Pi$$y Fan ...

[Thunderheads]

Now, before you say ...."why are you engaging a fan/parent" ....read first ....

Ok, ..my partner and I are walking on to game 5 of 6 for the tourney yesterday. Yes, we're starting to get tired, but doing well. Now, keeping in mind we had 2 games go over, ... 1 was a (the last inning started before time limit, and ....the second was an extra inning game!) so, not our fault, but ..no biggie.

So, we're behind obviously ...and it's 15 minutes passed start time as we walk onto the field for game 5. As we come up via an opening in the fence down right field, and parents are all lined up to watch, ...one douchebag on his blackberry says .... "4:30 guys" .....and instantly , (not like me) my blood started to boil ...I said politely with a smile "I'm sorry, what was that?" He responds, ... "4:30 ...game time was 4:30":blah

Well, that did it... I say " Oh yeah? Really ? I didn't know that? I guess you weren't here when our 12:30 game went 2 extra innings then were you? We're only 15 minutes behind, my partner and I are doing game 5 of 6 today, so I think we're doing just fine"

STARES ... then silence, and he turns away ....

Dumbass!

p.s. We proceeded to ROCK that game out in an hour - 30 too! And actually ended the tourney ON TIME!:shrug:

Edited July 19, 2010 by Thunderheads

[Guest]

Now, before you say ...."why are you engaging a fan/parent" ....read first ....

Ok, ..my partner and I are walking on to game 5 of 6 for the tourney yesterday. Yes, we're starting to get tired, but doing well. Now, keeping in mind we had 2 games go over, ... 1 was a (the last inning started before time limit, and ....the second was an extra inning game!) so, not our fault, but ..no biggie.

So, we're behind obviously ...and it's 15 minutes passed start time as we walk onto the field for game 5. As we come up via an opening in the fence down right field, and parents are all lined up to watch, ...one douchebag on his blackberry says .... "4:30 guys" .....and instantly , (not like me) my blood started to boil ...I said politely with a smile "I'm sorry, what was that?" He responds, ... "4:30 ...game time was 4:30":blah

Well, that did it... I say " Oh yeah? Really ? I didn't know that? I guess you weren't here when our 12:30 game went 2 extra innings then were you? We're only 15 minutes behind, my partner and I are doing game 5 of 6 today, so I think we're doing just fine"

STARES ... then silence, and he turns away ....

Dumbass!

p.s. We proceeded to ROCK that game out in an hour - 30 too! And actually ended the tourney ON TIME!

At least YOU didn't tell him to f off :)

[Thunderheads]

At least YOU didn't tell him to f off

GOOD POINT!! :shrug:

[Stan W.]

...one douchebag on his blackberry says .... "4:30 guys" .....and instantly , (not like me) my blood started to boil ...I said politely with a smile "I'm sorry, what was that?" He responds, ... "4:30 ...game time was 4:30"

wow, games in a tournament run over?.........and games are delayed?.....I mean who would ever think that could/would happen?

dumbass indeed....

[jjb]

I'm sure the League will get an email from the guy.

Don't you love it when the prevailing wisdom is that they can say anything they want, but a response will immediately result in a complaint?

Them: "Blah blah, blah"

You: (silence)

Them: "Blah blah blah"

You: "Blah"

Them: OH! THAT'S UNPROFESSIONAL! MY KIDS ARE DEVASTATED!!

...makes you wonder sometimes....

[catoblue]

Under the circumstances, I think you were kinder than I would have been. I'm miserable after 2 games, and if I had managed to last 4, I'd be pretty "testy". I wouldn't have dropped an F-bomb on him but I'd have been a whole lot more biting with my sarcasm.

I'm thinking it might have gone something like this:

"Wow, how nice of you to point that out!!!! I would have never guessed that by the time we hit game 5 of six, we might have gotten to the point where a couple games ran over and the schedule got a little behind, but I'm guessing that in your little world, everything runs like clock-work, right? I'd LOVE to live on THAT PLANET! Maybe it would have helped if you got here at 8 AM this morning like we did, so you could point out to the managers and players of the two games that ran over, just how much their games running over would inconvenience you. I'm sure that they would have just quit playing so YOUR game would be able to start right on time. Now... Unless you have any more earth-shattering, late-breaking-news for us, the bleachers are over there <point>, how about you go find yourself a good seat, shut up, sit down and let us get on the field and start the game"!

Then we walk calmly away and start the game...

Ahhh, now that is one sweet daydream!!!!!

[Kevin Finnerty]

I prefer the method of talking about the idiot to my partner and sharing a laugh as we walk.

When the kids playing the games are the real men and the men watching are the pissy, little kids; something's wrong.

[moblue]

When the kids playing the games are the real men and the men watching are the pissy, little kids; something's wrong.

For some reason that tends to be the case most of the time.

[zm1283]

I would have simply said "So?" with a shoulder shrug and kept walking with my partner, all the while making fun of this dickwad at the fence.

[UmpJM]

Thunder,

My favorite reply to this type of "No $hit, Sherlock" input is, "Thank you. I'll alert the media."

And, of course, you just keep walking.

JM

[poppyfor3]

"Gee, so sorry---our lap dances ran long."http://www.umpire-empire.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Pete Peterson Sr]

Adult league last Sunday. Second game of the day. Not a true DH, two games featuring two different teams each. 101 degree temps, heat index of around 115. Game one goes the 3-hour distance, and my partner and I go to change. When we returned a player from one of the teams hollered over at me "Take your time, we're in no hurry", quite sarcastically. I put down our cooler in the opposite dugout, looked across the field, and said "That's good, because we're aren't either". End of that discussion, when the manager of that team told his player to put a cork in it.

[mstaylor]

I was working a Pony double one night. We were n the pressbox changing. The first game ran a little long and I was eating my dinner while I was changing. The manager comes to the fieldside of the pressbox and starts yelling at us to quit sitting around and get the game started. I am generally good about not losing my temper while on the field, not that night. I went down the steps and read him the riot act and explained I was going to finish eating and if he had a problem he could have an early night. Not my finest night but I had lost count of the nights I had missed dinner to get games started.

[kylejt]

"4:30 ...game time was 4:30":blah

"Man, I guess we'll have to call a lot of strikes and outs to catch up. What number is your son, Boss?"

[Thunderheads]

"Man, I guess we'll have to call a lot of strikes and outs to catch up. What number is your son, Boss?"

Dammit Kyle, that's a great one!!! :rollinglaugh:

[spiritumpa]

"Man, I guess we'll have to call a lot of strikes and outs to catch up. What number is your son, Boss?"

i like it--do you mind if I use that line

[Cajunyankee]

But man........F**K you Douchebag feels soooo much better.

[Kevin Finnerty]

In the spirit of what some people say when leaving a movie, I had a partner say this as we strode by all the parents on the way out of the park: "These games would go a lot more smoothly if the players would leave their little brats at home."

[Thunderheads]

In the spirit of what some people say when leaving a movie, I had a partner say this as we strode by all the parents on the way out of the park: "These games would go a lot more smoothly if the players would leave their little brats at home."

that's a beauty!

Funny thing is, ....I just realized this was my post from last summer! :)

[Don]

During a game a catcher asked me, "how do you put up with it?". I said "put up with what?". He said "the fans". I said "what fans?".

Why I would pay any attention to fans with gripes on the way in, during, or on the way out, I don't know.