Go4it wrote:DonnieS - I love the resemblance. No Slapper - you deal with it, no matter what the Blues did or did not do in your favor. I have a lot respect for these guys willing to spend their weekend making a couple hundred dollars in the extreme temparatures, including the parents and coaches, going crazy because a pitch was not called a strike or they missed a bang-bang call on the bases, or whatever went against one team but for the other. I have told my daughter many times, who happens to pitch, that it is not her strike zone, but only the person calling the balls and strikes. Many of these Blues that many are alleging as incompetent I have seen ump high school games in the area and I have seen some of them in Dallas and Houston for College Showcase tournaments. How about you coaches start dealing with the Blues as you do with the other intangibles of the game such as the weather, your players having a bad day or game, bad luck bounces and the other team just taking it to you. Maybe if the TD's would start playing tournament games by innings, rather than the 65-70 time period, you might see a reduction in the antics some of these coaches are doing to either "slow the game down" or "speed it up", depending on whether they are ahead or behind. Quit blaming someone else if your team gets beat and give credit to the team that defeated you. That's what it is all about, GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP! So start showing it. Take care
Go4it wrote:DonnieS - I love the resemblance. No Slapper - you deal with it, no matter what the Blues did or did not do in your favor. I have a lot respect for these guys willing to spend their weekend making a couple hundred dollars in the extreme temparatures, including the parents and coaches, going crazy because a pitch was not called a strike or they missed a bang-bang call on the bases, or whatever went against one team but for the other. I have told my daughter many times, who happens to pitch, that it is not her strike zone, but only the person calling the balls and strikes. Many of these Blues that many are alleging as incompetent I have seen ump high school games in the area and I have seen some of them in Dallas and Houston for College Showcase tournaments. How about you coaches start dealing with the Blues as you do with the other intangibles of the game such as the weather, your players having a bad day or game, bad luck bounces and the other team just taking it to you. Maybe if the TD's would start playing tournament games by innings, rather than the 65-70 time period, you might see a reduction in the antics some of these coaches are doing to either "slow the game down" or "speed it up", depending on whether they are ahead or behind. Quit blaming someone else if your team gets beat and give credit to the team that defeated you. That's what it is all about, GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP! So start showing it. Take care
DonnieS wrote:>> DonnieS - I love the resemblance. <<
When you got it, flaunt it.