My son is a great baseball player!
By Mirita
@Mirita (2668)
United States
May 14, 2007 1:32pm CST
I have a 15 year old boy who is so talented in baseball and appears to be a natural. He has been playing for the Varsity team since he was 14 years old. He already has baseball fans and even people from other teams enjoy him so much. He has such a cool personality and loves to play shorstop. He also piches and heats the ball most of the time. Last week he even made a 2 run homerun. The kids feel secure with him and the coaches cannot believe that he can do better than the older kids. The good thing is that he is so simple and does not even act like he is a good player and this is why the other kids like him so much. We live in a small town and I'm afraid that
he won't get an athletic scholarship. Besides been a good atlete he is a great student too. I just wish that he could have the opportunity to play baseball in college.
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@Mirita (2668)
• United States
9 Dec 08
He is still playing baseball for the varsity team ,and he is a
senior this year. I'm hoping that he gets a scholarship ,but
he still going to try out in college even if he doesn't get a
scholarship. I know that once they see how good he is eventually
he'll get a scholarship. He had a really bad coach for the past
several years ,and he was only interested in his son ,and could
care less about the other kids ,but this year they'll have a new
coach and hopefully he'll do something for him. He is also a very
humble kid who doesn't behave in a very competitive way ,so I adviced
him that this year he needs to show off his talents because we live
in a competitive world. I had no idea that when a person is talented
in sports there is a great deal of envie among other kids and even families.
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@amazon13 (69)
• United States
24 May 08
I note that this is an old post, but I wanted to reply. Hopefully, you have found some answers to your question. My daughter is a senior who is a 6'2" basketball player, who wishes to play bball in college. We live in a small town of about 700.
My first suggestion is to make your intentions known to your high school coach. If he/she is not willing to put forth effort to get your son recruited...don't worry about it...just mover forward on your own. We have had no help from our HS coach and yet, daughter has offers already. She is not a "blue chip" athlete, but she is good...and she is an average student.
Have your son make a list of 25 schools in which he would be interested in attending. Hopefully those schools will offer the degree plans in which he is interested.
As a parent, there is nothing wrong with you promoting your son to those schools, particularly since you are in a small district. Design an athlete profile and include a recent photo. Send this profile and a cover letter to the coaches at each of those colleges you listed.
This will get you started. Good luck!
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@Mirita (2668)
• United States
24 May 08
Thank you so much for your advice. He will be a senior next year ,so I'm going to follow your advice.
Next year, They are having a better coach ,so he might also help him get a scholarship. This coach who is leaving this year is only interested in making his son look good and almost at the end of the year his son got injured ,so he was unable to get anything for his son. The sad thing is that he did not bother to help the other two seniors who in my opinion are also good players. Good luck to your daughter and I hope she becomes the best that she can be. Take care and thank you again.
@fayaznewguys (174)
• India
14 May 07
Congratulations for having a baseball star in your home.
Best wishes for his future!
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@arcidy (5005)
• United States
14 May 07
thats cool hopefully someday he will make it in the big leagues if he dosnt quit and if he wants to dont let him if you will think he will be big someday I use to play baseball to and I was a pretty good pitcher I had to stop cause I dislocated my elbow and it hurt to throw the ball fast to bad I would of been playing in college now.
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@Mirita (2668)
• United States
15 May 07
I'm sorry to hear that you dislocated your elbow .This happens a lot to kids who are excellet pitchers. I wish you could find a way to still play baseball. Is your elbow okay now?
I'm trying hard to keep my son motivated ,so he
has a chance to continue playing. He loves baseball and he has been playing since he was 6 years old ,so hopefully he'll play college baseball.
@faccess (4)
• United States
8 Jul 07
I see that this is 2 months old, so I hope you don't mind a late response (I just joined). I am a former division I college baseball player and have a little advice that I hope helps. Have fun enjoying baseball for the moment. Work hard, but play for the love of the game. The competition is fierce as you progress, but there are so many college baseball programs out there that I'm sure he can find someplace to play. Many players start at the junior college level and can get selected by the Universities for the last 2 years of college. Our college recruited many junior college players. It is a way to get recognized for players coming from small towns in High School. Enjoy the game now, for the game only. Continue to work hard, even if you are good. Worry about the college, scholarships and future later, because many times if you are good that stuff takes care of itself.
