Little League mom sends threat


This story about the mother of a Little Leaguer who didn’t make the summer travel team is one of the craziest parents-in-sports stories I’ve ever read.

The mom has been arrested on a whole bunch of charges, including stalking and aggravated harassment.

The most jarring part is the letter she sent the Little League official:

“I know where your wife works … I know where your daughter goes to school and your son’s normal every day routine. … Just tell your wife and kids to watch themselves, especially at night. I don’t care what it takes, I’m going to make your life and your family’s life a living hell. These are not just words and empty threats,” she allegedly wrote.

Jennifer Gish

14 Responses

  1. Ann says:

    Wow. How embarassed is that kid??? Sounds a little like Carmela trying to get Meadow into college.

  2. Trisha says:

    Wow. I’m a sports mom myself–my son plays football, basketball and tennis, my eldest daughter dances ballet, and my younger 2 girls are competitive gymnasts. As much as I push them to always give 100% of themselves and be the best they can be, I simply cannot imagine writing this type of letter to anyone. Sports are supposed to be fun for kids–not a job or chore they have to do because mom or dad didn’t get to live the childhood they thought they deserved.

  3. Tyler says:

    Why did this mental health challanged woman have to drag Little League into her personal hell? Prays for all concerned.

  4. Joyce Bassett says:

    East Meadow = Long Island. I’ve been there for travel soccer and lacrosse and I’m not surprised by this at all.

  5. Tyler says:

    Why did this mental health challanged woman have to drag Little League into her personal hell? Once again, adults ruining the game for kids. Prays for all concerned.

  6. Carol Wilkerson says:

    Wow!! As a former Little League President, and a former Little League, PONY and High School Football parent all I can say is know her son is probably more embarrased by what she’s done, than by not making the team!! My heart goes out to him..

  7. ChristineV says:

    This is so incredibly disturbing.

  8. patricia mccarthy says:

    my daughter did not make the travel soccer team in my town. i was annoyed but never in my wildest dreams did this sort of idea enter my mind. what a nut

  9. anonymous says:

    The mother of a boy who did not make the high school baseball team at my son’s school this year for academic reasons came to school and threatened to blackmail other members of the team with what she claimed were incriminating photos she got off her son’s facebook.

  10. Spillover says:

    The world is full of these mentally disturbed types. We see more and more of it every day.

  11. Kent says:

    Most of these types of people are NOT mentally ill or disturbed. It would actually be easier to accept if they were. It’s just par for the course. Never come between a mamma bear and her cubs. They will come out with claws and fangs to get you. Rationality and objectivity are completely lost on these people. But they are perfectly sane. They just need to stop living through their kids and need to teach their kids how to accept disappointment and failure. It’s part of life and kids whose momma bear rushes to their side to make sure they are never disappointed are handicapping their children–not helping. But they just don’t see it. It’s the over-indulgent, over-praising, you-get-star-for-blowing-your-nose world we live in these days….sad to say!

  12. need spring says:

    If she wanted her son to make the travel team – she needed to be a coach. That’s how most make it anyway. Then she wouldn’t have gone off the deep end in frustration.

  13. Janette says:

    Wow, that is a crazy story. What sort of message is she teaching her child? That if you don’t get what you want, if other people are better than you, (which is going to happen in life), the way to handle the situation is to threaten bodily harm to those responsible and thier families? Wow.
    Generally I think sports are a great way for kids to learn all sorts of life lessons, including the fast that other poeple are sometimes better than you, and even if you do your best, you can be disappointed by the results.

  14. Magpies says:

    Similar to an above response, why involve baseball in all of this? This person wouldn’t be any different in any other forum/arena. Call the cops, do what is legally available….