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Sep 28, 2015
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Now that most are just wrapping up the all star or select team season. Lets have some fun and just post what are some of the most annoying things seen or had done at tournaments over this season.

1 Finding my DD left some kind of food or candy that was gotten at a team lunch and now left in my truck to sit in the Texas heat and you find when your at home unloading everything.
2 Tired of trash bags I fill every Monday of empty water bottles thrown in the back of my truck.
3 The HEAT
4 The crazy coaches arguing with blue every call
5 weight gain from all the unhealthy food at tourneys.

That's just some
 
Jul 25, 2015
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Lol, I had a couple of "first's" this year:

1. Umpire called a game 20 minutes early because he was ready to get home...
2. DD#2 left her wet cleats under the truck seat, which I only drive occassionally... She has three pairs of game cleats and we don't use my truck to travel much so imagine opening the door on that after 3 weeks in the heat... She now has two pairs of game cleats...
3. DD#2 got a nasty gram "thanking" her for ruining a player's season from a parent... Player got caught in a run down, DD#2 in chase, player falls and DD#2 stumbles stepping on her hand... Yep, broken hand but DD#2 wouldn't have done it for the world...

As for the usual...
1. Always got to love the family with the tent up right next to the dugout that doesn't move the entire tournament...
2. The usual crazy parents that scream at their kids and everyone else's on a team through the fence...
3. The umpire with the evolving strike zone... One game it is the size of a postage stamp and the next a 52" TV...
4. The tournament directors that cannot seem to realize that only so many teams can play so many games on the fields available... Not talking weather delays, simply finishing a tournament before midnight without the weather...
5. Paying the RV detailing bill... I swear I am ripping the carpet out and going straight tile...
 

Me_and_my_big_mouth

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Sep 11, 2014
437
18
Pacific NW
1. The funky smell in my SUV, coming from - what? Where IS that coming from, anyway?
2. Seeds. Seeds in all the places.
3. Turf pellets under the furniture.
4. Quicken questioning my spending habits, "You have spent an excessive amount on Starbucks and Jimmy John's this month." Stop judging me, Quicken. Don't tell me how to live my life!
5. My house looking like it's been ransacked.
6. My dog pouting whenever we leave.
7. Hat hair.
8. My daughter forgetting that she can do other things like read, watch tv, and maybe even pick up a broom or a vacuum.
9. Having cracked skin from scrubbing white uniforms.
10. DEAR GOD WHERE IS THAT SMELL COMING FROM?
 
Sep 4, 2015
70
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Georgia
1. People not QUICKLY vacating the stands once their kid’s game is over
2. Players from other teams crowding the stands and talking the entire game
3. Coaches stopping the game while we wait for the TD to show up and confirm the umpire’s ruling
4. Scoreboards not working
5. Kids running scoreboards that are working, but then leaving halfway through the game to go to the playground
6. Sitting through rain delays instead of cancelling the tournament altogether
7. Players taking forever to read those stupid wristbands (how many ways are there to swing a bat??)
8. Concession stands charging for ice
9. The click clack of metal cleats….our day is coming, but in the meantime, I hate the sound

#ilovesoftball
 
Sep 28, 2015
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1. People not QUICKLY vacating the stands once their kid’s game is over
2. Players from other teams crowding the stands and talking the entire game
3. Coaches stopping the game while we wait for the TD to show up and confirm the umpire’s ruling
4. Scoreboards not working
5. Kids running scoreboards that are working, but then leaving halfway through the game to go to the playground
6. Sitting through rain delays instead of cancelling the tournament altogether
7. Players taking forever to read those stupid wristbands (how many ways are there to swing a bat??)
8. Concession stands charging for ice
9. The click clack of metal cleats….our day is coming, but in the meantime, I hate the sound

#ilovesoftball
Really been thinking of just starting up and ice truck business, when at parks the ice cream man comes and kids flock, I could do ice and wine truck and have all the dads and moms flock
 

Me_and_my_big_mouth

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Sep 11, 2014
437
18
Pacific NW
4.Scoreboards not working
5.Kids running scoreboards that are working, but then leaving halfway through the game to go to the playground

There's always "that one field" where the scoreboard controls overheat and you're stuck looking at an 87-12 score in the bottom of the 25th inning the entire time.
 
Aug 6, 2013
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Really been thinking of just starting up and ice truck business, when at parks the ice cream man comes and kids flock, I could do ice and wine truck and have all the dads and moms flock

We get the shaved ice truck - what I would like to see is the "kids" flavors on one side and the "adult" flavors on the other........ Someone would make a killing off me alone.
 
Jul 14, 2010
716
18
NJ/PA
1. The funky smell in my SUV, coming from - what? Where IS that coming from, anyway?
2. Seeds. Seeds in all the places.
3. Turf pellets under the furniture.
4. Quicken questioning my spending habits, "You have spent an excessive amount on Starbucks and Jimmy John's this month." Stop judging me, Quicken. Don't tell me how to live my life!
5. My house looking like it's been ransacked.
6. My dog pouting whenever we leave.
7. Hat hair.
8. My daughter forgetting that she can do other things like read, watch tv, and maybe even pick up a broom or a vacuum.
9. Having cracked skin from scrubbing white uniforms.
10. DEAR GOD WHERE IS THAT SMELL COMING FROM?

Great list. Two words for you: Pressure Washer. Mine comes out after every tournament nowadays. The white pants that took an hour of scrubbing, 12 hours of soaking, and another hour of scrubbing? Now clean in 5 minutes.
 
Jan 26, 2015
92
8
Southeast
1.Tent city behind the backstop and parents not vacating when their kids' game is done.
2. Incompetent scoreboard keepers. (Paid by the TD)If u get paid do it right.
3. Parks with terrible unkempt bathrooms. Come on, really. If u can host a tournament you can do some maintenance and keep the bathrooms clean and stocked.
4. Whiney parents.

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May 22, 2015
410
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Illinois
1) Not knowing the pool schedule at an out of town tournament until two days before the event, even though registration ended a month ago. Grrr.
2) Eating out two or three meals a day every weekend.
3) Opening my wallet on Monday morning and only having 4$ left in it.
4) Being left off of a group text that says a game time has changed.
 

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