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#28406 - 03/16/12 04:59 PM
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my son is 13 but a little info for all you guys worrying about the next derek jeter, please take it from experiance ,let your kid play and more importantly learn how to play baseball .do not worry so much about winning at 9,10,11 and even 12u.when they get too 90 ft bases the difference in their abilities will show.let them get on a team with a teaching coach not a daddyball guy or a lunatic gotta win guy.do your self and your kid a favor lighten up they are 9,10,11,and 12 yr olds.did you play college or div 1 or even div 2 ball in college ,well your kid has your genes ,let them play ball for fun. there are no more pick up game sjust highly competetive baseball.that is not always fun.they need to have fun.wait until they can understand the science of baseball,which comes at about 13 /14 yrs old.90ft bases leaves alot of kids(derek jeters ) in the dust.
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#29106 - 04/07/12 08:04 AM
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I think all Little League is corrupt. The LL in our town is run like a small communist country -- no one is accountable and the board members who don't have children in the league re-elect themselves over and over.
I don't know what happens to the money. There has been no accounting for it in a minimum of a year. There is never a treasury report listed in the minutes of the meetings, and money is spent ostensibly to fix fields that look like they are never touched by landscaping. The mounds are awful and the rubbers are at the wrong distances.
There's no flexibility to reschedule games around the travel team that will ultimately represent us in Williamsport, too few players on too many unbalanced teams, and on and on.
My kid is four weeks shy of eligibility for Majors and the league would not deign to give him a tryout, much less a waiver, so as payback he struck out sixteen hitters in six innings and allowed one hit (to a travel teammate) and one walk, and no one who doesn't play travel somewhere has as much as a foul ball against him.
To keep guys off their level just to prove it can is the deepest form of corruption, and I detest LL, and I would not put my kid through it except for his Williamsport dreams. Youth sports is a cash cow, we have a LL of about 200 kids and when were done we have about 8K left in the bank.....we throw a party and for all the parents and kids and buy new equipment as needed...by the end of the year we keep $3000.00 in the bank for next years LL fees...I wonder, these big LL have crap equipment pay next to nothing for umps do little for the fields, you should ask to see the books, they are public records you know......I actually donate my used equipment to a very wealthy town LL cause the catchers equipment is not good enough to go in my trash...Parents are afraid cause they fear the mob board will take it out on their kids...In truth LL stinks, I would love to redo my fields and go Cal Ripken
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#29115 - 04/07/12 04:42 PM
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Do we need to vote on who should carry the mantle as biggest lunatic coach of CNLL? (1) One manager who also served as travel team manager made sure that his son played in every All-Star game. Every team's players had a chance to vote and the top 3 vote-getter go. The coach did the counting (privately) and invariably his son, the assistant coach's son, and their best friend made the all-star teams, every single year. During Summer travel baseball, they were given the opportunities to pitch, play shortstop and bat 2,3,4 in the order. Today, none are playing school ball because they aren't good enough. (2) How about this for a Board Member who served as a Team Manager and A-Team Travel Manager. Before the first day of open try-outs to compete for spots on the A and B teams, he handed a sheet to the B Team Manager of all tryout participants with the names crossed off of who he wanted on his team. Needless to say, his son always batted first in the order.
My heart goes out to the innocent kids and naive parents who get short-changed time and again.
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#29303 - 04/11/12 07:37 PM
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For those of you who think you understand the problem, I have bad news. You are only seeing "the tip of the iceberg." At Middle School baseball tryouts, there will be well over 100 kids competing for roster spots and about 1 week to evaluate and make necessary cuts. This is all magically done through indoor tryout sessions and a few outdoor sessions (weather permitting). The point here is that I strongly suspect that these Middle School coaches get input from CNLL and CSLL contacts. And that is not all!! At the high school level,only a Varsity and JV team is fielded for grades 9-12. If you can imagine, there are multiple, equally talented players to fill each position, yet some are fast-tracked, some sit the bench and others get cut. To give you some insight, some parents created "The Diamond Club," a non-profit, fund-raising club for the school baseball program. Look at the parents who are the organizers of this club, then look for their sons who have been given open paths to playing. Interestingly, these same parents held leadership positions at the younger community little league level. They never looked at things "for the greater good," only for the cut-throat good of their respective sons (in some cases, daughters).
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#29699 - 04/20/12 12:17 PM
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You are obviously misinformed. What has this Laine guy done to you? Given your daughter a safe place to play? Has gotten a real softball field at the main complex? Given his time year round for the betterment of all the kids in the community? I know Laine from the community and CNLL, he seems to be a pretty upfront and standup guy and I am sure he wouldnt be opposed to somebody criticizing something he did, and would be open to suggestions. But before all of you bash someone or somebody, these are all volunteers and do the best job possible. Paying your league fee doesn't give anybody the right to slander anybody else. If you dont like it, then leave. I am sure travel where you pay to play will be as forgiving. From a person who has his children in travel ball; you pay 1,000-2,000 dollars for the right to wear a uniform. There is no must play rule in travel sports. Try speaking to one of those coaches. They will rip you a new one faster than a jackrabbit eating a carrot. If the situation was reversed would you like people talking about you? I think you all owe it to your children, that if are that unhappy (not your kids) then either pull them, or speak up. Cause from where I am sitting you all sound like some whinny little kids who cant get there way. Let the kids play, and relax. In the end, will any of this all matter? BTW check your spelling you all look like idiots when you spell words wrong.
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#29750 - 04/23/12 09:20 AM
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Laine is a self-serving bully---and it would not surprise me if this was his sermon on the mount. You are obviously misinformed. What has this Laine guy done to you? Given your daughter a safe place to play? Has gotten a real softball field at the main complex? Given his time year round for the betterment of all the kids in the community? I know Laine from the community and CNLL, he seems to be a pretty upfront and standup guy and I am sure he wouldnt be opposed to somebody criticizing something he did, and would be open to suggestions. But before all of you bash someone or somebody, these are all volunteers and do the best job possible. Paying your league fee doesn't give anybody the right to slander anybody else. If you dont like it, then leave. I am sure travel where you pay to play will be as forgiving. From a person who has his children in travel ball; you pay 1,000-2,000 dollars for the right to wear a uniform. There is no must play rule in travel sports. Try speaking to one of those coaches. They will rip you a new one faster than a jackrabbit eating a carrot. If the situation was reversed would you like people talking about you? I think you all owe it to your children, that if are that unhappy (not your kids) then either pull them, or speak up. Cause from where I am sitting you all sound like some whinny little kids who cant get there way. Let the kids play, and relax. In the end, will any of this all matter? BTW check your spelling you all look like idiots when you spell words wrong.
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#30747 - 05/15/12 10:57 AM
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Guys...your all getting bent out of shape regarding 9, 10, and 11 year old baseball. Life is not fair, and baseball is not fair. Favoritism is rampant throughout little leagues throughout the country. Big deal. Show up, root for your son to have a great time, and move on.
If you are unhappy with a coach...talk with him. Express your concerns, and be an adult. Remember, the coach is a father too, and is donating his/her time to be there. He/she is not perfect and it may as well be their first time coaching. Its not easy. They will make mistakes, lose their cool, and perhaps say things in the heat of a moment that are inappropriate.
In this case, it sounds like the little league took action...which is what we all want. Perhaps the tone on this board should be that Commack LL took action and corrected a problem.
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#30831 - 05/16/12 03:50 PM
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I am Ashamed to be a member of the Commack community. You people who choose to bash and don't give a Rats A** in hell who you offend,drop off the face of the earth. The only person who is making any sense is the person above.
You all wanted action, they took action. Now you dont like the action they, the Little League took. No pleasing you I guess. This is 9 year old Baseball, not the Majors. If you don't like something then go and change the situation. Nobody should take this level of abuse from anybody. All of you are a bunch of cowards and should be ashamed of yourselves. Do you realize in a couple of year none of this will matter. Nobody in recent memory ever made it to the major league from Commack. Sorry to break the news to you.
Why does anybody have to post their names. To get ridiculed by a bunch of morons. You people are pathetic.
So glad my children are out of Little League, but these parents now a days are just out of control. Any forum to express discontent instead of doing it face to face.
An "entitled" bunch of A-Holes all of you are. Well said your dammed if you do and your dammed if you don't, would have to think the keyboard slasher is one of these out of control parents who has been suspended, could you believe the one guy pleaded his case to the board. thinking its ok to slap his kid in the publics eye, thought his suspension was to harsh. Should have turned him into family services let them handle it,, *************
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