Some, in my opinion, have made things better.
Others, at times, made little sense.
But regardless of whether I agreed or not, nothing ever made me cringe.
Yes, you most certainly want to see kids have an enjoyable, learning experience while playing sports.
But anybody that truly believes winning is not paramount to most is kidding themselves.
Its important to a lot of people, from league administrators, to coaching staffs and parents.
First off, Charlie Di Biase is a great writer and an even better guy.
I have been extremely critical of Little League of the years, for a variety of reasons.
you might read about that one at length here .
Brandon Walker hates the LLWS, and doesn’t understand the appeal.
Additionally, it’s one of the last true amateur events out there.
Brandon won’t budge he hates it.
I thought that was going to be the end of it.
Until today when I read this article and became enraged at how soft the event and sport has gotten.
The winner of the regional tournament represents The Metro region.
This occurs across the entire country.
This is a massive commitment.
Siblings spend weekends on the sidelines watching their brother weekend after weekend.
Are we fucking kidding here?
How soft is this shit?
So what’s next, we just pick out of a hat?
Holy shit is that dumb.
With a rotary lineup, other kids will get up more often.'
Only getting 1 at bat?
That’s a goddamn team!
There are better players than others, and you know who knows that better than anyone?
THE KIDS THEMSELVES!!!!!
If asked to set the lineup, they’d play the best players, and contribute where they could.
This is so dumb on so many levels… the game is 6 innings !
If you were lucky your best player got 3 at bats in a low scoring game.
Now we are cutting that down to 1-2 so everyone can be included?
In an all star tournament to determine THE BEST TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD ?
WHEN KIDS WILLINGLY GAVE UP THEIR SUMMER TO COMPETE IN THIS?
GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE.
I’m disgusted how soft this is.
Baseball is my best 9 vs your best 9 and let’s let it play out.
SILIVE.comBut thats where it can compromise the games outcome.
That method is as old as the wheel and makes sense, of course.
I wish I could say I’m surprised by this, but I’m not.
Little League can’t get out of it’s own way.
