^^^I have to agree, after more consideration.
In anything that is competition, it's going to be cutthroat, and one of the lessons kids are goign to learn is what JimmiZ so eloquently put--you're going to have to accept that somewhere, out there, there's going to be someone better than you.
I can relate to the other extreme from my childhood. My dad was the typ of father that, in the words of Bill Cosby, Didn't believe in justice, and just wanted quiet. As such, any activity i chose to get into, that placed my younger bro in a competition with me, my dad would request (and sometimes demand) that i let him win, to keep things peaceful. It wasn't until i was 17 until we were sparring when we both were in martial arts and my bro requested that I not go easy on him--since i was much higher rank, and proceeded to, well annihiliate him (not in physical beating, but he got no points from the match, where i pretty much scored on him at will because i have a much longer reach and was much suicker than he was). He got upset, my dad found out, and porceeded to berate me for not going easy on him. It took him awhile to get throuhg his thick skull hey, like father like sons) that there are some things that i'm just going to be better at than he is, and he's gotta learn it. I also explained to him that until he puts in the time, effort, and dedication into the martial arts that I had up to that point, i would appreciate it if he didn't question how i chose to teach my students (which my bro was at the time), since accepting defeat in a sportsmanlike fashion is a lesson everyone needs to learn.
Needless to say, my brother shook that off a lot quicker than my dad did, when my bro realized that his artistic and musical talent did (and still does) far eclipse anything i could ever hope of doing.
So, after that trip down the memory lane, I have to agree, It taught the child 2 lessons that most of the parents need to learn:
1) it's only a game
2) to try harder so the next time it happens, he's the one that walks.
In retrospect, the 9 year old acted much more adult-like than most of the parents concerned, IMHO.
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If anyone wants to know what I think...
We shouldn't teach kids winning and losing. We should teach them respect for their opponents, and by that I don't mean some pussy pacifist crap. Instead what I mean is to explain to the kid that their opponent wants to win as bad as they do and that their opponent has skill and that you have to show respect towards those skills and not a cocky "I can do anything" egotism. Best way to screw up is to want to win too much. Besides, you can enjoy losing too, especially when the guy's you play against are good. In any case, the best way to win is to get into the zone where winning or losing don't matter, you play your best, you NEVER give anyone a win and you appreciate how well the bastard you're playing against can be and learn from the mistakes you make. There's too much of this lust for victory thing going on. It's not about winning or losing, it's about becoming your best and if you happen to suck maybe you can work around that with a smart playing style? There's always hope and there's always the next game.
But that's just me...
it should be equally shameful for the Sox's coach for putting the cancer survivor behind their cleanup hitter. at four runs per inning and the description of the base and out layout, it could have been intented that the Sox's coach didn't want an early strikeout. (in any game) so put three good players in front of cleanup, then the cancer survivor. in a best case scenario, bases get loaded and cleanup brings in four runs, worst case scenario makes the opposing coach look like a douche...
coincidence? you be the judge.
