Guess what I did Friday and Saturday? So DD's school does not allow any spectators at softball games, but every other sport it's okay and every school in the conference allows spectators! Me and the DW flew up to Dallas, Ubered to the field, stole DD's car, and off we went.
We picked up some chairs at Academy and checked into the Hotel. We then went back to the fields and found a place on a hill 100 yards from the outfield fence. What boggles my mind right off the bat was seeing 3 entirely full outside basketball courts with guys playing along with people watching. My guess 50 people. No masks either. Unfortunately the OF is lined with trees that impede our view, but we found some spots that we could see the P/C and hitter. DD being the C, that view was best for us. We could see the ball being pitched but if the ball was batted on the ground we couldn't see anything but just imagined what happened. If we really wanted to know we could watch the Live feed from our phone which had a 1 minute delay. I sat there fuming watching the basketball games being played into the night with both the Athletic Director and Asst Director in attendance. Can they NOT see the hypocrisy?
We were the only parents there along with some of BF's "supporting" (yelling and heckling) from the hill. They were pretty hilarious even not knowing anything about the game. Saturday they played one game and I noticed that the CF camera was not in place. Aha! What a perfect place for me to stand since it was elevated enough for my head to poke over and watch. I found out later that the girls loved seeing me there. I was quiet for the most part. When the guys started yelling some crazy things about getting HBP is illegal and I told the Opposing team's CF that they were soccer players which she smiled at. Now I need to find some type of makeshift stand or stool that I can easily set up for the next home game.
Oh let's talk about the flights. Nearly completely full-both flights. So you can have 140 passengers elbow to elbow in an enclosed aluminum tube, but can't accommodate 80 spectators at a softball game outside? As we began to stand up and gather our carry ons the flight attendant comes on the air and says something like "please maintain adequate distance from your fellow passengers as you stand and leave the plane" What? I could see everyone looking at each other with dumbfounded looks. C'mon man!
I am grateful that they are playing and feel really bad for my DD's former teammates that are NOT playing in the Ivies and you folks in California.
We picked up some chairs at Academy and checked into the Hotel. We then went back to the fields and found a place on a hill 100 yards from the outfield fence. What boggles my mind right off the bat was seeing 3 entirely full outside basketball courts with guys playing along with people watching. My guess 50 people. No masks either. Unfortunately the OF is lined with trees that impede our view, but we found some spots that we could see the P/C and hitter. DD being the C, that view was best for us. We could see the ball being pitched but if the ball was batted on the ground we couldn't see anything but just imagined what happened. If we really wanted to know we could watch the Live feed from our phone which had a 1 minute delay. I sat there fuming watching the basketball games being played into the night with both the Athletic Director and Asst Director in attendance. Can they NOT see the hypocrisy?
We were the only parents there along with some of BF's "supporting" (yelling and heckling) from the hill. They were pretty hilarious even not knowing anything about the game. Saturday they played one game and I noticed that the CF camera was not in place. Aha! What a perfect place for me to stand since it was elevated enough for my head to poke over and watch. I found out later that the girls loved seeing me there. I was quiet for the most part. When the guys started yelling some crazy things about getting HBP is illegal and I told the Opposing team's CF that they were soccer players which she smiled at. Now I need to find some type of makeshift stand or stool that I can easily set up for the next home game.
Oh let's talk about the flights. Nearly completely full-both flights. So you can have 140 passengers elbow to elbow in an enclosed aluminum tube, but can't accommodate 80 spectators at a softball game outside? As we began to stand up and gather our carry ons the flight attendant comes on the air and says something like "please maintain adequate distance from your fellow passengers as you stand and leave the plane" What? I could see everyone looking at each other with dumbfounded looks. C'mon man!
I am grateful that they are playing and feel really bad for my DD's former teammates that are NOT playing in the Ivies and you folks in California.
(thus sayeth the former photographer...on an unrelated note, I do not carry bail money)
