Interesting Encounter

Wow -- what a wild encounter! Hope you heard good things about yourself. Care to share?

Coach, that is very funny! I also would like to hear what the elder gentleman told you about yourself - and how much of it is true!

Ok, he said that the Coach for the Triad Baseball Program is a "WACKO." LOL! The problem is that he gave examples and all of those examples were somewhat true. He is obviously a high school baseball junkie and so, I just couldn't believe he didn't recognize me. I have lost 35 pounds this summer but still. One example that I wanted to correct him on but didn't want to spoil the fun - He commented that when his Grandson was eliminated in the playoffs by us a few years ago, we lost in the regional championship game when I brought our centerfielder in with two outs and the tying run on third and the winning run on second. Our centerfielder gave up the winning run. He also said that my #1 was on the bench. Also true. He conviently forgot that my #1 pitched the day before to defeat his grandson's team. Also, our secondbaseman, who was a freshman, made an error on the ball that allowed the winning run. If fielded, we would have been out of that inning. ALL THE REST OF THE "WACKO" STORIES WERE TRUE!

That's great! Wouldn't it be great if you could actually know what all the parents think about you? On both sides, everywhere?

06catcherdad:

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Originally posted by 06catcherdad:
That's great! Wouldn't it be great if you could actually know what all the parents think about you? On both sides, everywhere?

In my case I don't think there would be a whit's worth of difference between what I would guess people think of me versus what they actually think of me.

Coach, hope you held your head up high afterwards and didn't let the naysayer get you down!

Infield08, just the opposite, I left that encounter laughing. I think its good to have opponents think you're one brick short of a load. This gentleman wasn't malicious. Had I been him and not known all of the circumstances to the incidents he mentioned, I'd think I was a "wacko" also. LOL!

Infield08, I've sent you a pm.

CoachB25, back atcha. Keep on keeping them guessing!

CoachB- How funny!!! Wouldn't it be great if we could all hear some insight of how we're perceived by others!!! Well, maybe not!?!?! I hope you're able to meet that guy one day - I'd love to see his face when you're introduced!

lafmom, I'm with you in perhaps NOT wanting to hear what everybody thinks. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss!

PM CoachB

Coach B - good one!! I'm with INfield though - I'd rather not know what others are thinking of me - I suspect I know that already!! HAH!

I think I would like to play along and listen to the comments. Maybe it's thick skin, but I'd like to think I can always become a better person if I knew what some of my flaws were. I would have a real hard time listening to someone talk me up.

Aw shucks rz...you're the best!

You really are!

You've got that cool looking avatar...sweet!

Hey!...you've got a "1" after your initials...how cool is that? Way cool!

And talk about being tough...oh my goodness! Being able to live up there in Michael Moore loving Madison...and surviving!

Yes rz...you're the real deal in my book!

Well rz...did all of this talk about "what a great, swell guy rz1 is" generate just a smidgen of unease?

I hope so...otherwise we could all pitch in and bring it up to a level just short of torment!

Posted August 19, 2006 12:55 PM
I went to my child's softball game last night in a community that is roughly 45 minutes away from ours. Just_Learning stated that he made it there in just under an hour. LOL!


I drive 80 mph to get back to a "Powerade" football scrimmage for my son and It took me just over an hour. Coach had a govoner installed in that lil Saturn of his and he makes in 45 minutes???? History teachers have a hard time telling time!!!

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otherwise we could all pitch in and bring it up to a level just short of torment!

Gotwood, No help needed you did it all by yourself.

See what happens when you aim high!

Coach, you've much more restraint than I! I would have loved to have played along, and then introduce myself at the parting stage, just to see his face.

Gotta love Wackos!

Orlando:

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Originally posted by Orlando:
Gotta love Wackos!

That's the rule around our roost!

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
Orlando:

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Originally posted by Orlando:
Gotta love Wackos!

That's the rule around our roost!

So I've heard!!!

Blessed are those with good ears...for they shall hear alot!

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Originally posted by JUST_LEARNING:
Posted August 19, 2006 12:55 PM
I went to my child's softball game last night in a community that is roughly 45 minutes away from ours. Just_Learning stated that he made it there in just under an hour. LOL!


I drive 80 mph to get back to a "Powerade" football scrimmage for my son and It took me just over an hour. Coach had a govoner installed in that lil Saturn of his and he makes in 45 minutes???? History teachers have a hard time telling time!!!

I have to say that I offered to drive this weekend for Just_Learning and the rest of the "Dads" but there weren't any takers. Of course, if you saw my Saturn with all of the "stuff" in it, you'd understand. Heck, at over an hour, the story is even better. Someone over an hour away thinks I'm a wacko. Of course, all I have to do is sit with Just_Learning and some of his boys to find out that people living just a minute away also think the same. LOL!