A Little League coach in Bountiful, Utah, is under fire for a game decision. Click HERE for the complete story.

Apparently towards the end of a Little League game in Utah, one of the coaches called for a player to be intentionally walked. Intentionally walked because the player being walked was the other teams best hitter, and a base was open. The coach of the team that issued the intentional walk, is being ridiculed because the player on deck(to hit next), was a cancer survivor and a pretty weak looking kid (and baseball hitter.) The weak kid then struck out to end the game.

Knee-Jerk Reaction: That Horrible coach has poor sportsmanship and took advantage of the little cancer patient so his team could win!

Normal Person Reaction: The game of baseball is being taught to children the correct way! When the game is on the line, and the opponent is sending their best hitter to the plate, and there is an open base…. YOU WALK HIM! It’s Baseball101 people! It’s terrible that this other kid was so sickly and couldn’t hit the baseball, but his being on deck is coincidence.

If it’s my kid I tell him I’m sorry that he struck out to end the game, but we’ll get him next time. Then I drive him to the batting cages and work on his hitting. I don’t hold up my kid as an example, and ask that an exception to normal baseball etiquette be granted because he’s sickly.

The game of baseball is over 100 years old, and it should be taught to kids the way it was taught 100 years ago. If you don’t like it, go play in a league where they keep no records, no score, and everyone get a free sno-cone at the end of the day.

Geesh!