Who gives a shitPreakness picks :
$2 exacta box #2 Journalism 8/5 /#6 River Thames 9/2 /#8 Clever Again 5/1 ($12 ticket)
$5 W/P/S #3 American Promise 15/1 ($15 ticket)
$5 W/P/S #9 Gosgar 20/1 ($15 ticket)
Total wagered: $42 USD.
Made a little coin on the Derby with the exacta paying out $121 (Had a $5 exacta instead of $2)
And cashed show money on the #21 that paid back $21. ($5 W/P/S #21 Baeza)
Not matter what happens today, I will still be up at least $100. Not killing it, but making a profit. Name of the game.
Would love for it to come in #8 / #6 / #9. Would again cash the exacta and show money on a long shot. Just do not want to have Journalism to hit the board (unless the 6 or 8 do not finish 1st or 2nd) it would hurt my payout, but have him in to keep from destroying my tickets.
This is a very weird effing post.The 80 proof/pti/anthony trio are flexing their muscles..I think they sensed they were losing a little of their kingdom on this board as its grand kings. All you measly fools better stand down now that they are taking back their grand internet board power! Their postings only slowed because they were off doing grand things we could only dream of. Even though point of thread is random, they will tell you what you are allowed to discuss, be careful!
This^Before they're teens you don't have to do travel ball. That's ridiculous. Find a good local league, travel if they just want more and you enjoy it. Otherwise, Just work at home or get lessons in the off season.
Just because the travel ball teams poach good players doesn't mean a kid can't progress without travel ball. Let me tell you, go stand in a hot field in Cynthiana on a 95 degree Saturday/Sunday for 12 hour 8a/3p double header... and get back to me on how that weekend improved your kids ability. They improve M-F not on those weekends.In Mount Washington our parent groups are borderline extreme with their kids stuff. I’ve been told at the next level, kid pitch, is where good players separate and some travel ball kids come back to rec league.
At our 8u level 30 kids got pulled out from last spring in a 10 team league. That’s basically 3 teams and those spots are filled with lower aged kids coming in. It’s not all bad and sounds worse than reality, but where I am the travel ball circuit kills rec league by either doing both and not being involved with their rec team or just being taken out of the league all together.
I agree about not doing travel, 100%.
And to the comment about football being in its seasonal lane, honestly fall baseball has been a blessing for my son and caught him up very quickly. Having 2 seasons a year at baseball is great IMHO.
I stand by the opinion that serious baseball players have to do travel in ages 15-18 if they want to play at the next level. Colleges don’t recruit high schools anymore.
Nothing like spending $15K per year on travel ball to get your kid an NAIA offer!But for the kids looking at getting a low D1, D2 or NAIA offer, those will come more from travel teams/college camps/Showcase events than hs can provide.
This is basically what Iam3rd's Development Academy is for soccer. No clue how successful they are but it's a good balance.I don’t understand why the market hasn’t corrected for all this travel ball nonsense. I feel like if you live in a decently sized big city (e.g., Louisville, Lexington, Indianapolis), you could have a travel-ball "lite" team where you did the following and corner a lot of the parents.
- Local players on team only
- Majority of games are within 50 miles
- Couple of regional tournaments per year (no further than 150 miles).
Not spending a dime until I figure out if AI is going to take my job.Wayne increasingly indicates a troubling financial situation.
That's my worry about the US economy. In the last 25 years we've figured out how to monetize everything. Most of it financed via debt. One big money grab economy.Life is a money grab tbh.
I also think people are too quick to say “it’s for the parents”. Definitely sometimes, but not always. Most of the kids I know worship playing baseball all the time. They wouldn’t have it any other way. We started travel ball at 10, which some may consider too young, but it worked for us. If my youngest turns out to be a good ball player I’d assume he’ll want to play as much as his brothers do. But I don’t think I’d consider travel before 9/10, mostly bc I live in an area with good leagues close by. If we didn’t have so many friends/family locally we’d be playing in Lex this year.