BackwardsK wrote:I saw some pretty despicable things this weekend too.
Lets see:
1) an Almighty '99 team losing to a 12u team in ITB (and was lucky to score the gimme run)
2) a tournament that went way too late in low 30° weather on two nights just so they can get their beer league games in on Sunday (I always thought we paid pretty good money to have the privilege of playing at those facilities. The least they could do would be get the kids home at a decent hour)
3) A headshot on an opposing team's pitcher during her at-bat (was that the 2nd time she was hit?)
4) some pretty crappy concession food (if the girls can play in it, why the heck can't a man work a grill in it...pansies)
5) 2 coaches coming across the field like they were gonna kick someone's rear ends (and, no, they didn't get tossed)
6) several fans from one team dropping the "F" bomb during a controversial time in what was otherwise a great game
(Glad my 6 year old wasn't there to learn some new words)
7) a couple of coaches getting tossed on Sunday morning (great entertainment and follow-up to Saturday night)
Call it all despicable...call it all heat of the moment...call it what you want. But nobody should get on here and over-exaggerate what really happened. In fact, things like this are probably best left off here.
Bottom line, we shouldn't go over the Edge here. Just let the girls play softball.
Since you're keeping notes I'll go ahead report facts and not spin.
Point 3.
Headshot? You lean out over the plate and you take your chances. Besides, that girl won't scare anyone with her bat. Why would they hit her to put the tying run on? I'm sure they would've rather struck her out.
Point 5.
And they shouldn't have. It was the other coach who threatened a 13 year old.
Point 6.
The several fans dropping the F Bomb? Fans of the previously mentioned coach in point 5. In fact (again, since you're keeping a list) the umpire had to go ever there and threaten the fans of the team in point 5 with ejection. Yes, the entire group.
Point 7.
Coaches getting tossed... one of them said "damn," and the other said the ump was full of crap when he said he knew what a kid was thinking. Rationalize all you want but I'll take that over a coach who threatens a 13 year old girl.
There you go, K. Don't get Crushed this weekend. (I did it too!)