What You, A Boston Red Sox World Series Champion, and DCF False Child Abuse Allegations have in Common

As you can tell by my hat , I love baseball. Especially the home team of Boston.

I was recently at the ballpark. A young boy came up to bat. You could hear his Dad in the bleachers yelling “ C’mon Johnny you struck out last time. You gotta get a hit this time and make up for the last time you were up at bat “. You knew exactly what was going to happen. Strike one. Strike two. Strike three. Kid went back to the bench with his head down and his tail between his legs.

With his father still berating him from the stands. Wrong approach Dad! The following week I went down to the same field and I couldn’t believe what I was seeing on the field. It was hilarious. It looked like a pinball machine. Every kid got up and drew a walk or got a hit. They were going around the bases like a race car.

Finally I asked one of the young boys that I knew on the bench. I said “Tom what’s the score of this game”. And he turned around with a big smile on his face and said “ We’re losing 11 to nothing”.

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