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At one point during a game, the coach called his 9-year-old
baseball player aside and asked, 'Do you understand what
cooperation is? What a team is?' The little boy nodded in
the affirmative.
"Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or
lose together as a team?' The little boy nodded 'yes'.
*'So,' the coach continued, 'I'm sure you know, when an out is
called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the umpire, or call
him a pecker-head. Do you understand all that?' The little
boy nodded 'yes' again.
He continued, 'And when I take you out of the game so another
boy gets a chance to play, it's not *good sportsmanship* to
call your coach 'a dumb ass' is it?' The little boy shook his
head 'NO'.
'GOOD', said the coach.
'Now go over there and explain all that to your grandmother."
baseball player aside and asked, 'Do you understand what
cooperation is? What a team is?' The little boy nodded in
the affirmative.
"Do you understand that what matters is whether we win or
lose together as a team?' The little boy nodded 'yes'.
*'So,' the coach continued, 'I'm sure you know, when an out is
called, you shouldn't argue, curse, attack the umpire, or call
him a pecker-head. Do you understand all that?' The little
boy nodded 'yes' again.
He continued, 'And when I take you out of the game so another
boy gets a chance to play, it's not *good sportsmanship* to
call your coach 'a dumb ass' is it?' The little boy shook his
head 'NO'.
'GOOD', said the coach.
'Now go over there and explain all that to your grandmother."
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