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Originally posted by hokieone:
I used to think things were hand-picked in advance as that's what I had always heard, but my son and a friend from another area school went to tryouts last year knowing nobody (both are from the Shenandoah Valley and have little contact with northern Virginia coaches), both were selected and both played plenty at Salem. My son even missed the first day of tryouts due to a conflict with a state playoff game, but was told to come to the second weekend.

I was very impressed with the whole operation; having seen the tryouts, I'd hate to have the job of cutting the group down from close to 100 to the final squad.

I'd encourage any player not specifically invited to contact the coaches with their "resume" and see if they can at least try out. There is no better exposure than what we saw at the Commonwealth workouts (BP/Infield) and games, and the players are treated royally by the folks that run the games. My son rates The Commonwealth games as one of the most memorable things he's done in baseball to date.

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Originally posted by hokieone:
Check the Commonwealth Games web site. All of the games are played over 3 days in July. Check www.commonwealthgames.org for schedules.