The thing I hate about spring is baseball. The boy loves baseball, really loves it- thus I deal with it. But there are some Dads I'd really love to bitch slap right on back into last week. Sorry gents, but I honestly have never heard a Mom type person ragging on their kid when they're playing- Not saying it doesn't happen mind you, I've just never witnessed it personally.
I would so love for a kid or two I know to turn around and do exactly that right in the middle of a game.
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That would be funny if it weren't so true! I have heard such horrible things coming out of father's mouths at games. I think you cheer or you shut up, those should be the only two options. (But my God, I hate baseball. It's just deadly dull to me.)
maybe if the kids just chunked their bats at daddy..
I think there should be a large vat of hot oil at every game, large enough to hold at least three grown men at a time.
i used to get real headaches standing beside some leather lunged parent screaming at games. smartest thing i ever did was take the angels out of soccer and baseball and stick them in karate.
figure skating was no picnic either.
I played little league,then pony league baseball.
Nothing but encouragement ever came from dad,but..
Some parents definitely need to be beanned from baseball.
HA!..I wrote beanned instead of banned.
Works for me.
Growing up playing, and now coaching rugby, I can attest to the fact that there are certainly some mothers who are....rather vocal, shall we say. But the amount pales in comparison to the fathers who routinely cause their children embarrassment and cause all of the other parents annoyance.
In my view, the benefit of appropriate and earnest encouragement from parents to their children in sports and other pursuits cannot be overestimated, and examples like the one in the video do nothing but harm. Sad..
I pulled my daughter from soccer after the son of just such a parent grabbed her jersey and pulled her back to prevent her from getting the ball.... Of course we told the coach, but there were no serious repercussions for the kid because he was an aggressive, good player. Winning is all, sportspersonship not much, even in baby league sports. maybe we were in a bad league. Sigh.
I have heard these Dads go off and I want to sorta hurt them but silently.
I also went to a soccer game that has one of those silent sidelines...the parents can't say anything...that was horrible, no encouragment. Ban or Bean the loud mouth discouraging people and keep the happy people around.
The parents sitting next to these jerks need to turn enmasse and calmly tell them to shut up or face the wrath of suburban ire.
Citizen- I cheer for everyone ;) You take a swing at the thing and miss it I'll holler for ya.. Sometimes annoys my team when I cheer if the other team hits a homer- but I really don't care. They are kids, and it's supposed to be FUN..
Granny- Right there with ya..
Tate- Excellent idea, come on down and help me rig the turkey fryer!
Billy- The Dojo time is my balm for the rest of it- really. I'm thankful figure skating, gymnastics or beauty pagents weren't on Miss Thing's list to do- I'd be in jail.
Sling- There you have it- there ought to be a damn list!!
Al- I'm real vocal- I holler for every one ;) You struck out and you're on the other team I'm screaming "Good try baby!!!!" But I'm a freak like that..
Elizabeth- Been there, seen that. And it's just not right in any sense..
Sage- I hand them my financial advisor's business card and tell them to give him a call- because they'll need that cash for therapy..
KA- See above ;)
This in short is why I hate sports in general and baseball in particular. (aside from that fact that it has all the thrills of watching paint dry) Johnny was the master of humiliation.
Tony- I never really could get with the baseball either.. I tend to get a good bit of reading caught up on during the season however..
I need to take that kid to one of the wrestling matches and introduce him to AssDad.
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