Anyways, he's called to in to pitch the last (7th) inning...so he's down in the bullpen getting warm in the 6th. Pitching coach comes down...former high-D1 pitcher, good guy...his first game coaching HS kids himself.
(Mother of opposing team down near the bullpen taking photos of the game). <-relevant information in a second or two.
Coach begins to talk to our son..."OK lil-JBB, you're gonna face the 5-6-7 hitters...here's what they've done." He continues, "5-hitter has one hit, but has struggled otherwise with outside pitches, 6-hitter can't hit a breaking pitch and 7-hitter has looked horrible all day so just move your fastball in and out and if we get him to 2 strikes we'll throw him a changeup or curve ball." (Or something along those lines).
Now he's done briefing my son...photographing mother from opposing team has been listening.
She looks at the pitching coach and exclaims, "Don't you have anything nice to say?!?!"
Then looks away.Hmmm...wonder what would happen if she were near an opponents dugout someday? YIKES! I thought it was kinda funny and represented yet another (new) interaction from the stands by parents that I hadn't heard of before. And yes, this game (an away game) was in the heart of Calif. style PC-hypersensitivity. But still funny to me nonetheless!
So, your turn...got any slightly different stories to tell around your son's games? Hopefully this will be funny and entertaining to read them.
) looks over at his coach giving signs. Coach is cracking up but trying to "shoo" younger son away from looking at signs. Younger son looks back at his brother and smiles and nods head. Next time (we see them again next week) we told younger son to pretend to give his brother signs after coach has signaled pitcher.