[1911]

For the most part area baseball coaches are the ones that dont really care. Even the more successful ones from the mountains are just content to win their region or semi state tournaments. For the most part, kids in the mountains really dont have a clue as of what it takes to be successful at the next level, and how competetive it gets for playing time . That is why you see so many kids that come from the mountains end up quitting if they do per chance happen to make it to the college level. They just cant handle the culture shock of being on teams full of players that have busted their hind ends year round their entire careers. It is up to the high school coaches to indoctrinate the kids on a work ethic of what it takes to make it at the next level. It takes a rare breed of player and one who truly loves the game to do something on his own during the offseason to make himself an athlete or player.

Is it no wonder that teams such as Dunbar or PRP are in the championship hunt year after year after year? Baseall is a year round sport for just about all of the players at those type of programs.

Of course kids in the mountains think and get told they are basketball players too. That's THE BIG LIE.

Very true. If schools want to have a good baseball program they need to be conditioning year around and playing summerball. Most coaches in the area don't want to put the time in with their kids. Kids that play three sports are told they can't participate in other things while playing that sport. They don't care about what is best for the kid just what is going to be best for them. You can look around the area and see the teams that do some work in the winter opposed to the ones that don't because they are ready to play in the first game insted of being in baseball form around mid-point during the season.