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Posted by: cptnkrk 2 months, 1 week ago

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In a letter to coaches, Assistant Recreation Supervisor Frank Vicchiarelli announced that the decades old tradition would end because certain kids were being singled out as better players than others. Isn't that the point of an all-star game?

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cptnkrk2 months, 1 week ago

is this true? Some kids are better at baseball than others?
Say it isn't so, next you'll tell me some kids are smarter than other kids.
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  NoSpinDave2 months, 1 week ago
  
  just more evidence of how liberalism is a disease.
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KobraJeedai2 months, 1 week ago

I kinda thought the point of baseball was to be better than the next guy (or gal).
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Wolfie20072 months, 1 week ago

This is just plain ignorant. What do the kids think about this? I doubt whether they were asked, this type of crap is usually promoted by losers who never get over being on the bench when they were kids. This smacks of pettiness.
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  cptnkrk2 months, 1 week ago
  
  I never was chosen for the allstars but I went and cheered on the guys who did. They were good. I wasn't.
  BTW I wasn't on the bench! I played right field (out where the dandelions grow).
  
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    ZiegfeldGirl2 months, 1 week ago
    
    Lol, sounds like my son!
    He was on a good team though, they made it to the tournament, and he hit a Grand Slam in the final game for the win. He has big shiny participation trophies for each of the 5 years he played, but the small Gold Medal he recieved for winning the tournament means so much more to him. Things are always better when you legitimately earn them on your own merits.
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      cptnkrk2 months, 1 week ago
      
      True. I coached PAL football and the league gave everyone trophies. One kid tossed his in the van and when mom gushed over it he said, "it doesn't mean anything. Everybody got one."
      Smart kid but he looked kinda sad that he had a meaningless trophy.
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Wolfie20072 months, 1 week ago

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