How To Play AAA Baseball

Playing AAA baseball can be somewhat exhilarating and frustrating at the same time.  Here you are theoretically playing the game that you love and have always wanted to make a living at, but the living conditions in the minor leagues aren't always great.  You certainly aren't making much money as a minor league baseball player, unless you were given a large signing bonus when you signed an original contract after being drafted.  The umpires who work the Triple A games certainly aren't making much money either, so they, too, can be quite irritable.  Because of their sometimes irritable nature the umpires may also throw you out of a game fairly quickly if you decide to discuss a particular call with them that you happened to disagree with.

The travel schedule while playing Triple A baseball can be quite grueling as well.  It is difficult to be able to start a family and have any kind of consistent social life, given the sometimes endless road trips that you have to go on in the minor leagues.  The buses that you often have to travel on while playing in the minor leagues aren't usually the most comfortable accommodations around either.  Sometimes the luxuries of playing within the minor leagues can be enhanced if you play for an extremely wealthy owner like Frank Boulton of the Long Island Ducks, who seems to really have a great level of concern for the well-being of the players who work for him.

You don't want to end up being classified as a "Triple A lifer." This is a player who dominants the Triple A level of baseball on a routine basis, but simply has proven that they cannot cut the mustard every time they get called up to the major leagues. People have used the tag of a "Triple A lifer" typically as a discouraging remark.  The tag can and has been applied to former Cubs first round draft pick Luis Montanez.  Montanez was a very highly touted prospect when he came out of the University of Miami. He never did make it to the major leagues for the Cubs; some draft picks simply do not work out well.

Nagging injuries can also be the cause for players struggling within the Triple A ranks.  A good example of this type of situation would be Brian Dopirak. Dopirak originally started in the Cubs organization, but partially due to nagging injuries he was released. He has since been signed by the Toronto Blue Jays; some players simply need a change of scenery.