[nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" hisdreamcometrueon local Little League team

Wed May 13 20:55:02 UTC 2009

Amen, Peter!!!
Sarah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" hisdreamcometrueon 
local Little League team


> Hello John and listers,
>
>    He'd be a far better mascot if he was hitting grand slams and helping
> his team win rather than just sitting around.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John G. Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
> To: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>; "NFB Talk Mailing List"
> <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" his dreamcometrueon
> local Little League team
>
>
> I agree to a point. I don't want to play mascot either.  But at the same
> time, I wouldn't criticize someone who did. I'm not saying you are
> criticizing this kid for playing mascot. I'm just saying that if he wants
> to, that's fine by me.
>
> Probably the best point to be made here is that while having a dream of
> being on a baseball team in any capacity is fine, maybe if he were given
> more information and more options, his asperations would be a little 
> higher.
>
> I guess what I'm saying is that while its important to show tolerance for
> what the boy is doing, itsalso important to make sure he knows this is not
> all he can do.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tribble" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 7:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" his dream cometrueon
> local Little League team
>
>
>>I wasn't going to enter this thread but couldn't help mentioning one motto
>>I
>> used while working -- "I don't want to play mascot".
>> People are sometimes so anxious to grab a token minority person as a
>> member
>> of their group -- whether it's a sports team or a job or whatever, that
>> they
>> don't consider that that person may have talents and abilities to do more
>> than just be a token.
>> The little boy was popular in this role because he had a positive 
>> attitude
>> that was infectuous -- but what if he is able to do something that would
>> compete with another sighted team member? How long is he going to be 
>> happy
>> doing nothing but act positive?
>> When I was a software developer there were times when things went very
>> smoothely and I fit in well, but other times when I got into conflicts of
>> interest with other group members. In particular, I once was slated to
>> address a large group of persons to introduce some project I was working
>> on.
>> The auditorium was not accessible but was the only space available right
>> then. My boss turned and asked a fellow group member to carry my
>> wheelchair
>> down the stairs (with me in it) so I could give the talk. The employee
>> objected and said that wasn't in his job description.  I also didn't want
>> him to do it as it is rather terrifying to go down a flight of stairs in 
>> a
>> wheelchair with only one person in control.  And I especially didn't want
>> to
>> impose on the other employee to do something he didn't want to do.  I 
>> gave
>> my notes to someone else and they gave the talk. My boss was rather
>> annoyed
>> that I did this but I felt it was the right thing.
>> Anyway, that is a negative example, and there were also positive
>> experiences, where people worked in harmony and complemented each others
>> contributions.
>> Anyway, off soapbox for the time being.
>> One of these days I'd like a thread about working in a sighted
>> environment -- and if some of you are also rollers (in wheelchairs),
>> there's
>> that issue too.  Also if anyone knows about any technical job openings
>> that
>> can be done from home, feel free to send it (private to me...*smile*...)
>> TIA and have a great week.
>> --le
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Michael Bullis" <mabullis at hotmail.com>
>> To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 12:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" his dream come
>> trueon
>> local Little League team
>>
>>
>> Well, I might agree with you if the kid were actually doing something.
>> But,
>> he's not.  He's not even taking care of the bats or balls, towels?  He
>> can't
>> even throw the ball to the catcher but he's called a "team manager."
>> The disturbing thing about this to me is that he's being lied to as 
>> though
>> he were actually contributing something of value when he's not.
>>
>> It seems to me that this is political correctness at it's worst.  The
>> Little
>> League coach should have said yes when asked by the little boy for an
>> opportunity, but, they then should have figured out something for him to
>> do
>> besides look cute.  To give him the title of "Manager" only compounds the
>> issue for me.
>> And, sadly for his mom, there is apparently little or nothing going on 
>> for
>> this kid so just sitting on the bench is the high point of his life.
>> Mike Bullis
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of d m gina
>> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:59 AM
>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Blind baseball player "hears" his dream come true
>> on
>> local Little League team
>>
>> Even though the mom needs more help with what can happen for the blind, I
>> admire the team for taking this child on, and giving him a thrill of his
>> life.
>> Not to many coachs would do this.
>> That is a mild stone itself.
>> I hope as this child grows he can stay with the team and help others.
>>
>> --
>> --Dar
>> every saint has a past
>> every sinner has a future
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