Patrick was not dismissed by the coach and he did not quit the team. I removed him from playing for reason that are important. When I spoke to the coach we never mentioned being late to practice and it was never a factor in my action because this is the first I heard of it. Thank you for the complement to Pat in the above e-mail but please don't post false negative statements about kids in the future. You know who I am and I know who you are. You could have just called me and I would have explained this but you seem to want to create a negative forum about a player. My action may help your child in the future with baseball in Tullahoma. That is my wish.