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A whole new ballgame: Utah summer leagues have evolved
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2ndly, I totally understand that the best players and coaches and programs want to compete against the best and keep getting better. But I hope there is always a place for those ball players that aren't the best, but still love the game and to compete, to play and get better themselves. Baseball is a game.
It is all about power. Sato wants power and control and the Legion folks wouldn't give it to him. Frankly, his Bingham teams haven't been that good. I wouldn't put Bingham's high school program in the "elite".
George Sluga lost his job at Bingham partially because he ran and supervised workouts in the off season with his basketball teams in violation of the USHAA rules. It seems that these high school baseball coaches are doing the same thing, even though these games are not sanctioned by the USHAA. They have found a loophole.
Save baseball in Salt Lake. Lose the Baseball Academy.
I am a mom that totally supports my coaches and the Baseball Academy for all their hard work and you should too.
Wow, your kid who is actually a sub-par player gets the perks because daddy has the coin to get him there. Sure, there is talent wherever you go and whatever league you play in, Get rid of the politics? yeah right! As a former college baseball player I must say American Legion play is a much better competitive edge. Money at times can't by talent but it sure can make a team look good. Bring back Legion and get rid of bonnet ball.
However, the quality of ball is horrible and not serious. I seen one team hit 16 players, "open" substitution rules etc. that are there to supposedly develop players. Except both team generally put out players that aren't motivated because they take the league as seriously as it takes itself.
It is ironic that the three, if there are that many, players Utah has produced that are playing in "the show" graduated in the 1990's, way before the UBA and all these youth super leagues. Where are the pro and college players that these leagues are supposedly producing? At least with American Legion in its heyday and the former Automotive League, the quality of play was much better, the coaches and players cared because the media covered the games, it was real baseball with real baseball rules, etc. Now it's about the high school coaches developing their own talent except the real irony is that the quality of play and players just gets worse.