Softball personal pet peeves/ semantics

[ThompsonUSSSA]

Hmmm, Ump - Sir?

And if their strike zone / calls are terrible I'm sure you can come up with a few more names... lol

 

[Chad Strahler]

Nah, not calling them sir

 

[Louuuuu]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

You don't have to say "Good eye" EVERY time the opposing pitcher throws a ball!

 

[Fairman]

Pet Peaves
The parent that interrupts a coach to instruct his dd........and the dd pays attention.
The dad that is calling pitches from the bleachers......
The parent who's sole advice to a struggling pitcher is to just throw strikes.
The kid that has missed a week of practices, isn't hitting over the Mendoza line and asking why she isn't starting.......
High School Varsity Fighting for gym time with cheerleading and the community basketball program....
Umpires that pinch the zone for the JV games.


Once you get started they just start flowing like water....

 

[coachtimb]

Missing the Cutoff
Tom Hanks reaction in League of their own how I feel every time I see it happen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8kP3vKaDRE

 

[JCellar17]

Umpires, coaches and book keepers that don't know the DP/Flex rule and substitution rules.

 

[CoachTEA]

Umpires, coaches and book keepers that don't know the DP/Flex rule and substitution rules.

Guilty!!! Just when I think I have it mastered; there is a new wrinkle. BUT I had an ump at the ASA Southern National who got it wrong as I learned when I spoke after the game with the UIC.

 

[mike_dyer]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

You don't have to say "Good eye" EVERY time the opposing pitcher throws a ball!

I only ever say it if the ball rolls across the plate or clears the umpire's head.

 

[Westler33]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again:

You don't have to say "Good eye" EVERY time the opposing pitcher throws a ball!

When I saw this before Eastern Nationals I thought people would think twice before saying it but I herd a lot of people still saying it myself included. Old habits lol.

 

[RRB2]

When people call them points instead of runs.

 

[Louuuuu]

Old habits lol.

I still hear from my fellow geezers in our church league slow pitch games. Drives me nuts!

 

[grandpaviper]

Oh my gosh coachtimb......... that is priceless. Jimmy Dugan should be the model for girls softball coaches......... Just for reference, I am joking about that

 

[TOOFLY1]

Just for point... My DD pitches from a mound...She starts with both feet on a mound... she pushes off of a mound...she drags her back foot from a mound....soooo she pitches from a mound! Circle schmirkle...lol

 

[BulldawgsDirector]

Down here... We use a pitching rubber to push off of in the middle of a completely flat surface with an 8' radius circle around it.

 

[SMc4SMc]

C'mon girl, do it like daddy showed you... Get a good lead-off !!

 

[FastBat]

Parents and coaches, that fight with umps, drive me crazy! How is screaming at the ump, about a decision, going to get your poor players better calls? If you know that was a bad call, the ump does too, it would be better to shut your mouth and take it. The ump will remember you were a good sport and that would be more beneficial than losing your cool.

 

[SonicMojo]

Teams posting for "athletes."

 

[dad4sports]

toofly1, then you must be playing on a baseball field because fast pitch pitches from a pitching rubber.

- Hearing someone call second base a "plate".
- Bat waggle when bunting. Older girls that are pitching will pitch to the earhole when they see that.
- Opposing team pounding on the fence with balls and screaming their lungs out. Makes sure no one can enjoy the game

 

[TOOFLY1]

Just a good ole mound, wait, 'pitching rubber'....so, so sorry! inside a circle!

 

[grandpaviper]

I have the most wonderful wife in the world....... But...... For the more than 40 years we have been married, most of which were spent at baseball or softball games, she will still turn to me, look at me with those beautiful blue eyes and ask......... "Honey.......what ending is it ?" For 42 years I have tried to correct this phrase, hasn't worked yet.