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#3
#3
Absolutely, and I made it a point to find the pitcher's dad and personally congratulate him -- good guy
 
#4
#4
Personally, I didn't like the guy writing the article. He reminds me of Greg Doyel and that's not a good thing.
 
#7
#7
aight for a guy coaching girls softball for 10 and under and running up the score tells me all i need to knw about this guy. look i don't mind beating the dog crap out of other teams when they are in hs or college or pro. but 10 and under? u gotta be kidding me
 
#9
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Yeah, in a three-inning game with a one hour time limit where you bat 13 players, I'm gonna tell a little 10 year old to strike out on purpose in her only at-bat?

Give me a break. What if it was your kid? Would you want the coach telling her to get out on purpose or not try her best?

If you weren't taught to play your best, I feel for you.

If your coach didn't put you in the best positions to succeed and win, I feel for him or her.

I knew there would be some people that would take some potshots...and a few of you did not disappoint.

Comical.
 
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Writer32 said:
Yeah, in a three-inning game with a one hour time limit where you bat 13 players, I'm gonna tell a little 10 year old to strike out on purpose in her only at-bat?

Give me a break. What if it was your kid? Would you want the coach telling her to get out on purpose or not try her best?

If you weren't taught to play your best, I feel for you.

If your coach didn't put you in the best positions to succeed and win, I feel for him or her.

I knew there would be some people that would take some potshots...and a few of you did not disappoint.

Comical.
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its 10 and under, its called having class, or turning off the score.

what's not comical is how serious you took 10 and under softball. that's sad
 
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TheOrangeMan said:
Personally, I didn't like the guy writing the article. He reminds me of Greg Doyel and that's not a good thing.
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I don't know why, but I can't stop laughing at this. He basically took a giant dump on the OP without even knowing he did.
 
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Vol Mania 21 said:
aight for a guy coaching girls softball for 10 and under and running up the score tells me all i need to knw about this guy. look i don't mind beating the dog crap out of other teams when they are in hs or college or pro. but 10 and under? u gotta be kidding me
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+ a million. As a baseball coach myself (3B coach, rec and travel) I know coaches like you and you're right....they are hated. There is a time and place for everything. Running up the score in rec ball is not right at any level (with the possible exception of season ending tourneys where run differential, etc is an issue) THE #1 PRIORITY in REC ball is to teach the core skills and more importantly to help kids learn to love the game. To want to come back and play next year because there are so many other things kids that age could choose to do. Coaches like you that think you're bigger than the game itself are the reason kids don't come back. Don't you realize that at that age as many kids are there for socializing as for the actual sport? That's why it's called RECREATIONAL. Even in travel ball there is always room for sportsmanship. A handshake after you've purposely embarassed someone doesn't mean anything except that you're an even bigger ass.

I lost a ton of respect for you today Griff.


BTW...One of my (younger sons) out of park All-star all-star teams that I coached won the sportsmanship award at the last TWO Dizzy Dean World Series. Will Park Predators. We finished 12th out of 48 teams in '07 and 3rd of 48 in '08. It's possible to win and have class too.


2007

2008
 
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#15
#15
Running up the score? Give me a break. I taught my players to go hard -- you are turning me into a monster, and it is funny!
I told you there were no ridiculous margins...my way of getting out of those games, 10 years ago, was to bunt. That way my players still got to practice and element of the game, and the opposition merely had to field the bunt and throw it home (bases loaded) or to first.
I've got to hand it to y'all, you can really turn something around quick!
If I told you my team was the worst team in the league, you'd be ragging me for not teaching the kids how to win.
Sportsmanship was never an issue for my players.
 
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Writer32 said:
Running up the score? Give me a break. I taught my players to go hard -- you are turning me into a monster, and it is funny!
I told you there were no ridiculous margins...my way of getting out of those games, 10 years ago, was to bunt. That way my players still got to practice and element of the game, and the opposition merely had to field the bunt and throw it home (bases loaded) or to first.
I've got to hand it to y'all, you can really turn something around quick!
If I told you my team was the worst team in the league, you'd be ragging me for not teaching the kids how to win.
Sportsmanship was never an issue for my players.
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We Know!
 
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Writer32 said:
I was that coach everyone hated. Yes, and some still do.

The rec commissioner called me the Steve Spurrier of the league, because my 10-under players ran the bases like Spurrier's receivers of the 1990s, which is to say with reckless abandon regardless of the score or margin.
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No, it's not funny. You said it yourself. You are/were the coach that everyone thinks is an......

Nevermind...You know what it is. The guy that thinks he's bigger than the spirit of the game. Anyone who has ever coached (unfortunately) knows someone like you.

Bunting? Tell me how that worked for you? Were teams that couldn't stop you otherwise prepared to defend that? Really?
 
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ESPN discovered women's softball had better ratings than NHL Hockey or collegiate baseball.
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People watch college softball bc softball girls always have amazing :shakehead: and sometimes you get a real gem when they're actually hot.

The more you know!
 
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the.one.the.only said:
People watch college softball bc softball girls always have amazing :shakehead: and sometimes you get a real gem when they're actually hot.

The more you know!
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Hot girls in softball attire = Guaranteed watch from the male demographic, while women watch it as a competitive sport. ESPN execs. aren't exactly dumb.
 
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I absolutely hate the notion of not hurting kid's feelings, or turning off the scoreboard, or everybody gets a trophy. I got my feelings hurt all the time growing up, and I'm not crying about it. It made me want to work harder so that it wouldn't happen again. Just like Griff proved in his blog.

Losing, getting hurt, being embarrassed, its all apart of growing up and learning about the real world
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ridethelightening said:
I absolutely hate the notion of not hurting kid's feelings, or turning off the scoreboard, or everybody gets a trophy. I got my feelings hurt all the time growing up, and I'm not crying about it. It made me want to work harder so that it wouldn't happen again. Just like Griff proved in his blog.

Losing, getting hurt, being embarrassed, its all apart of growing up and learning about the real world
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amen.

teaching kids to give anything but their best effort every single time they get on base, step to the plate, etc. is doing them a huge disservice, i don't care how old they are.
 
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ridethelightening said:
I absolutely hate the notion of not hurting kid's feelings, or turning off the scoreboard, or everybody gets a trophy. I got my feelings hurt all the time growing up, and I'm not crying about it. It made me want to work harder so that it wouldn't happen again. Just like Griff proved in his blog.

Losing, getting hurt, being embarrassed, its all apart of growing up and learning about the real world
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:good!:
 
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