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Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:01:16 GMT

Nice Job MyTwoSons.....people like that add nothing to the overall purpose of this board. TM

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:56:43 GMT

I did. He was not able to restrain himself from making personal attacks.

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:43:13 GMT

MyTwoSons, I see all of Scorekeeper8 posts were deleted. Was this the work of Active or did he remove them ? TM

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:46:13 GMT

Certain people can not contol themselves after several warnings which is a shame. Both viewpoints should be presented without anger and without personal attacks.

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:28:23 GMT

"The kid should play on a showcase team and see how he fairs in that arena. There are plenty of teams that will be happy to take his parents' money and let him play."

Boy ain't that the truth!!!

Especially in the Orlando area.

I wish him the best of luck.

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:02:31 GMT

TheMouth__1 wrote:

MyTwoSons......I said that to scorekeeper8 many posts earlier, but he chose to ignore that. You are a moderator for this site and to allow character assasination by this person, worries me. I am not as convinced as you are that he wasnt privy to this information, although you and I were not aware of it. TM

PM sent

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:53:30 GMT

MyTwoSons......I said that to scorekeeper8 many posts earlier, but he chose to ignore that. You are a moderator for this site and to allow character assasination by this person, worries me. I am not as convinced as you are that he wasnt privy to this information, although you and I were not aware of it. TM

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:47:26 GMT

This is political correctness gone wrong, It is wrong and unfair to the coach that probably thought long and hard on his decision.

In all fairness to Scorekeeper TG provided information that was not readily available.

The kid should play on a showcase team and see how he fairs in that arena. There are plenty of teams that will be happy to take his parents' money and let him play.

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:55:46 GMT

Thank you TG.....now things come into focus. Its funny how scorekeeper8 just so happened to not mention those facts. Hey scorekeeper, you dont happen to be a sportswriter or a lawyer do you ?????

Re: This is ridiculous- Disabled Pitcher Does Not Make Cut for H.S. Baseball Team

guest — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:40:57 GMT

The school in question is a 6A very large classification high school. The program's expectations are to make states every each year. Throwing 80 usually isn't hard enough at this level of conmpetition. Someone I know from the area said the kid doesn't have very good control, very little command, cruises in the upper 70's and can't cover ground well enough to field. He come up through LL until last year when coaches agreed not to bunt on him (this is why the article's writer said the kid has never had trouble with bunts). The high school coach offered the kid the manager's position along with the opportunity to practice with the team daily. The parents turned it down. They are considering a discrimination suit. The coach is considered one of the rising coaching stars in Florida. He considered resigning from all the negative publicity and national condemnation by an uninformed media. And for the record, the kid's uncle (a sportswriter) wrote the first newspaper article condeming the coach. I would say the uncle has extracted his pound of flesh even if it wasn't warranted.