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#1 Aug 09 2006 at 1:01 PM Rating: Decent
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I thought about posting this in the "Should Children learn life lessons" thread, but felt it deserved a post of its own.

Here is the story.

Rick Reilly wrote:
This actually happened. Your job is to decide whether it should have.

In a nine- and 10-year-old PONY league championship game in Bountiful, Utah, the Yankees lead the Red Sox by one run. The Sox are up in the bottom of the last inning, two outs, a runner on third. At the plate is the Sox' best hitter, a kid named Jordan. On deck is the Sox' worst hitter, a kid named Romney. He's a scrawny cancer survivor who has to take human growth hormone and has a shunt in his brain.

So, you're the coach: Do you intentionally walk the star hitter so you can face the kid who can barely swing?


This takes what was brought up in that thread to a whole new level. I personally would have walked the hitter too, but immediately afterwards say something to the cancer survivor who struck out.

I think the kid has a great view on it though. When asked what he felt about it, he said:
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"I'm going to work on my batting," he told his dad. "Then maybe someday I'll be the one they walk."


~Rock
#2 Aug 09 2006 at 1:04 PM Rating: Good
Hopefully Romney would be suspended for using growth hormone which is against MLB rules and policies.
#3 Aug 09 2006 at 1:06 PM Rating: Default
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HGH is only against the rules if it isn't Dr. prescribed. Otherwise, I believe, it is kosher.
#4 Aug 09 2006 at 1:07 PM Rating: Default
I would have walked the star. As a coach, it is my duty to help the kids on my team win. They have just as much right as the other team to that trophy. So long as there is no cheating, there is no problem.

Congratulations to the cancer survivor for that incredible attitude about it.

If the cancer survivor has that attitude about it, how offended would he have been if the other team didn't play their hardest?
#5 Aug 09 2006 at 1:13 PM Rating: Good
mrwookie wrote:
If the cancer survivor has that attitude about it, how offended would he have been if the other team didn't play their hardest?


That's probably the best point to make. Consider that most likely, the cancer survivor wouldn't want pity/sympathy to force other kids to play it down for his benefit. He's there to play...and he probably realizes his own restrictions, which accounts for why he has such a good attitude about the situation.

And on another note, considering what the kids probably been through being a cancer survivor and all, I really think whining about this would be the least of the things on his mind. I'm sure he's just happy to be alive...nevermind playing baseball!
#6 Aug 09 2006 at 6:41 PM Rating: Decent
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The Giants lick balls.

Suck it Moe.
#7 Aug 09 2006 at 7:40 PM Rating: Decent
cant be any worse than what happened to my friend's son's team. they made the playoffs and the other team's coach benched a bunch of his players and brought in a bunch of star players from another team.

luckily justice prevailed and they got dq'd after the coach on the losing team filed a complaint.


scabs in little league...geebus
#8 Aug 09 2006 at 9:38 PM Rating: Good
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Easy-peezy. Walk the hero at the plate, then go head hunting with the Big C victim. After the heater smacks his dome and causes permanent brain damage, in the ensuing confusion and team anguish at seeing the token Shriner kid go down writhing on the ground, have the catcher calmly pick up the ball and throw it to first base and tag out the hero, who undoubtedly has taken his foot off the bag to offer tearful sympathy to his teammate.

Presto. Game over. Go sing We Are the Champions and substitute chemo for losers in the lyrics.

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