The message was crystal clear: Area midgets will not be used in tournaments as fill in players. Midget activist Anne York filed a complaint with the US Department of Labor on Friday, in the document, she stated numerous times that her boyfriend, who is an undisclosed XSA Board Member, told her about the new midget rule. The boyfriend is believed to be Moke Moon, the equipment rep. for the XSA, there is no confirmation from the Moke camp at press time.
Fifty area "Midgets of United States" chapters united, forming three softball teams and are officially registered XSA as of Friday afternoon. They plan on playing in all tournaments, in hopes of having no midgets to fill the "midget clause" in the rules. If this is true, they will win all games by forfeit. The XSA accepted their registration money, but renamed the teams. The XSA reserves the right to change team names if they deam them inappropriate, something to date that hasn't been done.
But when team names such as the "Mighty Green Giants," "Goliaths" and "Good God We're Tall" came into the National Office, they were struck down. They were forced to be changed to "Short Stuff" "Small Fries" and "Watch Where You're Walking." The midgets neither confirmed nor denied the statement in the rule book, of "murderous trolls" in describing midgets, word on that is expected by early next week. |
