With the sudden conclusion of our Dana Point Pony All Star team a few weeks ago, we were left wondering what direction to take with Josh and baseball. After some discussion with Josh's hitting coach, we decided that the best thing for Josh was to begin to get ready for the next level of baseball.
Last year Josh tried out for the Capo Cats Baseball Club, a development team for Capo Valley High School, the high school Josh will be going to. At that time we decided it was better for Josh to get the competitive experience of playing travel baseball [which we ended up doing for the past year plus].
With yesterday being the try-outs for the 14U Capo Cats Baseball Team, we decided this was the best direction for Josh to take now, so he tried out for the team. Tonight we got the email inviting Josh to play for the team [which he really wanted to do]. The team will be coached by the varsity coach, Chris Price, which is a great opportunity considering that the Capo Valley High School program is considered by many to be one of the top programs in the county. Playing for Capo's high school team is something Josh has talked about pretty consistently for the past few years.
It's been so cool to see him pursue his dream, to see him work really hard and see that work pay off over the past year.
Another step. Another experience.
Mike
I came across your blog, so I thought I would say hi! Ok is Josh seriously that big already to even be thinking about high school? I can not even believe that! Ryan and I were just talking about your kids the other day... Ryan was saying "now that we have 2 kids of our own, the stories Mike used to tell about the kids aren't as crazy sounding." Ha, that is because we have a teenager living in side a almost 3 year old body and a bruiser of a one year old!!! Tell Jamie we say hi. All is well here... we live in Tennessee now! We too have entered into the blog world, so every one in CA can keep posted on the haps in the Hill Fam. web.mac.com/ryanpaulhill
Posted by: Renee Hill | July 22, 2008 at 09:03 PM
So excited for Josh! Congrats!
Posted by: Stephanie | July 22, 2008 at 09:20 PM
capo cats are a joke. They have 20 plus kids on their teams and many get limited playing time. How do you get better when you dont play. Just cuz you dont play for the cats does not mean you wont make their team. If you are good enough to play high school baseball they will see you at the tryout and take you.
Posted by: ted | September 08, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Ted, trust me I never said that you needed to play for the Cats to get on Capo's high school team. I completely agree with you that if you're good you'll make the team - but learning the system early doesn't hurt.
As for the squad, true that just over half of the team will see significant playing time, but the reality is that to learn how to grow as a player and earn playing time is valuable as that is the way it is from here on out. From what we've experienced so far, every kid gets a shot at learning, growing, and playing. The caliber of workouts and training is much better than a lot of other teams that are out there.
For us, at this time, this is good choice.
Posted by: Mike | September 08, 2008 at 10:49 PM
dont get me wrong they have great coaching its just alot of parents get involved for the wrong reasons and just think cuz they are on the cats you will make the team and vice versa. There are alot of cats players who would benefit from other teams where they would play more however. I looked at their 13 year old teams and there are 46 players for two teams, 26 on one of them...come on. My college team had 25 guys on it.
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