Is it time to list your 'Pet Peeves'?
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here is one---those who always have to be , in their minds at least, politically correct
Baseball - wise, kids who don't tuck in their shirt, wear their hats crooked, and use bad language on the field.
In gerneral, people who say "you guys". In every instance, you can say "you" and not "guys".
In gerneral, people who say "you guys". In every instance, you can say "you" and not "guys".
1) Talented baseball players who are lazy and do not develop that talent
2) Crooked hats.
3) Baseball players who do not catch the ball with two hands when possible.
4) Coaches that give the green light on 3-0. Players that swing on 3-0.
5) John Sterling (Yankee radio broadcaster) is like finger nails on the chalkboard
6) People who wear their pants at their knees. It is both funny and sad at the same time.
7) Giving up
2) Crooked hats.
3) Baseball players who do not catch the ball with two hands when possible.
4) Coaches that give the green light on 3-0. Players that swing on 3-0.
5) John Sterling (Yankee radio broadcaster) is like finger nails on the chalkboard
6) People who wear their pants at their knees. It is both funny and sad at the same time.
7) Giving up
quote:3) Baseball players who do not catch the ball with two hands when possible.
Have you ever seen an MLB player do this? (I accept that it's done on popups with 2 outs)
Obviously, my pet peeve is baseball myths.
quote:6) People who wear their pants at their knees. It is both funny and sad at the same time.
Don't blame the players for this. In my son's organization, every member of their minor league system from rookie to AAA are required to wear them this way.
quote:Originally posted by ClevelandDad:quote:6) People who wear their pants at their knees. It is both funny and sad at the same time.
Don't blame the players for this. In my son's organization, every member of their minor league system from rookie to AAA are required to wear them this way.
Some umpires are more accurate with the low strike (from the batter's point of view) when the the pants are at the knees.
People who like to knock this generation of youth and don't realize that they are at least as good as previous generations.
ps. I think their parents are better too.
ps. I think their parents are better too.
ClevelandDad,
I threw you a curve, and went outside of baseball on #6. I think you have pants at knees confused with socks at the knees. I'm talking about young people wearing their pants down to their knees. I actually prefer the socks to the knees when playing baseball. I think it looks cool.
igball,
i realize my generation had its share of issues that ****ed off previous generations. No doubt. I just think the pants at the knees thing is ridiculous...and is one of my personal pet peeves because I'm an old **** now! I'm not one for polical correctness nor one to hold back what I think. Pants at the knees is not the end of western civilization, but in 20 years there will be a lot of people thinking WTF were we thinking.
I threw you a curve, and went outside of baseball on #6. I think you have pants at knees confused with socks at the knees. I'm talking about young people wearing their pants down to their knees. I actually prefer the socks to the knees when playing baseball. I think it looks cool.
igball,
i realize my generation had its share of issues that ****ed off previous generations. No doubt. I just think the pants at the knees thing is ridiculous...and is one of my personal pet peeves because I'm an old **** now! I'm not one for polical correctness nor one to hold back what I think. Pants at the knees is not the end of western civilization, but in 20 years there will be a lot of people thinking WTF were we thinking.
Fenway,
My comment wasn't directed at you or your comments.
My comment wasn't directed at you or your comments.
Understood.
For the next week, it's Yankee Arrogance. 
Every Pet Peeve I've ever identified points to my intolerance of others.
quote:Every Pet Peeve I've ever identified points to my intolerance of others.
Agreed...I'm not tolerant of arrogant Yankees
quote:Originally posted by Tx-Husker:quote:Every Pet Peeve I've ever identified points to my intolerance of others.
Agreed...I'm not tolerant of arrogant Yankees
you lie
People who like to talk about their pet peeves.
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I don't consider you an arrogant Yankee, Crude! I just consider you a misguided, fun loving Texas transplant.
Fenway- you may not be an American Idol fan but last season there was a contestant that sang " Pants on the ground".
check U tube if you didn't see it because it's a really funny song about the fools that wear their pants so low.
check U tube if you didn't see it because it's a really funny song about the fools that wear their pants so low.
CaBB,
I did see that on youtube. Pretty darn funny that someone would sing about it! Apparently the guy had a hit on his hands as he hit a nerve in pop culture. Good stuff.
I did see that on youtube. Pretty darn funny that someone would sing about it! Apparently the guy had a hit on his hands as he hit a nerve in pop culture. Good stuff.
Coaches that do not put the game first
Parents who'd cause you to think that they're acting as their son's agent through their constant promotion.
It's very sad when colleges intentionally shun players because they expect the parents to be meddlers. What else can they think, though, when the parent's been in their ear throughout the recruiting process? It happens.
It's very sad when colleges intentionally shun players because they expect the parents to be meddlers. What else can they think, though, when the parent's been in their ear throughout the recruiting process? It happens.
Yankee fan arrogance has to be right up there-they act like being able to blow $ 68,000,000 on a pitcher that just doesn't work out is a normal thing.
Notre Dame fans are up there a little.
Lou Holtz. ESPN, please put this guy back in the home...at South Bend of course.
Any school whose defends their athletic ineptitude with misplaced claims of academic superiority (hello U-V-A and Notre Dame).
Everyone who doesn't properly pronounce "Strasburg": Having lived in Strasburg for 56 years, it is pronounced "Strawsburg".
not "Strausburg".
Every scout who quickly puts down a radar gun after a pitch or two and continues to yap to his buddies, while the father of that boy hurts for him and his dreams.
Notre Dame fans are up there a little.
Lou Holtz. ESPN, please put this guy back in the home...at South Bend of course.
Any school whose defends their athletic ineptitude with misplaced claims of academic superiority (hello U-V-A and Notre Dame).
Everyone who doesn't properly pronounce "Strasburg": Having lived in Strasburg for 56 years, it is pronounced "Strawsburg".
not "Strausburg".
Every scout who quickly puts down a radar gun after a pitch or two and continues to yap to his buddies, while the father of that boy hurts for him and his dreams.
Three more:
Showboat umpires.
Inconsistent strike zones.
Scouts who are (1) only capable of identifying obvious prospects and/or (2) lack courage when it comes to communications with the front office.
Showboat umpires.
Inconsistent strike zones.
Scouts who are (1) only capable of identifying obvious prospects and/or (2) lack courage when it comes to communications with the front office.
This week, Phillies and Phillies fans-- Last week Braves and Braves fans.
Dick Stockton you could really tell who was signing his check.
Dick Stockton you could really tell who was signing his check.
My pet peeve is players wearing their pants up with socks. If you are going to wear you pants up wear stirrups!
1. Joe Morgan
2. Taking 3 - 0 down the middle and then swinging at two terrible pitches in the dirt / out of the zone
3. IF / OF not communicating on popups in no man's land
4. Not getting sac bunts down
5. Joe Morgan
6. Coaches on the other team who don't have a clue but act like they invented baseball
7. Players / coaches / fans / umpires who don't respect the game
8. Missing signs
9. Terrible baserunning
10. Joe Morgan
2. Taking 3 - 0 down the middle and then swinging at two terrible pitches in the dirt / out of the zone
3. IF / OF not communicating on popups in no man's land
4. Not getting sac bunts down
5. Joe Morgan
6. Coaches on the other team who don't have a clue but act like they invented baseball
7. Players / coaches / fans / umpires who don't respect the game
8. Missing signs
9. Terrible baserunning
10. Joe Morgan
S****r
Early on travel parents who "coach," (usually in the 9-13U range) and then credit themselves as the reason for their teams' success. The longer I've been in this part of the game (always a parent and too often a bank 
), the more I think it's kinda like being the bus driver driving the kids to school and then bragging to your friends about how you got them A's.
Oh, and Joe Morgan.
), the more I think it's kinda like being the bus driver driving the kids to school and then bragging to your friends about how you got them A's. Oh, and Joe Morgan.
Parents of good players who believe they are better than the parents of the players who are not as good.
Players who believe they are more important than the team.
Parents who believe their son is more important than the team.
Coaches who think its all about them.
Coaches who take credit for a teams success.
Coaches who blame the players for failure.
People who think their opinion is more important or carries more weight than others simply because their kid is a better player than the person they are debating with.
People who say "He is definitely D1 material." And they have never been to a college game. They have never been to a game their kid was not playing in.
People who say "He can play D2 ball." And they have never been to a D2 game.
People who believe that others should think just like them and when they find out they dont believe those people are wrong.
Players that say they want to be good and then refuse to do what it takes to be good. Players who rag on good players then can't be found when the good players are getting in the extra work it takes to be good.
Coaches who b*tch about umpires while their team is getting pimp slapped on a constant basis. Their team can hit a cut off man, can run a pick play, has no clue how to run the bases, has pathetic fielding fundementals and the coach is b*tching the whole game about a balk call while they are getting beat 12-0.
Coaches who use the umpires as an excuse on why they lost. Coaches who never give the umpires credit for a win but have no problem using them as an excuse.
People who are determined to use stats as a reason their kid should be playing more. The same people who suddenly think stats are meaningless when they no longer support that point of view.
"Take him out he has thrown enough pitches" when he is getting rocked. "Oh leave him in he is just getting in a groove" when he is cruising and not challenged by the competition.
Players who dont hustle and run everything out.
Coaches who allow it.
Coaches who have no work ethic.
Coaches who complain about their players work ethic.
Players who say they want it. Players that say they dont have the money for a 50 catchers camp on a weekend at a local jc. Players who then go out and buy a 50 dollor X box game. Players that say they want it. Parents who say "the coaches dont do anything for the players."
And about 1,000 more but your probably bored by now so I will stop.
Players who believe they are more important than the team.
Parents who believe their son is more important than the team.
Coaches who think its all about them.
Coaches who take credit for a teams success.
Coaches who blame the players for failure.
People who think their opinion is more important or carries more weight than others simply because their kid is a better player than the person they are debating with.
People who say "He is definitely D1 material." And they have never been to a college game. They have never been to a game their kid was not playing in.
People who say "He can play D2 ball." And they have never been to a D2 game.
People who believe that others should think just like them and when they find out they dont believe those people are wrong.
Players that say they want to be good and then refuse to do what it takes to be good. Players who rag on good players then can't be found when the good players are getting in the extra work it takes to be good.
Coaches who b*tch about umpires while their team is getting pimp slapped on a constant basis. Their team can hit a cut off man, can run a pick play, has no clue how to run the bases, has pathetic fielding fundementals and the coach is b*tching the whole game about a balk call while they are getting beat 12-0.
Coaches who use the umpires as an excuse on why they lost. Coaches who never give the umpires credit for a win but have no problem using them as an excuse.
People who are determined to use stats as a reason their kid should be playing more. The same people who suddenly think stats are meaningless when they no longer support that point of view.
"Take him out he has thrown enough pitches" when he is getting rocked. "Oh leave him in he is just getting in a groove" when he is cruising and not challenged by the competition.
Players who dont hustle and run everything out.
Coaches who allow it.
Coaches who have no work ethic.
Coaches who complain about their players work ethic.
Players who say they want it. Players that say they dont have the money for a 50 catchers camp on a weekend at a local jc. Players who then go out and buy a 50 dollor X box game. Players that say they want it. Parents who say "the coaches dont do anything for the players."
And about 1,000 more but your probably bored by now so I will stop.
Parents who value their son's performance over the team's performance.
Any athlete (or parent of that athlete) who doesn't understand the game would be just fine and survive another hundred years without them.
Parents who complain how much they've spent on sports when they are really bragging.
Any athlete (or parents) who makes excuses for goals not achieved.
Excuses in general ... you either did it or you didn't
Bill Lee traded for Stan Papi
Brent Musburger
Any athlete (or parent of that athlete) who doesn't understand the game would be just fine and survive another hundred years without them.
Parents who complain how much they've spent on sports when they are really bragging.
Any athlete (or parents) who makes excuses for goals not achieved.
Excuses in general ... you either did it or you didn't
Bill Lee traded for Stan Papi
Brent Musburger
MLB pitchers wanting a new ball everytime they throw one in the dirt.
quote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:
MLB pitchers wanting a new ball everytime they throw one in the dirt.
They don't have to ask, it's automatic, even in Minor League ball above short seaason. Catcher just puts his hand up and the umpire places a new ball in it.
Coaches: who treat youth kids like they are the greatest kids in the world after a win but after a loss these same kids are a rotten bunch of kids that never listen to what they've been taught.
Umps: who whine about working a HS game because they want to let you know they worked at such and such college last night.
Players: who talk about all the work they are going to do during the off season but have a million excuses not to.
City rec depts. that won't leave some rakes and shovels at the ball park or "lock" up the field after a tenth of an inch of rain.
School maintenance dept. that .... (nope, not going to use all the bandwidth on that baby)
But overall, these things only occupy .01% of my thoughts as I realize this stuff is everywhere in every walk of life in some capacity.
Umps: who whine about working a HS game because they want to let you know they worked at such and such college last night.
Players: who talk about all the work they are going to do during the off season but have a million excuses not to.
City rec depts. that won't leave some rakes and shovels at the ball park or "lock" up the field after a tenth of an inch of rain.
School maintenance dept. that .... (nope, not going to use all the bandwidth on that baby)
But overall, these things only occupy .01% of my thoughts as I realize this stuff is everywhere in every walk of life in some capacity.
quote:4) Coaches that give the green light on 3-0. Players that swing on 3-0.
Really? I like the 3-0 green light. A player who understands what he is doing will only swing at the grooved fastball that he can hammer.
Programs that select players for any reason other than ability - i.e. who their daddy is in the community.
Players getting a pass because they star in another sport.
Baseball taking a back seat to everything.
Players getting a pass because they star in another sport.
Baseball taking a back seat to everything.
United States Presidents who don't know how to throw a baseball.
quote:Originally posted by Rob Kremer:
United States Presidents who don't know how to throw a baseball.
Originally, the ceremonial throwing out the first ball was done from the front row of the stands to the catcher. It was presenting the game ball, not a pitch. Throwing from the mound is, in my opinion, stupid.
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy03:quote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:
MLB pitchers wanting a new ball everytime they throw one in the dirt.
They don't have to ask, it's automatic, even in Minor League ball above short seaason. Catcher just puts his hand up and the umpire places a new ball in it.
What throws me off with this is that the ump often just puts the "soiled" ball back in his waist pouch, so you would think it would go back into use fairly soon....
quote:Originally posted by Ole Ball Coach:quote:Originally posted by Jimmy03:quote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:
MLB pitchers wanting a new ball everytime they throw one in the dirt.
They don't have to ask, it's automatic, even in Minor League ball above short seaason. Catcher just puts his hand up and the umpire places a new ball in it.
What throws me off with this is that the ump often just puts the "soiled" ball back in his waist pouch, so you would think it would go back into use fairly soon....
If he can brush the dirt off, it goes in his ball bag. If the dirt is lodged in the seams or the ball is bruised, it gets tossed to the ball boy. If the ball boy can clean it up it may come back out the next he delivers balls to the ump. If it was bruised, it stays out of play.
The PU gets seven dozen balls at the start of the game. A clubbie usually rubs them up and the umpires tip him after the last game of the series...typically $50 per day per umpire.
quote:Originally posted by Jimmy03:
Originally, the ceremonial throwing out the first ball was done from the front row of the stands to the catcher. It was presenting the game ball, not a pitch. Throwing from the mound is, in my opinion, stupid.
The hell cares how the ceremonial **** before the game goes? The players don't. The managers don't. Most of the time the fans don't. Even "Back in the Day", those guys were only throwing out the ceremonial first ball so that they could get noticed by their constituents. Imagine if those clowns back then had CSPAN...