Most out of touch parent story

[Orange Socks]

How about the coach that blames the catcher for that last Homerun?

 

[CMMom1740]

How about the coach that blames the catcher for that last Homerun?

DD (catcher) got screamed at by our former HC when the ball was hit to the fence and the outfielder had trouble finding it and couldn't throw all the way to home in time to get the runner on third out. According to him, she should have been screaming, "Four, four, four." Um, Barry Bonds would have had trouble making that throw from left field in time, but Okey-Dokey. That's when we knew it was way past time to leave that team.

 

[Lance Steckler]

coach sounds screwed up. WTH does screaming 4, have to do with LF not locating the ball and not having a portable howitzer to throw all the way home in time???

 

[CMMom1740]

coach sounds screwed up. WTH does screaming 4, have to do with LF not locating the ball and not having a portable howitzer to throw all the way home in time???

Excellent question. And I have no idea.

 

[BT3100]

That Penta girl is pretty good huh?

Tossed a No hitter today in her first game in college. Beast!!

 

[ChaosCoordinator16]

"We had a parent tell us her kid got a 4 on a test. "

Maybe it was an AP Calc BC or one of the AP Physics tests, in which case, nothing to cry about.

Organic Chemistry for sure....

 

[SMS90]

Yup, quite the opposite in this house. For DD it's all about the academics and best college she can get into. If she's lucky enough to play ball awesome but she's not going to base what college she goes to on who (if any) offer her a scholarship or just a spot on a team. She loves softball but knows it's not going to pay her bills after 21, her education will.

Absolutely academics first. Softball is just a way to make it into some of the more select academic schools.

 

[_MIA_]

Organic Chemistry for sure....

That is one heck of a HS curriculum...

 

[Long Baller]

How about the coach that blames the catcher for that last Homerun?

We played on a team where the "Coach/Mom" always blamed her kid getting lit up because:
Catcher #1 needed glasses. She couldn't read the signals and was always calling the wrong pitches.
Catcher #2 was deliberately changing the signs they were sending in so her kid would get hit.

And she also said that "The defense just don't play as well for my 'Sally' as they do for 'Suzie'.
"Our hitters just don't want to hit when my 'Sally' pitches, but they hit great for 'Suzie'

I'm not making this up (except for their names). She said all of the above.

 

[Long Baller]

DD (catcher) got screamed at by our former HC when the ball was hit to the fence and the outfielder had trouble finding it and couldn't throw all the way to home in time to get the runner on third out. According to him, she should have been screaming, "Four, four, four." Um, Barry Bonds would have had trouble making that throw from left field in time, but Okey-Dokey. That's when we knew it was way past time to leave that team.

We had a coach (same team as my reply above, but a baseball dad instead of the bucket mom) that I'm pretty sure honestly thought that outfielders should be able to throw out tagging runners from the deep outfield, like in baseball.