BT is playing t-ball and I went to his practice yesterday. Having played ball for more years than I am willing to share so as not to give away my age, and having had a daughter who played, and whom I helped coach for many years, I would say I know a little about the game of baseball/softball. One of the first things I heard one of the coaches tell the boys yesterday is that if they throw the ball a certain way, they were "throwing like a girl." Well, that didn't go over too well with me at all, and I immediately made the comment that if he would put on a glove I knew a couple of girls (me and Daughter) that could show him how girls really throw. And, I threw in how inappropriate I thought that comment was. I went on say I did not think it was ok to make girls out to be inferior to boys, to make the boys feel better about themselves, or change the way they were doing things. About that time I got "the look" from Daughter advising me the coach's wife was sitting to my immediate right, and we were ALMOST, touching elbows. My first thought was, if she was up for a discussion about it, I would have been happy to oblige. My second thought was, I might need to keep my mouth shut, or not. But, only time will tell. We have a game at 11:45 Saturday.
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