Child first - UGA vs LSU Baseball second

Dang, I was looking forward to meeting up for a bit. Certainly understandable though in your situation.

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I am going to be doing a big shrimp boil during one of the UGA football games this year.
I intend to invite all of you who can make it.

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I'll definitely come by for that

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For those of you with kids in travel sports understand the long days of kid sports tournaments.

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that's the reason my future kids aren't going anywhere near travel ball ha

"All you are going to miss is LSU blanking Georgia for three straight game"

I wouldnt be so sure. LSU got swept by Texas and just had to hit a walk off homerun vs Nichols State to win 6-5....

"-- i'm thinking my weekends are now done for the next 8-10 years. "

Yes that is accurate. I used to play Golf on Saturday mornings. My clubs have dust on them.

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But Kid first.

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NO ONE will blame you for this.


But....

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travel softball team

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No I am not rich

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I am going to pray for BigDaddyDawg. He has two starting out. He may want to get a 2nd mortgage........

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my first question to the coach was why do 8 year olds need 1200$ in uniforms and bags....

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Shoot S1C EM if I was, Kids travels sports makes you poor anyway.

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Uh, yeah. I'd need a scholarship for the poor. My kids will never touch that hot mess.

No I am not one of those parents under the delusion she will be a D1 player. She has a chance to be a very good High School player. Maybe a small school? Possibly but we have no delusions or desires that is the end result. She believes it saying "I want to play for UGA or LSU on day" but I know the odds are stacked against her big time.

No she loves it, she watches LSU Softball and UGA Softball replays on Youtube. . She is pretty good at it and to be honest its something we do as a family. There are only three of us. We are all foreigners to Georgia so we have no Kin in the area. Its kind of what we do a as a family.
We have other things of course, I try to play golf my wife has her things.

I said it before, before I had a daughter I would mock womens sports, etc.
My perspective completely changed

She may say one day "Ok thats it that was fun, lets try something else" and we will respect that.
I doubt it but its possible.

But no the end goal here isnt a scholarship. The odds are immense.. Its just something we chose to invest in as a family, she is into it. We are into it.

Oh and before someone wonders or chimes in with a comment. No she is not what you are thinking ;-) and if she was there is nothing wrong with that.
To be frank is quite common in the softball world.

But how can I say no to this

LSUHobNailBoot, travel ball is definitely an expensive hobby/lifestyle. My niece plays 14U travel ball and is also based out of Georgia. She pitches and plays 1st for her team. I remember when my niece started playing 8 or 10U. I never really thought she would have the chance to play in college, but I was shocked at how much better she has gotten over the years! When you start seeing college coaches watch it is a really proud moment. With the right coaching and organization backing her, you would be surprised what these coaches can do. I don’t think a lot of people really understand the weight of travel ball compared to rec or school ball. Colleges may look at school ball, but coaches come out in full force to watch these travel ball tournaments/showcases. My niece started out on a no name team and kept working her way up. If your daughter works hard and has the ability, all you can do is push her! Softball is such a fun sport to watch. It’s a much faster game and some of the girls are amazing athletes!