Fairness (or lack of) in Rec Baseball Playing Time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches can have huge egos. They want to win. They smell victory, or a winning season, and lose sight that this is a rec league where player development (development of every player) should be the main focus.

Wrong. Development needs to focus on the best prospects. The kids who have talent and work really hard.

If you want your clearly untalented kid to play, then COACH. I've only got so many bullets in my arm for BP. You better believe I use them first on my kid, then the assistant coach's kid, then the other kids in order of talent. I can't tell you how mad I get when I call a kid in from RF for his two swings, and he's just putting on his helmet when the previous kid finishes his two swings.

Then Mommy and Mommy's "good female friend" get mad when young Ashton only plays two innings in RF. Yeah, okay. If you can't coach, get your sperm donor or hire sone college kid. Look in the mirror.

Are you the asshole who posted earlier about wanted to exclude kids from rec basketball? Why are you even coaching rec sports?

I thought he was the one ranting about how cancelling Coach Pitch softball because of rain guarantees a losing HS season in 10 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches can have huge egos. They want to win. They smell victory, or a winning season, and lose sight that this is a rec league where player development (development of every player) should be the main focus.

Wrong. Development needs to focus on the best prospects. The kids who have talent and work really hard.

If you want your clearly untalented kid to play, then COACH. I've only got so many bullets in my arm for BP. You better believe I use them first on my kid, then the assistant coach's kid, then the other kids in order of talent. I can't tell you how mad I get when I call a kid in from RF for his two swings, and he's just putting on his helmet when the previous kid finishes his two swings.

Then Mommy and Mommy's "good female friend" get mad when young Ashton only plays two innings in RF. Yeah, okay. If you can't coach, get your sperm donor or hire sone college kid. Look in the mirror.

Are you the asshole who posted earlier about wanted to exclude kids from rec basketball? Why are you even coaching rec sports?

I thought he was the one ranting about how cancelling Coach Pitch softball because of rain guarantees a losing HS season in 10 years.

Yeah, I'm the one who's saying we have to stop raising wusses.

[Anonymous]

Then we should just kill baseball and have kids play a real sport.

[Anonymous]

What made it even more ridiculous is the pitchers, who've had touched the ball like 100 times, only sat a fraction of half an inning. I just don't understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches can have huge egos. They want to win. They smell victory, or a winning season, and lose sight that this is a rec league where player development (development of every player) should be the main focus.

Wrong. Development needs to focus on the best prospects. The kids who have talent and work really hard.

If you want your clearly untalented kid to play, then COACH. I've only got so many bullets in my arm for BP. You better believe I use them first on my kid, then the assistant coach's kid, then the other kids in order of talent. I can't tell you how mad I get when I call a kid in from RF for his two swings, and he's just putting on his helmet when the previous kid finishes his two swings.

Then Mommy and Mommy's "good female friend" get mad when young Ashton only plays two innings in RF. Yeah, okay. If you can't coach, get your sperm donor or hire sone college kid. Look in the mirror.

Are you the dad from the wuss league thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches can have huge egos. They want to win. They smell victory, or a winning season, and lose sight that this is a rec league where player development (development of every player) should be the main focus.

Wrong. Development needs to focus on the best prospects. The kids who have talent and work really hard.

If you want your clearly untalented kid to play, then COACH. I've only got so many bullets in my arm for BP. You better believe I use them first on my kid, then the assistant coach's kid, then the other kids in order of talent. I can't tell you how mad I get when I call a kid in from RF for his two swings, and he's just putting on his helmet when the previous kid finishes his two swings.

Then Mommy and Mommy's "good female friend" get mad when young Ashton only plays two innings in RF. Yeah, okay. If you can't coach, get your sperm donor or hire sone college kid. Look in the mirror.

I assumed this was a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches can have huge egos. They want to win. They smell victory, or a winning season, and lose sight that this is a rec league where player development (development of every player) should be the main focus.

Wrong. Development needs to focus on the best prospects. The kids who have talent and work really hard.

If you want your clearly untalented kid to play, then COACH. I've only got so many bullets in my arm for BP. You better believe I use them first on my kid, then the assistant coach's kid, then the other kids in order of talent. I can't tell you how mad I get when I call a kid in from RF for his two swings, and he's just putting on his helmet when the previous kid finishes his two swings.

Then Mommy and Mommy's "good female friend" get mad when young Ashton only plays two innings in RF. Yeah, okay. If you can't coach, get your sperm donor or hire sone college kid. Look in the mirror.

I assumed this was a joke.

No. He's just adding homophobia to his Douche Bucket List.

[Anonymous]

OP, what age and level is your kid playing?

AA? The coaches should make sure all kids get a similar amount of field time.

Majors? Different story.

[Anonymous]

This is the problem with parent coached baseball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, what age and level is your kid playing?

AA? The coaches should make sure all kids get a similar amount of field time.

Majors? Different story.

He's in the Majors. Guess I missed the memo that not all kids get to play in Majors.

[Anonymous]

Coaches are human and biased. Btdt

[Anonymous]

Most Rec leagues have rules that each player must play a certain number of innings.

If your kid is still playing Rec in 5th or 6th grade then he is likely not going to have any future in baseball.

All the HS prospects are playing travel baseball year round.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most Rec leagues have rules that each player must play a certain number of innings.

If your kid is still playing Rec in 5th or 6th grade then he is likely not going to have any future in baseball.

All the HS prospects are playing travel baseball year round.

This. Plus I'd note you're pretty lame if you can't get off the bench in Majors, never mind make a Travel team. If you're still playing AAA as a 12-year-old, Oy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Rec leagues have rules that each player must play a certain number of innings.

If your kid is still playing Rec in 5th or 6th grade then he is likely not going to have any future in baseball.

All the HS prospects are playing travel baseball year round.

This. Plus I'd note you're pretty lame if you can't get off the bench in Majors, never mind make a Travel team. If you're still playing AAA as a 12-year-old, Oy.

this thread has nothing to do with travel team or HS or 'future in baseball.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most Rec leagues have rules that each player must play a certain number of innings.

If your kid is still playing Rec in 5th or 6th grade then he is likely not going to have any future in baseball.

All the HS prospects are playing travel baseball year round.

This. Plus I'd note you're pretty lame if you can't get off the bench in Majors, never mind make a Travel team. If you're still playing AAA as a 12-year-old, Oy.

Uh, Little League rules changed last spring and ALL baseball aged 12 year olds have to play Majors. There are no (baseball age) 12 year olds in AAA.

But good thing you are making fun of kids you don't even know; perhaps you need to reflect a little more on why you feel the need to call kids lame.