As some of you know, I am an assistant coach on a little league baseball team. We were nearing the end of the season and during the game, I slowly walked up to one of my 9-year-old baseball players, paused, then asked,
“Do you understand what a baseball team is? What cooperation for the team is?”
The boy nodded slowly in the affirmative.
“Do you understand that what matters is not always whether we win or lose, but how we play together as a team?”
The little boy nodded 'yes'.
“So,’ I continued, “I'm sure then you understand, when an out is called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the umpire, or call him a pecker-head, dickhead or asshole. Does that make sense to you? “
The little boy again nodded 'yes'.
Not stopping there I went on, “And when we take you out of the game so another boy gets a chance to play in the game, it's not good sportsmanship to call your coaches ‘dumb ass or shithead’ is it?”
“No,” The little boy shook his head looking a bit ashamed...
“GOOD” I said. . . . “Now go over there and explain all that to your grandmother!”