Are parent's living too vicariously through their kids??

[Chris Winn]

I don't think that most parents and coaches are interested in "fairness"; they are usually only interested in their team winning. If Little Johnny's team wins, and he has a handful of errors, eveything is OK. If Little Johnny's team loses, and he has a handful of errors, then it's the umpire's fault that they lost. Several years ago, I called a kid out at second base. The coach comes running out of the dugout, and says, "Blue, that's 3 calls that have gone aginst me, and I figure you've cost me five runs". Before I tossed him, I asked him if he had accounted for the facts that his shortstop had at least 3 errors, and another kid had hit into a double play with the bases loaded.