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Thursday, June 24, 2010
Little Leaguers left behind
In my town, the second graders all play in one league, and the skill level is extremely wide, from a kid who can hit it 150 feet, to one who can’t even get the bat on the ball. My kid is somewhere in the bottom half, probably at the 20th percentile in terms of overall baseball skills.
Next season, they have the third and fourth graders playing together. And the percentage of kids from the second grade teams who will register for the third+fourth grade teams will probably be around 75%. That is, about one-fourth of the second graders will not register for the next season. And, you can see that if my kid does play, he will be the worst player on the team.
I’m fully supportive of the idea to merge the third+fourth graders. But the merge should have been done into two leagues, with say two-thirds of the players going to the premier league, and one-third into the second-division.
As it stands, that’s not how they are proceeding. And, based on my limited interaction with the guys running the league, they don’t seem like they’d be interested in changing things. And that means that my kid won’t play. But, there are at least two teams worth of kids who are in the same boat, and so, I’m bothered that something can’t be done. Even if I make waves, look like the malcontent father, those parents who had already decided not to register their kids might not appreciate that the second division is just for them.
Anyway, I’d like to open it up to the floor to see the most effective way to proceed, in terms of getting a second division approved, and getting the word out that all the kids are welcome, regardless of their talent level.
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