For all you fans out there that are very big into having your team ranked and hold the all state/area very high...I want to ask, what do those really mean? and who is doing all the rankings and what qualifies him/her on baseball? I am not a very big fan of all those preseason polls, I mean its really nice and all...but I think coaches/parents/players think that being ranked, in the end, means something. Yes at the HS level its very important to earn a high regional seed...but should a coach have a weak schedule so they can be ranked? Ive seen schools play their first 8-10 games agaisnt teams that dont deserve to be on the field, and earn a ranking, but when they have a challenge they get slapped around. I know they are usually pretty accuarate, but to many times to much emphasis gets put on them. So my question is i guess, that in the end, what does it mean if the suntimes has your team in there...and what do they consider when doing that? Observing hs baseball of late, ive seen "ranked teams" that lacked some, and unranked teams that deserved some pub, but I guess all is fair...just something I have always been curious about
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