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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Always. That’s the point once you know how to play the game. I’d say with very young kids who need to learn, k, 1st and maybe 2nd, but IME by second at least the boys who hav been playing for years want to win and it’s no fun having kids who have no athletic ability come in a screw up the game. [/quote]

This right here is what people mean when they say kids sports have become too competitive and not fun anymore. You sound like the parents in our little league who try to rig the draft for a 2nd grade team (so 7 and 8 year olds) to fill it with all stars. There are lots of kids this age that just love baseball but aren’t necessarily natural athletes. Let them play and have fun and enjoy the sport! Yes they should be practicing and working hard, but if they don’t have natural hand eye coordination so what. These kids likely won’t keep playing into high school (though a few might surprise you!). But the same is true for plenty of the supposed all stars. The kids are 7 years old. They’re going to win some games and lose some games. And literally none of it actually matters in the scheme of life. Stop sucking all the fun out of being a kid.

And for the record, my son is considered one of the strongest players on his team, so this isn’t coming from a parent upset their kid doesn’t play enough. [/quote]

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