so crazyPlayed a fundraiser tournament on open fields right in town. Really low-key recreational affair; teams made up of college students that had never played before, guys borrowing gloves because they didn't own their own, etc.
Between games, I was telling my buddy about another time I played on those fields and this one team showed up with 17-18 people and one Walmart bat. Time came for our next game to start and we started throwing to warm up. Then the other team showed up. 17-18 people, none of them carrying a bat bag, one dude carrying a $39.99 Worth Amp.
The field we played on had pylons to mark the OF fence and "homeruns" counted as singles when you were past your limit. We ended up beating them like 47-3. At one point a few of us took some of our bats over and dumped them off by their bench, told them to try them out. Next batter picks up my Mizuno Nighthawk, takes a dry swing, makes a screwed-up face and exchanges it for the Worth Amp. TING, 3-hopper back to the pitcher's feet. Came back to a string of high-fives for "making contact".
We have a few girls around here like that. They get a big smirk on their face when they see the outfield playing the courtesy line.Played coed. Girl that got picked up to play with us was one of the better SS I've ever seen (man or woman) and almost went yard on a 315' field with a metal bat. Learned later she had a ring from ASU.
Our SS has 4 unassisted triple plays in the last year 1/2. Had the 4th one a couple weeks ago.
How the does the runner on first base wind up so close to second on a line drive that the SS can tag him out? Are you playing in a trisomy league?
Our SS has 4 unassisted triple plays in the last year 1/2. Had the 4th one a couple weeks ago.
i don't think you understand what unassisted meansIt's actually pretty simple. Runners on 1st and 2nd. He always plays close to the base line when that happens. Hard grounder right to him. Tag runner going to 3rd, run to second touch bag, then throw to first. If I didn't see them I wouldn't believe it either.
Some of the old guys in the "Ask The Umpire" section would still find a way to blame that on a player.
Sig-worthy.
The ump in the field took a shot to the chest because he wasn't paying attention, yelled at the plate ump "DAMNIT RONNY I TOLD YOU THIS **** WOULD HAPPEN IF I WAS IN THE FIELD"...
Lol, gotta love those civil wars!My team beat up our own player for being a ****
In my experience, if there's a "Ronny" or a "Craig" around, it's usually their fault.
Played on a squad two years ago, we're sitting back for like 4 hours, our CF & LF get so high during the break the first batter of the championship game hit an easy fly in the gap. Neither guy made even a motion toward the ball, and even after it hit the ground they just stood there looking at each other like the other was in the wrong for not going after. Batter 4-bagged what should have been a routine fly.Had played a tourney about 5-6 years ago - we wound up winning the first two games and had like 4-5 hours before next game. Bunch of dudes got drunk in the parking lot and tried to play the next game.
Watched our left center fielder run for the ball and miss horribly...problem was there was a fence at 300 ft there and the ball was hit 350 easy... Nobody said nothing cause we all knew it was way gone or was watching it fly out only to hear him hit the fence and be left laying on the warning track.
Hilariously true, I have witnessed 1 in game fist fight in 20 years. Was after a play at the dish at worlds, later learned the 2 combatants names....Ron and Craig
Field ump calls runner out, batter-runner safe at 1B. Home plate ump calls runner safe, batter-runner out. They come together to talk about it and cannot make a decision.
I coached a team and we had these 2 brothers who played who when by themselves were great to have on the team but when they were together it was like they fed off of each other aggression to the point where it could get really annoying.
Played on a Sunday coed team a few years back. Our pitcher and catcher were brother and sister...
...as he gets to home yells at his sister "you fat f*ckin c*nt, you know that ball was fair!"