Westhills 8U
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Daddy Ball
Hustle, hard work, and a whole lot of heart. Follow our run through the 2026 All-Star tournament season.
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The Daddy Ball Checklist™
An honest audit of how this team is actually run
- ✗ Fair opportunities for every kid?
- ✗ Lineup decisions based on stats?
- ✗ Rotate positions during the "practice tournaments" we promised?
- ✗ Treat the outfield like a real position?
- ✗ Take any responsibility when things go wrong?
- ✓ Publicly yell at an 8-year-old?
- ✓ Threaten benching for the rest of the season if they don't listen?
- ✓ Bat your kid leadoff no matter how they're hitting?
- ✓ Stack 4 coaches' kids into the top 5 of the lineup — all season?
- ✓ Brush off coaches' kids' errors with "so what"?
- ✓ Use the outfield as punishment for whining?
- ✓ Hold the winning run at third unless a coach's kid is hitting?
- ✓ Pull a hitter out of the box for new signs every other pitch?
- ✓ Blame umpires, the field, the sun, anyone but yourself?
- ✓ Have a completely different set of rules for the coach's kid?