#11 - guess that pretty much sums it up~

great job

quote:

Originally posted by Bob Williams:
Traveler:

Can you define the phase "waste of time"?

During the 26 years of International Baseball and the Area Code games, this phase was seldom used.

If a player or parent learns from the event then it is not a "waste of time".

Maybe the pro scout, college coach and the event
organizer should consider their time.

My son had a word for it. "sense of entitlement".

Bob Williams
"Founder of the Area Code games"
1987-2004

Wow! My sincerest apologies.
I did not mean to offend anyone. I let my ignorance show through, along with a poor choice of words. I was responding to the poster who said "forget the camp". My son has been to one "camp"(not Area Code obviously) and I have had friends send their sons to "camps" that were in reality for the benefit of the organization putting on the camp rather than the players.
Thank you for setting me straight and again my apologies.

Traveler, your most gracious apology is accepted (at least by me!) I too apologize, because I did not intend to berate your prior post - just to state as a matter of fact the benefit of the AC process, including the camp.

I do agree that sometimes camps can be organized for the benefit of the organization, but most of the time these camps will also benefit the player, because players will (or should) learn and get some degree of exposure.

Just wanted to say that my son,who is an entering freshman this Fall,attended the Area Code camp.He was not a standout,but he is only 14 and we didn't go into this having any expectations other than him doing his best. He did really well,and they commented to him that he should come back next year too.It was a great experience and you wouldn't have known he was 14,he held his own.Thank you all for the feedback,because it really helped us make up our mind as to letting him go this year or wait.It lets him know where he stands and where he can improve.Thanks again everyone!