OK it's April, let's talk a little baseball.
We need to designate one team to knock off North York. Any takers???

Georgetown

Burlington

Screw off - this is a hockey site!

Mississauga North

Baseball is a waste of time...again it's for the players who are unable/too small to play competitive hockey. Go check the Disneyland website

Several AAA players on top teams are playing baseball this summer. Maybe your son can't quite get the game and that's pissing you off!! Right?

been there done that, too boring

Who cares about baseball, in case you did not notice there is a baseball forum.

Baseball actually outbores soccer, which I know is hard to believe...at least in soccer the kids get some conditioning, what do you get out of baseball?

inferiority complex

Lots of BUG BITES!!!

I'm pretty sick of hearing people bash baseball on this site. My son plays on a very competitive AAA hockey team and a very competitive AAA baseball team. Many of the members of his hockey team also play on his baseball team. For people to say that baseball is boring, just means that you are uneducated and not watching the proper calibre of ball. Any house league sports are going to fall well below rep standards in terms of entertainment. I can assure you that my son played many high energy entertaining ball games last summer. He practiced twice a week and had a strength and conditioning coach work with the team. They played upwards of 60 games and travelled to many parts of the province. All for a fraction of the cost of this past year in hockey. In the end it is something that is a little different for the kids. A change in pace and in sport isn't always a bad thing and it tends to make them a little hungrier to play hockey come August and September. So for all you hockey pucks out there, who are looking for a spring hockey team or hockey tournaments over the summer to play in; there's plenty of other threads for you to look at on this site. Why don't you leave this one little baseball thread alone!!!!

You going to go postal on us now?

No...I'm not going postal...I am just stating what I know for a fact. My kid gets plenty of conditioning at baseball. In fact many of his hockey teamates join him for conditioning over the summer, so they are not so out of shape come September. Before you start bashing the sport, educate yourself and don't base your judgements on some house league ball game you seen played in school yard. There are lots of great teams out there that run great programs, and I would put money on the fact that most rep baseball players are in as good as shape as most rep soccer players. Any successfull baseball player has to be quick and agile. You don't get that way by sitting on your a$$ all summer, swatting bugs.

FINALLY SOMEONE IS MAKING SENSE ON THIS FORUM. Thank you!!!!!!1

You mean like all the $10M MLB pitchers with the big guts...yeah, they are supremem athletes!

Never played baseball myself but both my sons now do, and it really makes me wish I had played when I was young. Baseball at the Rep level is awesome and although it will be sad to see hockey end, I'm really looking forward to the baseball season.

It is true some make big bucks for just being able to throw a ball with deadly accuracy over 90 miles an hour. Although, that's what you're worth in sports when you can do something very few people can do.

i would say mississauga north but coaching is weak

what team ?? there's more than 1 at the AAA level.

unless someone has improved significantly, no one will touch North York this year, they got even stronger than they were.

baseball sucks.

How did they improve on what they had? Do they allow imports?

They were built with imports.

Markham and Miss. Tigers could challenge North York.
But, coaching on North York is now way stronger.
A couple of new additions should put them on top again..

Who has NY added in terms of coaching that will change things for them??? I saw many games that they played last year including the gold medal game against Markham. I would say they had more depth, talent and stronger players, but I wouldn't say stronger coaches. This year may change a little with lead offs, but most teams last year defended the bunt well, hit cut off men, etc... and they weren't really old enough to "hit and run" with. So, I'm not really sure how they "out coached" other teams??? They had more talent then other teams....

They had more talent, have added more talent and have added some strong coaches to the existing group.

Re: Mississauga Tigers

Is coaching weak overall and how does it compare to North York.
I watched a few games at the Provincials last year and MT seems to have a fairly strong team.

Tigers are a good team, I'd say they are the second best team in the Province, no disrespect to Markham. North York have made improvements on the field and with coaching. There was nothing wrong with the coaching that was in place, but it just got stronger than anyone elses, just like they had a strong team, but got stronger.

Sorry Tigers parent. The Tigers aren't even the second best team in their loop. Both Georgetown and Burlington are much better teams.

I would like to know what talent NY has added to their team??? Who did they get that is going to make them stronger??? A left handed pitcher from Vaughn, who was going to get cut from the Vikings, isn't a huge upgrade....I have seen the talent that was out there last year on all the strong teams....unless a strong player from one of the elite teams decided to move, there was no significant talent out there in the AA or tier 2 level that is going to make NY any stronger than they were.

The rules change alot in Minor Peewee. Coaching styles are going to have a HUGE impact on the outcome of games. The biggest difference at this age group now is if you aren't playing in the field then you don't bat, with the exception of the EH. How many players a coach picks for his team, and how many innings the starters get is key. I would think that 12 players were be perfect. Play your 6 best players all the time and rotate players 7-12. Our coach, however, has decided to go with 14 players and rotate them equally. Good for development I guess, but not good for the standings or tournaments. I wonder if this is a good strategy at AAA?

I would say the new pitch count regulations (65 in a day) are going to have more of an impact on the game then anything else. In the YSBA (not sure about TBA) they have also instituted the rule that if you catch you cannot pitch and if you pitch you cannot catch. These two changes are HUGE!!! Lead offs, pitch outs, pick off plays, substitutions are all things that most coaches can teach their players throughout the year. The successful teams better be carrying at least 4 catchers and a half dozen (possibly more) quality pitchers if they are going to win at tournaments and the OBA level.

10:40, I guess you will have to wait and see, the additions are significant.

Why can't they be divulged??? There are no big secrets. We don't have to use actual names, but which teams did the new players come from???

Don't believe the hype!!!!!!!

When it comes to provincials the best team does not always win. Anything can happen in a one game playoff. North York got beat by a AA team last year in Newmarket.

I'll tell you what I know for a fact about the NY team...they were put together after the rookie ball season and the strong players are from other TBA centers. Right now Scar. and East York are in the process of rebuilding (and may never be the same) because of the damage done by these "expert" coaches. After they had managed to get all of the strong players off of these TBA teams an import player rule was brought in, but it was grandfathered for this team and any others that had similar situations. It would be interesting to see what this team (and others from the TBA) would be like if all players were in their original centers.

let me get you a tissue.

Just golf with your kid!!! Forget baseball.

2:29

It's tough hearing the truth, huh? The best you can say is: "let me get you a tissue"?????

Hey 3:44, baseball is still for the wimps of hockey

"Hey 3:44, baseball is still for the wimps of hockey"...

Keep telling your kid that. I'm sure he'll grow up with great self esteem and social skills from the parenting you've modelled for him. It's awesome to see that you care so much about other peoples interest in sports.
Play nice in the sandbox and your kid will learn too, also!!!

Hockey is over ,the Marlies won, what else is new ? So it is time to take a break.
So if you want to continue hockey , then ok. Don't forget your winter coat .
My son plays baseball, and we watch in our shorts .

Do not speak of which you do not know. EYBA is in tatters. Executive is useless, most of the coaches are clueless and the facilities are sub par. I played there as a kid and brought my son there for the rich tradition. One year is all it took for me to see what kind of mess they are in.

NYBA, SBA, HPBA, etc. will not have to recruit the kids from here. They will migrate on their own to these much better organizations. EYBA better clean up its act before it becomes a house league only organization.

You might want to read the new pitching rules.
14 kids is what you will need for any tournament to even have a chance to win.
No more 100 pitch games,you better have a really strong pitching staff.
To many idiot coaches blowing a kids arm to win a game.
The Coach is going to really have to think 1 inning ahead now,not 4.

Guelph will win OBA's.Added 3 new players.
Full non parent Coaching staff,Head Coach has won the nationals twice with other ages.Other coaches played for the Nation Championn Jr.Silvercreeks and Senior Royals.COBA is not the only center in Baseball.
It will be a North York,Guelph Final.
Yes North York is a good team no doubt in my mind.Good staff and lots of talent.
Ask The Great one what he played in the summer.
Not Hockey it was that wimpy sport baseball.
What does A Rod make a year,just a little more than Syd and Ovechkin combined 28 million a year.

4:07, I am not on here for the sake of my kid. I'm on here for me. Baseball still sucks

Guelph unfortunately does not have the pool of talent to draw from, they make the most of they have, but they do not have enough to challenge the top 4-5 teams.

Rankings:
North York (got stronger)
Tigers (haven't heard anything)
Markham (lost best player)
Burlington (stayed the same?)
Georgetown (have 2-3 strong kids)
Guelph (good team, no depth)

Rest are not in the same league

Cambridge

Brampton

wouldnt you know, a loud mouth guelph 96 AAA baseball parent whos son also plays hockey. hmm, hard to figure out who this is!!

Sorry you are actually wrong.
It just so happens that I know a little about GMBA,ICBA,COBA,EOBA OBA and some other baseball things you know nothing about.
Guelph will challenge,they always do.
We only use Guelph kids,no imports,no crap like most of the other centers.
Thats why this little center always keeps coming back.
Second largest registration in Ontario,go figure,I guess were in it for the kids.
Do yo know who I am now?

Actually, Whitby has 1500 kids registered this year.
Whitby has grown their registration again and they are 2nd only to Mississauga.

Markham is done. Lost 2 good players .Best and second best. Coaching is very weak.Ego is the trouble there.I saw a 96 boy pitch in Markham. He plays up a year, unreal

i seen that kid too at a tournament.He is a better 2nd baseman i think than pitcher. Playing up is tough , being the best is tougher

How do you lose your 2 best players unless they moved?
I'm not from your area but in our zone unless you're released you play where you live, or you don't play at all.

Brantford lost their top 3 players. 2 to Hamilton and 1 still looking cause he won't play for the coach.

the one kid was American and the other was an import. From what i understand the American kids dad coached that team more than the coach did.

I'm not biting RB!!!!Nice try though!!!

Lots of good talent in the east, Whitby, Pickering, Ajax, Oshawa. They all have great talent, but not enough depth to compete with North York. They have sent a bunch of kids to NCAA.

Markham's second best player was the girl, is she gone too?

second best was the 3rd baseman from i think Newmarket.

RB, I think there is a hockey thread with your name on it. I'm still not biting on the Newmarket comment... Nice try again!!!

this is a hockey thread! Not a baseball thread!

Tournaments are filling up fast. Who's going where?

North York will falter again! They thought they were good but...you know how it is...sometimes the top teams don't win do they?

Lots of Ontario teams going to New York on the August long weekend http://necc.neweracap.com/teams.aspx

when did they falter before?

Enough already, go to the baseball site! Really interested in who is going to NY. Boring!

almost as exciting as...who's going to the Marlies

get off the thread.

You should get your facts straight.
Guelph has well over 1100 registered players.
I don't think NY,Markham,Hamilton,Burlington even come close.
Mississauga has the most,so get your info straight.

no hockey there is the summer

A little help for your friends in London please. Do your teams deal with the same strict residency rules that we do? No releases, No imports etc? Sad to say but it looks like soccer may be the route to go.

Guelph gives out releases they just don't take imports, and they have one of the best leagues around. Look at the other teams, good calibre ball players, much better than their hockey teams.