Ever find yourself yelling at the television while watching your favorite sports team? If so, you're not alone. Many of us even think we could do better than the actual coach of our team—daydreaming of our on-the field exploits, if we were just given a chance.

As remembered by ESPN, the owner of the St. Louis Browns once gave select fans their dream back in 1951, with "Grandstand Managers Night, perhaps the most wonderful, and certainly the most democratic, promotion in the history of baseball." Owner Bill Veeck passed out "Yes" and "No" cards to "fan-agers," intended to direct the team's strategy in response to cue cards held up from the field. While there were a few catches in operating with a vote-based strategy, the Browns won the game 5-3.

Possible Preaching Angle:

While pragmatism sometimes demands that decisions are consolidated, opening up decision-making in our lives to our community can offer perspectives we would not normally consider, wisdom we couldn't articulate for ourselves, and perhaps even a few pleasant surprises from the grandstands.