Rant: Seeing a kid screwing up his life.
Posted: October 8 08, 2:52 pm
Freaking A... I'm so upset.
Just found out a kid I coached up until he got kicked off the team at 16 for grades got arrested with four arrest warrants. Very talented ballplayer, probably a bona-fide Division I-AA talent if things fell right for him. Switch hitting SS, prototypical leadoff hitter with some pop in his bat from both sides. Softest hands I've seen in a kid his age, pretty good range. Arm would have probably required a move to 2B or the OF at higher levels, but the kid could play. Just smooth as silk, the kind of player that just looked so graceful no matter what he was doing.
Good kid at heart. He had a smile that just lit up a room, always respectful. But something was eating at him, he was adapted and I know he spent some time in a Foster home. Not sure when he was adapted, but I guess he had his demons. He's been in and out of trouble since 16, he never made an effort to turn his grades around and decided to stop playing ball.
Damn... Ruined my freaking day.
Just found out a kid I coached up until he got kicked off the team at 16 for grades got arrested with four arrest warrants. Very talented ballplayer, probably a bona-fide Division I-AA talent if things fell right for him. Switch hitting SS, prototypical leadoff hitter with some pop in his bat from both sides. Softest hands I've seen in a kid his age, pretty good range. Arm would have probably required a move to 2B or the OF at higher levels, but the kid could play. Just smooth as silk, the kind of player that just looked so graceful no matter what he was doing.
Good kid at heart. He had a smile that just lit up a room, always respectful. But something was eating at him, he was adapted and I know he spent some time in a Foster home. Not sure when he was adapted, but I guess he had his demons. He's been in and out of trouble since 16, he never made an effort to turn his grades around and decided to stop playing ball.
Damn... Ruined my freaking day.