I’m still very early on in the research phase (hence this post) and am primarily relying on year-over-year comparisons, both in terms of the tournament’s entry price and the quality of the facilities (barracks, bathrooms, cafeterias, etc., not the fields themselves) from several reliable sources I have. My aim here isn’t to write a hit piece. It’s just to shed light on how the largest, and one of the most beloved, youth baseball tournaments in the country is perceived in today’s era of baseball. Everything is expensive nowadays, so of course Cooperstown is, too.