P-Dog, Thin skinned? Nah, not me. This happened 4 to 5 years ago and I thought it would make a good topic for the high school baseball web. This is all history to me but we all know history has a way of repeating itself. Parental jealousies exist in all sports from cheerleading to ice hockey. You know that. They even make movies about it but only when it turns from those cutting, negative remarks to all out violence. Parenting an athlete is more complex than understanding a batting average or what to throw on a 0-2 count. I won’t dispute that a good hitter can always get better unless he is batting a thousand and I know that nasty curve balls can be very effective in the dirt but I won’t argue that point either. What I do know is jealous parents exist and the better we understand this character weakness, the better off we will be.