:-) Good post. No, I'm not a coach (at least, not now, tho I have coached soccer in the past). I'm a supportive team mom who often does the scorekeeping and tells the kids Good Game afterwards. :-) I love the game, as does my son, and I just enjoy watching the kids play. It is a microcosm, and I can't tell you how much playing on a team (baseball, basketball or soccer) has helped my son deal with both the good and the bad. It's an excellent example for him ... fortunately, the parents in our relatively small town are pretty good are policing ourselves.
We had one jerk of dad who went off on our coach during a tournament game (in front of the League president, to boot!), and most everyone got him settled down pretty quickly. Peer pressure can be good. :-)
I haven't read the rest of Albom's column ... sounds like he's relying on old stereotypes, from what I've read so far.
My wife is a Team Mom every year - let me tell you, you will only forget once! - LOL
The article could have been about any youth sports activity, it just hit a nerve with me that it happened to be baseball. I can't even agree with the title, kids are coached by their parents all through life. - oh well some people just don't get it.
I think every league has got that one person who just can't control themselves, sounds like you've gotem and so do we. So I guess the answer is shut down every youth sports activity because there are a few dunderheads in the league? - not a chance! the collateral damage would be our children
See, you don't even need to read the rest of the article to figure that out! - Watch Out!, some may call you psychic!
Man created sports, God created Baseball!