OT: A Rod not the only cheater,,, Little League WS champs have title taken away

[HappyJack41]

Wow, I heard something about this a few days ago. Honestly there should have been a double elimination for every team to begin with. That team from Nevada thrashed Chicago the first time around so there should have been a 3rd game to allow Nevada a chance to be double eliminated. Or do away with DE all together. You could have one team blaze all the way to the final game, lose once to a team you've already lit up, and your tournament is over? Never thought that was a fair formula.

[CurtisFlood]

Typical of sports at the youth to high school levels. Traveling teams dominate tournaments and at times they continue the team stacking on high school courts, especially private schools. They dominate state tournaments playing against schools which generally follow the spirit of the rules. I've become sickened by it and no longer put much stock in high school sports.

[ooo-ribay]

It's the "adults," not he kids

This can't be helpful for the push to get black kids re-interested in the game.

[Michael B]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

It's the "adults," not he kids

This can't be helpful for the push to get black kids re-interested in the game.

I would disagree. The players from outside of the district knew that they did not belong on that team. They played in different districts and would have known that the players on the team that were from Chicago were not members of teams in their district. In prehistoric times when I played little league you knew who the good players were on the other teams in your league. We did not play against players in the other league in town and did not know them.

[packs]

I don't think this affects Little League or baseball in a negative way. It teaches children a valuable lesson: adults will do anything to ruin a good thing.

Hopefully the take away for these kids is that cheating is wrong and you will be caught.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by packs

I don't think this affects Little League or baseball in a negative way. It teaches children a valuable lesson: adults will do anything to ruin a good thing.

Hopefully the take away for these kids is that cheating is wrong and you will be caught.

And don't trust anyone over 30.

[celoknob]

My son played baseball until this year, a sophomore in high schooll when it finally got to be too much. It was fun until he was about 12 or 13. Then came all the traveling, year round long practices and work outs (even the day after Christmas), manipulating and grooming them as if baseball was going to be their whole life. This is something I just don't understand.

Maybe he'll have a chance to actually have fun again we he's old and can play in the beer softball leagues. Fun not allowed as a kid.

[oldjudge]

Cheating is endemic. I am surprised when I hear about a person or persons not cheating, not when I hear about them cheating.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

This is an interesting development. My town, Pearland, Texas, had a team that was eliminated by the Chicago Team late in the playoffs.

I agree that Little League did the right thing by stripping them of their title.

[bbcard1]

I am in the process of a slide into old farthood, however i will say that one of the worst things we do to kids is that we do not allow them to play sports without a uniform on and an adult present. There are so many organized leagues right now a kid never just learns the love of the game.

This is a big problem. Most of us do not become major leaguers, but in figuring out where we are going to play, agreeing on a set of rules, rallying the neighborhood kids and procuring equipment, we were developing management and leadership skills. Kids today mostly just do what adults tell them to. It's easier. They never have to worry about who has the bats and balls. And they get so much less out of learning the game than we did.