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Had a sitch this morning where I thought of the wording, "These kids have enough to deal with." 6th grade boys rec ball. Each team is a mixture of very talented with, uh, let's say, less experienced. Every kid must, by league rule, play at least one half. Before the game started, I told one player that he needed to take off his white T-shirt (being worn under a dark green jersey). Pretty soon, I noticed him sitting on the bench crying, and the coach talking earnestly to him. I sort of went "to the table" to eavesdrop. The coach was very kindly and warmly trying to talk the kid out of sitting out the game. I don't know what the kid's issues were, although part way through the game I saw him mother giving him the eyeball, and felt kinda sorry for the kid. I think he didn't like the way the jersey looked on him without the T-shirt. I went into the little room where the various rec league stuff is stored and shuffled through the lost and found until I uncovered a dark T-shirt I took it to the coach and he was able to convince the kid to wear it and play. When the kid first entered the game, I noticed his shirt was completely untucked, but I just didn't have the cold-blooded thing going today, and I let it go. I also told the coach, quietly at a dead ball, to not sweat the tucking thing. After seeing how upset the kid was, and that mother, I figured he had enough to deal with already.
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