Video: Little Leaguers humiliated in WS quarterfinal do what must be done
posted at 8:53 pm on August 23, 2007 by Allahpundit
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This is how cootie pandemics start, my friends. With one. reckless. act.
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Bench clearing time!
Ordinary1 on August 23, 2007 at 8:56 PM
slow news day?
:-P
:-)
One Angry Christian on August 23, 2007 at 8:58 PM
Twelve is not too old for an old fashioned visit to the wood shed.
TwinkietheKid on August 23, 2007 at 8:58 PM
Raised by moonbats no doubt.
MCPO Airdale on August 23, 2007 at 8:59 PM
let me show you how to swing a bat and to emphasize that i’m using a wooden paddle, and your ass is the ball
Defector01 on August 23, 2007 at 9:00 PM
Please, I hope nobody comes in here claiming the Arizona team are victims. This is typical 12 year old baseball behavior. It isn’t what we want them to do, but boys will be boys.
csdeven on August 23, 2007 at 9:00 PM
THEY’RE VICTIMS.
Allahpundit on August 23, 2007 at 9:01 PM
Maybe, but my old man would have tanned my hide for something like that, and my son would have gotten the same.
Kowboy on August 23, 2007 at 9:02 PM
Rehab.
Tru2my2 on August 23, 2007 at 9:03 PM
Only if they sniffed their hands after the handshake to see what it was.
Kowboy on August 23, 2007 at 9:03 PM
Hide tanning is of course the right answer. My bench clearing comment was a moment of weakness :-)
Good thing one of those AZ kids wasn’t the one who sketched the handgun!
Ordinary1 on August 23, 2007 at 9:05 PM
These guys are 12 years old by the way
bnelson44 on August 23, 2007 at 9:05 PM
And? Doesn’t in any way justify what they did, but does justify a “trip to the wood shed”.
Kowboy on August 23, 2007 at 9:07 PM
WOODSHED TIME, BABY.
Allahpundit on August 23, 2007 at 9:08 PM
Damn, AP! You made my diet Dr. Pepper come out my nose!
TwinkietheKid on August 23, 2007 at 9:08 PM
Good reason to wear your batting gloves during the after-game handshake.
infidel4life on August 23, 2007 at 9:11 PM
You found the beer again didn’t you? lol
Kowboy on August 23, 2007 at 9:11 PM
Sorry, but they are 12 year old boys.
Pam on August 23, 2007 at 9:14 PM
Could have been worse… they could have “stink palmed” them.
RightWinged on August 23, 2007 at 9:25 PM
Sorry, but they are 12 year old boys.
Pam, and a few others
So that excuses that type of bad sportsmanship, at a WORLD SERIES event? No wonder professional sports are in the shape they’re in.
JannyMae on August 23, 2007 at 9:26 PM
Thank God they didn’t slap any behinds or draw a gun but it’s early in the news cycle yet.
Dusty on August 23, 2007 at 9:28 PM
I do not know about now but when I played little league you did not do stuff like that.
EnochCain on August 23, 2007 at 9:31 PM
No…. NOOOOOOO!
lol
Dash on August 23, 2007 at 9:31 PM
I bet their behavior is not much different than some professional athletes. I can imagine a few who would do such stuff.
StuLongIsland on August 23, 2007 at 9:33 PM
I like turtles.
MT on August 23, 2007 at 9:34 PM
It is indeed a boy thing, but one would hope that their daddies will whip their a**es for those expressions of unsportsmanlike conduct–at least those who have daddies and, of that number, daddies of the *real* man sort.
It’s an ever shrinking demographic.
baldilocks on August 23, 2007 at 9:40 PM
Heck, I do that to my Pastor when the sermon hits too close to home…
GoodBoy on August 23, 2007 at 9:42 PM
Sounds like a good ol’ fashion beating is in order.
No one likes a spittle sport.
TheSitRep on August 23, 2007 at 9:48 PM
Heh, Williamsport area is chaos during Little League, every hotel around there gets packed.
Bad Candy on August 23, 2007 at 9:53 PM
Exactly what I thought. Someone’s definitely hitting the sauce pretty hard tonight.
RW Wacko on August 23, 2007 at 9:56 PM
I think (but could be mistaken) That one of the AZ boys did draw a gun.
F15Mech on August 23, 2007 at 10:02 PM
Next thing you know, they’ll be drowning pit bulls.
Labamigo on August 23, 2007 at 10:03 PM
Yup, agreed…. like minds ( ours not the beer swillers)
PTUI.
shooter on August 23, 2007 at 10:12 PM
boys will be boys. Let’s not form any focus groups over this ok?
John from OPFOR on August 23, 2007 at 10:20 PM
The fact that boys will be boys doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give them a can of whoopass for being boys. This is poor sportsmanship, and someone ought to let them know.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on August 23, 2007 at 10:26 PM
circle circle dot dot now I have the cootie shot.
Weight of Glory on August 23, 2007 at 10:28 PM
Politicians in training.
Guardian on August 23, 2007 at 10:28 PM
This is precisely the thing they should have done. If they didn’t, then there would have been something wrong with them.
Weight of Glory on August 23, 2007 at 10:30 PM
And in their own saliva at that!
Weight of Glory on August 23, 2007 at 10:31 PM
The fact that boys will be boys doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give them a can of whoopass for being boys
I’m sympathetic because I seem to remember doing the same thing during Little League. We found it hilarious.
But…
We were 10.
Anyway yah, it’s not acceptable behavior, but nothing to get your drawers in a wad over either.
John from OPFOR on August 23, 2007 at 10:31 PM
Something tells me KP better not EVER accept a hand of friendship from AP.
lol
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we all know that dads can’t condone it, but these are the experiences that make being a kid what it is. At least their first inclination was not to pop a cap in somebody’s a$$.
csdeven on August 23, 2007 at 10:49 PM
Thankfully these kids probably never saw Mall Rats. It could have been stinky palm.
jeffNWV on August 23, 2007 at 10:51 PM
Hey, come on, they are 12 year old boys.
You don’t want them to grow to be panty-waist, sissified liberals do you?
faraway on August 23, 2007 at 10:55 PM
It’s not that this is posted that’s Stupid. . .
It’s the fact that it made the News at all that’s stupid.
In the spirit of tabloid crap They soldier on to the next
nonsense story to catch a little more BS to report on.
Texyank on August 23, 2007 at 10:59 PM
Let me change what my t-shirt says “I neutered my cat and he is now a liberal”. Lets not neuter the boys and they become liberals. At least they didn’t get a reward for 8th place.
Several years ago I attended a local little league game, kids who didn’t even finish top 3 were getting trophies, geez.
StuLongIsland on August 23, 2007 at 11:04 PM
This is typical 12 year old boy behavior. However, if any team I was associated with at that age had even suspected the other team of spitting in their hands, there would have been a great big brawl in the middle of the field. That is also typical 12 year old boy behavior.
Buford on August 23, 2007 at 11:42 PM
Parents must be proud. I’ed shame them then forget about
it. They are kids.
spike on August 24, 2007 at 12:06 AM
csdeven on August 23, 2007 at 9:00 PM
John from OPFOR on August 23, 2007 at 10:20 PM
At somebody here isn’t so damn politically correctly raised that they cant see this for what it really is. For god’s sake, let’s let these 12 year olds be 12 year olds, is it really necessary to indoctrinate them into the politically correct panty waste socially acceptable behavior before its really necessary.
doriangrey on August 24, 2007 at 12:10 AM
It’s not their fault. They’re traumatized by our continued imperialistic presence in Iraq. Bush and his policies are responsible for their behavior. Impeach the chimp NOW! (before hockey season starts!)
Nethicus on August 24, 2007 at 12:16 AM
That’s what I was thinking. At least they weren’t crying. I still recall Adam Morrison in the NCAA tournament when Gonzaga lost.
PowWow on August 24, 2007 at 12:17 AM
I don’t have any children, but I have four nephews, the sons of my two sisters. The almost-men are ages 13 to 16. All are athletes; long-time (in kid years) players of football, basketball and hockey. I will have to ask them if they do anything like this and, if so–and the adults find out about it–what happens.
Two of them have an engaged father–and two of them don’t. It will be interesting to see what they say with respect to those facts. I think that there will be some differences.
baldilocks on August 24, 2007 at 12:56 AM
Not even close. I’ve been coaching youth baseball for over 25 years and this is the very first time I’ve ever seen a team do this. Pathetic!
Gregor on August 24, 2007 at 1:00 AM
I think their behavior is awful and I would consider myself a failure of a parent if I didn’ address that sore loser weenie behavior appropriately with my child. There is no excuse for poor sportsmanship. No adult shoud be minimizing what that was.
CCRWM on August 24, 2007 at 1:02 AM
Little turds. My Lubbock team shut them out Saturday, and are going to take the U S Championship this Saturday.
bikermailman on August 24, 2007 at 1:05 AM
I’d be pissed if my son did this. Very unsportsmanlike conduct. I’d rather teach my son to buck up and take his loss with some dignity.
StephC on August 24, 2007 at 1:19 AM
Yeah! Damn those liberal values like “good sportsmanship” or “taking defeat like a man” or “loosing with dignity.”
Nonfactor on August 24, 2007 at 1:38 AM
Why is anyone defending this behavior and equating finding offense with that behavior to being politically correct, or to making the losing teams players into a bunch of panty wastes?
They ARE panty wastes!
They lost the game and expressed bad sportsmanship and bad hygiene.
If they had proper values they would have swallowed their pride, lost graciously, congratulated the victors, and endured the pain of their loss, not turned around and punished the victors for their success.
If anyone is a panty waste in this scenario, it is the losing team and their foul behavior.
William
William2006 on August 24, 2007 at 1:51 AM
For once I agree with him….uncalled for.
EnochCain on August 24, 2007 at 2:07 AM
Sad and disappointing but hopefully a lesson learned for these kids. To make any larger issue out of this would be ridiculous. A mistake was made, learn from and move on.
For anyone whining about bad sportsmanship obviously hasn’t been to a NFL game in their arch rivals city. This episode with the 12yr olds is nothing compared to the BS that occurs at a football game. Of course being the true prick I am, I have no problem breaking out the heavy arty by insulting the person, their significant other, family, kids, race, gender, sexual orientation or age. I’m totally equal opportunity and I never draw first blood. I mirror the people. Be nice & I’m nice. Be a prick and well you know the rest.
VikingGoneWild on August 24, 2007 at 2:11 AM
Hmmmm…wonder where that bad sportsmanship starts.
EnochCain on August 24, 2007 at 2:38 AM
The moral of the story?
Never shake hands with losers. Ayn Rand taught me that.
Dork B. on August 24, 2007 at 6:33 AM
This isn’t about PC. It’s about SPORTSMANSHIP. A coach that can get a team anywhere near the LLWS, who hasn’t wrung this sort of behavior out of their boys, hasn’t done his job. If you haven’t begun learning how to lose graciously by the time you’re 12, you’re on the wrong track. This is especially true for teams that are already great at winning, which all of these teams are.
My kids would be running and pushing earth for weeks for pulling a piss-poor stunt like that, whether anyone else saw it or not.
Those kids weren’t losers, not in the vein you infer from Rand’s writings. They made themselves losers by acting with no class, but they played an awful lot of winning baseball to get near Williamsport.
Freelancer on August 24, 2007 at 7:27 AM
Not like they stink-palmed ‘em.
Neo on August 24, 2007 at 8:20 AM
Part of sports should be learning sportsmanship. Boys being boys does not get it and is a lame excuse for bad behavior. Sounds like they need a real father who will instill values.
Wade on August 24, 2007 at 8:45 AM
Good game! Nice game! Eeeeewwwwww!
If my brothers or I had done that when we were young, Dad would have inflicted either the belt or the wooden spoon
Bigfoot on August 24, 2007 at 8:50 AM
Yeah! Damn those liberal values like “good sportsmanship” or “taking defeat like a man” or “loosing with dignity.”
Nonfactor on August 24, 2007 at 1:38 AM
ROFL since when are those standard liberal values? Haha. Hahaha.
frreal on August 24, 2007 at 8:59 AM
Indeed!
Lawrence on August 24, 2007 at 9:19 AM
These are the life experiences that kids go through that make them better people. I see that many here are making the AZ team “victims” in this. I’d bet if you ask those kids if they were victims they’d deny it and in fact would say that the proof is in the win. They victimized the losing team.
csdeven on August 24, 2007 at 9:26 AM
Bwahahahahaha!!!! I call BS!!!
Yeah, I have no doubt you’ve never seen it happen. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t, and it tells me that you just aren’t paying attention.
csdeven on August 24, 2007 at 9:29 AM
“boys will be boys”
heh. When I was that age, my dad drew a distinctive line at the point where I knew what was immature even for 12. Boys club Sports at that age is for fun, but it is also an early lesson in being a self disciplined little man. My dad would have taken this seriously, and so would I.
flipflopper on August 24, 2007 at 9:38 AM
Good gravy!!! What is wrong with you people?!
These kids are 12 years old and they were just eliminated from the pinnacle of Little League Baseball. A very high stress event. Well, high stress events illicit very strong emotions. I hope to goodness you nazi’s realize that CHILDREN are not born with adult values. They learn those values by making mistakes! The real test of the character of these 12 YEAR OLDS is how they respond to the consequences of being caught showing un-sportsmanlike conduct.
And if you don’t understand that and you deal with kids, you need to go to a youth training seminar that will explain to you the value of controlled failure when dealing with CHILDREN.
Most adults who act like this are exorcising their own demons on CHILDREN. If that applies to you, you need to get away from teaching children, or go get some training.
csdeven on August 24, 2007 at 9:43 AM
Allow me to try a slightly different angle from the “12-year-old boys will be boys” angle being used as a rationale for this behavior.
Given that 12-year-olds will act immaturely could be a true statement, I want to know the rest of the story. What was the reaction by the adults to this behavior? Did the lil’ darlins’ coaches and parents laud this behavior or did they use it as a “teaching moment” (p.c. for whooping one’s backside)? In other words, boys will be boys but were the adults acting like adults in the aftermath?
Personally, I don’t care about the circumstances. Yes this was a big game with talented players but, if one is to blame it all on the pressure of the moment, who is to blame for escalating the pressure to this level? No matter the factors leading up to this, all the hype about little league being character-building is exposed as a sham if unsportsmanlike conduct is dismissed as quickly as many seem willing to do. What is being taught to this next generation? Small wonder so many end up as self-indulgent amoral relativists who never take personal responsiblity and have no sense of traditional values.
highhopes on August 24, 2007 at 10:18 AM
Sorry, but high stress event doesn’t make this OK. They were being sore losers, snickering while spitting in their hands.
I hope the coach, after finding out what his team did, made those kids run lap after lap after lap after lap. If the adults around these kids tolerated this behavior, all they are teaching the kids is that it is OK to be a sore loser, to not take a loss with dignity, and it’s OK not to show some respect to someone who beat you fair and square.
StephC on August 24, 2007 at 10:21 AM
Naturally, 100’s of great stories around this event but get one bad one and its front page news…..geez.
ajmontana on August 24, 2007 at 10:24 AM
Well, here in MN sports begins at an early age with no lose T-ball and everybody bats. All team members get trophies, even if they were 0-12. Does this surprise me? Not in the least. This state produces some of the most arrogant, entitled kids I’ve ever seen. Not all are, of course, but you see that smugness and poor sportsmanship all over this state. They ARE losers and should rightly be seen as such. Had it been my son on that team, his back would be against a wall right now with me lifting him two feet off the ground.
MNDavenotPC on August 24, 2007 at 11:06 AM
So according to this csdeven it would have been okay for the Arizona team to beat the lousy Minn players to a pulp with bats over this. Maybe this csdeven needs an ‘adult training seminar’.
countywolf on August 24, 2007 at 11:08 AM
LOL! You do huh? Based on what? Are you just guessing, or do you actually have experience coaching baseball? If not, then why are you speaking? If so, am I to assume that you’ve stood by while watching your players do such things?
As for paying attention, the coaching staff is usually at the back of the line while shaking the other team’s hands. At least, it in our youth leagues they are. So I can guarantee you that if our kids were to be spitting on their hands, we would see it. The only incident I’ve had in 25 years is one of our moronic bully kids attemting to elbow one of the opposing players as he walked through the line. I can tell you that we certainly didn’t treat that as being normal 12 year old behavior.
As for your second comment …
Strong emotions? Is that why they were so busy busting a gut laughing while spitting in their hands? They were obviously heartbroken.
Embarrassing. “Nazis?” Are you serious?
Really? I always thought parents, teachers, and coaches were supposed to TEACH kids values. I guess in your world, you just let them run wild and do as they please, and the more mistakes they make the more values they learn?
Who would have thought?
Gregor on August 24, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Both right, kids will be kids, and dads will be dads. And the dads (pun intended) have the upper hand.
right2bright on August 24, 2007 at 11:28 AM
Gregor you hit it on the head. Parents today believe the “chillun” must experience all things and God forbid you impede their “natural” curiosity. A NORMAL 12 year old ball player knows better than to pull this spitting stunt. I find the Nazi reference reprehensible; but I’m going to assume that it was expressed by csdeven in that heat of battle and not really believed.
MNDavenotPC on August 24, 2007 at 11:30 AM
It always amazes me how all of the coaches of little league are so doggone perfect. I have never met a little league coach that was not perfect, have his kids under perfect control…that is when they are telling you how experienced and what a great coach they are. However, living across the street from one of Orange County’s (Calif.) largest little league park, and watching little league coaches for decades. 80% of them are absolute idiots, ego-maniacs, living their vanquished dreams through their kids. Disgusting roll models, ill prepared as coaches (and parents). Watching for many years of literally hundreds of coaches, maybe 10 or 20 stand out as being exceptional coashes and roll models. Most are losers, trying to be winners in a kids game. Yeah, all of you posters that are coaches must be the exception, you always are.
right2bright on August 24, 2007 at 11:36 AM
Btw, the above condemnation does not appy to t-ball, those are where some really great coaches (men and women) reside. That is where I saw the reverse, maybe only 10-20 were losers, and hundreds were winners.
right2bright on August 24, 2007 at 11:38 AM
This is rich coming from the “Sore Loser of the Year,” Nonfactor. Very hypocritial for you of all people to mention any of these lines. But a good laugh for me!!!
Miss_Anthrope on August 24, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Moron.
See, I told you it happens and you were lying. I guarantee you in the years I have coached baseball, softball, football, and been very involved in scouting, that stuff goes on behind coaches and parents backs. And people like you who think all kids are little angels because YOU are the coach are basically exhibiting narcissistic behavior.
So heart-broken is not a strong emotion? Do me a favor, STAY away from children in a teacher role!
And all you knee-jerking crybabies missed the entire point. NO ONE every said it was the preferred behavior. The point was that it happens and rather than being self righteous and fixing the blame, do something constructive and fix the problem.
You are all over reacting because of your own issues and making the kids suffer for your short comings. You should be doing that which will make them better players and people.
csdeven on August 24, 2007 at 11:40 AM
The joking around etc is a defensive response to the loss. Stay away from kids will ya?!
csdeven on August 24, 2007 at 11:43 AM
I personally advise you to take your own advice about overreacting…you seem to be taking it personally too.
Just a thought. :)
Miss_Anthrope on August 24, 2007 at 11:56 AM
Wow! I’ve seen some excuse-making in my time, but this takes the cake!
“Boys will be boys.” Yeah, and the job of parents is to teach boys how to lose gracefully, and not act like jerks. I watched the clip. These boys had a serious attitude problem. The AZ team, “victimized,” them? Gimme a break!
I, too, would like to know what the reaction of the coaches was to this little behavior. If they condoned it, they set a bad example. Having been on the receiving end of a stunt that a baseball coach in my 12-yr. old’s league pulled, that was very poor sportsmanship, I’m not inclined to say this behavior was acceptable because, “boys will be boys.”
Excusing bad behavior leads to more bad behavior. Just look at the NBA.
JannyMae on August 24, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Yeah, I’d like the rest of the story…seems like they always cut out the necessary response to/handling of the situation.
Miss_Anthrope on August 24, 2007 at 11:58 AM
LOL! Actually, I agree with you 100%. I do have to point out though, that most little league coaches are simply parents who are filling in because of a lack of coaches in the league. They are volunteers who are sometimes pressured into taking the position. So yes, you’re correct. I would agree that most little league coaches SEEM to be absolute morons. If you have kids playing little league, you’ve no doubt experienced the phone calls from Board Members begging for coaches. Have you every volunteered to coach? I’ve been involved in youth leagues which had to actually threaten parents that their kid’s team would have to be dropped if someone didn’t volunteer to coach it. If you stood up and volunteered in this position, even with no knowledge of baseball, would that make you a moron, or just someone attempting to help out?
At the same time, I would also point out that almost ALL parents who call their kid’s coaches morons are in fact morons themselves with absolutely zero baseball experience. Most parents who whine and complain about the coaches wouldn’t be able to tell you which direction to stand at the plate. And most parents who call the coaches morons have previously refused to fill the position themselves. So I think it’s pretty much a wash.
Gregor on August 24, 2007 at 12:02 PM
I don’t take it personally. I am disgusted by it.
csdeven on August 24, 2007 at 12:04 PM
Okay, just checking. Just sounded that way to me. Thanks for clarifying.
Miss_Anthrope on August 24, 2007 at 12:08 PM
Are you incapable of comprehending what is written? I haven’t seen anyone justify it as the preferred behavior. The focus is on coaches who would rather work out their own demaons on the kids instead of accepting that boys will be boys and dealing with the issue in a way that benefits the kids and not the narcissistic adult.
csdeven on August 24, 2007 at 12:08 PM
Who’s lying csdeven? I said I had never seen “THIS” happen, which was in response to kids spitting on their hands before shaking the hands of the opponent. Did I say it’s never happened? And nowhere in any of my comments have I ever said that I’ve never seen poor sportsmanship.
And which comment of mine was responding to you saying it happens? Is your argument that week that you have to resort to dishonesty?
Gregor on August 24, 2007 at 12:08 PM
I never suggested kids are little angels. I suggested that the disgusting action these kids participated in was unacceptable. I hope you can comprehend the difference. And the fact that I’m not going to allow my players to participate in such activity does not mean my players are angels. It simply means that I’m not teaching my kids that they can do any perverted and warped thing they want, which is apparently what you teach your kids … if you’re (God forbid) actually involved in the activities you say you are.
Why are you lying like a crazy person? Are you able to read, or are you doing this on purpose?
I was using sarcasm when I suggested that their “busting a gut laughing” indicated they were heartbroken. Do you have the ability to comprehend what you read? You said they reacted the way they were because they were heartbroken, and I pointed out the fact that they looked more like they were having a birthday party with all of the laughing going on. Didn’t look to heartbroken to me.
Gregor on August 24, 2007 at 12:21 PM
I was going to comment on that, Gregor, for that’s how I read your comment. But I didn’t want to assume, rather would let you confirm whether that was the proper reading.
I understand the ‘boys will be boys’ issue, but I have a real problem with it in team sports. Adults should be very careful and consistent in addressing these issue.
I think pandering to this behavior can lead to our sports ‘professionals’ believing they are immune to correction…the NBA is not alone in this either. I see it in MLB, NFL, NHL, etc. Where does it NOT occur, it seems?
I may be a woman, but I am a sports NUT. I have watched the NFL most, and have since 1974. I have seen the change over the past 30+ years, and I think it stems (in part) from adults not addressing this issue in adolescent team sports.
There is a time and place for the boys to be boys (I am ALL for that, and sometimes participate…when it’s the right time & place) and a time and place where they must learn to be good winners and good losers.
On the field is where they should learn the latter.
Miss_Anthrope on August 24, 2007 at 12:22 PM
You might be right if these had been t-ballers, but they weren’t. They were 13, 14, and a few 15 year olds. T-ballers laugh and joke after a loss because they don’t relize it’s a competition. When is the last time you’ve watched a high school baseball game? Have you ever seen the losing team jumping up and down laughing and cracking jokes immediately following a loss? You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Gregor on August 24, 2007 at 12:25 PM
Little creeps, reminds me of the time my LL team lost back in the day. A kid from the other team mocked us by continually quoting the score when we were “displaying sportsmanship” at the end of the game. Our shortstop got mad and punched the kid in the stomach. Both were band from ever playing in the league ever again.
srhoades on August 24, 2007 at 1:47 PM
I find this also unacceptable behavior. This is a problem in sports anymore. People haven’t taught their kids to win or lose graciously. Yea, it sucks to lose, but it happens, learn to deal with it. But if you win, don’t be arrogant about it, either, because at some point, you will lose and wouldn’t like someone else doing that to you. Buck up.
StephC on August 24, 2007 at 1:57 PM
A couple of players on my son’s basketball team were caught doing the same thing. The team was suspended from play for 1 week and the players were suspended for 3 weeks. (Suspended = not allowed to practice as a team or play in any games). Violation of a suspension results in the team and/or player being kicked out of the league.
What these players did was very disgusting and very unsafe. After playing a baseball game, it’s not uncommon for players to have cuts on their hands. The act is not as innocuous as some people would have us believe.
Diseases contagious from saliva: Common Cold, Flu, Upper Respiratory Infection, Meningitis, Bacterial meningitis, Mononucleosis, Epstein-Barr virus, Cold sores, Cytomegalovirus, Molluscum contagiosum, Hepatitis B, Chronic Hepatitis B, Polio.
Zaire67 on August 24, 2007 at 2:17 PM
Now that warrants an ewww.
Miss_Anthrope on August 24, 2007 at 2:49 PM
Maybe the parents who complain don’t coach because they know enough not to put themeselves in a role they cannot fulfill.
So what is better? Putting a parent into situation where they can do more harm, or limiting the number of players in a league, dependent on the quality of coaches?
I am not talking about the parent in the stand yelling to let his kid pitch or even play. I am talking about the ability of coaches to motivate, teach, and develop skills that do not “blow” out an arem when they are 16. I shudder at the number of kids who had worthless arms at the end of high school, because of the poor training in a young developing arm of a “prodigy”, or the coaches son whose are is blown out as a sophomore. Same goes for football, check the medical stats.
I am talking about the coaches who think they are the real coaches, you know them as the “professional” coach who has been around for years. They will do anything to win, and they teach the kids to do the same.
Natually the “fill in” coaches of parents do a better job than thos “great” little league coaches. The “fill-in” won’t win the league championship, but they have their pizza nights, everyone plays, they make sure their studies are up, they create the real athletes.
right2bright on August 24, 2007 at 2:56 PM
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