Schmick wrote:I teach my players that between the lines, the only friends they have are the ones in the same jersey as them, your band of brothers. That between the lines the guys in the other jersey are the opponent, there to take something away from you and your band of brothers. Now you can either man up and fight like a ball player or you can roll over and take it like a soccer sissy.
My son is now in his second year of med school, my dd, who knows what she will grow up to be but one thing she will do when someone hits her is stand up for herself and hit them back.
All that is well and good but if I found out you told your pitcher to hit my kid on purpose and it caused injury, you and I would have a "discussion" and probably not much talking would happen.