Youth Sports Parents are Awful People #10,783

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Lathum

So my daughters team is firing on all cylinders. She is catching and hitting 5th. They have won their pool games by a combined 51-12. If we win tonight we move on to the district title game.

Our last pool game we put up 19 runs in the second inning. There is a mercy rule that if one team is up 15 runs after 3 innings its called. They were the home team so we had to play all 3 innings. In this league the tie breaker is run differential so we had to keep pouring it on. I felt bad for the other team but their coach started getting really pissed and chirping at ours. When we went up 21-2 they actually turned to scoreboard off, which was so childish.

This is why runs allowed have become a more standard tie breaker for baseball tourney play. It doesn't feel good to be on either side of those games.

[Lathum]

I just checked and it’s actually runs allowed but I guess since they are in our side of the bracket we needed to put runs on them?

The funny thing is that team actually still advanced to bracket play and if they win tonight we would play them tomorrow for the title assuming we win tonight.

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Lathum

So my daughters team is firing on all cylinders. She is catching and hitting 5th. They have won their pool games by a combined 51-12. If we win tonight we move on to the district title game.

Our last pool game we put up 19 runs in the second inning. There is a mercy rule that if one team is up 15 runs after 3 innings its called. They were the home team so we had to play all 3 innings. In this league the tie breaker is run differential so we had to keep pouring it on. I felt bad for the other team but their coach started getting really pissed and chirping at ours. When we went up 21-2 they actually turned to scoreboard off, which was so childish.

In the old NES game Baseball Stars, I would always play as the road team so I could rack up a few more runs before the 10 run mercy rule kicked in at the end of the inning.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

In the old NES game Baseball Stars, I would always play as the road team so I could rack up a few more runs before the 10 run mercy rule kicked in at the end of the inning.

My all time favorite game. It’s the first game I remember that you could customize. I

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by Lathum

I just checked and it’s actually runs allowed but I guess since they are in our side of the bracket we needed to put runs on them?

The funny thing is that team actually still advanced to bracket play and if they win tonight we would play them tomorrow for the title assuming we win tonight.

Very likely why. I've also seen caps put on run diff. 8 or 10 seems to be the standard. Tournaments are finding it's hard to fill spots when boat races at younger ages is encouraged.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Very likely why. I've also seen caps put on run diff. 8 or 10 seems to be the standard.

Yeah, capping the benefit is how (for example) a lot of our HS football regions deal with point-based tiebreakers. I kinda figured that would be common elsewhere in competitions of this sort, although I guess with fewer games involved to differentiate I suppose tied teams remaining tied when both maxxed out the benefit could be an issue.

[Lathum]

Sorry I have turned this into a bit of a dynasty.

We won last night 18-2 so we have now outscored the competition 69-14. My daughter got her first home run last night. It was awesome to see her and her teammates so excited.

We play for the divisional title tonight against the team we just beat 29-8, so unless they have some lights out pitcher who missed Saturdays game I am feeling pretty good.

[Lathum]

Boom. District Champs

[miami_fan]

After another 16U/18U travel baseball summer, all I can say is.....YES!

- YouTube

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

After another 16U/18U travel baseball summer, all I can say is.....YES!

- YouTube

Very accurate

High school aged kids wear far more equipment than college players. My sons college summer league recently wrapped up and I didn't see a single oven mitt and only a handful of elbow and shin guards.

The celebrations are pretty rare too. You see the occasional guy that over celebrates everything but most coaches don't want to see that shit.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

After another 16U/18U travel baseball summer, all I can say is.....YES!

- YouTube

That is awesome LOL

[flere-imsaho]

The soccer referee shortage continues to gain steam, at least in my corner of the midwest. I'm now getting emails from assignors in Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin (I assume they've contacted the local assignors and asked to use their email distribution lists) begging for refs for tournaments, offering mileage and hotel bookings, etc....

[flere-imsaho]

Got this from one of the local assignors this week:

We need a strong center for a rematch between teams whose parents are maturity challenged.

...game details...

IF the parents do not behave, the ref must card the coach(es). That is all that is needed outside of reffing a 10u soccer game.

Reading between the lines, I'm guessing this particular league wants a ref who's happy to toss both coaches so as to give the two clubs in question some impetus to discipline their parents.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by flere-imsaho

Got this from one of the local assignors this week:



Reading between the lines, I'm guessing this particular league wants a ref who's happy to toss both coaches so as to give the two clubs in question some impetus to discipline their parents.

When I was assisting in running our local baseball league we had to request specific umps for a couple of the teams when they played. It's sad but we couldn't risk letting one of the younger umps out there with those parents.