Politically Correct Baseball

[Ron61]

Buzz,

Every year I watch as many games of the Little League World series as I can and they are getting better every year. This year they had several pictures that threw fast balls that would have been in the 100 MPH range in the Big Leagues. One kid struck out every batter he faced. Talk about your perfect game. I believe some of the pitches actually reached around the 46 to 58 MPH range.

Ron

[Don]

New Haven ( CT ) Register:

By Pamela McLoughlin, Register Staff

Baseball brouhaha goes into extra innings

NEW HAVEN — Adults continued Tuesday playing a little kids’ game.

Officials from an inner-city youth baseball league held a press conference to defend their honor before throngs of media waiting to grill them about why a player who turns 10 today was pulled from pitching because his throws are too fast and accurate.

But the media gathered at Criscuolo Park in Fair Haven couldn’t seem to get past the question: “How could you tell a kid he can’t pitch because he’s too good?”


http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2...s/20089039.txt

[danc30]

Kennon Fontenot from the Louisiana LLWS team just recently threw 84, which is the equivalent to 104 MLB mph

A lot of them were averaging in the 70's MPH range real speed, MLB equiv. of the 90's

[wtm442]

Those Little League pitching speeds are for 13 year olds. The kid in question just turned 10. I really hope the kid comes out of all this mess with his head on straight. The parents responsible for this controversy should be banned from all future games.

[392cobra]

"Back in the day " when I was playing LL,there was a pitcher on a opposing team that was something like the kid in this thread.

Not only did he have a wicked fast ball,he was the home run king of the League.The kid was amazing.

I played left field.I got a lot of exercise jumping the out field fence to catch down the balls he knocked out of the field.
I remember very clearly the 1 hit,a single to right field,I got off him.

I was very proud of that one hit for a long time.I think I still am.

Point being,everyone faces kids or adults of superior talent than everyone else.
The sooner you learn to accept it and deal with it ,the better you are.

That kid forced me to be a better hitter and fielder because of his superior talent than I would otherwise had been.

[Ron61]

Fred,

When I was in Little League one team had a pitcher that was way above all the rest. Trouble was he didn't know any more than the hitter where the ball was going. I became very quick and agile when I had to bat against him.

Ron

[wtm442]

Originally Posted by Ron61

I became very quick and agile when I had to bat against him.
Ron

Yes, bailing out of the batters box was always a self-preservation move. I played LL too, but it was always fun back then. The parents were not a$$holes like many are today.

But I really remember the day I played against a semi-pro softball team when I was about 18 years old. Holy crap. Trying to hit that softball was hard when you really wanted to hide your head in the sand. I was extremely proud that I got one foul tip off him in 3 at bats. I think we lost something like 47 to 1.