Throwdowns > Closed

Dyhard is a certified stoner said 09/01, 12:18 AM
So, from the title, I can only imagine that you think that the Little League World Series shouldn't be play and the entire tournament was a bad idea to even have...

And I'm going to disagree with you completely. I think the Little League World Series is a great tournament to have.

If you look at the history of it, you can see that there were plenty of Major Leaguers who had participated. Plus, Little League is extremely popular in the United States and where an extraordinary amount of kids participate each summer.

Having a tournament for the kids is great, and makes them competitive. I know that making the all-star team in Little League is a big deal for kids when they do make it, and it means more baseball. Plus, this is where the kids can truly show off some talent at a young age and get their names out there to colleges and high schools.

Overall, the LLWS is a great idea!

Dyhard is a certified stoner said 09/01, 11:37 AM
Umm, well, there might be a sick side in you that wants to see a bunch of 12-year-olds start to cry because they didn't win a competition like the National Spelling Bee or the Little League World Series but most of humanity is not like that... Just like how most of humanity is NOT okay with driving drunk and getting a DUI.

On a side note, your multiple smily faces throughout this throwdown is incredibly creepy, especially when you're talking about 12-year-old boys & them crying.

They take the competitions they are in seriously because it means something to them. They didn't put all their hard work into baseball, spend a bunch of time and money on Little League, to just say "oh, we lost. Too bad. School starts now, yay!" No, that doesn't happen. They're going to be into whatever competition they're into. Hell, the parents are into it...and they aren't 12-years-old.

I'm still not completely sure why you think this is a bad idea... My only thought is that it's a bad idea because 12-year-olds can't handle losing in a mature way? I mean, pro athletes cry if they lose. Are sports a bad idea since pro athletes cry and treat games as life & death?

Dyhard is a certified stoner said 09/01, 01:27 PM
Nah, you shouldn't have to sugar coat things, and that's why I'm not sugar coating this when I said that it's weird as F to think that people watch the Little League World Series along with the National Spelling Bee to watch kids mess up and cry their eyes out because they don't get to say they were victorious in something they put so much time and effort into.

17-year-olds joining the military and 12-year-olds/13-year-olds playing baseball and competing in a Little League World Series is completely different. You aren't going to send some kid to war, who is only 12 or 13-years-old and have them be surrounded by guns being fired in their ears, people shooting at them and for them to be in that hell-like atmosphere the military is. That'd just be dumb. They put the age at 18 because it's when people are then considered an adult in the United States.

A 12-year-old will get over it when they're older... It's just a game. But at the moment, they won't because it means more to them than just a game. If you sent them to war, they'll never get it over. It's something people don't get over. It's with them forever, cemented to their brain.