AP Panther Fan
03-24-2008, 12:38 PM
(ha, I wonder how many will open this with that title....)
A must read for Grandparents.
Those who aren't will love it, too.
At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 9-year-old baseball players aside and asked, 'Do you
understand what cooperation is? What a team is?'
The little boy nodded in the affirmative.
'Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or lose together as a team?'
The little boy nodded yes.
'So,' the coach continued, 'I'm sure you know, when an out is called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the umpire,
or call him a pecker-head. Do you understand all that?'
Again the little boy nodded.
He continued, 'And when I take you out of the game so another boy gets a chance to play, it's not good sports-
manship to call your coach 'a dumb #*%' is it?'
Again the little boy nodded.
'Good,' said the coach. 'Now go over there and explain all that to your grandmother.
A must read for Grandparents.
Those who aren't will love it, too.
At one point during a game, the coach called one of his 9-year-old baseball players aside and asked, 'Do you
understand what cooperation is? What a team is?'
The little boy nodded in the affirmative.
'Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or lose together as a team?'
The little boy nodded yes.
'So,' the coach continued, 'I'm sure you know, when an out is called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the umpire,
or call him a pecker-head. Do you understand all that?'
Again the little boy nodded.
He continued, 'And when I take you out of the game so another boy gets a chance to play, it's not good sports-
manship to call your coach 'a dumb #*%' is it?'
Again the little boy nodded.
'Good,' said the coach. 'Now go over there and explain all that to your grandmother.