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Originally posted by SWFLguy
6 straight ??
Were you working the plate or
did you get to do some
base work and have a partner
to switch with ???
Looking at 6 hours of "lob ball"
would drive me bananas !!
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SP drives you bananas?
This is what drives me bananas. Teams have rah rah meeting outside dugout. One team goes into dugout, other to the field.
Outfielders throw ball around, infielders warm up, going through the motions like a superstar.
Coach is wandering around circle, scratching at the dirt and chalk with right foot. Finally, warm-up is done and ball goes to 2nd or 3rd, then around the horn while bench players chase the practice balls thrown in from the outfielders.
Infielders and catchers meet at the pitcher's plate for rah-rah meeting and high-fives all around then quasi-hustle to their position.
Infielders direct fellow infielders to proper position, pitcher landscapes the area around the pitcher's plate, catcher brushes with mitt to clear dirt she just kicked on it after the final warm-up pitch.
Catcher drops to crouch and pitcher steps onto pitcher's plate and stares at coach who cannot possibly sit on his bucket in the dugout because his pitcher and catcher cannot see him from there. You finally get supercoach into dugout, the pitcher finally turns toward catcher, starts her motion, pumps, grinds and grunts and drills you in the thigh with the first pitch that the catcher is still waiting to see.
By this time, a SP game is usually halfway through the bottom half of the first with runs on the board. But I can't fault the FP umpire, because s/he gets to go through this routine at least 8 more times
