I want to start out by saying that the incident i'm going to describe happened in Cooperstown 5 years ago when my son was 12 yrs old. Our 12u travel team from Illinois decided we wanted our boys to have the experience of playing at Dream Park in Cooperstown. So for roughly the year before all the boys participated in fundraisers to offset the expense of going. Once we got there we were promised 7 games before tournament play began. So we have just completed our 4th game when I have noticed that the 4 coaches son's havent sat out 1 inning yet, while everyone else was splitting time or were lucky to get in at all. Well, I did something I havent done before and havent done since. I walked up to the head coach and asked him if there was a reason why his son or the 3 other coaches son's havent sat an inning yet while everyone else was switching off??? If he had simply said it was an over sight by me, I will correct it, I would of been satisfied, however when he said " I dont have to address this with you, talk to my asst. coach" I became slightly ticked off.
I explained that if this were our regular travel season it wouldn't be an issue, but we came to Cooperstown with the idea of it being a great experience that every boy would remember, not just 4 kids!!!! They all raised money to go there. Well after that rant, I was as popular as a turd in a punch bowl with the coaches. But the other kids did get to play more the last 3 games.Ok, was I out of line here?? And i'm just wondering if anyone else had a similar experience?? Thanks in advance.