How good is too good?
Posted by Vanguard (Member # 1780) on :
What's more disgusting is that the 'league' is now slandering the mother in order to make her and her son look bad... because he has a fast pitch for his age.
The modern Western world, sure to punish success wherever it is found.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
Its like that Philip K. Dick story that's been made into a movie that comes out next year.... I can't for the life of me remember the name... Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
This is wrong. It's sad that the poor kid has to be discouraged from doing something that he's good at.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fabrux: Its like that Philip K. Dick story that's been made into a movie that comes out next year.... I can't for the life of me remember the name...
More like Harrison Bergeron Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I have to say, they do have a point. We're not talking about major-league baseball, where it's supposed to be all the best players. If this kid's skills are, literally, out of his league, maybe he should be playing against older kids.
And I wouldn't assume they're slandering the mother. According to the article, she admits that she called the police because some kids wouldn't play ball with her son. I mean, come on.
Posted by Vanguard (Member # 1780) on :
Apparently she was threatened at the field or something - it's pretty clear we're not getting the whole story here.
But it IS obvious that the 'league' wanted to show off the kid on their terms, which the mother didn't want to do, so they banned him from the game. Doesn't sound like they were THAT upset at his pitch speed... they were upset that his mother, if you'll excuse the expression, wouldn't 'play ball'.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I think the kid could hurt somebody with a 40mph pitch. Imagine an 8 or 9 year old (or younger!) getting faced with a ball at that speed. However, the article didn't mention (or did I miss it somehow?) that they wanted him to play against older kids; I thought they wanted him out period.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
But, when you think of it, the only other choice, besides having him play another position on the same team, is to move him up a leauge, where he'd be playing with and against kids much older than him. He may be a skilled pitcher, but he might lack in other important b-ball skills, that the other kids would out match him in. He could get seriously hurt playing with the other kids. So, I guess I kind of understand the mother's point of view.
Posted by Vanguard (Member # 1780) on :
They wanted him in a 'special star league' of kids his age - to show off for a special sponsor. This would mean that he would play outside of his neighborhood and all that.
They had no problem with his age, or his pitching, until AFTER his mother refused to move him to the sponsor league.
Posted by Sean (Member # 2010) on :
Oh, I must have mis-interpreted the article...
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
I think it's a case of adults trying to exploit kids because they figure they can get away with it, and then a good protective parent overreacting. One of the reasons I dislike structured activities for children...it's not about the kids, really, it's about the adults who fund/organize/watch.
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