Reply With Quoteif thats all that was done i don't see a problem with it, its all part of the game.
batter up!
Background on the video:
Little league championship game. People are upset of the opposing coach choosing to intentially walk the other teams best hitter to get to a weaker hitter. Uh, that's part of baseball. This has even bean talked about on Dan Patricks ESPN radio show according to the video.
Little League controversy (http://www.cnn.com/video/player/play...ntroversy.affl)
So, was it really wrong for the opposing coach to do what he did?
if thats all that was done i don't see a problem with it, its all part of the game.
batter up!
Yeah, I think dad said it all when he asked, "What are we teaching our kids?". Looks as though he's teaching the kid that the world is gonna change to accomodate him because he caught an extremely bad break in life. He's in for a shock if he believes that load of crap.
I hate this PC bullsh!t. If you don't want your handicapped kid subjected to the "horrible humiliation" of striking out with the game on the line...don't put him in Little League!!!
These people talk out of both sides of their mouth. We want our kid to be treated eaually like all other kids...but when a little character building adversity shows up it's "don't pick on my kid, he's "special".
Another thing...if the kid had got the game winning hit, we'd be hearing about it from coast to coast like that autistic kid who drained 21 points in a high school basketball game.
What we're teaching our kids is one tactic in baseball is the intentional walk. If you can't deal with that then don't play. Oh, and the worst hitter only gets three strikes, just like the best hitter. Maybe he's got a problem with that rule too.
Every team has a "worst player" weather they are recovering from cancer or not. At that level of little league play, any kid could be a hero or a zero at any given at bat.
Baseball is a numbers game, you have to walk the big hitter in that situation.
Ryph
The minute you put "Championship" into the game it changes everything. That means you play to win. I would have done the same. And I would expect the other coach to do the same. Soryy the bad life lesson for that boy and his team but the life lesson for the winning team is just as important in competative sports.
I can't even believe this story is worth national attention. Its just baseball and you're in it to win it! Geeezzzzzz.
Deano
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I was vp. along with being a coach. During our last game which was a play off game to see which team was going to the TOC's (tournament of champions). I decided to do the same thing. There was 1 out and a boy on 1st. and 2nd. base and there number 4 batter was up. We were only up 2 runs and it was in the top of the 4th. Not to mention there number 4 batter poked one out at his 1st. at bat. Any way I decided to walk him and the other coach was furious at this (Which was a husband and wife) ( she was the one with bull horn that would'nt stop yapping) back to the story,anyway after getting the ass chewing of a life time of how unfair it is to this I decided to pitch to him with our best pitcher throwing not only did we strike him out but on the third strike they tried to advance the runner to third, he thrown out by our catcher and third baseman which is (my son) I was so proud of all the kids and their parents for the way the game went. Needless to say the other coaches were still poor loooooosers. I really felt bad for there kids though they had the tallent but not the coaching.
yea, the game is suppossed to be about the kids; their fun, developing character, sportsmanship etc... if the coach can't take a loss he shouldn't be on the field. Sounds as if old coach can't win with kids his own size.
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