Pet Peeves

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I know it's hot, I know your bald but I don't think the chrome dome is going to burn in the 28 seconds that the National Anthem takes.

I want your National Anthem singers! Apparently they don't make it a concert!

Outfield swimming pools in MLB ballparks.

The Network that broadcasts the All Star game that breaks away from LIVE Action to interview some TV/movie star about a TV show or movie that they are promoting......

MLB should be outraged.

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6) People who wear their pants at their knees. It is both funny and sad at the same time.

I gotta disagree here. Nothing looks more un-baseball like and sloppy than wearing the uniform pants down below the spikes. The ones who wear the high socks look like ballplayers. With the stirrups, it's even better. It's a real baseball throwback look. My son was one of the few who wore the high socks on the teams he played on so he stood out and it looked so much better than that other cràppy style.

Got another one. This has annoyed me for a long time:

People that constantly make a big deal out of "Playing Up", as if their son's talents just cannot possibly be challenged enough by playing the best teams at their own level. But it gets even better when they:

1) Make sure to strike up the conversation with someone from the opponents at EVERY. stinking. tournament. game they play...("yeah, we're just a 15U team playing up, soooooo....")

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2) Get real testy during the game when they see their 14y/o babies are getting their throats stepped on by the 16U team, who doesn't particularly care who they are, or why anyone brought them out there...("really????!!!!...stealing bases against 14 year olds....REALLY!!!??")

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Originally posted by wraggArm:

Get real testy during the game when they see their 14y/o babies are getting their throats stepped on by the 16U team, who doesn't particularly care who they are, or why anyone brought them out there...("really????!!!!...stealing bases against 14 year olds....REALLY!!!??")

That is Soooo true and funny!!!

wraggArm,

So true! We played a team few years ago in a tournament. The coach was bragging how is team was playing up and could hang with any 16U teams. I thought he must have a really good team. Well....the game started and our lead off batter lines one off the pitcher, two batter doubles, and than 3 hole hits a dinger. Due to scheduling conflicts our #1 had to pitch(1ST rd'er last year). Poor kids had no chance. He started to complain to me in the 3rd about how we should start putting our subs in. I told him I did after two innings. If front of his teams parents he asks me how does it feel to beat up on a younger team..My response...How does it feel to put you kids in a position to get hurt. It was your idea to play up. His team's parents agreed with me told the coach to cool it.

My biggest pet peeves are glasses on the caps, showing up to games in non athletics shoes and wear pants up with socks...wear stirrups!

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Originally posted by sgvbaseball:
...showing up to games in non athletics shoes...

I've noticed the latest care-free style for reporting to the game is: jersey un-buttoned and un-tucked, basketball shorts with the socks pulled up, showershoes flopping and scooting, the wheeled batbag dragging behind like a worn-out flight attendant, and of course with the iPod buds in the ears, no doubt blasting the unrated version of 50 Cent's latest brood. The combination of these all make a very distinct sound that I could recognize a mile away.

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And their team bus also makes a very distinct sound that can be heard even more than a mile away...






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Umpires who put their hand on a catcher's back, or touch the back of catchers heels when in their crouch.

Catchers who can't block low pitchers and give up on balls fouled back.

Kids that swing at 2 pitches in the dirt or above their head, and then whine and complain when the ump rings them up on a pitch on the black.

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Originally posted by wraggArm:
Outfield swimming pools in MLB ballparks.

Hills and light poles in the outfield.

Left fielders who refuse to go anywhere near the ivy-covered brick wall to catch a fly ball.

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Poison ivy?



"Leave it to me, let it be."




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Originally posted by biggerpapi:

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Originally posted by wraggArm:
Outfield swimming pools in MLB ballparks.

Hills and light poles in the outfield.

Catwalks and overhead speakers in play in MLB ball parks. Hit speaker A, it's in play. His speaker B, and it's gone. Get a real ball park Rays. I might go to a game...and ban those stupid cow bells too. What a dump.

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You're entitled to your opinion Dad04...



And Walken's entitled to his!




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Player hits a double. Calls time. Walks to the first base coach while removing all of his batting gloves and body armor.

If you wear it to bat, you should either stick it in your back pocket, or wear it the rest of the way around the bases.

The term "bush league."

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
The term "bush league."

Especially when used to try to slam the door on arguing the faults of how an opponent just kicked your tail.

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Left fielders who refuse to go anywhere near the ivy-covered brick wall to catch a fly ball.

Is this a left fielder with the last name of Soriano?

Sooooo much money wasted on this guy.

Oooh, that reminds me of another good pet peeve:

Guys that cry about being moved out of a position that they weren't very good at, only to go stink up a different one.

Ballparks named after banks.

Bring back Three Rivers, Fulton County Stadium and Candlestick Park.

aggy

Disloyalty

Backstabbing

5 inning quality outings

100 pitch limit

Riotous dugouts

Clapping on the bases

Parents accepting their kids' passing of the buck.

Fielders who look at their glove after missing a play, as if the glove did something wrong.

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Three Rivers, Fulton County Stadium and Candlestick Park.

I know where they are (were). I don't even bother to learn the new ones. The Spectrum was The Spectrum for over 40 years. The 'new Spectrum' has changed its name four or five times in 15 years. I think it's Wells Fargo Center, now. I guess when there's only three banks left in the world, it will get easier.

One more peeve-

These outfielders with their hands halfway out of their gloves.

11.7

Would this be the rule re 11.7 scholarships?

That would be correct.

In-game interviews with players and coaches

- Lack of hustle.
- Swinging at the 3-0.
- Poor attitude on the field (Coach's included)
- Parents that coach from the stands ("Jonny" needs to move left a little more ".
- Coach's that don’t really coach.
- My Sons blank stare when he strikes out looking (don’t look at me, you’re the one that let those two go by ".

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Swinging at the 3-0.

This is a pet peeve? My pet peeve is getting the automatic take on 3-0, and watching that grooved fastball that should be driven to the gap hit the catcher's glove for strike one.

Amen to that. It was bad enough when it was just managers. Now they're talking to players too. I hate Fox Sports.

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Originally posted by 2013Catcher:
In-game interviews with players and coaches

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Originally posted by Rob Kremer:

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Swinging at the 3-0.

This is a pet peeve? My pet peeve is getting the automatic take on 3-0, and watching that grooved fastball that should be driven to the gap hit the catcher's glove for strike one.

I'm with you, Rob! I LOVE swinging at the 3-0 pitch. Why miss the best pitch of the AB?

biggerpapi,

Candlestick Park? Maybe the name but not the park. That was one of the worst parks in baseball. I know, I went there for almost 40 years. We use to call it Christopher's folly (the old mayor of San Francisco who approved the money his buddies built it with). It was windy bitterly cold, to the point if you were there for extra innings, you got a button called Crux de Candlestick. I have many. It was so windy it blew Stu Miller off the mound.

Its good to hear guys feel the same way. Punish a pitcher for throwing a cookie on 3-0. Punish him for getting behind 3-0.

I hate the automatic take on 3-0 almost as much as the automatic strike call on 3-0.

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Originally posted by Rob Kremer:

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Swinging at the 3-0.

This is a pet peeve? My pet peeve is getting the automatic take on 3-0, and watching that grooved fastball that should be driven to the gap hit the catcher's glove for strike one.

3-1 is still a hitters count.

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Originally posted by Coach_May:
...I hate the automatic take on 3-0 almost as much as the automatic strike call on 3-0.

TOTALLY AGREE!

And, bballdad2016, yes...3-1 is a hitter's count. But why take a grooved FB at 3-0?