Dave Riske

It is. I love high school baseball. It is, but the college coaches cannot go and see them play in high school.

Right. So that's the tough part. So summer, summer ball is you get looked at and you get recruited way harder in the summer.

Right. So that's the tough part. So summer, summer ball is you get looked at and you get recruited way harder in the summer.

Right. So that's the tough part. So summer, summer ball is you get looked at and you get recruited way harder in the summer.

There's, there's so many different teams, especially in town here. Oh my gosh. There's so many different teams. And then like my kids would travel outside of state and they'd go play in Arizona for a team. They'd go play in Ohio for a team, Utah for a team, and they would just travel that way.

There's, there's so many different teams, especially in town here. Oh my gosh. There's so many different teams. And then like my kids would travel outside of state and they'd go play in Arizona for a team. They'd go play in Ohio for a team, Utah for a team, and they would just travel that way.

There's, there's so many different teams, especially in town here. Oh my gosh. There's so many different teams. And then like my kids would travel outside of state and they'd go play in Arizona for a team. They'd go play in Ohio for a team, Utah for a team, and they would just travel that way.

um well it's almost like these summer ball teams coaches they like call they kind of recruit okay so they'll they'll know if somebody there see video somebody or seen them play before and they'll call they'll call me i'm like hey can your son play play for us this summer and they kind of reach out let's say you live in a weird sort of place like uh

um well it's almost like these summer ball teams coaches they like call they kind of recruit okay so they'll they'll know if somebody there see video somebody or seen them play before and they'll call they'll call me i'm like hey can your son play play for us this summer and they kind of reach out let's say you live in a weird sort of place like uh

um well it's almost like these summer ball teams coaches they like call they kind of recruit okay so they'll they'll know if somebody there see video somebody or seen them play before and they'll call they'll call me i'm like hey can your son play play for us this summer and they kind of reach out let's say you live in a weird sort of place like uh

saskatchew tune canada whatever right do you just send stuff out to these guys yeah now nowadays there's so much video out there so now you just send your video or you or you just make calls if you want to come in the state like you come in the states and play or whatever but they my kids played a lot of canadian teams that would come over and play did that yeah yep okay so let's talk about now you got a point so you're playing summer ball which is where you really get noticed that's where stuff starts to happen

saskatchew tune canada whatever right do you just send stuff out to these guys yeah now nowadays there's so much video out there so now you just send your video or you or you just make calls if you want to come in the state like you come in the states and play or whatever but they my kids played a lot of canadian teams that would come over and play did that yeah yep okay so let's talk about now you got a point so you're playing summer ball which is where you really get noticed that's where stuff starts to happen

saskatchew tune canada whatever right do you just send stuff out to these guys yeah now nowadays there's so much video out there so now you just send your video or you or you just make calls if you want to come in the state like you come in the states and play or whatever but they my kids played a lot of canadian teams that would come over and play did that yeah yep okay so let's talk about now you got a point so you're playing summer ball which is where you really get noticed that's where stuff starts to happen

Yes, but I think high school baseball is great. And you can still get noticed. A lot of pro scouts go to high school baseball if there's a kid that they're looking at.

Yes, but I think high school baseball is great. And you can still get noticed. A lot of pro scouts go to high school baseball if there's a kid that they're looking at.

Yes, but I think high school baseball is great. And you can still get noticed. A lot of pro scouts go to high school baseball if there's a kid that they're looking at.

For sure, yes.

For sure, yes.

For sure, yes.

And I would hope that parents would – their first option should be like let the kid enjoy the sport. Yeah. You know what I mean? Don't force it on them because that's – it actually happened to me. My oldest son was – And I can say this now because he's in college and he's a pitcher, but shortstop-wise and defensively was unbelievable.