Who is this pujols005 you speak of?
Is he a member here?
Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
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Rasmus28
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st.lewis11
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
So did I.thrill wrote:I played Legion when I was in high school.
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jim
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
It's changed over the years and is different from place to place. When I was playing in my area it was the only "travel" or "showcase" team there really was. Now of course there are so many of these, plus where I live there are high school summer teams which are required by most coaches by all but the very elite. Legion ball up here is really an 18 year old team - guys that graduated HS that don't have that commitment to play on their HS summer team.
It's kind of a Norman Rockwell type thing - it's the original summer league team. But like all things like that change has come.
It's kind of a Norman Rockwell type thing - it's the original summer league team. But like all things like that change has come.
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JoeMcKim
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
Isn't American League basically what High School baseball players play in the summer when school is out? If so I would rather just go to their high school games.
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jim
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
Not around Chicago. Around here there is an IHSA summer league that plays Mon-Thurs. It's basically a developmental league for HS.
BTW - 1979 District tourney for American Legion I played in (we won the tourney) when I was 16 had 5 teams in it, 4 of them had future MLB'ers:
Dick Schofield (Springfield)
Kevin Seitzer (Lincoln)
Pat Perry (Taylorville)
Jeff Innis (Decatur)
Pretty damn impressive group of 5 amateur teams.
BTW - 1979 District tourney for American Legion I played in (we won the tourney) when I was 16 had 5 teams in it, 4 of them had future MLB'ers:
Dick Schofield (Springfield)
Kevin Seitzer (Lincoln)
Pat Perry (Taylorville)
Jeff Innis (Decatur)
Pretty damn impressive group of 5 amateur teams.
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Lesson
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
Look at me, I made fun of Lesson. I am so cool by doing that.InvincibleCakeEater wrote:Has Lesson met his soul mate yet?
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
Lesson, are you into mixed doubles?
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lukethedrifter
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
Isn't American Legion baseball baseball?
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InvincibleCakeEater
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
No you didn't, I did.Lesson wrote:Look at me, I made fun of Lesson. I am so cool by doing that.InvincibleCakeEater wrote:Has Lesson met his soul mate yet?
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JoeMcKim
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Re: Any of you guys watch American Legion baseball?
Don't get me wrong if I knew a game was going on close by to me and I had nothing better to do that night I would probably go to the game and have a good time. Just not something I would get all into like knowing all the players on the teams and what not. It's kind of like going to a Gateway Grizzlies game.