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I hear that a lot too...the expense associated with baseball

Posted on: September 16, 2016 at 13:12:36 CT

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equipment. I suppose that depends on the parent but i can add up my Jr in high schools baseball equipment cost pretty easy.

1 glove since 8th grade, very nice glove and it cost $200 and he will have used it for at least 4 years. So $50 a year.

He gets a new bat maybe every 18 months. We buy last years "hot" model at the time from justbats.com...typically around $100 to $150 so $50 to $75 per year.

He's had the same batting helmet for at least 3 years, cleats maybe every other year, batting gloves, etc etc i'm looking at $150 per year

So for all that stuff we're talking maybe $300 per year. I'm sure basketball shoes, arm sleeves and all the crap for basketball probably runs you close to it.

The expense is the travel and it doesn't change from one sport to another...they're all expensive.

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Has baseball become a rich white kids sport like some - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:05:21

Travel basketball can be expensive, but it's not essential. - zodiac6 JC - 9/16 13:31:05

What percentage of NBA players didn't play AAU ball? - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:35:01

High-level AAU players don't spend their own money. - zodiac6 JC - 9/16 13:42:05

Correct, very little to do with the gear or expense part - Grasslands MU - 9/16 13:24:16

Milk carton gloves. (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:24:37

The issue is very simple. It is very hard to hit a baseball - HandBanana MU - 9/16 13:17:22

It's my understanding that select hoops teams are often - Fool on the Hill MU - 9/16 13:16:39

Kansas city is building a multi gazillion dollar inner city - Rabbit Test MU - 9/16 13:12:36

The Cardinals have built many baseball diamonds in the hood - Fred G. Sanford USA - 9/16 13:19:15

I suspect the facility the Royals are building in KC - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:24:13

Against inner city teams that have no cash - Rabbit Test MU - 9/16 14:43:27

basketball skills can be practiced at a court alone if - SabertoothTiger MU - 9/16 13:11:32

I used to throw baseballs for hours off of a concrete - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:19:34

Rubber ball off the LP gas tank. Small target. Miss and - sprintcar STL - 9/16 13:21:57

Yep. (nm) - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:22:21

I have a cousin who plays on some select team year round. - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:10:43

thousands. She puts that toward a some investment and - SabertoothTiger MU - 9/16 13:13:07

He is taken care of. His dad (my uncle) died of a massive - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:15:43

equipment for baseball as well as fees for field maintenance - MizzouAstro MU

- 9/16 13:09:33

You don't think they have to pay to rent a gym? Basketball - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:14:55

you can play basketball in walmart shoes. You can play - SabertoothTiger MU - 9/16 13:21:00

My first summer in Columbia I heard there was a summer - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:21:42

I went one time before there was league. They - SabertoothTiger MU - 9/16 13:26:18

way different than paying grounds maintenance - MizzouAstro MU

- 9/16 13:19:20

We got a field for $50 for two hours, it cost us $30 per - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:22:47

Why would you need 2 pair of basketball shoes in - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:17:53

Kids go through shoes really fast, ask anyone who has kids - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:20:09

I was playing basketball 10 years ago. I doubt the - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:20:49

baseball has so much more expensive gear and the tournaments - SEC_BIG_GAMEHUNTER MU - 9/16 13:08:51

The gear is only expensive if you overspend(nm) - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:27:29

most all travel teams do fundraisers though - SEC_BIG_GAMEHUNTER MU - 9/16 13:10:24

It is that way with all sports except football, which still - Fred G. Sanford USA - 9/16 13:08:19

Don't a lot of kids play 7 on 7 football all summer long - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:32:14

I've never heard of basketball and football - Eggs MU - 9/16 13:08:13

there is slime every where. Its in all sports now. They - SabertoothTiger MU - 9/16 13:18:06

RE: Has baseball become a rich white kids sport like some - FIJItiger MU

- 9/16 13:08:07

I wondered about soccer, is it the tournament fees that - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:30:54

It was cheap for me. I used the rich kid's bats - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:06:28

I hear that a lot too...the expense associated with baseball - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:12:36

I bought cleats and batting gloves yearly. I paid for all of - TheWildcat STL - 9/16 13:14:18

kids travel sports is insane nowadays (nm) - Sal KC - 9/16 13:06:26

I feel like travel baseball is singled out...unless a lot of - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:07:45

Youth baseball has been doing it the longest - Grasslands MU - 9/16 13:25:22

Shoe/apparel companies pretty much run everything - Eggs MU - 9/16 13:10:15

You're talking about basketball though...in reality that's - playhard NWMSU - 9/16 13:17:43