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[Dandy_Richardvilles]

After reading a few articles/letters to the editor regarding the controversy in this year's baseball tournament, I'm feeling rather unenlightened.  Can someone please provide me with a detailed rundown of the allegations and responses to those allegations?

[Professor H]

Apparently it was an issue about players on the team and eligibility.   Not sure how you miss putting "players" on your roster, and it appears they must have been pretty strong players as they lost without them... and dominated with them.

Not something you like to see at that level - but it appears that youth sports has taken that win-at-all-costs attitude...

Excerpts from the article:

The 53rd annual tournament was marked by one controversy when opponents questioned the eligibility of three Mason players. They had to sit out two games, including Mason’s 4-3 seven-inning loss to Dundee Tuesday for its only loss of the tournament. The three were reinstated afterward and played in Mason’s five remaining wins.

Tournament director Jim Kitchen declined comment except to say the matter was resolved Tuesday.

The eligibility issue dealt with players reportedly not listed on the roster that had to be submitted by the June 18 deadline.

http://www.monroenews.com/news/2012/jul/22/fair-baseball-two-gold/

[Dandy_Richardvilles]

Professor H,

I was wondering if I had missed something, but apparently maybe I didn't.

So what we have is this:

     1.  A story where improprieties are suggested at multiple points, but then the 5 W's and 1 H of 
         journalism are essentially ignored.

     2.  A letter to the editor from the mother of one of the players at the heart of the controversy
         that raises at least as many questions as it purports to answer.

     3.  A letter to the editor from the Superintendent of Mason Consolidated Schools that adds
          nothing to the situation except aggravation and further suspicion as it attempts to claim a
          share of the title while, to an extent, distancing itself from the players who won that title.

I agree that the circumstantial evidence seems to point in the direction you suggest, and if there was foul play it's absolutely pathetic.