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martinss01
blissfully stupid
yep. the only civilian populous as a whole who has less backbone than the US is france. and that gap decreases rapidly on a daily basis. much more of this nonsense and we won't be able to make fun of them anymore.Thump said:
to what exactly? a lesson in reality? god forbid you teach them anything about the real world...
and the basis of competition is...?
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but thats the whole problem with this thead. THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE!! the other kids DID NOT quit. they forced the better team to quit! whats next? miami of ohio forcing tOSU to forfiet because we have more talent according to the scouting reports???
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LoKyBuckeye
I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
exhawg said:
give me freedom fries!!!!
I was on a few losing teams when I was a kid. My 8th grade football team only won one game... but we played for FUN. People just don't get. This PC crap is way out of hand.
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IronBuckI
Calmer than you are.
We had a terrible team the first year that I played little league. We played against better, more experienced teams, and got our asses handed to us. It wasn't all that fun, but we learned from playing against better teams. The second year we played and practiced harder. we ended up finishing second in our league, and that was a lot of fun.
Hey parents. Teaching your kids to grow from their experiences, and not letting/telling them to give up when it gets tough will teach them to appreciate their accomplishments.
Hey parents. Teaching your kids to grow from their experiences, and not letting/telling them to give up when it gets tough will teach them to appreciate their accomplishments.
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I hope the kids that got beat 18-0 and 24-0 got little trophies for finishing second, so they didn't get their feelings hurt too bad.
Are we raising a generation of figure skaters?
Are we raising a generation of figure skaters?
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Buck Nasty
You'll have nothing and like it
Keep raising little pussies like this and they are destined for a life full of "balls in their face"
anyone remember the joke about umpire Dave Pallone?
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NightmaresDad
Woody Rules!
Why must we always cater to the lowest denominator?
I am coaching my 1st grader in a crappy little coach-pitch league, and a couple of the teams ended up being somewhat "stacked" with the older and better players. I knew we had good raw talent on our team, though. Our head coach was constantly griping about those other two teams, because he didn't like to lose (who does?), and they even went so far as to have a league meeting to decide if they wanted to redistribute some of the players. My point to him was that if we were good enough coaches, we had the players with enough talent to compete - they were just very raw because most of them were younger.
We decided not to mess with the teams, which would have been a disaster, and lo and behold, as our team has improved, we beat the previously undefeated "stacked" team last week. In fact, we beat both of the "stacked' teams in successive games. Our worst 2 players weren't there, which helped us out, but still, the kids learned more by trying to rise up to the level of their opponent than they ever would have by having their games made easier by eliminating the tough teams and only playing easier opponents - plus, they got way more satisfaction out of that one win than they would have by beating up on the weak team a million times
It's a shame more parents and league operators don't understand this.
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I am coaching my 1st grader in a crappy little coach-pitch league, and a couple of the teams ended up being somewhat "stacked" with the older and better players. I knew we had good raw talent on our team, though. Our head coach was constantly griping about those other two teams, because he didn't like to lose (who does?), and they even went so far as to have a league meeting to decide if they wanted to redistribute some of the players. My point to him was that if we were good enough coaches, we had the players with enough talent to compete - they were just very raw because most of them were younger.
We decided not to mess with the teams, which would have been a disaster, and lo and behold, as our team has improved, we beat the previously undefeated "stacked" team last week. In fact, we beat both of the "stacked' teams in successive games. Our worst 2 players weren't there, which helped us out, but still, the kids learned more by trying to rise up to the level of their opponent than they ever would have by having their games made easier by eliminating the tough teams and only playing easier opponents - plus, they got way more satisfaction out of that one win than they would have by beating up on the weak team a million times
It's a shame more parents and league operators don't understand this.
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AJHawkfan
Wanna make $14 the hard way?
They finally got beat......are they allowed back in the league now?
Boys' Baseball Team Benched for Being Good
Sun Jun 26,11:04 PM ET
CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio - A baseball team of 11- and 12-year-olds kicked out of a league in this Columbus suburb is fielding offers from all over to play.
The Columbus Stars were removed from their league last month because they were too good. In some of their last games, the Stars beat the Red Sox 18-0, World Harvest 13-0, Sugar Grove II 24-0 and Sugar Grove I 10-2.
Other teams began complaining — and canceling.
Michael Mirones, board chairman for the Canal Winchester Joint Recreation District, pulled the Stars from the league and returned their $150 entry fee. He suggested the Stars play in a travel league against better teams.
Now the Stars have received offers from teams all over central Ohio and in other states.
Clay Branch, a parent in a youth league in Atlanta, said he offered to arrange for the team to play in Georgia.
"I'd never heard of anything like that, and it blew my mind," he said. "I wish we were closer."
The Stars already have a couple of games coming up against teams in central Ohio. They also plan on playing in two tournaments next month.
Georgian Heights, a team from the Columbus area, defeated the Stars 5-4 last week to give them their first loss this season. The Stars had defeated Georgian Heights in two earlier meetings this year.
Stars pitcher Josh Dameron, 12, said the team learned from the loss.
"The mood of our team is the same," he said. "We don't care about the loss. The next time we play them, we hope we win."
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
Boys' Baseball Team Benched for Being Good
Sun Jun 26,11:04 PM ET
CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio - A baseball team of 11- and 12-year-olds kicked out of a league in this Columbus suburb is fielding offers from all over to play.
The Columbus Stars were removed from their league last month because they were too good. In some of their last games, the Stars beat the Red Sox 18-0, World Harvest 13-0, Sugar Grove II 24-0 and Sugar Grove I 10-2.
Other teams began complaining — and canceling.
Michael Mirones, board chairman for the Canal Winchester Joint Recreation District, pulled the Stars from the league and returned their $150 entry fee. He suggested the Stars play in a travel league against better teams.
Now the Stars have received offers from teams all over central Ohio and in other states.
Clay Branch, a parent in a youth league in Atlanta, said he offered to arrange for the team to play in Georgia.
"I'd never heard of anything like that, and it blew my mind," he said. "I wish we were closer."
The Stars already have a couple of games coming up against teams in central Ohio. They also plan on playing in two tournaments next month.
Georgian Heights, a team from the Columbus area, defeated the Stars 5-4 last week to give them their first loss this season. The Stars had defeated Georgian Heights in two earlier meetings this year.
Stars pitcher Josh Dameron, 12, said the team learned from the loss.
"The mood of our team is the same," he said. "We don't care about the loss. The next time we play them, we hope we win."
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
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Soccer has nothing to do with this. In soccer, if the other team starts kicking your ass, you don't quit - you just start taking cheap shots at the other team.Thump said:
This reminds me of the rec league baseball team I was on as a kid. We run-ruled everyone we played. It was ugly. We'd go up by about 15 runs in the first two innings, and our league's run rule didn't take effect until the fourth inning. After we'd go up big, we'd all turn around and bat from the opposite side just to be dickheads.
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ScarletBlood31
Buckeye in Blacksburg
yeah that is pretty gay how they discriminate a team for dominating. If anything, let the boys play, just maybe next year have a new draft and spread the talent around.
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It's not as cut-and-dried as "you're too good and we don't stand a competitive chance, so we don't want you in the league."
The Columbus Stars is a hand-picked travelling team that was admitted to the Canal "everyone plays" draft league by the parks & recreation commissioner. The other coaches in the league never wanted the Columbus Stars in the league to begin with, because most of the players are sons & grandsons of semi-pro ballplayers. All the other teams in the league are comprised of a few volunteer coaches' sons and a bunch of "bad news bears" kids that will probably not pursue baseball competitively once they reach high school. The Stars were also admitted to the league after the league had already begun and the coaches and assistants had drafted their players.
From what I understand, the Stars joined the Canal league to play extra games for "practice" during the downtime of their "real" league in which they participate. I don't know why the Canal commish ever let them in to begin with ... probably for the $150.
The Georgian Heights team that beat the Stars is also a travelling league team. They are not a member of the Canal everyone plays league from which the Stars were admitted then subsequently booted a few weeks later.
The Columbus Stars is a hand-picked travelling team that was admitted to the Canal "everyone plays" draft league by the parks & recreation commissioner. The other coaches in the league never wanted the Columbus Stars in the league to begin with, because most of the players are sons & grandsons of semi-pro ballplayers. All the other teams in the league are comprised of a few volunteer coaches' sons and a bunch of "bad news bears" kids that will probably not pursue baseball competitively once they reach high school. The Stars were also admitted to the league after the league had already begun and the coaches and assistants had drafted their players.
From what I understand, the Stars joined the Canal league to play extra games for "practice" during the downtime of their "real" league in which they participate. I don't know why the Canal commish ever let them in to begin with ... probably for the $150.
The Georgian Heights team that beat the Stars is also a travelling league team. They are not a member of the Canal everyone plays league from which the Stars were admitted then subsequently booted a few weeks later.
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