Coach's Lament?

[MD Longhorn]

LOL ... just last Saturday:

I'm PU, pitcher CLEARLY lands WAY outside of the 24" lane toward 2nd base while pitching - I ring up the IP. Coach yelling, "She's been pitching like that for years - no one has ever called that!!!" Yada yada. Rest of the game she pitches close to that 24" but never out of it.

5 games later, same team, I'm waiting for the game to end so I can take the bases on the next game. PU dings her on the very same thing. Coach yells, "Come on blue - NO ONE has ever called that." I'm outside the field, but about 5 feet from coach. Just loud enough for him to hear it, I say, "Really?" He sees who it is and skulks back to the dugout.

[JefferMC]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

I'm PU, pitcher CLEARLY lands WAY outside of the 24" lane toward 2nd base while pitching - I ring up the IP.

Towards 2B? That's some leap. Wish I'd seen that.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by JefferMC

Towards 2B? That's some leap. Wish I'd seen that.

errrrr... 3rd base. sorry

[Gulf Coast Blue]

Couple of favorite quotes by coaches........

Ground ball to F4 that is well in front of R1......it takes a funny hop and F4 could not handle it....she can't seem to pick it up (quite comical) and both the R1 and the BR are safe......1st base coach looks at me after the dust settles and declares......"c'mon Blue.....that has to be something"........sigh

After an close out call at 1st......coach not pleased that his runner gave up.....looks at me and says...."You need glasses"......I just pointed to my face and said......"too late".....

Almost ran him.........but it was a State Tournament and I had never had any troubles with this guy (from our district).....I think he was just frustrated with his runner and vented at me......

Joel

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue

Couple of favorite quotes by coaches........

Ground ball to F4 that is well in front of R1......it takes a funny hop and F4 could not handle it....she can't seem to pick it up (quite comical) and both the R1 and the BR are safe......1st base coach looks at me after the dust settles and declares......"c'mon Blue.....that has to be something"........sigh

After an close out call at 1st......coach not pleased that his runner gave up.....looks at me and says...."You need glasses"......I just pointed to my face and said......"too late".....

Almost ran him.........but it was a State Tournament and I had never had any troubles with this guy (from our district).....I think he was just frustrated with his runner and vented at me......

Joel

"c'mon Blue.....that has to be something......" Yes, safe at 1st and 2nd.



"After an close out call at 1st......coach not pleased that his runner gave up.....looks at me and says...."You need glasses"......I just pointed to my face and said......"too late"..... You are out of here.


MTD, Sr.

[New Blue]

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue

looks at me and says...."You need glasses"......I just pointed to my face and said......"too late".....

I think "you do too!" would have been appropriate as well!

[BuggBob]

I once had a coach yell, “You suck!” at me during a particularly close play.

I calmly walked over to him and asked him, “How do you expect your players to respect themselves when you tell them that they suck.”

He was shocked and stammered, “Not them. You suck!”

“Oh,” I said with an exaggerated sense of discovery, “in that case your day is done, you can go home now.”

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by BuggBob

I once had a coach yell, “You suck!” at me during a particularly close play.

I calmly walked over to him and asked him, “How do you expect your players to respect themselves when you tell them that they suck.”

He was shocked and stammered, “Not them. You suck!”

“Oh,” I said with an exaggerated sense of discovery, “in that case your day is done, you can go home now.”

Consider this one stolen!

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Gulf Coast Blue

Couple of favorite quotes by coaches........

Ground ball to F4 that is well in front of R1......it takes a funny hop and F4 could not handle it....she can't seem to pick it up (quite comical) and both the R1 and the BR are safe......1st base coach looks at me after the dust settles and declares......"c'mon Blue.....that has to be something"........sigh

You're right coach...Scorekeeper.....E-4!

[ihateumpires]

Ignorance, arrogance, ego, stupidity, and the need to be noticed by injecting themselves into the spotlight is a dangerous scenario, especially for an idiot with a couple hours of “I AM IN CONTROL” attitude. These mannerisms destroyed the wcws. Thanks

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by ihateumpires

Ignorance, arrogance, ego, stupidity, and the need to be noticed by injecting themselves into the spotlight is a dangerous scenario, especially for an idiot with a couple hours of “I AM IN CONTROL” attitude. These mannerisms destroyed the wcws. Thanks

Hey, look an idiot without a clue. Nor the courage to do a job for which she has no problem criticizing others.

Go figure.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Hey, look an idiot without a clue. Nor the courage to do a job for which she has no problem criticizing others.

Go figure.

Same kind of prick who would spit on a soldier.

Gotta admire him for one thing, though. He set a new record for lowest number of posts before getting ignored.

[txump81]

Originally Posted by mbcrowder

5 games later, same team, I'm waiting for the game to end so I can take the bases on the next game. PU dings her on the very same thing. Coach yells, "Come on blue - NO ONE has ever called that." I'm outside the field, but about 5 feet from coach. Just loud enough for him to hear it, I say, "Really?" He sees who it is and skulks back to the dugout.

NICE!!!! I wish I could have seen the look on his face.