Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 As someone whose had the coach of my nine-year old’s travel ball team tell me “This is real baseball, I can’t focus on ‘developing’ every little kid on the team, only a few of them are gonna make triple-A” and regularly rage out at the refs (and the kids when they’re losing), this surprises me less than it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 If you get into a physical altercation over a bad call in a 5-7 year old tee ball game, you really need to question every life decision you made to get to that point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, sblfilms said: If you get into a physical altercation over a bad call in a 5-7 year old tee ball game, you really need to question every life decision you made to get to that point …including whether you should be breeding and raising children at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, sblfilms said: If you get into a physical altercation over a bad call in a 5-7 year old tee ball game, you really need to question every life decision you made to get to that point Or, and hear me out, maybe YOU do for not understanding what’s truly at stake. Or something, I’ve got nothing to combat this level of boobery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, sblfilms said: If you get into a physical altercation over a bad call in a 5-7 year old tee ball game, you really need to question every life decision you made to get to that point 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I think there gonna be a lot of fights this summer as things continue happening to open back up. A lot of people have forgotten how to interact with others, including myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 24 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Quote Coach Jimmy Smith later took to Facebook to defend himself, writing, “If you’re gonna post videos and call me a POS Coach, why don’t you show the whole video or tell the entire story! I never touched anyone. Yes, I was upset over a bad call, but I would never fistfight anyone in front of kids! I will stand up for my team 10/10 times, and you tell me one coach who wouldn’t?!?!... So I guess the other team didn’t like me disputing the call and their coach threw his hat at another coach on my team, and then he got in my face! So get your facts straight!!!” YIKES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Teaching kids not that bad calls are part of the game but that you must react irrationally and violently to them. Good plan. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 39 minutes ago, Komusha said: I think there gonna be a lot of fights this summer as things continue happening to open back up. A lot of people have forgotten how to interact with others, including myself. Guns will be drawn over ice cream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Shocking. People freak the fuck out and fight over something really dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: Shocking. People freak the fuck out and fight over something really dumb. fuck you asshole this is important shit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I played baseball for probably 12 years from softball, hardball and even representing my city. I seriously can’t remember any fights when I played. Sure we had a couple shouts back and forth, but mostly in good fun or other teams jabbing at us for losing the game. I think people just get worse as technology evolves and every parents thinks their kid will become the next big pro. My brother also played and my mom remembers one fight that almost happen when he played T-ball. He was in the 5-6 age and kids have no real baseball knowledge and they can be humorous watching them walk a ball to a base and not throw the ball. This happened at the very first game he ever played and my mom and sister got yelled out by a parent on the other team. Like I said kids were walking balls to bases and not throwing and my family and many other parents were all having a good laugh. One mom came over and went yelling at my family and others saying the kids weren’t playing the game right. Plus that all the parents laughing were setting a bad influence towards their kids on how to play the game properly. It’s all my mom can remember from his gaming time, my dad probably could of told me some stories if he were still alive. still no physical fisticuffs. Although now I think parents do it in some ways to be recorded to be seen. . . .no matter how bad they come off at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputator Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 1 hour ago, silentbob said: I think people just get worse as technology evolves God is this ever true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I was a very good baseball player, I was even the pitcher for my city's all-star team when I was 12. Maybe I could have gone pro (lol yeah right)! But when I hit 12, all I wanted to do was quit playing forever (and I did) because people are batshit insane at that age. The players were cool, but the parents were just...insane. Also, I was a pitcher and I was terrified of line drives. I strongly believe that any parent who puts their kids into organized competitive sports beyond age 10 are just stupid. Rec sports? Sure! And having kids in team activities is great for their development. But once things are taken more seriously by parents than the kids, it's time to yank them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Komusha said: I think there gonna be a lot of fights this summer as things continue happening to open back up. A lot of people have forgotten how to interact with others, including myself. As a bartender, I can tell you this is 100% true. A lot of people are acting fucking stupid. There's hardly a day these days where something stupid doesn't happen. I'm over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentbob Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: I was a very good baseball player, I was even the pitcher for my city's all-star team when I was 12. Maybe I could have gone pro (lol yeah right)! But when I hit 12, all I wanted to do was quit playing forever (and I did) because people are batshit insane at that age. The players were cool, but the parents were just...insane. Also, I was a pitcher and I was terrified of line drives. I strongly believe that any parent who puts their kids into organized competitive sports beyond age 10 are just stupid. Rec sports? Sure! And having kids in team activities is great for their development. But once things are taken more seriously by parents than the kids, it's time to yank them out. I was 16 and a week away from being seen by a scout from the Chicago White Socks for my pitching. Threw out my arm earlier in the season trying out for my high school, and just got it back to feeling normal. Parents forced me to take my sister and brother to a free swim at my HS. Had a free swim for the little little kids before the public free swim. No one took back the tension of the diving board, and being the big guy I was. Slipped, crunch ankle/foot, go back up and the board hit me again on my way down into the pool. Did this 5 minutes into the free swim and sure enough, my HS gym teacher got to see me hobble out to my car at the beginning of August. Threw out my arm again after being on crutches and couldn’t pitch the same again. plus I’m with you on the long drives. I had 4-5 right off my front left shin by both hardball and softball. Had a pitch hit me in my side once and could see stitching and faint lettering bruise on my side. My dad had his jaw broken by a long drive from a softball hit by my neighbours dad. I use to be a great hitter, but seeing my dad get hurt when I was young and getting hit a few times myself. It kind of turned me into a pussy at the plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I'm gonna go to random games and start yelling at the coaches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleG Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Rec sports are fine for children . Competitive sports are fine for children . Bad coaches and bad parents are never fine for children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 The layout of the Daily Beast website is god awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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