You’ve been posting this kind of stuff since Baseball 101 when your kid was nine years old. Do you dream it up? Why do you obsess on it?
More of a fascination than an obsession.
Yes, in youth ball (Little League and kid travel), it exists. Anyone who says it doesn't is lying. And, yes, at that stage, we were sometimes on the wrong end of it.
But, to be honest, back then, I always thought "It will be different with High School ball. Can't wait to see it go away!"
And, I was surprised when we got there. It wasn't an issue for my kid. He was always one of the better players and the team relied on him all four years. But, there were others who were still playing "that game" and strings were pulled to favor some players. Again, I didn't care and I didn't obsess on it because it didn't matter to our situation. However, I did find it fascinating that these BS games could still happen at the High School level. I didn't think it was possible but it did happen.
Now, in college? I don't know and that's why I asked the question. It's asked partly out of curiosity and partly out of just making conversation.
I've read posts here that suggest it's possible. But, I already know some posters here are going to say it's impossible. The topic should make for good conversation.
Lastly, I'm flattered that you have such recall of my posting activities over the last 13 years across two different message board platforms. You might want to consider obsessing less about me because I'm not something that you can control. 😉
