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Reply to "Defusing the HM problem"

It would be interesting, PG, if HM parents recognized themselves as HM...or jerks. IMO, they operate under the impression they are supporting or defending their son "as any good parent would". The coach, the other players, whomever, just doesn't understand their son's talents, the situation, what's fair, or the game in general. They are not, in their own minds, behaving badly.

A HM mother at my son's hs was constantly up in the coach's face about PT for her pitcher-son --- he should be a position player when not pitching. I asked her which of the starters should sit so that her son could play and she got confused....it hadn't occurred to her that putting her son on the field meant taking someone else off. But the once-every-five-game start "wasn't fair" to her son and she felt the need to point it out, complete with her ---in her mind --- reasonable solution.

People can justify their actions in an amazing variety of ways. Hence the equal popularity of the unfortunate word "spin".
Last edited by Orlando
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