I played against a kid around that age who threw very hard (he’s now in the NFL as a journeyman QB for Jacksonville) and we all struck out except I hit the ball back to him. The weird thing is all of my teammates and I didn’t care, we had fun, were amazed at his skill and as we got older we caught up to him. We always viewed playing him as a challange and made us better...but who thinks of that angle anymore. Nowadays it’s if someone’s better than you, quit, blame them for your shortcomings and expect to be given something to compensate for being less skilled...
Absolutely pathetic in my view. Let the boy play, dominate the other kids this year and see if the other kids can raise their skill level to catch up with him next year. When they do catch up to him and beat him the victory would be even that much sweeter...
ugh, I just can’t stand modern society!!
Sounds like Affirmative Action to me.
It gets worse...
Harrison Bergeron
- Kurt Vonnegut