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Message: [QUOTE="creatorsgam, post: 1671121"] And these kids don't stop playing down here in NC. Seems to end in November and begin again in March, with weekends on the field in January/February if the weather is nice. Rec ball, all-stars, travel, summer league, etc. Last July I was visiting my parents in Utica and drove down to Cooperstown one morning to watch a team of players from the town I teach in, supporting kids I know from school and their parents I work with or know from the community. Small world, but the point is these kids were traveling 12 hours from a sleepy, rural North Carolina town to play baseball in Cooperstown for a weeklong tournament. It would be incredibly difficult for Syracuse to compete with these southern players. Just cannot play like that in NY. How these kids don't burn out or blow their shoulder/elbow, I have no idea. It's a crazy workload for these children. [/QUOTE]