Someone tell me why is it that a bunch of kids who can play a pickup game of baseball for nothing, choose instead to join leagues where they (their parents) have to pay for uniforms, caps, etc. AND work in fundraisers to boot ?
The idea of these parents buying a kid new baseball togs every year and letting the league send them to play inn traffic is almost beyond belief.
My favorite "fundraiser" experience was what I saw a few months ago: 14-16 year old kids, with ONE adults supervisior collecting money during school hours along a local 35-45MPH thoroughfare. At some intersections there were 4 kids, at some 2 kids. At the last was a lone 15 y.o. girl by herself.
I wonder if her folks new she was gonna spend her morning, alone in the middle of Route 30, walking up to stranger's cars.
F*cking incredible.
CKMorley