9 year old too good for baseball?

nick1977

catch22 wrote:

i dunno, are there a lot of super-competitive leagues for 9 year olds? i kinda hope not. and the article says he was "recruited" by some sponsored team and chose another sponsored team. that feels like it might be the competitive league.

im with the poster above though... this IS all about adult egos. the worst job i've ever held was umpiring little league baseball. those people need serious help.

Yes, there are many very competitive leagues for 9 year olds. In most leagues in my area, teams are sponsored. The competitive league I was in growing up was sponsored by Dillards. Others were sponsored by local businesses. That is common. Then I moved to the Boys' Club, which was not as competitive and teams were not sponsored. There were other leagues that were not highly competitive that had sponsored teams. Sponsored teams does not mean a lot of money, but means they get their name on the uniforms, they buy the equipment for practice, etc.

If this league is intended to be a place for kids to come and learn the game and develop their skills, and not a league that is very competitive, then I though I disagree with the way it was handled, I do agree that the boy belongs in a different league.

catch22

nick1977 wrote:

Yes, there are many very competitive leagues for 9 year olds. In most leagues in my area, teams are sponsored. The competitive league I was in growing up was sponsored by Dillards. Others were sponsored by local businesses. That is common. Then I moved to the Boys' Club, which was not as competitive and teams were not sponsored. There were other leagues that were not highly competitive that had sponsored teams. Sponsored teams does not mean a lot of money, but means they get their name on the uniforms, they buy the equipment for practice, etc.

If this league is intended to be a place for kids to come and learn the game and develop their skills, and not a league that is very competitive, then I though I disagree with the way it was handled, I do agree that the boy belongs in a different league.

perhaps. but it's also rather suspicious that the team only had a problem with this kid playing in the league when he decided to play for another team.

suns rival

South of Seattle wrote:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3553475

Was just reading a story on ESPN about a little league pitcher that is supposedly too good. They told the kid he can't pitch because he throws too hard

His coach sent him out to pitch and the other team forfeited.

What do you think? I think it's pretty lame that people are teaching their kids to quit or walk away if someone is better than you.

I feel the same way about giving every kid an award even if they don't deserve one. Too much PC bullshit these days.

why are they punishing a kid with a special skill?

just plain stupidity.

Vedderlution_Baby

Leave it to us adults to make something that should be fun into a whiny bitch fest.

joeybuckets

imagine if this kid was on HGH what he could do...lmao lmao