All Stars: Extension for coach's sons?

[Jerry]

For Basebal1187:
If you were my son, son; and if I were the coach of the "All Star" team . . . you can bet your bootie you'd be on it. Doesn't matter to me that you have no talent and are hopelessly inept. I'm proud of you and, in my eyes the best and most talented kid on the team; heck; you're only gonna be in the field 1-inning anyhow. Let's hope nothing gets hit your way.

By the way . . . don't worry about all those other "real" ballplayers on the team. Since the beginning of time, the really talented players have never, ever committed an error, dropped a ball, struck out, or tripped over their own feet. Only the inept sons of coaches do that.

As for that "All Star Game" concept we were talking about . . . why not let every single kid in the league come up to bat at least once? And play at least an inning in the field? That way, not a single solitary parent can complain about how his/her little darling was left out.

My last word on this topic . . . I was a coach for only a couple of years; I'm a Dad forever. By the way, I didn't have any kids at the time I was coaching; so all the name-calling and criticizing sent my way recently has really been rather in vain.

Jerry