I'm Sick of all the Sportsmanship at the Little League World Series
Little League and ESPN have made it their mission to shove how 'sportsmanlike' all of the teams are at the Little League World Series to the point of
It seems like every 5 minutes the commentators plug how much 'respect' each team has for each other, and every time they cut to a commercial break there's a mini montage of kids on opposing teams shaking hands or patting each other on the back. If I see one more third baseman give a kid rounding third, who just yoked a homer on his team, a high five I will literally vomit. Sportsmanship is overrated and I'm sick and tired of the same cookie-cutter choir boy image the LLWS tries to portray every year. I am desperate for a team, just one single team, to show up in Williamsport with an edge. A squad that embraces youthful rebellion and is there to win, not make friends. I want to see a team that beams batters for standing too close to the plate and taunts their opponents after going yard. I want a team that gets angry after giving up a homer, a team that would never think to high five their enemies after crushing a dinger in their faces.
In this day and age of political correctness maybe asking for an entire team of wildcards is too much, so I am willing to settle for just one bad kid. One rebel with a bad attitude and a chip on his shoulder. A kid with a complete lack of respect for authority. A badass who smokes cigarettes before games and curses out umps. A wild child who once punched his own coach. A kid who talks shit, but has the talent to back it up. An anti-hero who flips his bat and then points at the pitcher after crushing a homer. A kid that's so cocky he yells, "He can't pitch to me!" to the opposing team's coach after he gets a hit. Someone who isn't shy about flicking off the other team's fans. I need a little Allen Iverson, not more little Tim Duncans. After all, sports are far more entertaining when you have flamboyant personalities and controversial players. Imagine how boring the NFL would be if everyone was as squeaky clean as Peyton Manning. We need the Pacman Jones's of the world to balance it all out. I guarantee that the LLWS ratings would spike whenever a kid like this would take the field. He'd be undoubtedly divisive, but fans and critics alike would still tune in. The only name anyone has ever remembered from the LLWS is Danny Almonte and that was because he was 14 years old and got caught. The LLWS desperately needs a cult hero, an anti-establishment anarchist who makes suburbia uncomfortable. History doesn't remember the kids who played it safe and followed the rules, it glorifies the revolutionaries who break them.
