Dear Editor,
During the 2001 Little League World Series, Danny Almonte tossed a perfect game, fanned 62 of the 72 batters he faced, allowed only three hits in three starts and only gave up one run — it was unearned. His team was celebrated, and Mayor Rudy Guiliani presented the team with the key to the city. Alas, Alamonte’s dad, Felipe falsified Danny’s birth certificate in his lust to win. The violation resulted in the team forfeiting their wins, and Almonte’s exploits were obliterated from the record books.
I thought about that fraud when I read that Opelika head football coach Bryan Moore masqueraded on the Hoover High School sidelines with a media pass, a notebook and wearing neutral clothes. Huh. Stunned, Hoover coaches, administrators and other coaches reported the incident to the Alabama High School Sports Association (AHSSA). Only the AHSSA issues sideline media passes — transferring them is prohibited.
Moore’s duplicity forced the Opelika City Schools to issue a statement, in which they said Opelika Schools and Coach Bryan Moore respect the AHSSA standards. But apparently not enough for Moore to obey them. The statement said Coach Moore used a media pass to access the field and take notes. Couldn’t he sit in the stands and take notes within the rules? Inexplicably, the statement said Moore had no ill will — he just erred in his judgment.
When a Bulldog player violates team rules will Moore accept that the player had no ill will?
Marc D. Greenwood
Opelika
