My son Joshua has played baseball forthe last three years. This is his last year in the farm league. Every year he had played on a losing team. He has had great coaches (2 of the years my husband was his coach). This year he had really great coaches and I will be forever thankful for the way they coach their players. That being said, this year he was chosen to play on the 7-8 year old All-Star team for Taylor Northwest. He was out of this world excited. Yes, he did have to practice every day for three hours rain or shine. Yes, this coach embraced the firmer approach to coaching these precious little boys. And yes, I did begin to hate baseball just a little bit. However if you look into my son's eyes as he holds up the championship trophy it was all worth it.