Opposition Research on Baseball Travel League

[Anonymous]

So, I was at a game yesterday where, in the middle of the 6th inning, a parent calls the ump over claiming that a player on the other team is actually a year older than allowed. Ump questions the coach who refuses to answer.

So they declared the team ineligible and gave the win to the team that lady's kid plays on.

How she knew this I have no clue. But don't be that mom. These kids just want to play baseball.

[Anonymous]

Don't be the person who calls out a violation of the rules?

How about, don't be a person who breaks the rules.

Weird take, OP.

[Anonymous]

At that age, one year makes a big difference.

The interesting thing was she waited until the sixth inning to point this out. Is that because it was an official game at that point? Clever move on her part.

Don't break the rules.

[Anonymous]

What baseball league was this? Every league/organization my kids have played in have required birth certificates to verify age. Was it a rec league game? Not sure why the umpire wouldn’t let the game finish and then let the league DQ the team if the kid is older.

[Anonymous]

Team "don't break the rules." I feel bad for the kids, assuming they didn't know, but if the coach refused to answer then the coach knew. Not cool.

At it's best youth sports is about giving kids a safe place to learn life lessons. "Cheaters never prosper" is a hard one to learn when it's your team.

[Anonymous]

Umpires don't enforce age limits. That is a league/tournament director. No ump would even give that the time of day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, I was at a game yesterday where, in the middle of the 6th inning, a parent calls the ump over claiming that a player on the other team is actually a year older than allowed. Ump questions the coach who refuses to answer.

So they declared the team ineligible and gave the win to the team that lady's kid plays on.

How she knew this I have no clue. But don't be that mom. These kids just want to play baseball.

Um, or maybe don't cheat. Part of teaching kids to play baseball is teaching them to play with integrity and by the rules. Why on Earth would you allow your child to play down in age on a team like that? Shame on you.

That said, no parent should be interacting with an umpire that way about your child. That challenge/protest should have been raised by a coach.

[Anonymous]

OP is a troll. This isn't how age appeals work.

1) Umpires don't deal with player eligibility.
2) Umpires don't talk to parents regarding any aspect of the game.
3) If age eligibility was properly questioned by a coach, it would be adjudicated by a league or tournament official. At tournaments, teams are required to have birth certificates on hand for all players on the roster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At that age, one year makes a big difference.

The interesting thing was she waited until the sixth inning to point this out. Is that because it was an official game at that point? Clever move on her part.

Don't break the rules.

“At that age?” OP didn’t say what age.

It is possible the mom knew because she knew the kid. It’s a small world, and many kids have been on teams together before. Kids also talk - my kid is a 1st baseman and chats up every kid who makes it onto his base. It’s amazing what other kids tell him!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At that age, one year makes a big difference.

The interesting thing was she waited until the sixth inning to point this out. Is that because it was an official game at that point? Clever move on her part.

Don't break the rules.

This is Legion. Kids are 17-20. Imagine being the mommy tattling on 18 yo men. Pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Some travel leagues have rules that allow a certain number of players to be older than the age group.

Agree with the PP poster that the coach should've been the one to raise this issue. If this was a tourney, there should be rules about with whom to raise said issues and when. Also agree that the opposing coach seemed shady by refusing to answer.

If rules won't be enforced, why bother having them to begin with?

[Anonymous]

Why did the coach refuse to answer and allow the game to be forfeited?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't be the person who calls out a violation of the rules?

How about, don't be a person who breaks the rules.

Weird take, OP.

This. Come on. You are criticizing the lady who called out the cheating as opposed to the cheaters?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, I was at a game yesterday where, in the middle of the 6th inning, a parent calls the ump over claiming that a player on the other team is actually a year older than allowed. Ump questions the coach who refuses to answer.

So they declared the team ineligible and gave the win to the team that lady's kid plays on.

How she knew this I have no clue. But don't be that mom. These kids just want to play baseball.

You are the whacked one here. What are you teaching your kid when you have them play with younger kids all for a win? Terrible. Don't be the mom who cheats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, I was at a game yesterday where, in the middle of the 6th inning, a parent calls the ump over claiming that a player on the other team is actually a year older than allowed. Ump questions the coach who refuses to answer.

So they declared the team ineligible and gave the win to the team that lady's kid plays on.

How she knew this I have no clue. But don't be that mom. These kids just want to play baseball.

Because he had a beard, adams apple and was a foot taller than all the other kids.