
05-12-2002, 09:28 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rochester N.H.
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Sugarsprinkles---It's too bad;that like you say;some of the people
;like on sports message boards;have to ruin it for everyone else!
Years ago;my youngest daughter;was a softball pitcher.One of the opposing teams coach/umpire was also the mother; of one of
the girls on that team!I used to have to stand behind the fence ;behind;Home Plate because;when she was umpiring;and my daughter was pitching;she called everything;in favor;of her kids team!Kids weren't taught good sportsmanship;they were taught that winning;at all costs;was what mattered.All thats been
on the news here;lately;is the brawl;among parents;at a youth
hockey game!Started by mothers and continued by fathers!I used
to pitch hardball and know how a kid feels;when their strike is called a ball!It can steer their whole life!They're are even kids;in
Texas;where youth football;is deemed so important;as to flunk; a
kid;so that he can play another year!(He's bigger;because he's
older) Irish
P.S.Climbs;creakily;down from soapbox!
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