Jericho Scott

[Dakota]

Both coaches tried to bring in the kid to play for their team. Only one used his position on the league board to try to get the kid banned ONLY when he was not successful in getting him on HIS team.

If the league has the fix in on player eligibility based on which team the stars play for, the league should fold.

[IRISHMAFIA]

What part of "developmental" is so hard to understand? Why do adults think it is so damn important to win something at all costs? And if you don't win, sue. All the adults involved in this should step aside or be dismissed from the league. Obviously, they are the culprits here.

I started umpiring in a league which had it's "minor" leagues where all officiating was a parent or older kid. No arguments. During a game, if a kid did something wrong, it was corrected on the spot. Kids who develop ahead of others, moved up to the "majors" or big team regardless of age. Kids are not going to learn to hit by being overpowered by a kid with a helluva arm. And note, it wasn't only one kid or one team that couldn't hit this kid, it was the entire league. Obviously, it was well known that this kid was an extraordinary pitcher as he had already left the developmental league and moved up.

That should be the end of the story, but we all know it is not.

[DaveASA/FED]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Why do adults think it is so damn important to win something at all costs? And if you don't win, sue.

Isn't it funny that we are making the same point just on different sides of the arguement? You are saying that team B coach is wrong for having the kid pitch, we are saying that team A coach/board member is wrong for having him removed from pitching. You are saying that the parents are wrong for sueing....we are saying that the coach is wrong for "sueing" (in effect taking legal action goverened by the board to have the player removed from pitching) Personally I hate the sue happy world we have become, but IMO the kid should be able to pitch, and if the board will not reverse their decision then the only other recourse is to take it into the legal system.

[Dakota]

I'm not so sure the kid should have been allowed to pitch in the first place, given the level and objectives of the league. However, I am sure (as sure as I can be from media reports - which, in fact, is not all THAT sure...) that the league board is not operating in good faith here and the decision to have the kid play is a done deal, and all parties to this controversy DID want the kid to play... just for different teams. Therefore the claim NOW that he should not play in the league is an illegitimate claim and is only being enforced through a power play by a person with a conflict of interest.

If the only remedy for this is the courts, so be it.