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    Player safety when injured

    As a group, posters here are likely more hard-core about attending games. My work schedule allowed it, so I went to every game my daughter played last year. However, for away games, I would guess about half of the team, maybe slightly less, had no parents at the games. It's just not practical...
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    Covid extra year eligibility

    https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39337111/miami-te-cam-mccormick-granted-ninth-year-eligibility Like this guy. Same recruiting class at Oregon as Justin Herbert. Checks notes.... Herbert just completed his 4th season in the NFL.
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    Drop Dead Game Strategy

    It's a horrible format, but yes, always choose to hit first. We played a tournament last summer that had it (first time in 7 seasons) for pool games. We won 2 of our 3 pool games by scoring in the top half of the inning to take the lead, and then time ends before other team could bat. Even...
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    What’s it like playing in a dome?

    100% true. Not even considering maintenance/age of the facilities, they vary a lot in what they are trying to accomplish. There are 2 within 15 minutes of my house. The one has 2 full size fields with 210' fences. Can play real games, when it's snowing outside. The other is a nice facility...
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    College and majors to stay away from??

    It might be rare, but can't say "never seen it". Michigan's #1 pitcher is an engineering major. Pitched about 2/3 of their innings last year as a sophomore.
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    Errors vs hits in scoring

    I appreciate that you put the effort into having accurate stats. I tried to do the same scoring our travel games. However, the GC account for my daughters high school team is run by a player that isn't in the lineup that day. Often, after hit vs error, double vs single/advanced on error, wild...
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    Showcase Schedules????

    I agree that the "all day" type schedules suck, but since it's a showcase, maybe it's to give all teams a chance to be seen, even if weather wipes out a portion of the day? All the coaches there, and your team draws the 8am/10am/noon schedule. Then it rains all afternoon, and the team with the...
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    Things to Remember - Coaching

    It doesn't matter if the players hope to play at Oklahoma, or if high school ball is as far as they will play (for many, they won't even make it to high school ball). Keep things positive, and make it fun. Yes, there are skills they need to work at to improve, but it shouldn't feel like a job to...
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    The Spring Games 2024

    We made the drive from Chicago to SW Florida many time as the kids were growing up. It was typically a 24 hour trip straight through, once you included stops for gas, food, etc. Definitely cheaper than 5 people flying, and rental car while there, but it still sucked. As we've gotten older...
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    The ride looks like it is over

    Have neighbors/coworkers that play, and most of my friends from growing up still play, just a little bit of drive to go see them. I was a scratch player through mid 20's. Then job/kids/life took over. For the past few years I kept saying "this will be the year I start playing again", but never...
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    The ride looks like it is over

    Similar situation for me. Last travel travel tournament was in June. Daughters off to college, and more time than I know what to do with. My case was easier. I played a ton of golf growing up, but had barely played the last decade, and not at all the last 3 years. Decided to build a new setup...
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    Whats the best Travel Tournament Vehicle ???

    As a coach, who was carrying a lot of gear, and occasionally an extra player or two (or three, or four...), hard to beat the minivan. Tons of space, and flexibility. Decent enough gas mileage. Our minivan got us through many softball events, camping trips, road trips. Now that coaching is done...
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    Winning coin flip. Home or Visitor

    Do they run a marathon the day before running a marathon???
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    Fundraising???

    Not sure how much you are trying to raise? Fundraising to pay all the expenses, or just to put a little extra in the budget? We didn't do any real fundraising, but an easy one to make a little money for tournament fund is Super Bowl squares. Not hard to sell 100 squares. How much money you...
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    Maybe we're in the wrong sport

    Typical conversation with some of the hockey families I know. Maybe slightly off, but not by much: "Our 9u team had practice last night, so we headed over to the rink at 2am"
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