First, before I even get started, and before anyone jumps all over me, I did not say anything at all what so ever to any one on that field. So, that's how it turned out.
But there are those times as a baseball parent you have to talk yourself out of the crazy. For a number of reasons too. There are times where you feel like your kid got short changed and you so very desperately want to CLARIFY. There are times when you think someone is judging your son all wrong and you feel the need - right down to the marrow of your bones- to step in and say something so they can make a more INFORMED judgment. And I have learned from years on the field that I DO NOT WANT TO BE THAT PARENT. I will not go put my foot in my mouth and make my son look even worse, because the poor dear has THAT PARENT.
This time it wasn't even anything really to gasp at. This time it was only that my really fast son got clocked in a very important tryout running a less than stellar time for his 60. As soon as I heard the time they gave him 1) I knew it was so terribly off; and 2) it's all my mind could focus on. Geesh. Does this make me crazy! No, really, does this make me crazy?? Do all parents think like this on the field? Inside my mind was swirling ... Just how could this happen? How? I saw him run fast. His time is always MUCH lower. Will they judge him on his time? What if he doesn't make the team? Could I just email the coach? Hmm? I could just say very briefly....NOPE! NOT GONNA DO IT (In my best Dana Carvey impersonation of George Bush Sr voice). It literally was like beating down an inner beast.
I guess my point is, it's tough controlling yourself as a baseball parent sometimes. Knowing when to act and when not to act. My motto this year (and my son is a 2018 so it's probably pretty important for me to remember this), but it's gonna be "Drive, do laundry, and cook, - *and say nice encouraging things. That's all ".
Thoughts? Tips? All welcome.