Not your father's T-ball: West Roxbury Little League riven by controversy that would make Bud Selig blush

By adamg - 12/4/09 - 9:57 am

The West Roxbury/Roslindale Bulletin this week details a controversy over the way players are picked in Little League that sounds like Major League Baseball before the Curt Flood decision created free agency:

"What happens is these kids are drafted when they’re six or seven and they become property of that team,” Holden said. "They would go through the minor league system under that team. If the major league team needed them, they could be called up to play on the major league team. If they weren't needed the kid could be stuck in the minors because he's protected by that major league coach."

Read the Bulletin story (1.1M PDF file, posted with permission of the Bulletin).

Comments

Twenty-one board members for

By Tricky (not verified) - 12/4/09 - 12:32 pm
#1

Twenty-one board members for a local Little League organization? Someone needs to blow up the entire organization and start from scratch.

No on-deck batters?

By Ron Newman - 1/6/10 - 3:40 pm
#2

What does this mean?

Little League International also let Parkway officials know that there should not be any on-deck batters

Isn't an on-deck batter just the next batter in the order after the current one?

Maybe they mean they want the

By Quantum Mechanic - 1/6/10 - 5:33 pm
#3

Maybe they mean they want the on-deck batter to remain in the dugout and not go out to the on-deck circle?

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