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Little League World Series
From the outset, I think puting 12 yr olds on camera in front of the entire world is a BAD idea. WHat makes it worse is that the cameras always focus on the pitcher who gave up the winning HR, crying and balling on the mound. I don't wanna see that.
Now we have illegal players, overage players, scandals......this stuff is getting worse than MLB!
The most dispicable thing I saw was this morning. This kid from the Harlem team hit a home run, and waved it good bye jogging up the first base line, then danced and showboated down the third base line. Naturally, the manager of the team was warned, and for the cameras he gave a little rant to the kid.
That kind of crap is absolutly reprehensible. Youth sports are to teach sportsmanship, winning gracefully and losing gracefully, respect for your opponents. You don't humiliate the kid you just yaked off of.
Probably did that for the cameras since he knew it would make it to Sportscenter, which goes back to me saying that puting these little kids on TV is such a bad idea.
Of course, I don't ultimatly blame the kid. His parents should have taught him right from wrong, and his coach should have told them that that stuff is unacceptable.
What makes it even worse is that people are on ESPN/any other type of media saying "that type of showboating is natural within black and latino kids". This isn't a case of black & white, it's right & wrong. He should not be showboating like that and humilliating the other team.
And if people are going to say that he's just emulating his professional players. 1) I have NEVER seen a pro baseball player celebrate LIKE THAT before, and 2) ANy pro player who would do that would get beaned his next at bat, which scares me. If he's going to showboat like a pro, what makes a 12 yr old kid see ROger Clemens bean him back and not think that THAT's the right thing to do?
Yeah I basically took Jim Rome's take, but I agree with everything he said 100%
Thoughts?
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