Sunday, July 6, 2008

My case for the people are stupid theory.

I hate people. People sometimes amaze me with the stupid things that they say or do. I am in no way saying that I have never done and or said stupid things because I have been a part of my fair share. Here are just 3 pieces of my case.

Exhibit A:
Fred
Fred is an ongoing series on youtube about
"A 6-year-old with anger management issues and an alcoholic mom who's not supposed to be using her video camera to post videos".

Sure, these aren't the worst videos I have ever seen on the internet, but honestly they suck. Does this series really deserve to be have the 4th most subscriptions on all of youtube? Come on people, really....... reallllly? you're gonna do that? are you happy with yourself?

Exhibit B:

I was lucky to have seen a good deal of douchebag youth softball coaches this weekend while keeping score for the MASA JO State softball tournament. Some of these guys are awful and have inspired me to write this.

Today we salute you, Mr. Youth Softball Coach. You feel the need to coach your 14 year old girls with the intensity of a major league manager. Ridiculing your kids because they made a mistake, sometimes bringing them to tears. Then, responding by saying "that's not my problem, she's just gotta suck it up and deal with it." It's 14 year old girl's softball. Why are you here? Couldn't have a son? How about you sit down, shut the fuck up and worry about flex positions and designated players, please.

Exhibit C:

I am definitely not letting the girls of the hook just yet. After this weekend, I have come to the conclusion that teams should get one or two chants per run they score. This rule would only matter in age groups from 14 and below because the older age groups don't chant. Chatter would be perfectly allowable though. There is a HUGE difference between chatter and chants.
With chatter, you would hear different people saying different things on the bench, like "Let's go now kid" and "Get a hit 1 - 5".
I draw the line with chants because everyone on the team will throw out gems like:
" Come On 2 - 7 , You'll go to heaven, if you hit the ball, over the wall." or
" We want a single, just a little double, T-R-I-P-L-E, homer, homer. homer."
Chants like that happened after every pitch. EVERY PITCH. This really puts a strain on anyone who is wathing the game and really the players too. There was also another cheer that went :
"ball, ball, ball, GOOD EYE, ball, ball, ball, GOOD EYE, good eye, good eye, good eye, BALL..." and so on.
This weekend there was an occasion where this cheer was started when the pitch was a strike. The umpires were saying strike loud enough all weekend. So this leads me to my final point. If the girls are realy staring chants with reckless abandon and aren't paying attention to the game, is it really all about the softball game or is it a glorified cheerleading competition.

1 comment:

Eric said...

"way to show your leadership kid" "that's what I call leadership"... that coach was a douche.