This article just about broke my baseball heart..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...AR2005062500524.html
Our kids just don't know how lucky they are.
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Justmom,
Thanks for the link. Kind of a unique article but it didn’t break my baseball heart. I thought the reporter was trying to make a political statements (or dig) by putting the mayors his party affiliation (D) after his name. Got in a couple of racial pokes too. I also thought the reporter was a little overdramatic with comments like "Practice slowed as they searched for balls in the overgrown grass." and another thing struck me as odd...
"Without enough players for drills, Frizzell directed them to a narrow chain-link batting cage. His pitching machine disappeared from the storage room a few years ago, and he never had enough money to replace it." Our school NEVER has had the money to buy a pitching machine and we didn't have a batting cage until we parents built one out of angle iron and nylon netting.
This article could have been written about our school system or many other school systems. Baseball gets little if any support from our school system. Parents bust their tails and players raise all the money and we ain't the rich white "folks" in the suburbs. We do have common ground...no matter if it’s in the suburbs of the nations capital to the rural heartland of America, there is always an adult like coach Frizell that will step up to help these young players. Thanks coach.
Sorry I see it that way,
Fungo (R)
Thanks for the link. Kind of a unique article but it didn’t break my baseball heart. I thought the reporter was trying to make a political statements (or dig) by putting the mayors his party affiliation (D) after his name. Got in a couple of racial pokes too. I also thought the reporter was a little overdramatic with comments like "Practice slowed as they searched for balls in the overgrown grass." and another thing struck me as odd...
"Without enough players for drills, Frizzell directed them to a narrow chain-link batting cage. His pitching machine disappeared from the storage room a few years ago, and he never had enough money to replace it." Our school NEVER has had the money to buy a pitching machine and we didn't have a batting cage until we parents built one out of angle iron and nylon netting.
This article could have been written about our school system or many other school systems. Baseball gets little if any support from our school system. Parents bust their tails and players raise all the money and we ain't the rich white "folks" in the suburbs. We do have common ground...no matter if it’s in the suburbs of the nations capital to the rural heartland of America, there is always an adult like coach Frizell that will step up to help these young players. Thanks coach.
Sorry I see it that way,
Fungo (R)
Just to be clear, in proper reporting the party affiliation of every elected representative is included in their first mention in an article.
Fungo
I too find this not too much different than most high school baseball programs
Our HS had no pitching machine, no cages; in fact their baseball field is not even on the school site. It is in town and with no fence in the outfield we had to chase the s***** and cricket players every inning or so.
BUT
We had parents who took the reins and made things happen in conjunction with the coach and AD who was glad to have us, just like every other town. In fact we are all still in touch and I have been out of that town for 9 years now.
Baseball creates strong bonds and they seem to last forever
I too find this not too much different than most high school baseball programs
Our HS had no pitching machine, no cages; in fact their baseball field is not even on the school site. It is in town and with no fence in the outfield we had to chase the s***** and cricket players every inning or so.
BUT
We had parents who took the reins and made things happen in conjunction with the coach and AD who was glad to have us, just like every other town. In fact we are all still in touch and I have been out of that town for 9 years now.
Baseball creates strong bonds and they seem to last forever