People that let the team down by choosing to miss baseball games for a vacation!
Parents that schedule a vacation during baseball season!
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All of our family vacation destinations included a diamond, a backstop, and as much ice from the hotel that I could stuff into our cooler!
Baseball...
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All of our family vacation destinations included a diamond, a backstop, and as much ice from the hotel that I could stuff into our cooler!
Baseball...
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Threads upon threads upon threads abouts BBCOR bats
My pet peave is coaches calling 'hot dogging' when players just make it look easy.
Opposing coaches/parents that get irrate when you catch their player/son using an illegal bat and you challenge it!
Batter: offers at bunt
Umpire: calls a ball
Me: Did he offer?
Umpire: No.
Me: Can we ask for help?
Opposing Coach: He didn't offer!
Me: Oh, duh. I should have asked you first.
Umpire: calls a ball
Me: Did he offer?
Umpire: No.
Me: Can we ask for help?
Opposing Coach: He didn't offer!
Me: Oh, duh. I should have asked you first.
14U team that:
1) wears softball pants
2) whoops during the game like they're Indian warriors or howler monkeys
3) moms who do the same
4) moms who shake Mountain Dew bottles full of gravel
5) lets a kid wear a Fred Flintstone grand poobah hat complete with horns while warming up outfielders between innings
6) and still beats us
1) wears softball pants
2) whoops during the game like they're Indian warriors or howler monkeys
3) moms who do the same
4) moms who shake Mountain Dew bottles full of gravel
5) lets a kid wear a Fred Flintstone grand poobah hat complete with horns while warming up outfielders between innings
6) and still beats us
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..."Yabba Dabba Do!"
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quote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Batter: offers at bunt
Umpire: calls a ball
Me: Did he offer?
Umpire: No.
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If I thought he had offered, I wouldn't have called it a ball...if you want me to check, just ask that first.
quote:Originally posted by jakewestphal:
People that let the team down by choosing to miss baseball games for a vacation!
Parents that schedule a vacation during baseball season!
People that whine that kids get to be kids for a bit during the summer.
quote:Originally posted by jakewestphal:
People that let the team down by choosing to miss baseball games for a vacation!
Parents that schedule a vacation during baseball season!
Some people do not have the luxury of scheduling their time with their families around every possible conflict that could exist with all family members. I never resent people who value their family time.
If a team accepts a kid knowing he will be gone the third week of whenever, they knew what they getting.
If the family gave no warning, we have a different situation.
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And if their family vacation is strung out across Nine Western States that's going to take awhile!
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And if their family vacation is strung out across Nine Western States that's going to take awhile!
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"and still beats us" LOLquote:Originally posted by biggerpapi:
14U team that:
1) wears softball pants
2) whoops during the game like they're Indian warriors or howler monkeys
3) moms who do the same
4) moms who shake Mountain Dew bottles full of gravel
5) lets a kid wear a Fred Flintstone grand poobah hat complete with horns while warming up outfielders between innings
6) and still beats us
Until my kids for heavily involved in travel sports our vacation was always the second and third week in July. Once heavily involved we had to adapt and change. Vacations then occurred in August after the season ended. Most families have the opportunity to be flexible. Signing up for a team is a commitment.quote:Originally posted by Jimmy03:quote:Originally posted by jakewestphal:
People that let the team down by choosing to miss baseball games for a vacation!
Parents that schedule a vacation during baseball season!
Some people do not have the luxury of scheduling their time with their families around every possible conflict that could exist with all family members. I never resent people who value their family time.
If a team accepts a kid knowing he will be gone the third week of whenever, they knew what they getting.
If the family gave no warning, we have a different situation.
What if the plan is to see all 57 states?quote:Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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And if their family vacation is strung out across Nine Western States that's going to take awhile!
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Now, now, RJM, lest you forget, there's the
1) state of unemployment
2) state of the union
3) state of mind
4) state of despair
5) state of malaise
6) state of statism
7) state of panic
I forget the other 50.
1) state of unemployment
2) state of the union
3) state of mind
4) state of despair
5) state of malaise
6) state of statism
7) state of panic
I forget the other 50.
quote:Originally posted by RJM:Until my kids for heavily involved in travel sports our vacation was always the second and third week in July. Once heavily involved we had to adapt and change. Vacations then occurred in August after the season ended. Most families have the opportunity to be flexible. Signing up for a team is a commitment.quote:Originally posted by Jimmy03:quote:Originally posted by jakewestphal:
People that let the team down by choosing to miss baseball games for a vacation!
Parents that schedule a vacation during baseball season!
Some people do not have the luxury of scheduling their time with their families around every possible conflict that could exist with all family members. I never resent people who value their family time.
If a team accepts a kid knowing he will be gone the third week of whenever, they knew what they getting.
If the family gave no warning, we have a different situation.
You were fortunate to have that flexibility. Not everyone does. I understand the commitment, really...been there, done that. I merely said that if the team accepted the player KNOWING he had plans that would cause his absence, they forfeit their right to whine. If the player surprised them with it, it's another matter.
I once framed a choice this way with my ten year old son ... Do you want to go away to a wedding where you will be the only one your age but I'll throw in a Red Sox game OR would you rather stay with a friend and play baseball all weekend?quote:Originally posted by Jimmy03:quote:Originally posted by RJM:Until my kids for heavily involved in travel sports our vacation was always the second and third week in July. Once heavily involved we had to adapt and change. Vacations then occurred in August after the season ended. Most families have the opportunity to be flexible. Signing up for a team is a commitment.quote:Originally posted by Jimmy03:quote:Originally posted by jakewestphal:
People that let the team down by choosing to miss baseball games for a vacation!
Parents that schedule a vacation during baseball season!
Some people do not have the luxury of scheduling their time with their families around every possible conflict that could exist with all family members. I never resent people who value their family time.
If a team accepts a kid knowing he will be gone the third week of whenever, they knew what they getting.
If the family gave no warning, we have a different situation.
You were fortunate to have that flexibility. Not everyone does. I understand the commitment, really...been there, done that. I merely said that if the team accepted the player KNOWING he had plans that would cause his absence, they forfeit their right to whine. If the player surprised them with it, it's another matter.
Go figure! He chose playing baseball. He had already been to Fenway a couple of times.
Haven't read this thread all the way through but some of my pet peeves showed up today.
First, if you are coaching a team, you don't have to curse them out because they didn't perform to your high expectations. How about coaching instead of cussing.
If you think the umpire is bad, say your piece and let it go. Don't keep going all game long. How umpires take some of this stuff is unbelievable.
Hey, if you take a small kid to the park, take some sunscreen. How can you have a little kid walking around as red as can be and you not have enough sense to know that they are badly sunburned?
If you are coaching first or third and someone makes a great play, don't be condensending to them and tell them that they are not good enough to repeat that play.
If you take a tent to the ball park, don't put it up where you block everyone else's view.
It was hot today and this tournament is really well run that my child was playing in. They tried to wet the diamonds down every other game. If you draw the game that the ground crew can't get to since they were doing 10 diamonds on a volunteer basis, keep your mouth shut. I went out and tried to help the guys a couple of times since they were worn out. Hey, instead of complaining, how about getting these guys a bottle of water?
Why do parents have to yell at their kids all game long? Do they think this helps?
First, if you are coaching a team, you don't have to curse them out because they didn't perform to your high expectations. How about coaching instead of cussing.
If you think the umpire is bad, say your piece and let it go. Don't keep going all game long. How umpires take some of this stuff is unbelievable.
Hey, if you take a small kid to the park, take some sunscreen. How can you have a little kid walking around as red as can be and you not have enough sense to know that they are badly sunburned?
If you are coaching first or third and someone makes a great play, don't be condensending to them and tell them that they are not good enough to repeat that play.
If you take a tent to the ball park, don't put it up where you block everyone else's view.
It was hot today and this tournament is really well run that my child was playing in. They tried to wet the diamonds down every other game. If you draw the game that the ground crew can't get to since they were doing 10 diamonds on a volunteer basis, keep your mouth shut. I went out and tried to help the guys a couple of times since they were worn out. Hey, instead of complaining, how about getting these guys a bottle of water?
Why do parents have to yell at their kids all game long? Do they think this helps?
Especially when half are yelling "go, go, go" while the coach is trying to hold him up.quote:Why do parents have to yell at their kids all game long? Do they think this helps?
quote:Originally posted by RJM:Especially when half are yelling "go, go, go" while the coach is trying to hold him up.quote:Why do parents have to yell at their kids all game long? Do they think this helps?
We were at this tournament and this dad was yelling everything at his child. I mean from the time we walked past the corner foul pole to the time we made it all the way past the backstop all we could here was this dad in the stands yelling. I am so glad that child is not on my child's team. I think that they might have been 16U. No way does this kid play college ball if a coach sees this dad.
quote:Originally posted by CoachB25:
Haven't read this thread all the way through but some of my pet peeves showed up today.
First, if you are coaching a team, you don't have to curse them out because they didn't perform to your high expectations. How about coaching instead of cussing.
If you think the umpire is bad, say your piece and let it go. Don't keep going all game long. How umpires take some of this stuff is unbelievable.
Hey, if you take a small kid to the park, take some sunscreen. How can you have a little kid walking around as red as can be and you not have enough sense to know that they are badly sunburned?
If you are coaching first or third and someone makes a great play, don't be condensending to them and tell them that they are not good enough to repeat that play.
If you take a tent to the ball park, don't put it up where you block everyone else's view.
It was hot today and this tournament is really well run that my child was playing in. They tried to wet the diamonds down every other game. If you draw the game that the ground crew can't get to since they were doing 10 diamonds on a volunteer basis, keep your mouth shut. I went out and tried to help the guys a couple of times since they were worn out. Hey, instead of complaining, how about getting these guys a bottle of water?
Why do parents have to yell at their kids all game long? Do they think this helps?
Great post, sorry it came as a result of what sounds like could have been a long weekend.
bballdad, only one involved games my daughter played in. That was the last one about the diamond being watered. This is a huge tournament and the quality of play is really high. So, naturally, I wanted to walk around between games and see the teams. I was shocked at some of this stuff and especially players being cussed out. So you, as a parent, are really going to allow your child to play for some creep who goes ballistic just so you can say your child plays in this program? Are you kidding? I saw a firstbaseman dive for a ball, catch it on a line drive then spin on the ground and get a double play since there was a runner on first. While people in the stands including me were clapping for the play, the firstbase coach yelled out that this player could never do that again. Not much class! BTW, my daughter's team won the tournament for her age bracket. My daughter is the tall one in the back:
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Give her team a big pot of your famous chili Coach...they've earned it!
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Give her team a big pot of your famous chili Coach...they've earned it!
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the tourney my 13yo played in this weekend was for an organization that puts on a lof of tourneys and charges top dollar. home plate and batters boxes were sooooo poorly maintained.... it was just discouraging. The baseball was pretty good, the umps did a fine job, heck even us parents had good behavior, but kids were batting in huge holes in game one of the day, by the end it was just ridiculous.
one coach asked about some dirt or rakes and was told there was none available.
CoachB25... must have been a good weekend for us web poster's kids... our team won their tourney too.
if i can grab a photo, i will post it.
one coach asked about some dirt or rakes and was told there was none available.
CoachB25... must have been a good weekend for us web poster's kids... our team won their tourney too.
if i can grab a photo, i will post it.
quote:Originally posted by CoachB25:quote:Originally posted by RJM:Especially when half are yelling "go, go, go" while the coach is trying to hold him up.quote:Why do parents have to yell at their kids all game long? Do they think this helps?
We were at this tournament and this dad was yelling everything at his child. I mean from the time we walked past the corner foul pole to the time we made it all the way past the backstop all we could here was this dad in the stands yelling. I am so glad that child is not on my child's team. I think that they might have been 16U. No way does this kid play college ball if a coach sees this dad.
I think I saw same team this weekend. Literally/ My 2014 played in a 16u tournament in Cincinnati area this weekend
my latest pet peeve was at last tournament game for HS. one of our moms brought pom poms and kazoos for everyone. UGH! she must have given out 30 of each, every HS kid in stands had one. I have know her for a long time, didn;t suprise me. She asked m if I wanted a pom pom, She didn;t even get a response, I must have had one heck of a look on my face. 3/4 of parents, anyone serious about watching game, spent it down the leftfield line away from the "band and cheerleading section"
Loud, obnoxious parents who cry all the time are annoying. "Why isn't my Bobby starting!?" Well, maybe because your Bobby is not that good? Many, many more things that annoy us coaches...
College bound "kids" that quit during American Legion playoffs because they didn't start. I hope their future college coach finds out what kind of player they are getting. Grow up!
Coaches or parents who yell "Just throw stikes"
What do you think they are trying to throw?
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What do you think they are trying to throw?
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quote:Coaches or parents who yell "Just throw stikes"
What do you think they are trying to throw?
Good one
Got a new one today! And true to my usual form, its kindof petty...
The guy at the stadium who's in the snack food line (RIGHT in front of you), oblivious to the big honking lit-up menu, that you can see from the Moon, for the entire 20 minutes it takes...
THEN,
When he FINALLY gets to the counter, stares up at it all glazy-eyed with his mouth hanging open, saying stuff like, "uh, dude, waitaminit...whuzza gummy-bear-fudgesicle...?"
...followed by the familiar "crack" and roar of the crowd in the background...
The guy at the stadium who's in the snack food line (RIGHT in front of you), oblivious to the big honking lit-up menu, that you can see from the Moon, for the entire 20 minutes it takes...
THEN,
When he FINALLY gets to the counter, stares up at it all glazy-eyed with his mouth hanging open, saying stuff like, "uh, dude, waitaminit...whuzza gummy-bear-fudgesicle...?"
...followed by the familiar "crack" and roar of the crowd in the background...
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Hey, hey, hey wraggArm...I definitely know my way around a Gummi Bear® Fudgsicle®. At my age, certainly it is no mystery. Why I hemmed and hawed there in front of you was twofold...
Unfortunately for you wraggArm, after all of that rigamarole they were out of the Gummi Bear® Fudgsicles® and therefore I did not reward you with a free pass to go ahead of me. Face it. Sometimes that's how the frozen Gummi Bear® crumbles!
So since that's how the event unfolded I, like a good ballpark concession stand warrior, had no other choice than to gather my wits and renew my battle plan. I took my time to scan the expansive easy-to-read menu board in search of my preferred back up should my Gummi bear® Fudgsicle be of the worrisome type. After three or four thorough and cross checking scans I found it! The pièce de résistance...the 'how-did-I-ever-live-without it?'...the leader on the board...the 'Walking Taco'! And did I ever have a load of questions? My, oh, my! I'm sure you heard them all wraggArm and you can remember each one of them so I won't bore everyone else with the details.
That was an almost perfect concession stand experience. A spork instead of a fork would have put this encounter easily in my top five! I'm so glad our boys were playing a double-header that day. You had to be glad too wraggArm...we missed almost all of the first game. I know. You reminded me often. The last few were quite memorable. I took notes. And yes, I penned the word 'petty' 28 times. And I drew a little sketch in the margin...
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Hey, hey, hey wraggArm...I definitely know my way around a Gummi Bear® Fudgsicle®. At my age, certainly it is no mystery. Why I hemmed and hawed there in front of you was twofold...
- First, as always, I was deeply concerned about how the Gummi Bears® were distributed either on or within the Gummi Bear® Fudgsicle®. If the Gummi Bears® are merely applied to the surface of this delight, then I am in luck. I can bag each individual bear at my own pace...making sure to cleanly keep ahead of the likely melting Fudgsicle®. This choreographed coordination is not as easy to carry off as most would imagine. There's a lot to consider...too much actually. I couldn't do the topic justice here with the limited tools of this message board. Suffice to say that the flavor of the bear has much to do with my strategy.
Secondly, if the Gummi Bears® are actually embedded within the Fudgsicle® then I have multiple concerns. If these concerns are overwhelming then I usually allow the customer behind me to make their selection while I break out my handy 'Quiescently Frozen Dairy Confection' flowchart. My greatest concern, obviously, is the very real possibility of the embedded Gummi Bears® being totally frozen. Remember, and this is key, they are not, like the Fudgsicle® itself, quiescently frozen. They won't sit still for that. This isn't a Klondike® Bar we're discussing. We're talking rock hard bears here. There is literally nothing worse than a conventionally frozen solid Gummi Bear® to wreak havoc on decades old dental fillings and expensive crowns and bridges to nowhere. Dental insurance? Hah! That went down the stairs and landed awkwardly on the tarmac way back in the Jerry Ford administration. Conventionally frozen Gummi Bears® and my brittle and uninsured God given chompers are not well suited to do battle with each other. The match up is not ADA® endorsed.
Unfortunately for you wraggArm, after all of that rigamarole they were out of the Gummi Bear® Fudgsicles® and therefore I did not reward you with a free pass to go ahead of me. Face it. Sometimes that's how the frozen Gummi Bear® crumbles!
So since that's how the event unfolded I, like a good ballpark concession stand warrior, had no other choice than to gather my wits and renew my battle plan. I took my time to scan the expansive easy-to-read menu board in search of my preferred back up should my Gummi bear® Fudgsicle be of the worrisome type. After three or four thorough and cross checking scans I found it! The pièce de résistance...the 'how-did-I-ever-live-without it?'...the leader on the board...the 'Walking Taco'! And did I ever have a load of questions? My, oh, my! I'm sure you heard them all wraggArm and you can remember each one of them so I won't bore everyone else with the details.
That was an almost perfect concession stand experience. A spork instead of a fork would have put this encounter easily in my top five! I'm so glad our boys were playing a double-header that day. You had to be glad too wraggArm...we missed almost all of the first game. I know. You reminded me often. The last few were quite memorable. I took notes. And yes, I penned the word 'petty' 28 times. And I drew a little sketch in the margin...
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Hey papi...that kid made fun of me! Don't even ask why my kid is on the opposing team. You know it's not like that's never happened before...right? Any way, that kid said "There's a reason why they call 'em a 'Walking Taco' coach." He then fired this snarky line at me "If you're going to hold up the game while you finish that sopping sack of salsa at least get off your duff and walk some!" Where'd he get an attitude like that? Where'd I go wrong?
I'm sorry about launching those chopped olives at him. I missed by a whole lot more than Jim Joyce missed a couple of years ago in Detroit. The lady I did manage to pelt wasn't happy...I think she may have been allergic to them. At least that's what the security staff told me as they pointed to the highway.
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Hey papi...that kid made fun of me! Don't even ask why my kid is on the opposing team. You know it's not like that's never happened before...right? Any way, that kid said "There's a reason why they call 'em a 'Walking Taco' coach." He then fired this snarky line at me "If you're going to hold up the game while you finish that sopping sack of salsa at least get off your duff and walk some!" Where'd he get an attitude like that? Where'd I go wrong?
I'm sorry about launching those chopped olives at him. I missed by a whole lot more than Jim Joyce missed a couple of years ago in Detroit. The lady I did manage to pelt wasn't happy...I think she may have been allergic to them. At least that's what the security staff told me as they pointed to the highway.
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We're you these? That's exactly how it went!
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I may still have the stains on my coach's smock to prove it, but I'll never tell!
Ahhh...what the heck? I'll give you a hint. The highway was owned by a county and it was, as the coach waddles, exactly 3.2 hot and muggy miles due south to town. Nearly got run over by a screamin' and wheezin' ambulance that was ramblin' north like it was having an allergic attack. I wonder where they were headed?
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I may still have the stains on my coach's smock to prove it, but I'll never tell!
Ahhh...what the heck? I'll give you a hint. The highway was owned by a county and it was, as the coach waddles, exactly 3.2 hot and muggy miles due south to town. Nearly got run over by a screamin' and wheezin' ambulance that was ramblin' north like it was having an allergic attack. I wonder where they were headed?
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quote:Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
I may still have the stains on my coach's smock to prove it, but I'll never tell!
smock! smock!
quote:Originally posted by CoachB25:
We were at this tournament and this dad was yelling everything at his child. I mean from the time we walked past the corner foul pole to the time we made it all the way past the backstop all we could here was this dad in the stands yelling. I am so glad that child is not on my child's team. I think that they might have been 16U. No way does this kid play college ball if a coach sees this dad.
Unfortunately we had a father like that one year on my sons team. He was loud, obnoxious and rude. Believe it or not, despite having all three of those characteristics, he didn't try to be that way, it just seemed to come natural to him.
quote:Originally posted by fenwaysouth:
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
Ah yes, #2 KILLS ME!
quote:Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
Hey, hey, hey wraggArm...I definitely know my way around a Gummi Bear® Fudgsicle®. At my age, certainly it is no mystery. Why I hemmed and hawed there in front of you was twofold...
Wow. That was you???!! I would never have recognized you. I mean, hanging around at a Texas Rangers game, wearing that rainbow colored tie-died T-shirt that said "Woodman" on the front and "Elizabeth Warren for President 2016" on the back...I would never have put 2 and 2 together. I mean, I get that it must have been some kind of disguise or something...maybe you were scouting for the Sox, or on some kind of CIA mission, and you must have been "in-cog-neetow"??
Its just that you seemed so...er..well...so comfortable in those "skinny jeans"...
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My seamstress is 1/32nd Cherokee. She's good...and she knows it. She'll tell you all about it when she's good and ready!
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- "Its just that you seemed so...er..well...so comfortable in those 'skinny jeans'..."
My seamstress is 1/32nd Cherokee. She's good...and she knows it. She'll tell you all about it when she's good and ready!
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