Wirey
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I coach a Little League baseball team. We stink. I have 5 players who are in their first year of any organized sport, and it shows. As some of you may know, a long time ago I was a pretty good pitcher who had tryouts with a few big league clubs. If I wrote my father's name here a few of the older members who like baseball might know who he was. So if there's one thing I know it's ball.
I'm a pretty laid back coach and I want the kids to have fun. Unlike their moron parents, I'm completely aware that most of these little goobers have no prayer of ever being a professional athlete. Especially that one kid who tried to throw home with no one on base because he assumed we'd boot the ball around and give the runner a shot at scoring (I mentioned that we stink, right?). He overthrew the catcher from second. Anyway, I went out and got trophies for the team. In these politically correct times I got one for everyone, but I got a couple that were larger for some specific awards, like MVP and Most Sportsmanlike. I asked the kids to vote on who should win what, and that's where the quandary happened.
There's a tie in the voting for MVP. The first kid is leading the team in average, runs, RBIs, stolen bases, slugging percentage, on base percentage, OPS, and as a pitcher is leading in strikeouts and is second in ERA. The second kid is good, but he's not in the first kid's league.
Kid one is Wirey Jr. I'll pause here so you can applaud my DNA. I told the kids if there was a tie I'd break it, and now I'm afraid that if I pick my kid people will see nepotism and not realize he actually deserves it. If I give it to the other kid I'm watering down what it takes to be MVP. I don't have to share the vote totals with anybody, but still I'll know. It seems right to give it to my boy, but it seems correct to give it to the other kid. What would you do?
I'm a pretty laid back coach and I want the kids to have fun. Unlike their moron parents, I'm completely aware that most of these little goobers have no prayer of ever being a professional athlete. Especially that one kid who tried to throw home with no one on base because he assumed we'd boot the ball around and give the runner a shot at scoring (I mentioned that we stink, right?). He overthrew the catcher from second. Anyway, I went out and got trophies for the team. In these politically correct times I got one for everyone, but I got a couple that were larger for some specific awards, like MVP and Most Sportsmanlike. I asked the kids to vote on who should win what, and that's where the quandary happened.
There's a tie in the voting for MVP. The first kid is leading the team in average, runs, RBIs, stolen bases, slugging percentage, on base percentage, OPS, and as a pitcher is leading in strikeouts and is second in ERA. The second kid is good, but he's not in the first kid's league.
Kid one is Wirey Jr. I'll pause here so you can applaud my DNA. I told the kids if there was a tie I'd break it, and now I'm afraid that if I pick my kid people will see nepotism and not realize he actually deserves it. If I give it to the other kid I'm watering down what it takes to be MVP. I don't have to share the vote totals with anybody, but still I'll know. It seems right to give it to my boy, but it seems correct to give it to the other kid. What would you do?