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

[Nzane]

THANKS----NOW I CAN SLEEP WITHOUT ALL THE DRAMA ON MY MIND

Ok, we are all glad you can sleep. Now, turn off the caps and, STOP YELLING!!!

[umpinva]

Anyway , with winter ball just around the corner .... I am Taking bids on my very own pole Barn........

What number does your pole barn want and if another pole barn has the number and won't give it up, will your pole barn become engulfed in flames

[daylightkate]

Hey Art - O - Matic. Here's a dancer for you POLE barn. She's related to the other he/she

[Tumblebug]

My son was #2 since he was 5, at 14 the coach says, "you two guys both want #2 so you're gonna have to work it out" and puts #2 and #3 jerseys down in front of them. My son picks up #3 and says, "He can have the number but he's gonna have to work for my spot." and walks away.

HA! That's page 30!!!! Hey, that was my number . . .

[lvtwft]

Hi everyone! Wow, can't believe this thread turned out to have such a shelf life! Since people seem to be interested, all said and done, DD stayed with team. After reading all of your opinions, thinking it over, and laughing hysterically at some of the responses, it seems our focus was turned to watching this thread more than worry about the number. It was good to see that some may have disagreed with us, but more importantly, other's shared our general opinion so our hurt feelings were somewhat validated. DD chose to stay on the team, so nothing more was said to anyone else on the team (just to a couple of non-softball friends). The young lady that took over DDs number ended up being very nice (we never expected otherwise, this wasn't about the other player)and is now a good friend of DDs. DD pitched for the team throughout the season and by fall tryouts decided she wanted to continue to play for the team in 2009, so she obviously has put the issue behind her. She still makes a face whenever her number comes up, but she's never said a thing about it to the new friend who has the number, and the girl has never said anything to her. The issue was never as much about the number itself as it was about how the situation was handled by the coach. In the end she obviously values the new friendship with the girl more than the relationship with the coach or the number. On goes the ups and downs of being a 13 year old! And in the end, it was her decision on whether or not she chose to leave or stay. I think she made a good one.

Here ya go....page 23

How about you tell me what a pole barn is?? Since you are in the helping mood...
I tried to read this, but laundry seemed way more fun...

[REALLY]

What a bunch of city slickers

From wikipedia...

"Pole barns
A pole barn or a cattle barn in North America is a barn that is essentially a roof extended over a series of poles. They are generally rectangular and lack exterior walls. The roof is supported by the poles which make up the outside barrier of the barn.[6] The roof can be gabled or hooped. Pole barns are most often used for hay storage or livestock shelter. The advantages of pole barns include their low cost and their ability to store large quantities of hay in areas easily accessible by vehicles, machines and people.[7] This type of barn is very common in modern agriculture."

Normally around here (WV), they usually have exterior walls. Basically, it's a barn that, rather than having a frame more like a house, with evenly sized wall studs (those are the boards behind your walls for you REAL city slickers , normally 2x6's ), is built by first erecting several poles (very similar to a pole for the power lines), and then building the frame on these poles. Therefore you don't need concrete footers or something similar. In the old days (and probably still in some areas), building a pole barn was a community effort, with a picnic atmosphere, and, with enough knowledgeable people, an entire barn could be finished in a day or two.

Here's a simple one without walls

That was covered on page 9

[artomatic]

come on people, only about 1000 more posts to match the "Top 10u Houston teams" post...

[lvtwft]

Is this a place where they practice all the time or just the winter?? I know you mid-west country folk are mysterious in your ways...
Pitchermom, is it possible to get a picture of the actual pole barn?
I need an avatar..

p.s. thank you

[mstree323]

come on people, only about 1000 more posts to match the "Top 10u Houston teams" post...

i'll pitch in. only my 2nd post here, but i'd hate for other newcomers to miss out on the greatest thread ever. i think i'll reply at least quarterly.

i think i read all of that, kinda lost it for awhile after page 15, but caught my second wind in there somewhere.

went through the number thing recently myself. daughter number 27, nickname mini-jenny. other player had it. as was mentioned by a fellow texan. first you burn down the damn barn to help the coach make a unbiased decision. didnt help. lobbied him to cut the girl for a while, didnt help.

other nickname baby-satan, but they wont let me use 3 digits.

picked number 44, seems to be fine.

somebody photoshop those giant panties on the pancake bunny and put a number on it.

[3'sDad]

Did this make page 31....