^^^I'm sure you may have already done this but if not, the next time you drive by a Little League field while they are playing, just for shits and giggles stop, park your car, sit in the bleachers and then just watch them play the game in its purest form...it will do your heart good and make you feel like you are a kid yourself again.
...quite a contrast when you compare that type of game to today's MLB prima donnas.
I loved nothing much more than watching a weekly Little Lg game last year. Sad thing, major thing I've noticed, that I've never seen in prior times is:
The districts each LL park is in, is zoned where half the city's parks are area's of outrageous high unemployment, and now high minority groups. City taxes at all time lows, for maintenance of city parks, fields, lights, those LL diamonds. LL is it's own non-profit entity, yet depends on city taxes for its fields here, and sponsors for equipment, or facility renovations, upkeep.
-(A fine line between the two)-
Sponsors are few unlike ever before, and LL is hit hard in half the areas, and is doing just ok in others. Not quit equitable to many kids, whose leagues don't have shit for balls, bats, et al. Profitless sharing anyone?
Then the parents are robbed by boards that open up the snack bars, (using their own money) but don't give a penny back to the league, while the presidents and treasures show it was their personal monies that renovated, stocked and opened up the snack bar, and into their pockets all concession funds go.
This issue went to court concerning two of eight district/zones and both cases LL was fkd, while the fraud/cons fled, and fkd each kid. That was a decade ago, and this practice continues, sucking any funds these kids can raise themselves, but parents screw their own, and never see it...
Never have I seen a LL concession stand go back into anyone but Little Lg's pockets/coffers. This state has gone to hell, I'm surprised they haven't allowed a pedophile to coach yet, (but then who would ever know with these crooks)...
This is the same city, that saw two major arguments in Pony Lg in one year. First a heated argument b/t two men, fathers, and the Ump. Ump ejected both hecklers, both grabbed baseball bats and beat the Ump, damn near killed blue. Half the stands emptied on the field, half fled. Half fought and carried on, the other half tried to break it up.
A Month later, a Coach was in the middle of a game, saw his ex with a new beau on her arm. Waited 'til the game was in the last inning, slipped out of the dugout, got his shotgun out of his trunk, and blew his ex, her new lover, and himself away; in front of his or their own Son, and another 60 kids...as the game ended....
That was 22 yrs ago....
I went to a inner city Youth Basketball tourny yesterday, ...
first matter of business 5 mins into the game, a pos parent cussed at the Ref, game was stopped until he could be escorted by little ladies...
This clown was told he had to leave by several people, and instead of leaving proper to show his disdain, he exited out a non-exit door, which should of been locked, and led the the schools open campus....several adults scrambled towards him, but no real security to speak of..... and these schools, all of them have deputies usually on campus during school hrs... not that day. The guy left afterwards with little fan fare, yet these parents take a child's game, and ruin something they cannot comprehend, yet their kids do...
