That's why they call 'em "grown-ups"

More from the world of sports:

A 40-year-old man in Philadelphia pulled a gun on the coach of his son's 6- and 7-year-old football team after an altercation over the boy's playing time.

And a group of parents in upscale Castro Valley have gone overboard in support of their darling children, raising cain with a girls basketball coach and the school district over what they allege is a lack of "communication" and "utter vindictiveness." Translation: playing time.

It all makes me yearn even more for the lost days of sandlot sports, when children learned to play games and settle disputes without the help of their "mature" mothers and fathers. And had more fun.

Advertisement