New Cheers

greymule · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 09, 2003, 11:43am

As umpires who do girls' fast pitch are well aware, the teams often make up creative cheers for themselves.

Thought you all might enjoy two that have caught on around here:

1: (After a walk)

Hail Mary, full of grace,
Ball four, take your base!
Yay, [batter's name].

and

2: (After a foul that looked like a possible hit)

Holy cow, that's a foul,
MOOOOve it over!

I'm glad to see the girls are incorporating their religious education into their play.

bluezebra · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 09, 2003, 03:33pm

Quote:

Originally posted by greymule
As umpires who do girls' fast pitch are well aware, the teams often make up creative cheers for themselves.

Thought you all might enjoy two that have caught on around here:

1: (After a walk)

Hail Mary, full of grace,
Ball four, take your base!
Yay, [batter's name].

and

2: (After a foul that looked like a possible hit)

Holy cow, that's a foul,
MOOOOve it over!

I'm glad to see the girls are incorporating their religious education into their play.

They worship cattle?

Bob

Dakota · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 09, 2003, 03:41pm

Quote:

Originally posted by bluezebra
They worship cattle?

Bob

Ha, ha!

OTOH, how do you know? Maybe they are Hindu?

greymule · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Jun 09, 2003, 03:58pm

Hindu? Very possible. In one large nearby township, one-fifth of the population is from India, and plenty of their FP softball players have names like Anu, Pralur, Vinita, and Dipali.

Mike Follett · #5 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 10, 2003, 06:25am

How about this one?

Pitcher's gotta wedgie....go wedgie, go wedgie, go.
Pitcher wants to pick it.....go wedgie, go wedgie, go.

I am not making this up. I heard it several times during this season, in all age groups.
I didn't really know what to think and I didn't prohibit it.
I did put an immediate stop to the "Pitcher's gotta big butt" chant, the one and only time I heard it this year, though. For the record.....she did. :-)

Mike Follett · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 10, 2003, 11:47am

Shoulda been......

Pitcher's gotta wedgie....go wedgie, go wedgie, go.
Pitcher wants to pick it.....go pitcher, go pitcher, go.

It actually made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it.

Elaine "Lady Blue" · #7 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 10, 2003, 01:28pm

Quote:

Originally posted by Dakota

Quote:

Originally posted by bluezebra
They worship cattle?

Bob

Ha, ha!

OTOH, how do you know? Maybe they are Hindu?

Dakota,

Stop!! I'm about to wet my pants!! These graphics are great! What have you been drinking?

lildani14 · #8 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 10, 2003, 04:07pm

Dang...I wish we were that creative and funny when we used to do chants.

JEL · #9 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 10, 2003, 09:20pm

Somebody ought to write a book! combine it with the funny umpire stories thread.

They worship cows? Big Macs..........

blueballs · #10 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 10, 2003, 09:41pm

I don't worship cows, but I married one.

SC Ump · #11 (**permalink**) Tue Jun 10, 2003, 10:07pm

Well this is neither the time or place for lessons on Eastern religion and the difference between who worhips cows and who has a global respect for all life...

But with that being said, I need to inform you that of all my Hindu friends, I have never seen one of them dress a cow in a banana hula skirt and purple sunglasses.

Perhaps a llama, but never a cow.

I first heard the "MOOOve it over" cheer about six weeks ago in a high school play off game. I started laughing and commented to the catcher on it.

I heard one later from a solo cheer-er that I also loved. I forget the standard, something about "If you don't like it, then foul it off now." After one fouled off the batter's instep, the soloist shouted but then changed to regular speaking tone:
"If you don't like it, then......um... well just hit yourself in the foot with it."