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HOUSTON -- When 7-year-old Will Erickson penned a letter to Jeff Luhnow imploring the Houston Astros general manager not to trade George Springer, he never dreamed hed get a response.The reason was simple.Because hes busy, Will told The Associated Press on Wednesday.Will decided to write the letter when he heard the Astros could be looking for pitching this offseason and might need to trade somebody like Springer to get it. His letter was straightforward. It said: Please dont trade George Springer these are the reasons. 1. He is my favorite player. 2. I get my hair cut like his. 3. He is a team player.It turns out that Luhnow wasnt too busy to take some time out to get back to the second-grader. He tweeted a picture of the letter with the words: Sound logic dont you think?Will said it took him about 15 minutes to write the letter and decided it would be cool to write one instead of simply sending an email after a letter-writing project his class did recently. He wasnt nervous about reaching out to a baseball executive despite being in elementary school.No, because it was just a letter not like talking, he said.Hes been to quite a few Astros games and loves the work of Springer, who is an outfielder.I like how he robs homers and hits home runs, Will said.During the week Wills bedtime is 8 p.m. so he isnt able to watch much of Astros games live since they begin at 7:10 p.m. But he DVRs every game and gets to watch his beloved Springers work from the night before after school each day.As for the haircut, Will decided to change his hairstyle after seeing Springers cool do, which has shaved sides and is longer on top. It was only supposed to be for a little while according to his parents, but now they cant get him to change it and say its part of his personality.Theres no curls (on mine) but its the same, Will said.After Luhnow tweeted Wills letter it got a lot of attention on the internet, with scores of people retweeting it and dozens of news stories being written about it. There was even a segment on the local news in Houston where his father discussed the letter that Wills teacher played on Wednesday for his class.They called me famous, Will said about his classmates.Will hasnt met Springer, but is a little worried about how hell respond if he ever gets the chance.If I saw him I would faint, Will said.When he isnt talking trades with baseball executives Will is a typical elementary school boy. He plays little league baseball and fit his first interview in between school and a trip to see Santa Claus at a nearby Christmas village.Its not much of a surprise what he planned to ask Jolly Old Saint Nick for on Wednesday night. He wants real snow or a baseball lesson from Springer at Minute Maid Park.Both are a tall order, but since Will lives in a place where temperatures in December can soar into the 70s, his parents arent sure which wish is more unlikely. Yeezy 350 v2 Lundmark Pas Cher .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. Yeezy 350 V2 2020 Pas Cher . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. http://www.pascheryeezy350v2.fr/fausse-yeezy-boost-350.html . Colin Wilson had two goals and an assist, and Mike Fisher scored a goal and helped set up two others in the Predators 6-4 victory over the Red Wings on Monday night. Yeezy Boost 350 v2 Blue Tint Pas Cher . 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Baseball is a sport steeped in tradition, and news that one of the sports more interesting rites of passage, rookie dress-up, will now be policed by the league has rankled some players.I believe its team building, and I believe that it can be done in a way that is sensitive but allows that team-building process to unfold, veteran Los Angeles Angels reliever Huston Street said in an opinion piece written for the Associated Press.Part of Major League Baseballs new Anti-Hazing and Anti-Bullying Policy prohibits teams from requiring, coercing or encouraging players to engage in activities that include dressing up as women or wearing costumes that may be offensive to individuals based on their race, sex, nationality, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or other characteristic.The league does, however, leave the door open for players to be dressed up in what it considers non-offensive ways, such as superheroes or cartoon characters.While Street wrote in his piece for the AP that he is against any form of bullying, he argues that forcing rookies to dress up is neither a malicious endeavor nor is it aimed at denigrating others. And he asks that people use a certain sense of logic, historical truth and tolerance when it comes to the practice.Yes, I remember my dress-up day. I remember it fondly, Street wrote. I was dressed as a female of some sort. We werennt making fun of people that actually dress that way; we were dressed up in uncomfortable clothes, as a contrast of macho dudes dressed in too tight fitting or too revealing clothes for our body type.dddddddddddd Anyone looking at the exercise from a lens of humor would see the contrast for what it is and wouldnt be offended.Street isnt the only big leaguer upset with the new rules, as?Los Angeles Dodgers?pitcher Ross Stripling?took to Twitter on Monday night.Street, however, hopes that altering the rules on this form of hazing doesnt spark a new and potentially worse tradition.Rookie dress-up is like anything in this life: Done appropriately, it is a healthy ritual; taken too far and it becomes either offensive or dangerous, he wrote. And now its out of the players hands. A part of the game that was openly and happily shared with fans in an effort to show our childlike spirit or humble ourselves in wearing something funny as a team-building moment is now gone but truthfully wont change much, and I dont really care that much.But rest assured, some other ritual will rise, will be kept far more secret, and hopefully its as safe and harmless as uncomfortable clothes.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '