bench as you can on the field if you have your mind in the right spot. And then when it comes time for you AB or playing time, you are right there in the game at equal level.

jjbaseball, I will look into this league as well. I have also been told by friend about another pay-to-play that is at Northwest Nazerene University, thins one you live on the campus and this and that.

Observer, I will definently send him a PM and see what information he has. Right now, I got a prompt response from the commissoner of the league and he answered my questions. As for the SoCal leagues, I have no idea where to even begin with trying to get into those leagues. And still SoCal is a long ways for me from home, and vise versa. My parents want to come watch some baseball this summer and SoCal is a pricy endeavour to make 4 or 5 time in 3 months. But if you have any information on them by all means I would appreciate it!

AK1stbase- let me know if you do end up playing in Portland and they don't provide host families. I may have a contact for a summer rental (cheap room)in a nice house near the University of Portland.

Good luck and keep on it!

Play were you are going to play the most against good comp. with good coaching. If you end up playing in the PSCL let me know and my family would host you for the summer. I know the person starting the league, he is a good coach. They'll play in a nice park against good teams.

AK- that sounds like an offer you can't refuse! Having a host family is half the battle. Good luck and keep us posted.

For future reference, my son did play in the Portland WCL last summer and had a great time. I'd recommend it without hesitation.

I have sent AK a PM with more details - and would be happy to PM with anyone else who might have questions.

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