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Originally posted by Carl Childress
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.

OK, Carl, I figured everyone would notice that I had my [digital] "tongue in cheek" with the selfless patriot/ for the kids comment. Obviously, nobody refering to "rats" on this board is likely to be using the term in the MLB context, so Tee must have been using an "alternate" definition. My point was, even using a reasonable "alt. def.", B'rer Ives don't qualify.

Like you, I've run into some fine folk in youth ball, as well as an assortment of rodents, reptiles, and other "lower" life forms.

--Carter