What was Dimmzy was saying about youngsters and achievement

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takinover · #1 Post by **takinover** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:06 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3553475

sunflower · #2 Post by **sunflower** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:10 pm

China would let him play!

takinover · #3 Post by **takinover** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:12 pm

sunflower wrote:China would let him play!

Then China would be doing the right thing, unlike those in this article.

TheCalvinator24 · #4 Post by **TheCalvinator24** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:19 pm

The league is wrong. If he had control problems, they might be justified in interfering, but since the article indicates that he has never hit anybody, it's absurd to ban him from pitching.

mellytu74 · #5 Post by **mellytu74** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:13 pm

I agree with TKO and Cal.

I think the league is wrong.

The league official said there were lots of beginners in the league. I do wonder if there could be a compromise where he could pitch in a league of older kids or against more experienced competition.

There's just something so wrong in keeping a kid from doing something he loves and is good at.

sunflower · #6 Post by **sunflower** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:41 am

mellytu74 wrote:The league official said there were lots of beginners in the league. I do wonder if there could be a compromise where he could pitch in a league of older kids or against more experienced competition.

It sounds like they offered that, but it doesn't say what the response was.

League officials suggested that Jericho play other positions, or pitch against older players or in a different league.

mellytu74 · #7 Post by **mellytu74** » Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:23 am

The way I read it, I'm not sure Jericho's current league has the authority to make an offer on behalf of another league.

BUT, I also didn't get the sense that the beginners' league actually contacted another league, either.

The sense I got was that they were throwing the suggestion out there (so to speak) in hopes that some other league makes the offer.