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Originally posted by rightwingnut
I live in CT. and they are pretty baby-ish. The high school football has already instituted the over 50 rule. If your team wins by more than fifty your coach is suspended for a game. I mean really!!? What the heck is wrong with adults these days. From cheerleader moms, committing murder to, just beating up the coaches cause their kids don't play, c'mon. That's sad. That's new haven, what do they want this kid to do pitch crack?
Originally posted by Andrew E. Wiggin
the stupidest thing in the whole article:?
"He is a very skilled player, a very hard thrower," Noble said. "There are a lot of beginners. This is not a high-powered league. This is a developmental league whose main purpose is to promote the sport."
Wrong. Little League isnt for "new players"
I remember playing farm league, little league, etc
So since when do "new players" get a world championship little league baseball...with it being broadcast on ESPN?...
Originally posted by sir_chancealot
Originally posted by Andrew E. Wiggin
the stupidest thing in the whole article:?
"He is a very skilled player, a very hard thrower," Noble said. "There are a lot of beginners. This is not a high-powered league. This is a developmental league whose main purpose is to promote the sport."
Wrong. Little League isnt for "new players"
I remember playing farm league, little league, etc
So since when do "new players" get a world championship little league baseball...with it being broadcast on ESPN?...
Those aren't 9 year olds. Those are 11, 12, and 13 year olds. BIG physical difference between the ages of 9 and 11.
How many of you people thumping on your chests, and stroking your e-peen would be willing to go up against Tiger Woods in golf? Not in the "It will be cool to see him play" way, but in the "Oh Crap! I have to beat Tiger Woods!" way? How many of you would like to be in a basketball tournament, and see Michael Jordan (in his prime) playing for the other team? Or, how many of you if you own your own businesses, would like to compete with Wal-Mart on low prices?
Better yet, those of you who think the kids are just "sissies" for not wanting to play against him: Go down to your local batting cage, and "Batter up!" in the fastest-pitch machine they have. Come back and let us know how MACHO you were when that ball was whizzing by your head at 100 mph.
Oh, suddenly your e-peens seemed to have shrunk a little!
This isn't about the kid being good, or even very good. I think everyone most certainly recognizes that. This is about him being SO good, that it is not even competitive for the other players.
This isn't high school where, yeah, you are going to have some superstar players, and the kids will just have to deal with it. No, these are little kids.
I bet the people on here railing about how the kids are being "coddled" are the same ones that get thrown out of their own kids' ball games because of their attitudes and mouths.
Originally posted by C.C.Benjamin
I love how the PC Squad are on a mission from God to remove everything character building from Western society.
As a kid, if they'd done something as ridiculous as not keep score, I'd have kept score in my head. And at the end, I would have let everyone know how well they did, or how much they sucked.