The Little League champions have been stripped of their title for gerrymandering.  Thats right, gerrymandering.  Redrawing boundries of their league until it encompassed an area filled with championship quality players.  I believe officials became suspicious when it was learned that none of the players actually knew each other outside the time in which they practiced baseball.  The fact that all of the players looked as if they were about 25 years old could have also been a warning that something was amiss.

The mother of one of the players is overwraught about the actions of the commission.  It was not the fault of the players that their team cheated.  “The team was a way to keep the kids off the streets”.  Breaking the rules kept them from crime filled lives.  ” Was this about league lines or was it about race?”  was her next question.  I could not for the life of me find any reference to her being supported by Al Sharpton.  But if has to be.  Those are his thoughts.  Wait, maybe those are the thoughts of a majority of minorities.  All the ills that befall them are caused by racism.  None of their problems are caused by the mindset that makes it okay to cheat because in the end it keeps the kids safe from the mean streets of Chicago?  Maybe it is okay to produce generational welfare just because you cant train a generation to do for themselves without cheating the system.  Is pulling oneself up by your bootstraps something that no longer can be done without cheating?  What the hell was wrong with that mother just stating that it was wrong to put together a team of young players who all stood 6′ 3″ tall and had 92 mph fastballs.  What was wrong with her stating that being suspended might teach the young men a valuable life lesson that little can be achieved through bending the rules?

Gary