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An awesome organization dating back to late 60's. Great coaching, facilities and always a top 5 national ranking. If you can play with them, do it!

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Joe

There was thread on the Midland Redskins on the Midwest Forum with comments from several folks with experience.

Do a search of this site using "midland redskins" and you should find it.

My son will be playing for them this summer. Everything we've heard about them indicates they are a great organization. They play to win but they also look to develop players.

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thanks 04

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The Midland Redskins organization is a good one. They care about winning they donot care about developement as much as you think. They want an advanced product, for that age. Make sure your son is ready the day he gets there because if he is not he will sit.

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Agree completely with nocal. They get very advanced players to begin with. Not hardly any practice time as their games schedule is very full every day but Mondays. If you don't perform you will sit or you will be moved down to the "Indians" which is their "second" team. Even they are still very good as well with many of their players going to D1 schools. The 'skins also bring in kids during the season,esp. pitchers.

They provide tremendous exposure as they play in national tournaments regularly. If you are a "good" ballplayer you will not get selected to play . If you do not perform up to their standards or get in trouble off the field , you will be moved down or sent home. Nothing wrong with any of that, just make sure you know this going in. It is a great experience for the elite player. Most "development" has taken place before you get there.e

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SKEEZER/NOCAL
Please tell me one baseball Team that if you do not perform that allows you to play over the kids that have earned the right to start and or play. I can only think of one, it is called Little League. From High School and beyond if you do not earn the right to play it is very simple in that you serve a backup role. That is the hard fact of Life, I am sure that no kid at that level of play would expect to be guaranteed a starting role. As far as player development nobody practices as much as Midland. There is over 100 combined years of coaching expereince on their coaching staff, they practice at one of the best facilities, and have a medical staff on hand. If a player is afraid of competing for a starting role then why would they want to compete against East Cobb, Dallas Mustangs, Bill Hood, Bayside Yankees,Florida Pokers, Florida Bombers, Bama Bombers, Orlando Scorpions, Ft. Wayne Dox, and the many others that they played last year? That is why you play for an Oraganization such as the Midland Redskins, the program speaks for itself from the top to the bottom and the host family's are the greatest people you will ever meet for they will become life long friends. Do not pass on the opportunity.

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SKEEZER/NOCAL
Please tell me one baseball Team that if you do not perform that allows you to play over the kids that have earned the right to start and or play. I can only think of one, it is called Little League. From High School and beyond if you do not earn the right to play it is very simple in that you serve a backup role. That is the hard fact of Life, I am sure that no kid at that level of play would expect to be guaranteed a starting role. As far as player development nobody practices as much as Midland. There is over 100 combined years of coaching expereince on their coaching staff, they practice at one of the best facilities, and have a medical staff on hand. If a player is afraid of competing for a starting role then why would they want to compete against East Cobb, Dallas Mustangs, Bill Hood, Bayside Yankees,Florida Pokers, Florida Bombers, Bama Bombers, Orlando Scorpions, Ft. Wayne Dox, and the many others that they played last year? That is why you play for an Organization such as the Midland Redskins, the program speaks for itself from the top to the bottom and the host family's are the greatest people you will ever meet for they will become life long friends. Do not pass on the opportunity.

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Only the strong survive, thats the way it should be. You're preeching to the choir.
My point was they don't develope, they are not interested in developing kids at the Redskins contrary to what a previous post said. Also, the VAST majority of people from Cincinnati HATE the Redskins and the organization.

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strike3,

I think if you reread our posts, nothing negative was said about this organization. I have personal experiance with them and would do it again.The kids in this organization get better from playing against the best competition they can play against. We did not say anything negative about the staff which for the most part are extremely good.

I think nocal's comment about the Cinci people was probably based on the fact that Midland's roster used to have a good number of Cinci kids on it. That is no longer the case in recent years. They have several Ohio kids and tend to go out of state to get the best players they can find from anywhere.

My only point is this. If you are an elite player , go for it. The New York Yankees player development occurs mostly at the farm team level. You need to already be darned good to get to the big league team.Also they send down or trade players that aren't doing the job.

If that is OK for you, as it was in my experiance then good for you. Just make you you know how things work at that level.

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you'll find that most programs have their critics - - take 'em with a grain of salt - - I'm wondering how someone from NorCal can "know what the people in Cinci think"??
if you're asked to play with them, then obviously they think you can play at their level

I've spoken to former players who played alot and others who played alittle, and they all spoke highly of the Midland organization -

if you get the call, ask questions - they would have no reason to sugarcoat anything -
it's a good opportunity, but if it's not for you, just let them know, as there are other names on their list besides yours

lefties? - - - they just aint right!

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I spent some time in Nocal I presently live in the MidWest and what i said is perfectly true. In fact, the Cincinnati Newspaper recently had an article covering the issue about alienating the locals. As I said Midland is a good organization.

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Skeezer
All I am saying is that the same goes for joining a College team, you may be a starter one day and the next thing you know they sign another kid to compete against you at your position.
Nocal,
Talk to most kids from CIN. and most of them will tell you that they all hope to be good enough to be invited to play on their top team. As far as player development they sponsor teams all the way down to about 7 to 8 years old and whether you start for them or not they all practice and work on their game together, again what more can you ask for?

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there is alot of good baseball played in the Cinci area, but when you recruit nationaly your roster shows that - I'd guess their roster relects southern Ohio about the same way University of Cincinnati does

lefties? - - - they just aint right!

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strike3,

So I guess we agree, Midland is a fine organization.

bee,

The past several years the Ohio kids that played on the 'Skins have more than held their own against the best competition they played against. I know they also had some excellent out of state kids as well, so not to slight them in any way. I honestly think there is some "****her away is better" mentality becoming more prevalent there.But with their record in W's and L's... You know what they say about Texas , Calif., Florida kids...Some are better , but certainly there are some Ohio kids that are great players as well. East Cobb, out of Georgia has nearly 95% of it's roster from Georgia and a goodly number of them from the Atlanta/Marietta area which is their home base.

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skeezer,
Does that mean you should only drive an American made car? Don't forget it is not only them recruiting from all over the country but that also kids from outside of Ohio wanting to play for them. No different than summer wood bat Leagues such as the Cape, don't all kids want to play in the Cape Cod area?

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strike ,
I guess I might as well talk to a wall. Where did I say going out of state for players was bad for Midland???? My last son to play with them, he was one of 4 or 5 Ohio kids on the roster. They ended up something like 55-6 or so. If you want to compete on the national stage you need to get the best players you can so if in state works for some or all of the players fine, if not fine.That's Papa Joe's choice not mine or yours.(Speaking of Papa Joe, he was unbelievably kind and wonderful to my family; I know he rubs some people the wrong way, but he has given many,many players opportunities they would never get anywhere else). I'm just giving some opinions based on what I have seen. No negative one's, just honest opinions. By the way, I drive a BMW and have 2 Chevies and a Pontiac.Does that mean something I don't know about??? Take a pill strikes and enjoy the Midland experience because it is something only a handful of HS players ever get to do in the summer.e

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For what its worth -- my son played @ Midland and I consider it the experience of a lifetime. Any chance a kid gets to be around Joe Hayden and his family (both blood and baseball) should be seized --- and savored as one of life's great blessings.

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i would not put my money that he goes there.

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