@Wilee - you talk of cheap shots towards Canadians and then you dish one out yourself at Americans, not really “classy” as you say.

as for flippy or something….if you want to complain, o.k. but your response was a little obsessive. well, over the top. your response was WAYYYY to aggressive and defensive AND insulting. you used the i word to much. almost as if you have some issues. mental? emotional?

please, flippy, if you would like to talk. feel free to do so. your self-rightous, narcissistic response is a display of anger, even hatred. i dont know if you were abused as a child. maybe you are still angry that you were not good enough at something as a kid and just cant let go of being rejected. but you do have issues.

please, flippy. write back so we all can help. maybe brooks will have a blog just on you. help flippy become the floppy she wants and needs to be.

and by the way, flippy, are you divorced? gay? spoiled and not able to deal with reality so you live in a fantasy world that consists of you being right all the time and everyone else is an “idiot’?…….

please flippy, let us help you. help us,,,,,to help you.

I am a middle-class suburban white guy and I think it would be awesome if someone besides suburban, middle to upper-middle-class white kids were able to play baseball in America. The expense, time and travel are becoming prohibitive. It would be nice if LL, Inc. put some of its (huge) amounts of cash into funding more than just a few token programs for inner-city and less fortunate kids, instead of building themselves a bunch of new offices. They make a fortune from ESPN, dues-payers and the equipment companies. It’s sad; baseball used to be the game that brought Americans of all backgrounds together, now it’s becoming the opposite.

So:

1. No more composite bats. Aluminum is bad enough, but composites are ridiculous. Especially because a large portion of unethical coaches, players and parents have them rolled. The distance balls are traveling in relation to the quality of the swing and the contact is an effin’ joke. In a perfect world, it would be wood bats only.

2. Move the bases to 70 to 75 feet and the mound to at least 53 feet. 98 mph-equivalent fastballs are ridiculous, and you should be able to knock a ball down at short and throw a runner out before he is slowing down in right field.

3. Fences to 250.

4. If a kid is 12-13, over 5′8″ and 180, he should have to move up to Juniors and play with kids his own size, just like football. They could come up with a scale for “play-down” just like football, so tall, very skinny kids and short fat ones would still be eligible, as well as just about any 11 year old unless he was over 6′ and 200 lbs.

5. Over zealous and delusional parents and coaches are ruining the game. I don’t know what to do about that.

To: Flippy
From: Floppies