More Wednesday fun...you might be a pitcher's parent.

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you have said "I don't know why your radar gun says X, her pitching coach clocked her at X last week"

If I had a nickel for every time a pitchers parent claims that she throws over 50 (12U) and she doesn't....I'd retire tomorrow.

This is why I carry a radar gun in the bucket. I like to watch the stammering when I pull it out and start gunning her. It's a quiet form of entertainment that I cherish, but never lead on that I knew she didn't in the first place.

Parents mostly have good intentions and I'm not at all offended in their claims. I just like to see it for myself.

Though the best ones are when people have told me that my radar gun is way off. (This is when I bring my 2nd gun...different manufacturer, just for comparison). ;&

 

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Duct tape is mandatory....

When you own a top-dollar fastpitch Catcher's glove and your 9 year old throws 35...you're a pitcher's parent.

When you get tendinitis in your glove side elbow in the winter time...you're a pitcher's parent.

If you start to pace around...or pull your chair closer to home plate...or get more verbal and act as if the game now means something...you're a pitcher's parent.

If you yell out short catch-phrases that nobody else understands or has ever heard before...you're a pitcher's parent. :cap:

 

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If you are sitting on a bucket / chair in view of your DD, and on each pitch she throws, you jerk uncontrollably, hoping to give her just 3 more mph on the pitch.... you might be a pitchers parent.

 

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Scot - are you referring to "Monkeys"? LOL. I laughed so hard when you asked John what the heck that means....

Yes, I am a pitcher's parent.

I usually try to sit where I can see home plate.

I yell out unintelligible catch-phrases.

I am laughing at this thread because I have done most of these at one time or another. In my age and wisdom, I am learning to just sit, keep my mouth shut, and enjoy watching the team play. It's a difficult lesson...lol.

 

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If you are sitting on a bucket / chair in view of your DD, and on each pitch she throws, you jerk uncontrollably, hoping to give her just 3 more mph on the pitch.... you might be a pitchers parent.

lol...been there

 

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I haven't laughed this hard in awhile! I have two (one in college and one just finished freshman year of HS) and I'm guilty of many of them... especially the short catch phrases that no one understands but me... and most likely my daughter isn't really paying attention to anything I'm saying from the stands anyway! I really like the ones about radar... I call it "daddy radar"... for an accurate reading, subtract 5. Keep 'em coming these are priceless!

 

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Scot - are you referring to "Monkeys"? LOL. I laughed so hard when you asked John what the heck that means....

Yes, I am a pitcher's parent.

I usually try to sit where I can see home plate.

I yell out unintelligible catch-phrases.

I am laughing at this thread because I have done most of these at one time or another. In my age and wisdom, I am learning to just sit, keep my mouth shut, and enjoy watching the team play. It's a difficult lesson...lol.

"Monkeys" is one of them...and I have heard several others. Don't get me wrong, it is useful to use a short phrase that gets them to correct and I support that. The reason I asked is so that I know how she interprets it and will remind her of it as well. It's conducive, and the spirit of the thread was meant to laugh at ourselves, so this came to mind.

All good.

 

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I completely agree with you. I just thought about that one when you brought up the catch phrases...lol.

I will add to this thread with...

You are a pitcher's parent if you just about have a stroke when an ump has a "tight" strike zone.

... if you cringe when DD is sliding into any base because you are afraid she will hurt her pitching arm/hand.

... if you laugh when the other team shows bunt to draw a ball.

... if you get nervous toward the end of a tight game.

 

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If you can tell how much a weighted ball weighs by the color of the ball...you're a pitcher's parent.

If your other kids are catchers (whether they want to be or not)...you're a pitcher's parent.

If you have 2 bald spots in the back yard that are 40' apart, center to center...you're a pitcher's parent.

 

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If I had a nickel for every time a pitchers parent claims that she throws over 50 (12U) and she doesn't....I'd retire tomorrow.

This is why I carry a radar gun in the bucket. I like to watch the stammering when I pull it out and start gunning her. It's a quiet form of entertainment that I cherish, but never lead on that I knew she didn't in the first place.

Parents mostly have good intentions and I'm not at all offended in their claims. I just like to see it for myself.

Though the best ones are when people have told me that my radar gun is way off. (This is when I bring my 2nd gun...different manufacturer, just for comparison). ;&

my dd's not feeling the best...

your batteries are dead (in this case both)...

you are a pitchers parent in denial

 

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In my age and wisdom, I am learning to just sit, keep my mouth shut, and enjoy watching the team play. It's a difficult lesson...lol.

You need to teach me that. :lmao:

 

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When your DD first starts pitching and you want to punch every other parent who is saying "Just throw strikes."...you might be a pitcher's parent.

 

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Dad knows to turn sideways on his bucket for drop balls

:lmao: I laughed until I cried on this one...as the parent of a reformed pitcher, who now catches...my husband got VERY PROFICIENT at this move. In fact, that was the fastest I've seen him move in years! Man, Musty's "dancing banana" character from another thread would be perfect for this post!

 

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Pitcher's Parent: "Come on honey, just throw strikes!"

Pitcher: (Thinks to self) "What do you think I'm trying to do... throw balls? ...or maybe over the backstop!!"

 

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If Mama says your the devil........... well you get the rest

 

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She can't see very good out of her facemask!

 

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You cringe when your DD breaks her throwing wrist just before the season starts knowing full well how much bucket time you are going to have when she heals.

 

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You need to teach me that. :lmao:

John, I said I'm learning. Not that I'm any good at it... :lmao:;&

 

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when Mom carries sterile needles and nail clippers for those pesky blood blisters and ripped nails (may only apply if DD has small hands). . .

when nurse Mom yells at DD just puke in the waste can and get back in the cirlce, the team needs you. . .

you are probably a pitcher's mother

 

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John, I said I'm learning. Not that I'm any good at it... :lmao:;&

Dont say it dont say it................. must............. not............... comment :lmao: