What parents are really saying...

[chinamigarden]

For the playing in the dirt I one time said "cats scratch in the dirt, are you doing it for the same reason?" Only got a befuddled look, but the other parents thought it funny (except DW)

or "GET THAT PIANO OFF YOUR BACK AND RUN!!!"

Hey quit with the Michael Jackson impersonation and use your glove!" from the old Lewis Grizzard joke from when the Braves were pathetic: "Why are the Braves and Michael Jackson alike? Because they wear one glove for no apparent reason."

One other father and I are trying to find a piano moving company that will sponsor our team. Not sure the girls will get the joke, but it would be funnny

 

[CycloneSoftball22]

or "GET THAT PIANO OFF YOUR BACK AND RUN!!!"

Unfortunately , I have to use this one way too often with our team

 

[MMAKOL]

Making the transition from Boys(7 years total up to 13U) to coaching 10yr old girls is a HUGE transformation.

One of the girls favorites so far has been, "Stop throwing RAINBOWS, we do not play for Team Skittles" They chuckle and understand the reference.

I also use "You know the pitcher is allowed to throw you more than 1 pitch dont you" To the girls that no matter where the 1st pitch is SWING at it every time.

 

[honus14]

"GET THAT PIANO OFF YOUR BACK AND RUN!!!"

When I was a kid (and dinosaurs walked the earth), I read a book on playing baseball. Its advice, which I've passed along many times since, was:

It's okay to run like a man carrying a stove, as long as you move as if the stove was hot!