The Hawk
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Just read the story about the Jackie Robinson team cheating to win the US Little League Title. It really pisses me off in a lot of ways. By way of background, I was a high school and travel league baseball coach for a number of years. I have had kids go through me and my teams on to many colleges, pros and on to the major leagues. I have taken several teams of 15-17 year olds onto Regional and World Series Final games. I'm also not holier than thou nor do I think that honest mistakes cannot be made.
What I have just read about that Little League Organization was enough to make me want to beat someone up. ANd what I have read about what some of the reactions were to it by the so-called "leaders" of the community that surrounded it makes me even madder. As bad as the damn world is outside these kids world, now even a damned game of baseball cannot occur without cheating another group of people?
What that organization did was overt. No mistakes. They knew exactly what they were doing. SOme coach decided that his pitching wasn't good enough so he recruited a kid from two towns over to add to his team. Another town had an outfielder who had sprinter speed came over. A short-stop. et al. All overtly against the rules. Cheating the other teams who followed the rules along the way. And along their merry way, this cheating team were made to be celebrities. TV people were delirious because of the story and how it fit their desired narrative. WOnder what they knew and when they knew it?
This should not be a black versus white story BTW. It should be a right against wrong story. It should not have race anywhere to do with it but race will be all over it. Already that jag-off Jesse Jr. is demanding that the LV team refuse to accept the award and the Chicago mayor refuses to be a stand up mayor but instead a willing shill. I can imagine Sharpton is going to start chirping from his pulpit also.
It sickens me. It really does. A few years ago, I remember coaching a game outside of the Rose Bowl out here at Jackie Robinson Field, the home field of Pasadena City College where Robinson played as a high school kid. I had two black kids on my team and I took time out before the game to tell them what I knew about Jackie Robinson. THEY DID NOT KNOW A THING ABOUT JACKIE ROBSINSON!!!!!
I had to get this shit off of my chest. I am sorry for the kids on that team for a number of reasons but someone also should be counseling them on what really happened and why it happened and not merely talking to them about how they got screwed by the "man". That, unfortunately will probably be the narrative delivered!
What I have just read about that Little League Organization was enough to make me want to beat someone up. ANd what I have read about what some of the reactions were to it by the so-called "leaders" of the community that surrounded it makes me even madder. As bad as the damn world is outside these kids world, now even a damned game of baseball cannot occur without cheating another group of people?
What that organization did was overt. No mistakes. They knew exactly what they were doing. SOme coach decided that his pitching wasn't good enough so he recruited a kid from two towns over to add to his team. Another town had an outfielder who had sprinter speed came over. A short-stop. et al. All overtly against the rules. Cheating the other teams who followed the rules along the way. And along their merry way, this cheating team were made to be celebrities. TV people were delirious because of the story and how it fit their desired narrative. WOnder what they knew and when they knew it?
This should not be a black versus white story BTW. It should be a right against wrong story. It should not have race anywhere to do with it but race will be all over it. Already that jag-off Jesse Jr. is demanding that the LV team refuse to accept the award and the Chicago mayor refuses to be a stand up mayor but instead a willing shill. I can imagine Sharpton is going to start chirping from his pulpit also.
It sickens me. It really does. A few years ago, I remember coaching a game outside of the Rose Bowl out here at Jackie Robinson Field, the home field of Pasadena City College where Robinson played as a high school kid. I had two black kids on my team and I took time out before the game to tell them what I knew about Jackie Robinson. THEY DID NOT KNOW A THING ABOUT JACKIE ROBSINSON!!!!!
I had to get this shit off of my chest. I am sorry for the kids on that team for a number of reasons but someone also should be counseling them on what really happened and why it happened and not merely talking to them about how they got screwed by the "man". That, unfortunately will probably be the narrative delivered!