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Little League case brings back troubling memory.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
FORT WORTH _ Any creep can cheat. Little League Baseball just happens to make it easy for them.
The oldest scam on the books, and the simplest to perpetrate, is the one where the Little League coach suits up a kid who's about two weeks shy of his first shave.
I know. I've been there. I coached kid-league baseball for seven seasons, and to this day I'm not sure that the best player in our league was the 12-year-old that he said he was.
As Friday's announcement that Bronx pitcher Danny Almonte was 14, and not 12, reminded, there are unscrupulous adults out there who will do just about anything in the name of "supporting" their kids.
Supporting, in this case, means lying. Bending the rules. Falsifying a birth certificate.
"Clearly, adults have used Danny Almonte and his ...
- (B) OPINION: Danny Almonte, in a Little League of his Own.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 5, 2001 700+ words
...Bill Wallace, sports columnist What will happen next to Danny Almonte, that's what everyone is asking. Almonte, in case you...have to give back the keys. So what will happen next to Danny Almonte? Here follows a prophecy. Danny signs a letter of intent...
- What lessons has Danny Almonte learned?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Pluto, Terry September 2, 2001 700+ words
...the gnashing of teeth. Remember that fact: They cheated. Danny Almonte, darling of the Little League World Series, never should...or 14, he doesn't know all those legal things." All Danny Almonte wanted to do was pitch. Let's face it, virtually every...
- Danny Almonte signs with minor-league team.
- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) March 27, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Marcus Henry Mar. 27--Former Little League star Danny Almonte has signed with the Southern Illinois Miners of the independent Frontier League, it was announced yesterday. The Miners, a first...
- Can't Touch This.(Thousand Words)(Little League World Series pitcher Danny...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek September 3, 2001 700+ words
He's Only 12 years old, but check out the delivery. Last week Danny Almonte, a wiry, left-hander from the Dominican Republic who has lived in the United States less than two years and can't speak English...
- The 16th Minute: Picking On Kids His Own Size.(Scope)(baseball player Danny...
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Herb, Jeremy October 5, 2009 700+ words
Byline: Jeremy Herb THEN: In 2001 Danny Almonte threw the first perfect game during the Little League World Series in 44 years, leading his Bronx, N.Y., team to the semifinals...
- A CONCISE HISTORY OF DANNY ALMONTE'S LITTLE LEAGUE CAREER.
- Magazine article from: The Nation Trillin, Calvin September 17, 2001 700+ words
It's like finding another Babe Ruth, But he seems a bit long in the tooth.
- What happened to the common good of Little League baseball.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Smith, Claire August 28, 2001 700+ words
...inaproppriate sort has disrupted the worlds of tennis, major-league baseball and, alas, even the once-precious, unsullied Little...hate. If the world implodes on Bronx Little League pitcher Danny Almonte because of a dispute over the standout pitcher's age...
- Advice to Joe Pa from the King of the World.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Conlin, Bill September 6, 2001 700+ words
...spread high cheese on his scouting-report weakness. When I'm King of the World... Major League Baseball will hold a special draft for Danny Almonte when the Dominican fireballer turns 17. Or 19, whatever...Hey, Scott Boras will hold...
Source: HighBeam Research, Little League case brings back troubling memory.(Knight Ridder...