Hilarious (to me anyway) post-game exchange

[Rich]

I was at a smaller school last season and was getting ready to put the ball in play at the beginning of the second quarter when a guy of about 70 or 80 said something in a crabby-old-guy-voice to get my attention. I thought, "Whoa, boy, here it comes."

He said: "I've seen you here before. You work harder than anyone I've seen and you take charge and do a good job."

You could've knocked me over with a feather.

[Mark Padgett]

Here's the nicest thing a fan ever did for me. I'm not posting this to toot my own horn, just to relate the story. Early last rec season, I was entering the MS gym down the street from my house to work my games. We wear our uniforms to these games. An elderly couple was entering at the same time and the man was holding the door open for his wife. I reached to hold the door for him. He looked at my jersey (my jacket was open in front) and said that I should go first because I was "more important" than him. I looked at him and asked him if he was a veteran of the armed forces. He said yes. I then told him he was more important and he should go through first. He smiled and said thank you. I said, "No, thank you."

The following week, he and his wife came to the gym again. I guess they had a grandchild playing. She came up to me with a paper plate full of homemade cookies and insisted I take them. She said it was for making her husband feel so special the previous week. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, I accepted the cookies. I took them home with me after my games and later that day donated them to a shelter for battered women near my house. The executive director there is a friend of mine and I told her the story. She was very appreciative and when I saw the wife a few weeks later, I told her what I did. She was extremely happy and wound up baking a few dozen more cookies for the shelter.

[Juulie Downs]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Here's the nicest thing a fan ever did for me. I'm not posting this to toot my own horn, just to relate the story. Early last rec season, I was entering the MS gym down the street from my house to work my games. We wear our uniforms to these games. An elderly couple was entering at the same time and the man was holding the door open for his wife. I reached to hold the door for him. He looked at my jersey (my jacket was open in front) and said that I should go first because I was "more important" than him. I looked at him and asked him if he was a veteran of the armed forces. He said yes. I then told him he was more important and he should go through first. He smiled and said thank you. I said, "No, thank you."

The following week, he and his wife came to the gym again. I guess they had a grandchild playing. She came up to me with a paper plate full of homemade cookies and insisted I take them. She said it was for making her husband feel so special the previous week. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, I accepted the cookies. I took them home with me after my games and later that day donated them to a shelter for battered women near my house. The executive director there is a friend of mine and I told her the story. She was very appreciative and when I saw the wife a few weeks later, I told her what I did. She was extremely happy and wound up baking a few dozen more cookies for the shelter.

oh, my gosh, Mark, warm fuzzies from you, instead of wicked coach baiting? I suspected, when I saw snow on my lawn this morning, that he!! really was freezing over, but now I'm without a doubt!!

[Ref_in_Alberta]

Heard a good one from a partner to a fan after the fan's team lost by 25...

Fan: You guys were terrible...
Partner: Yeah well we may be terrible but at least not 25 points terrible.

I nearly had gatoraide come out my nose on that one...

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Ref_in_Alberta

Heard a good one from a partner to a fan after the fan's team lost by 25...

Fan: You guys were terrible...
Partner: Yeah well we may be terrible but at least not 25 points terrible.

I nearly had gatoraide come out my nose on that one...

After his team lost by 33 points, I had a coach tell me that my partner and I were "terrible". I told him that perhaps he was right, so to make up for it, we'd give his team 30 points. Then I said, "Oh wait - YOU STILL LOSE!" Then I just walked away and left him with his jaw wide open.

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

oh, my gosh, Mark, warm fuzzies from you, instead of wicked coach baiting? I suspected, when I saw snow on my lawn this morning, that he!! really was freezing over, but now I'm without a doubt!!

We had snow here too. Now I know why.

Rita

[w_sohl]

Show up to do my game in Vincennes, Indiana. Gym Rats if any of you are familiar. Anyway, my partner doesn't show so I am doing the game by myself. Fans sitting at one end of the court. Dad keeps yelling at me about how horrible I am. Finally I say to myself, "If he says one more word I am going to respond!" Naturally he does, I look at him and say in these exact words, "I have an extra jersey in my bag if you want to get off your happy azz and help me!" He started to say something and the gf/wife sitting behind him covered his mouth. Not a word the rest of the game.

I did have one I wanted to use, but it was extremely inappropriate. Dad yelling at me in a girls varsity game at Gibson Southern in Fort Branch, IN. Closely guarded, I'm counting and he keeps yelling, "That's not six feet, that's ten!" I wanted so badly to yell up to him in the stands, "I bet that's what you tell your wife!" I did not though. My partners at the half thought it was extremly funny though.

[lmeadski]

After a brief altercation between two players (nothing serious, just needed a "go to your corner" talk), the boys quietly exchange these words as they move down court. Player A: "Yeah? Well f*** you." Player B: "It wouldn't be any fun, I'd just lay there." I looked at player A for his reply and all he could do was smile.

[26 Year Gap]

I assume that player B's response was better than a T in that situation.

[lmeadski]

It was such a great response that I couldn't bring myself to spoil the moment. Player A got his, I just wish others could have heard it!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by lmeadski

It was such a great response that I couldn't bring myself to spoil the moment. Player A got his, I just wish others could have heard it!

I wonder how many of us would have exhaled and caused an inadvertent whistle as we laughed.

[fullor30]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Here's the nicest thing a fan ever did for me. I'm not posting this to toot my own horn, just to relate the story. Early last rec season, I was entering the MS gym down the street from my house to work my games. We wear our uniforms to these games. An elderly couple was entering at the same time and the man was holding the door open for his wife. I reached to hold the door for him. He looked at my jersey (my jacket was open in front) and said that I should go first because I was "more important" than him. I looked at him and asked him if he was a veteran of the armed forces. He said yes. I then told him he was more important and he should go through first. He smiled and said thank you. I said, "No, thank you."

The following week, he and his wife came to the gym again. I guess they had a grandchild playing. She came up to me with a paper plate full of homemade cookies and insisted I take them. She said it was for making her husband feel so special the previous week. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, I accepted the cookies. I took them home with me after my games and later that day donated them to a shelter for battered women near my house. The executive director there is a friend of mine and I told her the story. She was very appreciative and when I saw the wife a few weeks later, I told her what I did. She was extremely happy and wound up baking a few dozen more cookies for the shelter.

Herb Padgett and the Tijuana brass band..........