ArkAngel: It's a simple yes or no question: have you stopped beating raping your children?

Moar better.

Look, if Johnson doesn't understand that my son has more fast-twitch muscles in his upper body than Tiger Woods did at the same age, then he deserves whatever he gets.

Sounds like dad is grade A little league parent material. He'll fit right in.

Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

/Child competition is overrated.

Yes

Yes! Um... No. Wait...


Damn it!

Chiauzza has been charged with two counts of second degree stalking, two counts of stalking in the third degree, two counts of third degree falsely reporting an incident, two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and four counts of second degree aggravated harassment.

HAZZAH!

RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

FTFA: It's a little league travel team. So no, not everyone's snowflake is going to make the cut.

RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

/Child competition is overrated.

And when they get into the real world and discover not everyone gets a medal for participating - what then? Yea - your little snowflake is going to be a bit ticked off.

/didn't make it onto the team as a kid
//got over it

RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

/Child competition is overrated.

They could. But it really is more interesting to watch the kids that can actually play doing so against other kids that can actually play rather than having them all on the same team and watching them all suck. Or worse, having kids that can actually play playing against kids who have no business trying. And let's face it, even in little league you can tell who those kids are.

Our little league had tryouts. Each kid was graded 1-5. Then the teams were made up equally (well as equal as possible).

Wasnt a perfect system but gave everyone a chance as a few victories.

Better than my soccer team....No one wanted to coach so I did it it last minute. LOTS of rejects on that stinker, but we scratched out 2 wins...

Does not approve.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

/Child competition is overrated.

Well, when I was in little league, we had tryouts so you could demonstrate your ability and hopefully get on a winning team. It's not about playing, it's about winning.

That's right, Little League is serious business.
Not like Tee-Ball. I still have memories of swinging a bat while wearing a big loose helmet, struggling to see where the hell I was running. Is it weird I can actually remember things from when I was 4 or 5?

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

/Child competition is overrated.

Well, when I was in little league, we had tryouts so you could demonstrate your ability and hopefully get on a winning team. It's not about playing, it's about winning.

Winning what? It's not like there are NBL and Nike agents sitting in the bleachers looking for new talent.

gadian: RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

/Child competition is overrated.

They could. But it really is more interesting to watch the kids that can actually play doing so against other kids that can actually play rather than having them all on the same team and watching them all suck. Or worse, having kids that can actually play playing against kids who have no business trying. And let's face it, even in little league you can tell who those kids are.

yes but that is what travel teams are for. Also, by about 12 or so they do know who they are and give it up...

Kids shouldnt be playing sports. There is too much coal to be dug up

UsikFark: douche and fark at a college level.

1. What is your son douching?

2. Females douching is bad. The normal vaginal bacteria (lactobacilus) keeps the vagina at a low healthy pH around 4, which keeps the bad things out, like Gardnerella vaginalis (which is the bug that gives off the fish smell, aka "positive whiff test"). Douching clears out the lactobacilus, which then leads to infection.

/More you know.

On June 1, the principal of the school where the victim's children attended received a letter claiming the victim was abusing his kids, which Nassau County Child Protective Services investigated and "deemed unfounded," police said.

Wait. So the guy wasn't making his kid play little league?

I loved little league. Its like the only kids sport where you can eat hot dogs and nachos and whatever crap they sell at the concession stand while between innings.

Nothing like other kids slapping your ass and walking around with bats banging you in the crotch while yelling " CUP CHECK"

And the best year was when they banned bat weights because some kid but a too big one on his bat and killed another kid when it flung off.

I'm starting to think that last one might be a urban legend or maybe there is like at least one kids that gets his hearted stopped by a stray bat weight per league.

wildcardjack:
That's right, Little League is serious business.
Not like Tee-Ball. I still have memories of swinging a bat while wearing a big loose helmet, struggling to see where the hell I was running. Is it weird I can actually remember things from when I was 4 or 5?

It would be weird if you couldn't remember a few things from when you were 4 or 5.
Teeball is my absolute favorite spectator sport. It's the suspense.

vernonFL: No worries, if your kid doesn't make the little league team he can still play for the Orioles in 10 years.

or the Pirates

I played both when I was a kid. I can tell you I value the awards and victories in competative sports so much more. If feels good to know that your hard work and long practices pays off.

With non-competative sports you're like "who the hell cares, I just showed up and breathed."

To often children are victims of their parents highly aggressive nature, as is anyone else in their way.

gadian: RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

/Child competition is overrated.

They could. But it really is more interesting to watch the kids that can actually play doing so against other kids that can actually play rather than having them all on the same team and watching them all suck. Or worse, having kids that can actually play playing against kids who have no business trying. And let's face it, even in little league you can tell who those kids are.

It's like evolution, except selecting for the short term entertainment of creepy parents instead of selecting for skills that actually help most kids throughout their whole lives...

two counts of third degree falsely reporting an incident

I thought it was illegal to charge a woman with this in the U.S.

It's a "travel team", kinda like "all-stars". Her kid is, apparently, qualified to neither travel nor star. And from the look of the photo, we can all sleep a little bit better knowing that she's not out there somewhere on the road. With a kid. And a bat.

Piizzadude: vernonFL: No worries, if your kid doesn't make the little league team he can still play for the Orioles in 10 years.

or the Pirates

Or the Mariners.

F is for all the False Accusations you made for me
A is for the Assaults you committed on our enemies
T is for the Threats you delivered
H is for the Hate that fuels your love for me
E is for Egging their houses in the dark
R is for Retribution and maybe Restitution

As it is written in the bible: Douche begat a douche.

zerkalo: F is for all the False Accusations you made for me
A is for the Assaults you committed on our enemies
T is for the Threats you delivered
H is for the Hate that fuels your love for me
E is for Egging their houses in the dark
R is for Retribution and maybe Restitution

And after all that is turns out is was the mother. Sonuvabiatch!

vernonFL: Little league is good for kids. Kids learn sportsmanship, being part of a team, having a coach as an authority figure, and also after the game you shake hands with the other team and eat Popsicles.

We also learned that the coaches son can do no wrong and that it is incredibly funny when said coaches son takes a line drive to the schnozz and ends up in the hospital for 2 months.

RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

/Child competition is overrated.

Lot's of replies to you, we are all sorry that your child is a loser. LOSER. We will be sure to call the WAHMBULACE for you and your loser child. HAND :p

Ess_Aytch: RandomExcess: Why do they have to have tryouts? cannot they just let the kids play?

FTFA: It's a little league travel team. So no, not everyone's snowflake is going to make the cut.

I doubt people understand.
Most likely the kid played a full season for a team, then, they construct an all-star/travel team that competes for state/national championships.
Such teams often show significant favoritism/coach's son preferences. And sometimes they already have two good catchers and your kids is the 3rd best so they picked up another pitcher instead.
Still, the psycho factor among parents increases when you switch to traveling teams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rounders

I'll just leave that there.