Men's May Challenge Thread (Page 20)

Missed my morning bike ride (it was supposed to be my long ride - hour and a half).  I got a horrible night sleep... Please pardon me while I rant for a minute, or five.  Skip this if you have anything of importance to do...

Sometimes, I let people that are A-holes get under my skin way too much.  At my 10yo daughter's softball game last night, I got so pissed at the other team's coach.  He basically told his catcher that if our batters weren't stepping out of the batters box when a runner was stealing, he should throw the ball and intentionally hit the girl in the batters box so the girl running would be out.  I called him out on it and said he couldn't be serious.  He then yells at me telling me that I need to do a better job of coaching my girls or they're going to get hurt.  I'd say half of my girls are in their first year of softball, so they don't know the nuances of the game.  But instead of keeping my composure, I got up in this guy's face and basically told him he was a disgrace to youth sports and he should be ashamed of himself. 

He's the type of coach that yells at his girls when they strike out rather than saying, "good swing, you'll get the next one."  One of my girls even pointed that out to me... "Coach Bill; why is he so mean to his girls?"  My daughter was visibly upset with my altercation out on the field and kept asking me if I was OK.  I said that it's a game, we had a disagreement, and we all shake hands at the end and say "good game". 

So at the end of the game, I go to shake this guy's hand, he looks at my hand and starts to walk right past me.  I put my hand on his shoulder and held out my hand and said, "Is that really the type of coach you want to be?"  He half-heartedly shakes my hand, grumbles and walks away.  My blood has been boiling ever since.  What kind of person is this that's teaching our kids "sportsmanship"?  I'm going to call the program director today to give him the story, but why can't I let this go?

Missed my morning bike ride (it was supposed to be my long ride - hour and a half).  I got a horrible night sleep... Please pardon me while I rant for a minute, or five.  Skip this if you have anything of importance to do...

Sometimes, I let people that are A-holes get under my skin way too much.  At my 10yo daughter's softball game last night, I got so pissed at the other team's coach.  He basically told his catcher that if our batters weren't stepping out of the batters box when a runner was stealing, he should throw the ball and intentionally hit the girl in the batters box so the girl running would be out.  I called him out on it and said he couldn't be serious.  He then yells at me telling me that I need to do a better job of coaching my girls or they're going to get hurt.  I'd say half of my girls are in their first year of softball, so they don't know the nuances of the game.  But instead of keeping my composure, I got up in this guy's face and basically told him he was a disgrace to youth sports and he should be ashamed of himself. 

He's the type of coach that yells at his girls when they strike out rather than saying, "good swing, you'll get the next one."  One of my girls even pointed that out to me... "Coach Bill; why is he so mean to his girls?"  My daughter was visibly upset with my altercation out on the field and kept asking me if I was OK.  I said that it's a game, we had a disagreement, and we all shake hands at the end and say "good game". 

So at the end of the game, I go to shake this guy's hand, he looks at my hand and starts to walk right past me.  I put my hand on his shoulder and held out my hand and said, "Is that really the type of coach you want to be?"  He half-heartedly shakes my hand, grumbles and walks away.  My blood has been boiling ever since.  What kind of person is this that's teaching our kids "sportsmanship"?  I'm going to call the program director today to give him the story, but why can't I let this go?