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To: Carolyn who wrote (24551)	1/17/2009 7:55:32 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 91196

He should do what those arabs do, whip him self with chains

To: Carolyn who wrote (24551)	1/17/2009 7:55:32 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 91196

Thank you....I know you mean well. That said - if you're upright you're good enough to coach and do it RIGHT! I'll be irritated about this until next practice. We'll work out the kinks (maybe listen to them as well <g>) and move forward. Right now I just want to be pissed. I'm not a good loser

To: Carolyn who wrote (24551)	1/18/2009 5:31:14 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 91196

Third and fourth grade (Gloop's grade), IMO, are way more competitive than fifth and sixth. I had the option, if I so wanted, to switch from being the commissioner of our PK/K baseball league to third grade. I declined. First off, it's too much work. Second/third/fourth, because this is the start of when scores and standings are kept, because coaches are trying to establish their worth so to speak, and because the crazy coaches have yet to be weeded out, it's the most cutthroat age group. Unless you've been through it, you'd think the opposite. As for PK/K, I highly advise everyone to revisit that level of play. Everyone is a future star, the entire extended family usually shows up, the grandparents are often still alive, and so on. Anyhow, here's part of a speech that one of my coaches last year, Mike Greenberg, gave to his players. I thought about it in our past discussion but was too lazy to look for it: ----- Skipper: Well, okay. Here it was: here was my pregame speech to the kids before our first game on Saturday: Boys, right now the coach of the Sun Devils is telling his players to go out there and have fun. You know what I say? I say fun is for losers! You know what’s fun? Winning is fun! Kicking dirt at an umpire is fun! Taking the extra base is fun! So we’re going to win today, boys, or we’re going to die trying. Now remember what we talked about in practice. If one of them falls down, look at the ump. If he’s not looking, step on the kid’s hand with your cleats. It’s not against the rules if the ump doesn’t see it. Benjamin: who owns the inside part of that plate? Benjamin, stop crying: who owns the inside part of the plate? Benjamin! Alright, Benjamin, you’re off the team. That’s pathetic; go cry to your mommy. We’ll have none of that here. We own the inside part of that plate, boys! If one of our guys gets hit, one of them is going down. If we’ve got a no-no working and they lay down a bunt, the next batter takes one in the earhole. If they take a five-run lead and then try to steal a base, our next baserunner is going into second with his cleats at eye level. You got that? Now let’s go out there and get ‘em. Ready? “Shoot to kill” on three: one, two, three! Now go get ‘em! Message 24593440 In reality, Mike was truly a great coach. In fact, he wasn't even the head coach, but he just took over the team. - Jeff