Both boys playing summer travel. YSSS has been ripping last couple of games after some minor adjustments at plate. Looks good. playing corner outfield position, not his first choice but you gotta play somewhere. I'll work with him for next season so he can play where he wants. OSSS has played terrific; had a tough game the other night, looked tired and a little slow. At the ripe age of 14 he's been burning the candle at both ends with social life and work (beach help at local lake). We hit the cages on Saturday to beat the heat a bit so he could work on swing.
An update to my cryptic messages last month...I no longer coach travel. I keep score for the 14U games and keep my mouth shut. Once in a while I will tell the coaches when they have boys out of position, etc. IMO, they coach like it's a LL team sometimes. They don't run cut-offs correctly, nobody knows who has 1st right on fly balls, etc. Kids won't know if they are not told. But team is 7-0 so what do I know, right?
On the 11U front, I sit beyond OF fence for the most part and keep my comments to myself. Lots of stuff to correct, and an early summer season winning-record beating up on bad teams has kind of lulled this team into a cocky direction. They play some good teams over the next week and a half, so they could find themselves mid-pack if they don't adjust. I wish the team and coaches luck. The parents who thought bashing me was OK? They can shove their heads up their asses. A few of the people on the shit-talk patrol have come up to me to apologize...same old thing "I had no idea it would turn into what it did". Tell your story walking.
Which leads me to the way all was handled. I spoke to the guy who runs program, who I considered a good friend. He never reached out to me, I had to do that. But I needed to get it off my mind. Basically told him he did a shit-job handling the situation and a piss-poor job as my friend. Don't think that can ever be repaired to be honest.
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