What the hell is this? The kids that don't want to be on the other side when he pitches should be the ones who should not be allowed to play for being p***ies

Yeah.......the MVP of that league will be:
"Most Valuable Pu....."........you get the idea! :thumbright:

In my opinion this isn't about the kids OR safety.
This is about WINNING.
The league administrators and a group of parents IMHO conspired to put together a "stacked" team that would win it all. I bet they even told everyone that this "stacked" team was randomly selected by a computer.
But guess what, the "wrong" team is winning beacause of this kid that is too good of a pitcher.
All of their arrogant plans to hoist the trophy are going down the drain unless the "wrong" team is somehow stopped.
I have an idea, will will disolve the team under the guise that it is being done for the safety of the kids.
This opens the road for the "stacked" team to win it as planned.

Believe me, I experienced this while coaching youth football.

Good points Illy. It all boils down to not making the kids FEEL bad. Which to me is STUPID. Think about it........the losing times when you are young teaches you humility, and how to handle dissapointment. It also makes the winning times that much sweeter. If the difference between first and last place are blurred to the point where the first place trophy is only a half inch taller then last place, what is there to make the kids strive to be better? How does that prepare them for adult life after school, when the reality is that those that try harder usually do better? It doesn't.....not one bit. They LEARN through their training as youngsters that working hard for a goal doesn't matter, THEY are SPECIAL. THEY are all that matters, and their FEELINGS are all that matters. I wasn't a member of a championship team until i was out of high school. And i'll tell you what......i appreciated it alot! But i also knew the dissapointment of losing, and was a gracious winner as well. I repsected those that didn't win, and treated them well. That was how i was taught to be.

Thank you Fin!!!!

I KNOW PC! I have thought about that fact MANY times!
However.........i think YOU are MUCH more intellegent then the other "PC!" :thumbright:

So HE'S the one to blame for all this PC (not you, Packerchick!) crap??? :pottytrain1:

Well.....if his family is willing to do that, i see no problem. I just feel he shouldn't be punished for being an overacheiver. I have seen in recent years, where schools have done away with validictorian because they don't want the 'dumber" kids to feel bad. They might not be dumber, they might just not be applying themselves and working as hard as they can. So they see there are no rewards for hard work, so why work hard? Why try your best if theres no payoff at all in the end? It seems its one thing after another that the PC crowd is attacking. Like not keeping score in games....to me thats STUPID. It's a slippery slope that is getting steeper and steeper with this kind of crap. Once the PC crowd wins one battle, they keep going after more and more. It's a dumbing down of America. Like was stated already in this thread, "When everyone is special, no one is".