Wednesday fun part 4...softball travel strories.

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What is your best/funniest/most embarrassing story that has happened while traveling for softball tournaments?

Mine would be earlier this year when we played in the Mad River Classic in West Liberty. The hotel we were staying at was in Bellefontaine and had a unique feature. There was an octagon cutout between the room and the shower. It did have a shower curtain there, but it wasn't much in the way of hiding anything.

I woke up early one morning and took a shower before my DD got up, or so I thought. She snapped a picture on her phone and sent it to my wife saying "Look what I get to wake up to everyday!" Of course the response back was, "Now you feel my pain!"

A little creepy sharing a room like that with your 13yr old.

What are some other great stories...I'm sure there are plenty of them.

 

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That is bizarre. Was there an explanation for why that was in the wall?

 

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That is bizarre. Was there an explanation for why that was in the wall?

I guess since there was a Jacuzzi tub and it opened up the room a little...most of our team had rooms like that.

 

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My story is about a trip to Tennessee three years ago. On I-71 between Cincy and Louisville, I was travelling in a van with me and my two girls, another mom and dad and their daughter, another mom and her daughter and son, and two other players from our team. 11 of us packed into this Chevy Savana, radio playing and us all just enjoying the day. Well, I guess I was going a little too fast for the local sheriff outside of Louisville. I popped up over a hill and there he was and I immediately started to slow down and pull to the side of the road.
I said I am about to get a ticket to everyone in the van. I turned down the radio as he got out of his car and walked up to the van. He asked me "Do you know why I pulled you over" and I replied, "Because you heard me singing?"
I got nothing from him. "Lisence and registration please", with the most serious face I have ever witnessed. I keep all of my important papers in a basket beside my seat in the van and just realized that my wife took it out to make room for a cooler between the seats for our 6 hour trip. I got on the phone with her and ask where the registration was. She said in the basket in the garage. He said he was going to run my lisence and went back to his car. As he walked past the back window, which was cracked open, one of my daughters says, pretty loudly I might add, "Well he doesn't have a sense of humor" and the whole group in the van kind of chuckled.
When he returned to the van, He said he wasn't worried about my registration, and for me to get off the phone. I hung up and he then asked me" Is there any reason your lisence would be suspended?"
My mind was racing! Here I am with half our team, all these parents in the car with me, and I am being questioned about my driving record and I have no idea why my lisence would be suspended.
I finally blurted out, "Well, No, there is no reason it should be suspended"!

He said, "Well, it isn't...I just wondered if there was a reason it would be". The people in the van Roared. I was so embarrassed and this cop got me BAD!'
He handed me my lisence and said, "See, I do have a sense of humor. Have a nice day...Slow down".
I still take flack for this story.

 

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....now that's a good one.

 

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Did you still get the ticket?

 

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Did you still get the ticket?

No. I think he had more fun messing with me.

 

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Wow...this thread fizzled out.

 

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Wow...this thread fizzled out.

Maybe no one could top my story.

 

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is the basket back in the van..

 

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Have some good stories from back-in-the-day when my men's team travelled out of town for tournaments...but maybe not all that suitable for a family-oriented web site!

I have had a recurring dream where I'm scheduled to umpire games, but can't find the fields. Thankfully, that's one dream that hasn't come true!