And sometimes it's not the kid or the kids talent that keept him from making the all star team, but THE PARENTS. At least when the managers and coaches are doing the picking. I'm guilty of that myself. We could have had at least one more talented kid for our summer team, but we were all so tired of listening to his bumbling pain in the @$$ parents whine about everything from practice taking too long, to little johnny didn't get enough battiing practice in today, little johnny had a birthday party to go to "but he's still starting pitcher next game, right?". "little johnny always seems to get the bad umps when he pitches" It is kinda sad but we couldn't take anymore.
Rob