@RJM posted:I don’t see anything in this article I haven’t been reading for almost twenty years. Some of it is refutable. But, I’m guessing most people participating on this board have heard all the arguments before.
The only thing I’ll add is the disappointment of seeing signs on fields when my kids were younger “no unsupervised play allowed.” I learned how to play by trial and error playing pickup game after pickup game as a kid.
We didn’t worry about the weight and balance of the bat. All we cared is someone had a bat we could use. They were all wood. We broke a few. If nothing else screws and duct tape worked until the next trip to mom and pops sports store.
@RJM I would agree. Unsupervised activities (any sports) allowed us to play with only peer oversight. Self governed, the only time we normally had issues in any sports was at the end of a close game. In baseball, catcher calling balls and strikes on a close pitch, basketball (ticky tac fouls), Football (playing 2 hand touch), we didn't buy flags (lol).
Question, was the "no unsupervised play allow" related to potential liability issues if somebody played on the field?