The North Suburban Conference scheduled league baseball games for Monday-Tuesday of each week this spring.
Nothing wrong with that except that it has rained every Monday and Tuesday for the last three weeks.
Seems like, each year, the prep baseball season is getting shorter and shorter and shorter. And, in an attempt to extend the season, the state tournament is now being played long after virtually every school has finished up for the year.
As a result, there is zero buzz at the schools for the prep baseball playoffs. And yes, the same holds true for softball.
One wonders if it is feasible to play prep baseball with the season starting in mid-August, when football practice starts, and playing the state tourney in october (the Fall Classic, so to speak).
Prep golf used to be a spring sport and it was shifted to the fall because the golfers are at their best then, having played all summer.
The same theory holds true for baseball.
Would making baseball a fall sport be a good idea?
Play ball!...in the fall????
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It's not a bad idea but there's the issue of multi sport athletes. It would be a hard choice for someone between baseball, football, golf and whatever other sports are available in the fall.
SOME SCHOOLS PLAY A FALL BALL SCHEDULE!
ALSO AS YOU KNOW SUMMER LEAGUE BASEBALL IS VERY BIG AS WELL!
THE BIG TIME PLAYER'S PLAY FOR LEGION TEAMS AND TRAVEL TEAMS TOO!
YOUR IDEA TO PLAY IN THE FALL WOULDN'T WORK, FRIDAY NIGHTS IS FOR
FOOTBALL IN THE FALL!