[norton]

I'll accept your sources on the genesis of this particular team, 155 lb 11 year olds are not real common and any infraction of league rules should be addressed. But the only infraction cited in the article is by innuendo.
But

.."If you are smacking a team 20-0, even the players in the Major Leagues back off, and THAT is a business."

Refers better to a business than to kids or countries, victory today is total.
Compromise is a really good thing - in business.
Otherwise, if you can add a couple of points - go for it.

PS: I've been on both sides of that closing.

[MikefromOhio]

yeah but you don't need to steal bases and take the extra base or get into rundowns when you are up like that. Believe me, if you are up 15-20 runs, the kids on your team will find a way to score either way be it through walks or hits.

Backing off doesn't mean quitting. It means not trying to rub the other kids faces in it.