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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 39171" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Baseball question here ... For those of you whose kids play baseball - have you (or the coaches) ever sat down with the kids and explained the concept of "batting averages" so they could understand it? My boy played for eight years :shocked: and would get extremely upset at first if he struck out or was put out. :mad:</p><p></p><p>Put this way though, it doesn't sound so bad. Whether in Little League or the Major Leagues, a batting average of .333 is considered <em>extremely</em> good! That means the player got a hit only ONE-THIRD of the times that he came up to bat! The other TWO-THIRDS of the time, he either struck out or was put out! My son's attitude changed a lot when he started watching Major League baseball on TV and seeing these BIG famous guys who make millions of dollars striking out 4 and 5 times in a game!</p><p></p><p>And as for the bat throwing incident, husband should have let the officials handle it - "natural consequences" again. Whether in a kids game or the Majors, bat throwing is never tolerated and usually results in being ejected from the game. Rules are rules, the same for everybody, and it may have been taken better coming from an umpire than the dad. Just my 2 cents, anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 39171, member: 1883"] Baseball question here ... For those of you whose kids play baseball - have you (or the coaches) ever sat down with the kids and explained the concept of "batting averages" so they could understand it? My boy played for eight years [img]:shocked:[/img] and would get extremely upset at first if he struck out or was put out. [img]:mad:[/img] Put this way though, it doesn't sound so bad. Whether in Little League or the Major Leagues, a batting average of .333 is considered [i]extremely[/i] good! That means the player got a hit only ONE-THIRD of the times that he came up to bat! The other TWO-THIRDS of the time, he either struck out or was put out! My son's attitude changed a lot when he started watching Major League baseball on TV and seeing these BIG famous guys who make millions of dollars striking out 4 and 5 times in a game! And as for the bat throwing incident, husband should have let the officials handle it - "natural consequences" again. Whether in a kids game or the Majors, bat throwing is never tolerated and usually results in being ejected from the game. Rules are rules, the same for everybody, and it may have been taken better coming from an umpire than the dad. Just my 2 cents, anyway. [/QUOTE]
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