Thursday, June 26, 2008

All-star baseball game cancelled - Certain kids were being singled out as better players than others and can hurt self confidence


Ohio - Beachwood has cancelled its annual 4th of July Rec League All-Star Game for 9 to 12 year olds. In a letter to coaches, Assistant Recreation Supervisor Frank Vicchiarelli announced that the decades old tradition would end because certain kids were being singled out as better players than others. For the all-star game, some coaches encouraged kids to select their team's all-stars, and in other cases the coaches made the selections. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Puritan's Pride