[Carl Childress]

Originally posted by cbfoulds

Nah, Tee: to paraphrase George Orwell: "Some rats are more equal than others ..."

Now, I can't agree with CC that ALL youth coaches are selfless patriots, only on the field "for the kids". I've run into my share of cheese-sniffing rodents in youth games, right on down to the 9-10 Minors level. But B'rer Ives seems to be the sort of higher primate I don't mind dealing with: he [and anyone from the same mold] is going to be in control of himself, is going to be easy to have a "discussion" with~ he'll say what he has to say and not try to lie or twist the facts or my words, and when the discussion is over, it is going to be over - I'm not gonna have to deal with BS about the same dispute 3 innings later. That ain't a rat, in my book.

--Carter

Hold on, pa'dner. I never said all coaches were on the field "for the kids." I said amateur coaches were, by definition, NOT "rats." Rats is a term invented by MLUs to define ML players and skippers.

Then, I said Mr. Ives was out plenty of money on his own.

Listen, I used to chunk out Youth Ball coaches by the bushel basket. Everybody in a 200-mile radius knows me, and so nobody much bothers me.

I'd be the first to admit (and Rich Ives would be the second) that there are some mighty poor specimens of baseball acumen ranging around on the Youth Ball fields.

But you see, there are people who post here (Tee among them) who "believes" (at least in print) that EVERY coach is a crook.

That's not been my experience and, apparently, not your either.

Thanks.