Today's post is from a guest. Eric Ichesco chimes in on We Got a Guy There about all of the ridiculous summer baseball organizations that are in it for the profit and not to truly help the growth of the game.
WE'RE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!
Who isn't going to a world series these days? AABC, AAU, CABA, NABF, USTOC, Triple Crown, USSSA, BPA, American Legion. I hope I didn't leave anyone out. With so many world series tournaments offered, it seems like it's a rare achievement NOT to be attending one of the season culminating events.
It's great to give kids more opportunities to play baseball. But what is the value of a being crowned a world series champion in youth baseball anymore? Many of these organizations offer "qualifying tournaments", where the winner earns an automatic bid to its respective world series tournament. However, in many cases, if a team sends in an entry fee that's all the qualification that's needed. If that were the case in Major League Baseball, I suppose even the Kansas City Royals could be featured in this fall's world series if the front office gets its payment to Bud Selig on time.
Congratulations Surf City Rockers! You've just been crowned the 2008 USSSA World Series Champions! Congratulations Sun Town Surfers! You've just been crowned the 2008 USSSA World Series Champions! Wait...what? Two champions from the same affiliation? I'm confused. Oh...you mean the Rockers won the Major World Series Championship and the Surfers won the AAA World Series Championship? It all makes sense now...
Not only do multiple world series champions by affiliation desensitize the allure of the title, multiple champions within affiliations add to the growing list of world champions each year. Fortunately, not all organizations allow teams the ease of gaining a world series berth.
Both American Legion and the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC) have a true setup designed for teams to earn their world series appearances. Both Legion and AABC are structured with district and regional tournaments proceeding the world series finale. And with the dynamic of double elimination of these tournaments in play, a team will truly have to fight, scratch, and claw its way to advance.
So who truly is the world series champion? I guess it comes down to how bad you want it. Do you take a check or hard work?
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WE'RE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!
Who isn't going to a world series these days? AABC, AAU, CABA, NABF, USTOC, Triple Crown, USSSA, BPA, American Legion. I hope I didn't leave anyone out. With so many world series tournaments offered, it seems like it's a rare achievement NOT to be attending one of the season culminating events.
It's great to give kids more opportunities to play baseball. But what is the value of a being crowned a world series champion in youth baseball anymore? Many of these organizations offer "qualifying tournaments", where the winner earns an automatic bid to its respective world series tournament. However, in many cases, if a team sends in an entry fee that's all the qualification that's needed. If that were the case in Major League Baseball, I suppose even the Kansas City Royals could be featured in this fall's world series if the front office gets its payment to Bud Selig on time.
Congratulations Surf City Rockers! You've just been crowned the 2008 USSSA World Series Champions! Congratulations Sun Town Surfers! You've just been crowned the 2008 USSSA World Series Champions! Wait...what? Two champions from the same affiliation? I'm confused. Oh...you mean the Rockers won the Major World Series Championship and the Surfers won the AAA World Series Championship? It all makes sense now...
Not only do multiple world series champions by affiliation desensitize the allure of the title, multiple champions within affiliations add to the growing list of world champions each year. Fortunately, not all organizations allow teams the ease of gaining a world series berth.
Both American Legion and the American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC) have a true setup designed for teams to earn their world series appearances. Both Legion and AABC are structured with district and regional tournaments proceeding the world series finale. And with the dynamic of double elimination of these tournaments in play, a team will truly have to fight, scratch, and claw its way to advance.
So who truly is the world series champion? I guess it comes down to how bad you want it. Do you take a check or hard work?
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