It's because of soccer moms. they're pussifying American boys.
This is proof. I've been saying this for years.
"zombieslayer" wrote:
That earned you another +1 Zombie.
This is SO true! Poor "Little Johnny" might get his iddy biddy fewins hurt if he strikes out. Let him bat against not so good pitchers, so he can get a hit and think he's great! You know......give him the ol' false self confidence and bad attitude. Make him think HE is whats important.
I know the way to solve this.........don't pitch at all. Just let the kid yell out what he THINKS he would get.....a single, double, triple, home run, and let them run around the bases. I mean, what the heck? They don't want to keep score anyway. But don't let them actually run the bases.....have them walk. That way they won't twist an ankle or anything. Plus, running might make the other team feel bad, and we can't have that, now can we?
In fact, why make them even show up at the ball field? Just have them get on their cell phones, and call in to say how they think they would have done. "Hey coach......this is Johnny......I think i went 4 for 4 tonight, all grand slam home runs. Plus i made a game saving catch in center field, which saved the game, 0-0 for us." And the coach would say "Thanks for calling Johnny! You're the 9th player on our team that got all grand slams tonight! We are AWESOME, arn't we? We have played 20 games this season, and are tied with the 30 other teams in our league for first place at zero wins and zero losses! Next week is our "world series", so be sure to call early to let me know how you did! Then have your Mom drive you over here to pick up your participation trophy!"
Geez......and they wonder why we have nothing but wussies now. :pottytrain1: