Youth baseball - intentional walks fair?

[Rich]

Originally posted by polyck
Dave GROW UP!!!!

So let me first say that Rich I do apologize that I only put your name it was suppose to include your partner Dave.

Rich actually piggy backed off of your opinion and he had the same comments...the two of you must be a class act. While reading another topic and finding out that Rich has no children certainly explains a lot about him.

Not everyone out there consider themselves "whores" as you so eloquently call yourselves.

IT WAS A QUESTION PEOPLE - SO MANY OF YOU PUT SO MUCH MORE INTO THIS THAN IT NEEDED.

MY ASKING FOR AN OPINION IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE GUY WHO ASKED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED DURING HIS SON'S TEE BALL GAME.

BUT HERE AGAIN I AM JUST CONSIDERING THE SOURCE - YOUR RESPONSE WAS SOMETHING A 6 YEAR OLD MIGHT COME UP WITH.

BETWEEN YOU AND RICH YOUR COMMENTS SEEMED OUT OF LINE AND INAPPROPRIATE AT BEST.

The fact that I have no children allows me to be an impartial observer while I watch little 11-year-old Timmy's mom and dad gush about how he's going to be the next Barry Bonds if those bad, bad umpires wouldn't ring little Timmy up on that outside corner strike three.

Parents are ludicrous these days. I *was* a child once and it's amazing how people in my generation would get yelled at by a coach and then get yelled at by our parents for having to get yelled at by the coach. Parents today want to get the coach fired and tell their kid how bad of a coach the coach is.

And Dave is a great partner. We've umpired together and if all my umpiring partners were as good as Dave I'd never have good stories to tell. Well, there'd be a few, because there are still players, coaches, and parents to talk about.

And Dave has a few kids, so tell me what's wrong with his perspective.

--Rich