Everyone had that kid who threw faster than everyone else. I remember "that kid" when I played -- he hit me on the hand with a pitch once, which was the only way I was ever reaching base against him -- and the kid who pitched when I was an umpire. Either you suck it up and live with it, or you move him up. The odd thing is, I've seen this story all over the place today (here, the Bench, ESPN radio and WFAN this morning), and that's what everyone's saying. Which means there's some sort of political garbage behind the scenes that we don't know about, and that's just really sad when you're talking about nine-year-olds playing baseball.