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Old 12-14-2007, 03:19 AM   #31
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I don't care what your brothers say, you're a funny guy.
Yohio is much funnier than I could ever hope to be. My ceiling is maybe Triplet Daddy
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Old 12-14-2007, 03:25 AM   #32
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Yohio is much funnier than I could ever hope to be. My ceiling is maybe Triplet Daddy
hell, exute hits his head on the ceiling everyday.
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Old 12-14-2007, 04:00 AM   #33
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Your kid can learn a lot from situations like this. When I was growing up baseball was my sport, I was on the All-star team every year, and even played on a team that went to the regionals for the Little League World Series. But when I was 12, I was drafted by a team and my dad was my coaches boss. The first two games I started both games, played every inning, hit 2 homeruns, and was having a great season. Then my coach was laid off from work. The Owners forced my dad to pick the employees he would keep so he went strictly by tenure unless they were an exceptional employee and my coach didnt make the cut.

So the next game I show up and I am not starting, I played the minimum 2 innings had my one at bat and sat the rest of the time. I was absolutely pissed, but thought I would give it another shot, the next game same thing. I went home and told my dad I was going to quit and what a jerk my coach was, my dad told me that no way would he let me quit and that I would just have to suck it up. This really pissed me off but it was the best thing he could have done for me. He told me if all I did was play 2 innings the whole season then thats all I would do but I would support my teammates.

Begrudgingly I did as I was told, and I decided to make the most of the situation, I supported my teammates, I cheered loud, I was the first off the bench to celebrate after big hits, the season turned out to be ok. I never really got off the bench that year, but I did win the leagues sportsmanship award which my dad was more proud of me winning than any award I had ever won.

I also was still selected to the allstar game that year eventhough I hardly played. It was a tough lesson for a 12 year old to learn but a valuable one.
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Old 12-19-2007, 02:32 PM   #34
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An update.

I went to practice last week instead of my wife and chatted up the coach a bit. My kid's minutes in last night's game went up significantly.
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