While some people are talking about suspending Tiger Woods from golf (insane, but true), I have someone I’d like to ban from sports forever. Alina Cerda is a 15-year-old girl who broke her ankle sliding into a base during some softball drills this year. She’s now suing the City of New York and her coach claiming she was never taught how to slide into a base and that the coach wasn’t supervising the drill at the time. She says she’s been playing softball since she was 7, which means that for 7 years she was never taught how to slide.
It’s too bad she missed the season and needed some screws to fix her ankle, but injuries are a part of sports. And if she can’t accept that (which she clearly hasn’t), she should be banned from every park and every gym in the city.
on Dec 18th, 2009 at 6:31 PM
I find it odd that nowhere in the story does it mention her parents (except for her father picking her up from practice). If this girl is only 15 they have to be involved in this lawsuit.
on Dec 18th, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Maybe if her fat ass had lost some weight, there wouldn’t have been so much chronic stress on the bone and it wouldn’t have broken. She should sue Burger King.
on Dec 19th, 2009 at 12:58 PM
She has been playing for 7 years and never slid? Dang! I guess she wasn’t playing in a very competitive manner. I was involved with Jr. High, High School and College womens softball, and all of our players were sliders. And yes, unfortunately, injuries are a part of the game.
on Dec 20th, 2009 at 7:56 AM
This reminds me of the case of that stupid spoiled bitch Alexa Longueira. She didn’t bother to pay attention to her surroundings so her parents are suing the city. What a waste of taxpayers money and court costs!
on Dec 20th, 2009 at 8:03 AM
Wow. Disturbing, to say the least. She’s been playing for 7 years, doesn’t know how to slide, and is now suing because she got hurt during a drill? I’m not seeing the connection here… Wonder what her legal theory will be?