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Old Wed Jun 18, 2003, 04:43pm
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I agree with you wholeheartly son, welcome to the world.
As long as kids games are organized and ruined by ego- driven parents, coaches, etc. This is going to happen. Truthfully though, there are probably many organizations where the kids do come first and the "I SYNDROME" does not prevail.

Let the kids pick the teams. Heck, they're the one's playing the games. I believe the competion would be just as good too.

When I coached the "AllStar Team", I actually had board members that suggested that their son's should be on the team because daddy was a board member. I even received a threating phone call from one board member that was also a police officer. Well I did'nt pick that kid and he called me to apologize for his father and agreed that he did'nt belong on the team. I will never forget that phone call.
The Boy went on to become a doctor and his Dad drank the rest of his life away. Sad, but true.

Don't be discouraged, keep fighting for things to be fair. Not only in youth Baseball , but in all things.

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