On the prom subject, it was the junior prom and 2 of them did not even have dates. The game was scheduled as part of a tournament and the game was changed. The coach had to let them go but not freely.
I will say that some of the comments on here are the ones I expected from the LL crowd. Everybody play, have fun, enjoy life. That is for LL, rec, and middle school not varsity baseball. I believe the best should play and you play to win. If you are not good enough, don't play and they should be cut.
I had major problems with the kids and their parents that walked out. The interesting part is most are football players, so is my kid, and would be appalled if a player walked off the football field at halftime to get ready for a dance or anything else.
Our world has become so politically correct that it is now wrong for a coach to kick a kid off who walks out on his teammates. What happened where varsity baseball became a place for everyone to play rather than playing to win?