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So if a pitcher on your kid's team is hopping you would go tell the umpire..right?Breaking the rules to get a competitive advantage is cheating, and cheating is bad.
So if a pitcher on your kid's team is hopping you would go tell the umpire..right?Breaking the rules to get a competitive advantage is cheating, and cheating is bad.
I did not think I would be reading this today, "Good gracious Maud,...." you got a laugh out of me. Well, after 16,729 posts. I am voting this as your best work.People only complain about bad calls,rules being broken, etc when they are being negatively effected by it. In my 40+ years of watching diamond sports I’ve yet to see a person whine about the umpire when a call goes for their team..”Good gracious Maud, that pitch to our little pride and joy was better than grits on my birthday. Hey Blue, that pitch to Susie Q was a strike. I hope you get that right next time and ring her up faster than I can skin a rattlesnake..”
With all due respect, I don't think "most parents won't rat on their own team" is a good justification for cheating being condoned as a standard across the country.So if a pitcher on your kid's team is hopping you would go tell the umpire..right?
If a player on your daughter's team got caught using an illegal bat and was ejected from the game, would you get mad, or would you say it was the right move?So if a pitcher on your kid's team is hopping you would go tell the umpire..right?
I never said anybody should be happy with cheating but the maybe the moral high ground you seem to be oozing should be more of a moral medium ground..With all due respect, I don't think "most parents won't rat on their own team" is a good justification for cheating being condoned as a standard across the country.
It should be acknowledged as cheating, and umpires should do their job.
I don't get mad about anything other than my kid sucking. In that particular case I would say it was the right move. Bad calls I will acknowledge as such but you won't see me screaming and yelling about it.If a player on your daughter's team got caught using an illegal bat and was ejected from the game, would you get mad, or would you say it was the right move?
It's simply that the rules should be enforced. Leagues and umpires failing to do so is what will cascade down to pitching coaches teaching kids to cheat to get an advantage. There's already another thread of a pitching coach doing just that.I never said anybody should be happy with cheating but the maybe the moral high ground you seem to be oozing should be more of a moral medium ground..
I've seen some people get mad at the umpires for tossing an illegal bat *before* a game. We had one girl have her Ghost tossed in three consecutive HS games during bat checks. The mom lost her mind and started yelling at the umpire. In her defense, she was probably correct because it was paint cracking on a Ghost, but what did she think was going to happen? "Oh, you're right, Ma'am. I'll let Maude's bat continue in today's game."I don't get mad about anything other than my kid sucking. In that particular case I would say it was the right move. Bad calls I will acknowledge as such but you won't see me screaming and yelling about it.
and if you are going to tell this to anybody within earshot it shouldn't matter which team is breaking the rules...right? That isn't ratting anybody out..that is upholding the "integrity of the game".It's simply that the rules should be enforced.
Depends, do I want my kid to get more innings?So if a pitcher on your kid's team is hopping you would go tell the umpire..right?