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Old Fri Apr 25, 2008, 07:54pm
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Okay! Okay! I'll call the T!
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We finally get to see a picture of Jurassic.




JR, I wish you hadn't done that. Now I'll have to watch HGTV to get the image out of my head.
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JR, I wish you hadn't done that. Now I'll have to watch HGTV to get the image out of my head.
With your luck, it will be just in time to watch a screening of Edward Scissorhands.
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Old Sun Apr 27, 2008, 09:11pm
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Its official - I have retired from adult league rec ball. Last nights were the final games to which I was obligated to and they were typical. In the last games of the season, players just seem to want to try to do all the things thay have held back on all year. My partner and I called 5 Ts in the first game and by the second game we were just mellow. Its amazing how calling those Ts sometimes just takes away all the pain. Most of them came from players who just didn't know when to zip their pie hole. I had one who wanted to argue that after a punch signal for an offensive foul, I had really signaled to count the basket. Even some of the wives in the stands were yelling for them to grow up and just play.

It was a good run all these years as I learned a lot about player and game management, but I've lost my patience in general with certain players and the type of ball they play. They will always remain the same, so it is time for me to move on.

Bring on the kids games!

I'm looking forward to a rec league championship game this week and all the guys are pretty decent. A mix of former D1 guys, a former globetrotter, doctors, investment bankers, city playground players, ages middle twenties to middle forties. Sure I've dished out a few T's but it's nice when the game is over and you get a "thanks ref" and handshakes from most of the guys. That makes it worth it. I'm going to miss it over the summer.
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I'm looking forward to a rec league championship game this week and all the guys are pretty decent. A mix of former D1 guys, a former globetrotter, doctors, investment bankers, city playground players, ages middle twenties to middle forties. Sure I've dished out a few T's but it's nice when the game is over and you get a "thanks ref" and handshakes from most of the guys. That makes it worth it. I'm going to miss it over the summer.
In my experience the biggest whiners have been the bankers. What occupation gives you the most grief?
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In my experience the biggest whiners have been the bankers. What occupation gives you the most grief?
Police, seems they have a difficult time dealing with somebody else being in charge.
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In my experience the biggest whiners have been the bankers. What occupation gives you the most grief?
Lawyers!

Foul? It depends on what the definition of is, is!
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Bring on the kids games!
Randy, did anything happen this past weekend that will cause you to retire from AAU ball also?

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In my experience the biggest whiners have been the bankers. What occupation gives you the most grief?
Coaches who's first words out of there mouths is "I'm an instructor at 'So-and-so's camp".

Lawyers in Williamsburg.
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Old Mon Apr 28, 2008, 03:20pm
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In my experience the biggest whiners have been the bankers. What occupation gives you the most grief?

Ha! The biggest whiner is with Morgan Stanley. Good call!
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Old Mon Apr 28, 2008, 03:36pm
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[QUOTE=BadNewsRef]Randy, did anything happen this past weekend that will cause you to retire from AAU ball also?

Nope! Its all been good this year! - But my partner took a hit to the "tool house" with the ball on Saturday and I thought I was going to have to finish a game solo.
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I learned to work on Monday and Tuesdays. Those were pretty mellow. The Thursday/Friday games were hell as the week's frustrations built up.

Maybe that's why parents at Saturday kids games suck too.

But the worst are the church leagues. Pray, and then go rumble.
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I learned to work on Monday and Tuesdays. Those were pretty mellow. The Thursday/Friday games were hell as the week's frustrations built up.

Maybe that's why parents at Saturday kids games suck too.

But the worst are the church leagues. Pray, and then go rumble.
They're just practicing the "laying on of hands"
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Old Wed Apr 30, 2008, 03:37pm
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In my experience the biggest whiners have been the bankers. What occupation gives you the most grief?
Coaches are the worst. I do a couple of leagues that have multiple coaches playing......frplrt!!!
In fact, last game I did had 2 high school coaches and both got teched.
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What took you so long to figure it out. I lasted 5 games and could not stand the disrespect for the officials....
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