I coached a local Little League team last year, it had my daughter and a bunch of other kids half boys, half girls, some with minor physical disabilities, ages 6-8. It was the first level up from T-Ball: no experience necessary, coach pitch, kids could still use the T if they weren't making contact. I had a great time coaching, the kids were really learning some fundamentals and rules of the game. The games were against other teams with similar skill levels, no big deal.
One Saturday we play against another team, and I noticed going through the team list that the head coach was also the league president, the assistant coach was the league vp In fact, almost all the kids on the team were the boys of current or former league officials. And they were unbelievable, my kids were still learning how to hit a live ball, these guys were making double plays, diving for balls, every one could hit the ball into the outfield. They straight up killed our team and had a great time doing it. I visibly watched the love for the game I spend weeks building in my kids, disappear from their eyes in the matter of an hour.
It was a ringer team, formed by those parents so their boys would get better. Not one of the kids from my team who were excited to be playing before this (my daughter included) played baseball the following year. They lost a bunch of kids, and an enthusiastic coach so they could work on their next travel team.
LL parents can suck.