DD Being Forced to Change her Number, might leave team!

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[Skarp]

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[jofus]

[AGameGal]

A pole barn, is where the mothers of the team go to perform for the dads of the team. It is isolated from the city, where nudity regulations do not apply. It helps build unity among parents. Once that has been established, they move on to house parties, and well.....um.....you know what happens there...

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They foiled a prostitution ring operating inside a Memphis strip club. The club's owner is now serving an 18 month prison term after admitting to the crime.

Now they're auctioning off all the contents they confiscated inside the building.

Some of the things up for sale in the auction included clothes, shoes, a disco ball, pasties, even poles.

[anonlooker]

A Pole Barn is circus slang for the main tent, or the Big Top.

A modern day version might be those 10 x 10 pop up shade tents ubiquitous at softball fields.

Parents caught loitering around the back of the dugout trying to 'coach' their kid should be immediately remanded to the pole barn.

Works for me!

[KnowItAllCoach]

:o What would you do? DD played with this travel organization last year. She is asked to stay with them this year and agrees. Several weeks later, one of the organization's other teams folds (coaching problems). Several players, who have been with the organization for numerous years, get folded into my DD's team (which they needed a couple more players). All is good and well, except, one of the players being folded in has the same uniform number as my DD. We point this out to the coach right away and inform him DD has already expressed concern over this and does not want to change her number. My DD is the first string pitcher on her team. Tonight, at a parent meeting we are told that the player folded into our team, well, her family has been with the organization for years, and though it wasn't spoken of, her parents own a pole barn in which numerous teams on the organization practice, therefore, pretty much, since she doesn't want to change her number, they are going to stand loyal to her and not make her. My daughter is in tears. She has had this number for years herself, and feels she works hard to do what she does and her feelings shouldn't be disregarded just because the other player's parents have more cash. The organization did offer to buy her a pair of sweats and hoodie to sweeten the deal with her new number. I thought that was a pretty nice offer and tried to sway her to think of another really cool number, but that proved futile. I told my daughter that I wouldn't make her pitch under a number she didn't want, but that her only other recourse would be to change teams. She is torn and crying. I don't blame her. And frankly I'm a little put off that she's being asked to begin with. The other young lady plays outfield. My daughter is a good pitcher, 13, throws 55 mph, can throw 6 different pitches, and is known for her accuracy. Part of me wants to tell her that we have money invested in this organization and she should suck it up and choose another number. But hey, I'm just as peeved as she is about how she is being put aside, so I've told her if she wants to change teams, we would not stop her. What would you tell your daughter to do?

if she loves this team and loves the game .... then numbers don't matter!

[anonlooker]

A Pole Barn is circus slang for the main tent, or the Big Top.

A modern day version might be those 10 x 10 pop up shade tents ubiquitous at softball fields.

Parents caught loitering around the back of the dugout trying to 'coach' their kid should be immediately remanded to the pole barn.

Works for me!

A basic modern pole barn: Note the distance from any "team activity".

[Skarp]

:o What would you do? DD played with this travel organization last year. She is asked to stay with them this year and agrees. Several weeks later, one of the organization's other teams folds (coaching problems). Several players, who have been with the organization for numerous years, get folded into my DD's team (which they needed a couple more players). All is good and well, except, one of the players being folded in has the same uniform number as my DD. We point this out to the coach right away and inform him DD has already expressed concern over this and does not want to change her number. My DD is the first string pitcher on her team. Tonight, at a parent meeting we are told that the player folded into our team, well, her family has been with the organization for years, and though it wasn't spoken of, her parents own a pole barn in which numerous teams on the organization practice, therefore, pretty much, since she doesn't want to change her number, they are going to stand loyal to her and not make her. My daughter is in tears. She has had this number for years herself, and feels she works hard to do what she does and her feelings shouldn't be disregarded just because the other player's parents have more cash. The organization did offer to buy her a pair of sweats and hoodie to sweeten the deal with her new number. I thought that was a pretty nice offer and tried to sway her to think of another really cool number, but that proved futile. I told my daughter that I wouldn't make her pitch under a number she didn't want, but that her only other recourse would be to change teams. She is torn and crying. I don't blame her. And frankly I'm a little put off that she's being asked to begin with. The other young lady plays outfield. My daughter is a good pitcher, 13, throws 55 mph, can throw 6 different pitches, and is known for her accuracy. Part of me wants to tell her that we have money invested in this organization and she should suck it up and choose another number. But hey, I'm just as peeved as she is about how she is being put aside, so I've told her if she wants to change teams, we would not stop her. What would you tell your daughter to do?

if she loves this team and loves the game .... then numbers don't matter!

But what if it's a really lucky one? Why should she have to give her lucky number to little miss pole barn?

That's not fair!

[anonlooker]

What is fair?

Not much.

But here's a quick story about numbers. You can decide if it's illustrative, or illuminating, or simply illu-.

DD joined a team last year. Her favorite number is 4.

She asked for #4. "Taken."
#44. "Taken" (really!)
Oh I don't care, what do you have? "How about #1."
She wore it all year.

This year, new team.
First game, coach hands her her jersey. Never asks about numbers.
She turns it over.
#44.

Karma.

End of story.

The coach hands out numbers. Get over it.

[coolstuff]

Just trying to keep this alive....

DD made the JV Volleyball team. Her favorite number, #14, was available and that's what the roster says. But, when it came time to pass out uniforms, the #14 jersey is an XL, and she's an adult M. So on the court, she's #6, but before every game she's announced as #14. I assume the court officials have the right number. Confused yet?

On her travel softball team, she's #27, because that's what they had that fit her. But the car magnet on the van says #14, because that was her number last year with a different team. And I paid $6 of my hard-earned cash for that thing! At least it's a magnet and I can take it off easily....

Why is this jersey number thing so dog-gone difficult?