Ok in case you haven't heard this story, in a 9 and ten year old league in Utah at the end of a championship game the coach decided to intentionally walk the best hitter in order to face the worse hitter who just happened to be a cancer survivor. Here's the whole story.
I love winning, I really do, I love love winning, I like winning winning games of Connect 4, I like being right when someone asks me a baseball stat, I like getting Jeopardy questions right when the people on the show don't. Believe me, I'm as competetive as anyone I know and I have been so my whole life, but there's an extent where you can go where you show that you have no heart whatsoever. And this is blatantly one of this instances. Who intentionally walks a 9 year old?
As a Little Leaguer I experienced some of the biggest beatdowns of all time. I never made the playoffs throughout all of my years 8-12. And out of those 5 years I had only one good season, a season where we went 15-3 but didn't make the playoffs because only 2 teams did (man was I bitter that year especially when they expanded the format to 4 teams the next year). The rest of the years were miserable including a 1-17 team when I was 12 which might have been the worst team in my Little Leagues history. But I'm not scarred by not winning in my regular little league games. Hell I even laugh at the fact that I walked up to Olo who was at 2nd one game and told him that Ribas was going to hit a grand slam, and next pitch the ball was flying over the left field wall. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that its friggin Little League, and not even Little League all stars, what are you teaching these kids that you should win at all costs. Come on. Go out and get the good hitter out and then come back with the trophy when it means something. In 10 years you think that nine year old is going to look back on striking out a cancer survivor and winning a championship as a proud moment. This was a no brainer, now if it was say High School Ball or more serious, than I would blame the situation on the Cancer patients coach for having him in the game, but its 9 and 10 year olds, have a heart asshole.
I love winning, I really do, I love love winning, I like winning winning games of Connect 4, I like being right when someone asks me a baseball stat, I like getting Jeopardy questions right when the people on the show don't. Believe me, I'm as competetive as anyone I know and I have been so my whole life, but there's an extent where you can go where you show that you have no heart whatsoever. And this is blatantly one of this instances. Who intentionally walks a 9 year old?
As a Little Leaguer I experienced some of the biggest beatdowns of all time. I never made the playoffs throughout all of my years 8-12. And out of those 5 years I had only one good season, a season where we went 15-3 but didn't make the playoffs because only 2 teams did (man was I bitter that year especially when they expanded the format to 4 teams the next year). The rest of the years were miserable including a 1-17 team when I was 12 which might have been the worst team in my Little Leagues history. But I'm not scarred by not winning in my regular little league games. Hell I even laugh at the fact that I walked up to Olo who was at 2nd one game and told him that Ribas was going to hit a grand slam, and next pitch the ball was flying over the left field wall. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that its friggin Little League, and not even Little League all stars, what are you teaching these kids that you should win at all costs. Come on. Go out and get the good hitter out and then come back with the trophy when it means something. In 10 years you think that nine year old is going to look back on striking out a cancer survivor and winning a championship as a proud moment. This was a no brainer, now if it was say High School Ball or more serious, than I would blame the situation on the Cancer patients coach for having him in the game, but its 9 and 10 year olds, have a heart asshole.
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