Comments on: You Make The Call http://ontapblog.com/2006/08/14/you-make-the-call/ Not Looking Out For You Since 2006 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:35:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Superman http://ontapblog.com/2006/08/14/you-make-the-call/#comment-2625 Superman Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:56:08 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2006/08/14/you-make-the-call/#comment-2625 Jim Rome went off on a self-righteous rant about how wrong it was for coach Farr to make this call. Most people against it say that this league (under 10) is for learning fundamentals and teamwork, and not about winning at all cost. Yet at this age, leagues have championship games. If it is not about competing, then why keep score and have championships. Romney and the way he handled this is a phenomenal example - he saved up to buy his own bat so he could start practicing so he won't be the kid you walk someone to get to. That's awesome. But a kid's hurt feelings don't mean that what Coach Farr did was the wrong thing. His kids worked all year to get to the championship game, and he didn't want to see them lose because one hitter was tearing them up. So he walked the guy. If the next kid up was one of the half dozen worst hitters on the team, and not a cancer survivor, this wouldn't even be a story. People who try and make Coach Farr out to be a demon are just plain wrong. He wanted to help his kids get a championship - instead of suffering the loss and discouragement. How is that a horrible thing? Jim Rome went off on a self-righteous rant about how wrong it was for coach Farr to make this call. Most people against it say that this league (under 10) is for learning fundamentals and teamwork, and not about winning at all cost. Yet at this age, leagues have championship games. If it is not about competing, then why keep score and have championships. Romney and the way he handled this is a phenomenal example - he saved up to buy his own bat so he could start practicing so he won’t be the kid you walk someone to get to. That’s awesome. But a kid’s hurt feelings don’t mean that what Coach Farr did was the wrong thing. His kids worked all year to get to the championship game, and he didn’t want to see them lose because one hitter was tearing them up. So he walked the guy. If the next kid up was one of the half dozen worst hitters on the team, and not a cancer survivor, this wouldn’t even be a story. People who try and make Coach Farr out to be a demon are just plain wrong. He wanted to help his kids get a championship - instead of suffering the loss and discouragement. How is that a horrible thing?

]]> By: Ennuipundit » Blog Archive » Hitting to all Fields 08/10/06 http://ontapblog.com/2006/08/14/you-make-the-call/#comment-2393 Ennuipundit » Blog Archive » Hitting to all Fields 08/10/06 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:44:37 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2006/08/14/you-make-the-call/#comment-2393 [...] Update: This post has become fodder for the fellas at Ontap. Our Eighth Hitter Anti-development forces in Branford CT are fighting a development proposal tooth and nail. The Founders Village proposal, which would be built on a 12.3-acre parcel between Ivy and Cedar streets off Route 1, has been the bane of a number of committed Cedar Street residents. [...] […] Update: This post has become fodder for the fellas at Ontap. Our Eighth Hitter Anti-development forces in Branford CT are fighting a development proposal tooth and nail. The Founders Village proposal, which would be built on a 12.3-acre parcel between Ivy and Cedar streets off Route 1, has been the bane of a number of committed Cedar Street residents. […]

]]> By: Sharon http://ontapblog.com/2006/08/14/you-make-the-call/#comment-2375 Sharon Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:47:13 +0000 http://ontapblog.com/2006/08/14/you-make-the-call/#comment-2375 Dang! Marshall's right! Cam's right! Jim doesn't even need to answer. This story was the talk of talk radio in Washington state this afternoon...and even here, and on a liberal leaning show, it was hard to find anyone who disagreed that the winning team's coach did the right thing. Well, there was one woman who thought it was mean to make the boy cry, but then she later went into some anti-war rant. Whatever. Dang! Marshall’s right! Cam’s right! Jim doesn’t even need to answer.

This story was the talk of talk radio in Washington state this afternoon…and even here, and on a liberal leaning show, it was hard to find anyone who disagreed that the winning team’s coach did the right thing.

Well, there was one woman who thought it was mean to make the boy cry, but then she later went into some anti-war rant. Whatever.

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