John Van Benschoten

Dad, Husband, Coach, problem solver, sober, former MLBer, Who Dey!

[John Van Benschoten @JohnnyVanBee]

Whatever team wins the league that’s who should be the all stars. Remove all the political BS. But we can’t cus our town has to beat the town next to us. I’d take a team over a group of selected all stars almost every time. Continuity counts too. Just my opinion after watching friendships be ruined by the LL selection process. Just cut it out completely if the adults can’t handle it.

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@LetItEat21 Right on

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Starts in travel ball where these elite teams coached by charlatan cheerleader goons that encourage their players to “dunk” on their opponents and show them up. Banana ball is a fun time for the kids and family. It’s pure entertainment and everyone that goes and sees it, knows it. As a former player, I enjoy watching the Bananas.

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Baseball would go through another golden age if all teams spending were within a tight window. Whatever you call that, do that. At some point you run out of pitch clocks, pizza boxes and challenges for temporary interest bumps.

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I didn’t settle in on a change up, slider, sinker, or curveball till I was in my 20s. Demanding velo and stuff before strikes is putting the cart before the horse if you have any long term aspirations of playing for a living. If you don’t throw strikes, at some point they’re gonna take the ball away from you regardless of how hard and how good your stuff is.

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If the MLB can’t function in a “small market” then maybe both the players and owners need to get together and realize what’s going on and hammer out a real CBA instead of all this posturing semantic garbage. Real lasting change is long overdue and both sides need to get to work. Clock is ticking.

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The owners shouldn’t be afraid of the NFL model. Over half of the top 10 most valuable sport franchises are NFL teams, only one MLB team. Throwing more money into a giant pot or more to the players or sharing media rights surely hasn’t hurt them, it’s helped. Everyone is just scared of change.

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@NickNelsonMN Exactly. Every league is star driven. Star development should be every leagues’ highest priority.

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The Dodgers don’t operate nearly the same as the Pirates. But in the NFL each team has the ability to operate in the same manor as each other. That’s what needs to change. Call it a cap, call it a floor… I just don’t care. Both sides care way too much about what they call things. Semantics.

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@realverminog @PeteATurner This is exactly what should never happen. Small markets in football doesn’t equal to small spenders. But it does in the MLB. Crime against the fans.

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@alz_zyd_ I think you’re on to something. 👍.

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@ScoutDadCoach It continues in 13u with the drop 5s.

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The Dodgers would still be profitable if they didn’t have every free agent. They want all the money and all the players. Not sustainable. Let’s get it together. There’s 30 players (teams). You can’t run it like a monopoly game, it’s needs to be ran via communism with strict rules and guidelines so we can guarantee fair play… that’s what sport is about, fair play.

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@brendancahill_ 100%. As long as you have a uniform, you’re still in the game.

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@KevinBurrellMLB Good stuff. 👍

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If nerd parents start holding their kids back in 8th grade to get better at math then maybe I’ll think reclassing is a decent long term strategy. But I don’t see it.

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@JoshPhillipsPhD Tough but fair.

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The players and the owners have enjoyed a good run. Time to get to work and make the sport better for the long term. This current situation isn’t sustainable and everyone knows it. Come together for the fans and the former players that are watching.

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@CoachSCDub Depends on the coach. 😎.