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A Salt Weapon 08-10-2014 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Flybone McTimmerson (Post 10809718)
ITT: A Salt Weapon outs himself as a softball douchebag.
If you say so, I don't think playing to the best of your abilities makes one a douchbag. I do generally pick on whoever they put in right field, I'll hit doubles/triples in front of them and if they cheat forward I'll put one over their head for triples/inside the parks. I guess that could be considered douchy.

Hootie 08-10-2014 11:19 PM
there is nothing wrong with taking the ball to right field...that doesn't make you a douche bag

being good at softball doesn't make you a douche bag

acting like a douche bag makes you a douche bag

oh and sliding into any base ever makes you a douche bag

A Salt Weapon 08-10-2014 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809829)
Awesome!

That's how it should be.
Also not allowed to touch home in co-ed, and there's a commitment line about 2/3 between 3rd and home, once you pass it you can't go back to third. Supposed to reduce injuries to the catcher.

A Salt Weapon 08-10-2014 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809835)
there is nothing wrong with taking the ball to right field...that doesn't make you a douche bag

being good at softball doesn't make you a douche bag

acting like a douche bag makes you a douche bag

oh and sliding into any base ever makes you a douche bag
I guess I'm a douchbag, I don't act like one but if sliding makes me one so be it.

Hootie 08-10-2014 11:22 PM
I played in a league before where there was a line before home but it just made every out at home a force out. That wasn't bad but I didn't think it was necessary, either. I don't mind tag outs at home plate. Of course, any dick bag that makes contact with the catcher in slow pitch softball is the douchiest of douches.

Hootie 08-10-2014 11:23 PM
we always made fun of people who wore baseball pants and slid into bases...

it's ****ing slow pitch softball...sliding is ****ing dumb

you're an adult...you have a real job. You don't need to be sliding into bases to beat out that close play by a step. It's never that serious if you're not getting paid or you're not in high school/college.

Hootie 08-10-2014 11:25 PM
which is why after a few years I decided I wasn't going to play 3rd base anymore

I'm an adult. I don't need to have to explain things at work if a ball ever takes a bad hop and plants me right in the ****ing eye or mouth.

I will let some other moron play 3rd and I'll happily go play OF. OF is more fun in slow pitch anyways.

A Salt Weapon 08-10-2014 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809839)
we always made fun of people who wore baseball pants and slid into bases...

it's ****ing slow pitch softball...sliding is ****ing dumb

you're an adult...you have a real job. You don't need to be sliding into bases to beat out that close play by a step. It's never that serious if you're not getting paid or you're not in high school/college.
Okay, I'm good to go then. I don't wear baseball pants, I wear shorts rain or shine, so sliding in shorts doesn't make one a douchbag.

By the way, probably 90% of the people that play here will slide into a base if it's needed. That includes men/women between the ages of 20-50,

cdcox 08-10-2014 11:34 PM
I was at a molecular biology boot camp several years back. The idea was to bring in people who didn't know much biology and in 12 days to get them so they were less than clueless. The crowd was pretty mixed, ranging from grad students to mid-career professionals. One of the guys I collaborate with had been to the camp and was talking it up among people he knew, so I knew four other people at the camp.

One of the traditions of the camp was a softball game. Sure enough, one of the people I knew (pretty solidly built guy in his early 20s) just explodes into the female catcher on a close play at the plate. Everyone was saying, "Dude! WTF are you thinking?" I just pretended like I didn't know him.

A Salt Weapon 08-10-2014 11:41 PM
That is considered douchy to me, so is anyone that hits a pitcher without at least saying sorry.

ghak99 08-10-2014 11:56 PM
I played some co-ed church league and a men's league for a while and it was fun for a season or two. Then it went full on douche.

Guys started showing up with 2k in bats, full custom uniforms, shaved this, rolled that, going to cages, arguments after games, blah blah blah. Whole teams were shooting low power ropes through the co-ed infield after eating up the 5 homer rule in the first inning and being up by 20. The douche monsters were even taking the smack talk, bitching, complaining, bragging, and homer counts to Facebook as if anyone else in the world gave a **** about whether their last homer was x' or x+5'.

I hate to even admit I started out on one of the full bottles of year old douche teams in the church league and quit after a few games because it was the worst shit I had ever ****ing seen, let alone been apart of. I even apologized to the people who put it on for being apart of it for the few games I was and offered to sub for their teams when they needed me to.

Discuss Thrower 08-10-2014 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cdcox (Post 10809849)
I was at a molecular biology boot camp several years back. The idea was to bring in people who didn't know much biology and in 12 days to get them so they were less than clueless. The crowd was pretty mixed, ranging from grad students to mid-career professionals. One of the guys I collaborate with had been to the camp and was talking it up among people he knew, so I knew four other people at the camp.

One of the traditions of the camp was a softball game. Sure enough, one of the people I knew (pretty solidly built guy in his early 20s) just explodes into the female catcher on a close play at the plate. Everyone was saying, "Dude! WTF are you thinking?" I just pretended like I didn't know him.
Yet the biggest question I have was why was it important to have a biology boot camp and not why Softball Guy was included in said camp.

Hootie 08-11-2014 12:01 AM
5 homer limit?! Damn. That's a lot. We do 2. 3rd one ends the half inning...regardless if there is 0 outs.

Why Not? 08-11-2014 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 10809730)
I'm in a small town it was mostly couples. Most of us knew each other prior.
Posted via Mobile Device
That would be fun then.

cdcox 08-11-2014 12:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 10809877)
Yet the biggest question I have was why was it important to have a biology boot camp and not why Softball Guy was included in said camp.
There are these people called nerds that just love to learn stuff.

The funny thing was, I don't think this guy was Softball Guy. I'm pretty sure he just got carried away in the heat of the moment.

Discuss Thrower 08-11-2014 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by cdcox (Post 10809885)
There are these people called nerds that just love to learn stuff.

The funny thing was, I don't think this guy was Softball Guy. I'm pretty sure he just got carried away in the heat of the moment.
Okay, now that I will wholeheartedly agree with. I became a tyrant when it came to HS quiz team stuff.

ghak99 08-11-2014 12:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809878)
5 homer limit?! Damn. That's a lot. We do 2. 3rd one ends the half inning...regardless if there is 0 outs.
I believe they're going to 1 homer per inning and the second one ends the inning next year hoping to get rid of the teams full of douches. It's either that or the teams that are actually comprised of church going people just out to have fun are quitting, thus shutting down the whole league.

Hootie 08-11-2014 12:08 AM
well most of the dudes that can hit HR's on command can also hit ropes to the opposite field on command as well

KCUnited 08-11-2014 05:33 AM
The best is 38 year old Corporate Challenge softball guy who has a wallet size picture of his kid on his desk but all 3 walls of his cubicle are covered with Corp Challenge softball medals. He works 2 hours a day and spends the rest of his day "scouting" the break room for new talent for next years tourney.

Valiant 08-11-2014 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809799)
I feel bad for the girls in coed leagues...

there should be a line that the OF's cannot play in front of in coed leagues...

most girls have to face 10 man IF's when they hit...because even the best girls can only hit it 200 feet max and that's if they really get into the ball.
You are being generous, college softball players can barely hit 200ft.

Valiant 08-11-2014 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ghak99 (Post 10809888)
I believe they're going to 1 homer per inning and the second one ends the inning next year hoping to get rid of the teams full of douches. It's either that or the teams that are actually comprised of church going people just out to have fun are quitting, thus shutting down the whole league.
Just need to separate them. Had that problem when I played. Team would win by 25+ runs against most teams. We played them close, but they were honestly too good. So we started forfeiting, did not tell them. Just did not show up. Couple other teams did it with us.

Man that team was pissed. Hey, we paid or money like you. Didn't care, Sadly Independence would not restrict them from the lowest level. We moved to another site.

Eventually they split up into different teams.

Need to make a rule, if your team dominates and goes undefeated in a season, no more than 3 of those guys can be on the same team the next year. Will either stop them, or add more teams to league. Hopefully just not more dicks. Of course, most douche softballers only know other douche softballers.

George Liquor 08-11-2014 05:53 AM
I played in a tournament once again Washburn university's baseball team. They were the visiting team and the score was like 19-0 after the top of the first. They hit like 8 home runs in the first inning.

Valiant 08-11-2014 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809878)
5 homer limit?! Damn. That's a lot. We do 2. 3rd one ends the half inning...regardless if there is 0 outs.
That is still odd, I have never seen anything other than 2 hrs, and each one after that is an out. Or 2hrs, plus 1up, then out.

That would seriously suck to have an inning end that way. Of course most people that can jack a homer with ease can send a missile four to five feet off the ground also. I hated those playing 3rd. Them and them ****ing rocket grounders that I never knew were going to bounce off of shit fields.

Valiant 08-11-2014 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by BDj23 (Post 10809959)
I played in a tournament once again Washburn university's baseball team. They were the visiting team and the score was like 19-0 after the top of the first. They hit like 8 home runs in the first inning.
I am one upping sadly, but not a good way. Played a tournament, first game against a traveling team. We did not even bat through our order before the end of the 3rd. Lost 30something to zero. I did get a hit, but doubled up at 2nd.

D league, non competitive tournament. lol, they are right, no such thing exists.

Dayze 08-11-2014 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Strongside (Post 10809815)
Dayze, I PM'd you. I think I went to high school with your buddy that was in the accident. I heard from some friends that there were a few shitty people in the tournament and that there were even a few altercations off of the field. Apparently a mutual friend was called the n word by some asshole and a fight occurred. Could be a completely different tournament but it sounds too similar to not be the same one.
sounds like the same one lol.

Hootie 08-11-2014 07:10 AM
Which is odd, because a baseball swing is much different than a slow pitch softball swing. It took me a year to adjust out of high school before I became a good slow pitch hitter

Simply Red 08-11-2014 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10810000)
Which is odd, because a baseball swing is much different than a slow pitch softball swing. It took me a year to adjust out of high school before I became a good slow pitch hitter
Yup. Same here - wait and wait + wait - THEN swing.

Al Bundy 08-11-2014 07:49 AM
There are some real douchey things that happen on the softball field that I have seen.
1. Going in hard at second
2. Lining a pitch back at the pitcher
3. Admiring a homerun
4. Running over the catcher
5 Teams that clearly should be playing at the highest level, playing in the D league.

Reerun_KC 08-11-2014 07:59 AM
Main reason I quit playing after playing for about 18 years....

Flatbilled hat = douchebag and most softball guys wannabe flatbilled hat douchebags...

Gonzo 08-11-2014 08:02 AM
I had a guy that worked for me that actually played professional softball.
I never knew there was such a thing but yeah. He had sponsors out the ass. One of his bats, (that a sponsor bought) was 700 bucks. It was made out of carbon and had some weird core that could actually shatter like glass if it was used incorrectly.
The dude was paid to travel on a team bus to go to tourneys all over the Midwest.
I thought that maybe it was fast pitch but apparently not.
These dudes didn't play on regular softball fields either. They were on regulation baseball diamonds.
Apparently the 'championship' tourney was played on a MLB field and they had tens of fans attend.

BigCatDaddy 08-11-2014 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Al Bundy (Post 10810035)
There are some real douchey things that happen on the softball field that I have seen.
1. Going in hard at second
2. Lining a pitch back at the pitcher
3. Admiring a homerun
4. Running over the catcher
5 Teams that clearly should be playing at the highest level, playing in the D league.
Ive done the Kirk Gibson after a walk off HR.

BigCatDaddy 08-11-2014 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Gonzo (Post 10810051)
I had a guy that worked for me that actually played professional softball.
I never knew there was such a thing but yeah. He had sponsors out the ass. One of his bats, (that a sponsor bought) was 700 bucks. It was made out of carbon and had some weird core that could actually shatter like glass if it was used incorrectly.
The dude was paid to travel on a team bus to go to tourneys all over the Midwest.
I thought that maybe it was fast pitch but apparently not.
These dudes didn't play on regular softball fields either. They were on regulation baseball diamonds.
Apparently the 'championship' tourney was played on a MLB field and they had tens of fans attend.
Ive heard roiding isnt optional on some of those teams.

Gonzo 08-11-2014 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy (Post 10810058)
Ive heard roiding isnt optional on some of those teams.
Nope. Not an option... it's mandatory. LMAO

KC native 08-11-2014 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Al Bundy (Post 10810035)
There are some real douchey things that happen on the softball field that I have seen.

5 Teams that clearly should be playing at the highest level, playing in the D league.
This is the biggest thing that pisses me off about softball.

I've played in two different leagues. In both of them, the commissioner let teams that they knew should be playing in more competitive leagues sign up for the lowest level leagues.

Both teams I played on sucked bad (I'm not great but I was the one of two or three people on both teams who could consistently hit the ball), and I laid into a couple of teams full of "softball guys". We had one game where we were run spread after the 1st inning (had to keep playing until the 3rd) and the team started jacking home runs to talk shit about how shitty our team was and how they needed to do that to give us outs.

I embarrassed the shit out of several of them by asking them if they were proud of the fact that they signed up for the lowest level league and could beat the shit out of a team where most of the people had never played baseball or softball before. The shit talking stopped pretty quickly after that.

Predarat 08-11-2014 08:34 AM
Methodists and Lutherans are pretty bad, Church of Chirst are horrible, Presbys are usually decent, as are the Catholics and Evangelicals. The Jews are so horrible they have to have their own league. But the absolute worst are those damn Southern Baptists.

Saccopoo 08-11-2014 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809799)
I feel bad for the girls in coed leagues...

there should be a line that the OF's cannot play in front of in coed leagues...

most girls have to face 10 man IF's when they hit...because even the best girls can only hit it 200 feet max and that's if they really get into the ball.
We had two girls on our team that could jack a home run whenever they felt like it. (Like I said, three/four of them played on D1 college teams.) Shit, they all played the infield positions because they fielded better than any of us. It wasn't even remotely fair to the level of the league.

007 08-11-2014 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by tmw4h5 (Post 10809781)
Trust me, these guys were douches. They were intentionally hitting our pitcher. We had one of our guys (who had never played softball or baseball) accidentally hit middle on their pitcher. That's what started the whole thing.
The blue didn't do anything about it?

hell, I hit a pitcher one time in my life, unfortunately the pitcher was a female and I nailed her shoulder. I stopped running to first to check on her and declared myself out on my own. She couldn't finish the game but turned out OK when I checked on her at the following weeks game. The other team was really cool about it.

Of course, this was 22 years ago before the sport really got douchy.

Saccopoo 08-11-2014 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon (Post 10809846)
Okay, I'm good to go then. I don't wear baseball pants, I wear shorts rain or shine, so sliding in shorts doesn't make one a douchbag.

By the way, probably 90% of the people that play here will slide into a base if it's needed. That includes men/women between the ages of 20-50,
Dude...sliding in shorts? Are you ****ing serious? That makes you a double douche.

007 08-11-2014 09:55 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809799)
I feel bad for the girls in coed leagues...

there should be a line that the OF's cannot play in front of in coed leagues...

most girls have to face 10 man IF's when they hit...because even the best girls can only hit it 200 feet max and that's if they really get into the ball.
Heh, I had two girls on my team back in the day that could hit home runs. Should have seen the look on those idiots faces when they would go yard on them. LMAO

007 08-11-2014 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0 (Post 10809840)
which is why after a few years I decided I wasn't going to play 3rd base anymore

I'm an adult. I don't need to have to explain things at work if a ball ever takes a bad hop and plants me right in the ****ing eye or mouth.

I will let some other moron play 3rd and I'll happily go play OF. OF is more fun in slow pitch anyways.
I preferred 1st base. You are involved in a high percentage of plays and you are less likely to get a liner right at your face. heh

007 08-11-2014 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Al Bundy (Post 10810035)
There are some real douchey things that happen on the softball field that I have seen.
1. Going in hard at second
2. Lining a pitch back at the pitcher
3. Admiring a homerun
4. Running over the catcher
5 Teams that clearly should be playing at the highest level, playing in the D league.
I admired a home run one time but only because I had never hit one that far before. the funny thing is that it would have been out of every park in topeka but we were playing on the shortest field in the city. but, when I say admired, that doesn't mean I stood there and watched it. It was more of a loud scream on my way to first. I was a little embarrassed but the team we were playing were really cool and understood why I was excited. LMAO

srvy 08-11-2014 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 10810199)
The blue didn't do anything about it?

hell, I hit a pitcher one time in my life, unfortunately the pitcher was a female and I nailed her shoulder. I stopped running to first to check on her and declared myself out on my own. She couldn't finish the game but turned out OK when I checked on her at the following weeks game. The other team was really cool about it.

Of course, this was 22 years ago before the sport really got douchy.
This is the softball I remember and it was about same for me when I last played. Heck we did it for fun our work sponsored the team. We would work all day out in hot sun with the ticks and ivy sweating. Get back in the office end of day change into playing duds spray a lot of right guard on to cover the stench. Play the game and quaff a few beers after and head home. It was fun and kept us out trouble. This assclown stuff must have happened later in the sport.

As for the OP not trying to be an ass here but really you and 7 other guys road bikes up and played in boots leathers and all. Then you speak about douches in ball player uni's.
Seems like you guys did sorta the same thing.

I have rode bikes all my life mini bikes, trail bikes, motocross and road bikes. I learned that saddle bags and tie downs can haul most anything you need for a day ride. You couldn't have slipped a glove, tenny runners, shorts and kinda fit in? I never felt I had to look like what I wasn't and I wasnt in a MC. I ride for pleasure not for colors.

A Salt Weapon 08-11-2014 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Saccopoo (Post 10810196)
We had two girls on our team that could jack a home run whenever they felt like it. (Like I said, three/four of them played on D1 college teams.) Shit, they all played the infield positions because they fielded better than any of us. It wasn't even remotely fair to the level of the league.
I've seen many females jack homeruns myself, I've seen women hit farther than I can.

mr. tegu 08-11-2014 10:44 AM
Blue Valley recreation does the kickball leagues. I would much rather do that instead.

A Salt Weapon 08-11-2014 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Saccopoo (Post 10810201)
Dude...sliding in shorts? Are you ****ing serious? That makes you a double douche.
Yep, best part is our fields suck, dirt/rocks/etc. Not sure how that makes me a douche but whatever, it's my body. Starting to take it's toll now that I'm in my thirties, but I enjoy it and it doesn't effect anyone else so I dont see the problem, extra bases win games. I like winning.

A Salt Weapon 08-11-2014 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 10810283)
Blue Valley recreation does the kickball leagues. I would much rather do that instead.
That sounds fun, wish we had that up here.

George Liquor 08-11-2014 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Gonzo (Post 10810051)
I had a guy that worked for me that actually played professional softball.
I never knew there was such a thing but yeah. He had sponsors out the ass. One of his bats, (that a sponsor bought) was 700 bucks. It was made out of carbon and had some weird core that could actually shatter like glass if it was used incorrectly.
The dude was paid to travel on a team bus to go to tourneys all over the Midwest.
I thought that maybe it was fast pitch but apparently not.
These dudes didn't play on regular softball fields either. They were on regulation baseball diamonds.
Apparently the 'championship' tourney was played on a MLB field and they had tens of fans attend.
I played with this guy who was a total ringer for a few games. He played triple A ball for the Phillies and was a member of the Worth Softball sponsored team.

Ridiculous. I have no idea why that guy wasn't in MLB.

mr. tegu 08-11-2014 10:58 AM
It would be sweet to live next to someone like Alex Gordon and have him play on your team just to really see what he could do to the ball.

Strongside 08-11-2014 11:00 AM
Anyone ever played in a beer license league? I played in one in AZ one winter that was amazing. They had a bar stool set up at both 1st and 3rd base with a plastic cup of beer that was filled about 1/3 of the way full. To advance to 2nd or home, you had to first drink the beer. Hitting a double made you a real man. It was the most fun I've ever had on a diamond. Games were only 4 innings long and you were half tanked by the end.

A Salt Weapon 08-11-2014 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Strongside (Post 10810304)
Anyone ever played in a beer license league? I played in one in AZ one winter that was amazing. They had a bar stool set up at both 1st and 3rd base with a plastic cup of beer that was filled about 1/3 of the way full. To advance to 2nd or home, you had to first drink the beer. Hitting a double made you a real man. It was the most fun I've ever had on a diamond. Games were only 4 innings long and you were half tanked by the end.
A few of us started brew ball about 12-14 years ago, started out as a bunch of softball players that wanted more. No score, random teams, only rule is you need a beer at all times. Of course you can set it down to bat or while fielding. It's still going on to this day, I show up a few times a month just for the batting practice.

Strongside 08-11-2014 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon (Post 10810307)
A few of us started brew ball about 12-14 years ago, started out as a bunch of softball players that wanted more. No score, random teams, only rule is you need a beer at all times. Of course you can set it down to bat or while fielding. It's still going on to this day, I show up a few times a month just for the batting practice.
Badass.

Nzoner 08-11-2014 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Strongside (Post 10810304)
Anyone ever played in a beer license league? I played in one in AZ one winter that was amazing. They had a bar stool set up at both 1st and 3rd base with a plastic cup of beer that was filled about 1/3 of the way full. To advance to 2nd or home, you had to first drink the beer. Hitting a double made you a real man. It was the most fun I've ever had on a diamond. Games were only 4 innings long and you were half tanked by the end.
When I was in River Falls some years ago for TC I got invited to go to a softball game and was told to bring plenty of beer so a buddy and I picked up a couple of cases and went.

Everyone on the field had an open beer including the umps and every so often the ump would even call a timeout beer break.By the 5th inning the games had much hilarity.

Discuss Thrower 08-11-2014 11:09 AM
Another thing I'll never understand:

"Hey, I got an idea: let's get sauced up in some dingy bar / the parking lot of a ballfield and then try and play the hot corner against a bunch of dudes who can crank a tossed softball 300 plus feet out of the park"

A Salt Weapon 08-11-2014 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Strongside (Post 10810310)
Badass.
It's fun, about 10years ago our current governor (at the time) and his wife were walking by, we got the gov to grab a beer and play with us for a while.

TimBone 08-11-2014 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon (Post 10809832)
If you say so, I don't think playing to the best of your abilities makes one a douchbag. I do generally pick on whoever they put in right field, I'll hit doubles/triples in front of them and if they cheat forward I'll put one over their head for triples/inside the parks. I guess that could be considered douchy.
I was just ****ing around, dude. I have no idea what I'm talking about.

Garcia Bronco 08-11-2014 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Dayze (Post 10809494)
Yesterday, I played in a benefit softball tournament for a motorcycle riding buddy of mine who got in a wreck and has been in a coma since June 30, to try to raise a few bucks for his girlfriend and her son with the bills etc. The guy had his liver removed, 1 lung, shattered pelvis, and 2 broken legs. He's only laying there, eyes open, sedated, while healing. finally responding to things...from a 'medical' condition but he's essentially in a coma with his eyes open at this point.

I have not swung a bat since 1994, and have not been involved in any sort of recreational sport since. The fee for this particular benefit was like $225 per team or something the equivalent of $$20/ish per person.

I was shocked and the number of douche bags that were there. There were 3....THREE mother ****ers there that played college baseball. They showed up completely decked out in full ****ing gear, talking shit to everyone.. Routinely cranking out 300'+ homers each time up to bat.......when their team is up by 15+ in the final innings when their opponents had only scored a single run. all but probably 2 teams were made up entirely of friends and family of the victim.....the the douche bags were on those two.

another douche bag example was three guys bitching and moaning about the $20 fee; and that they didn't like the color of their teams' t-shirts. One guy asked a general question of "this is bullshit...who's in charge of this bs"? I pointed to the the girlfriend of the victim and said "Over there. she's the g/f of the guy who's been in a ****ing coma for a month,, and who this tournament is for you ****ing douche bag".

I walked away; nothing escalated beyond that. and he didn't approach her.

I mean, JFC...you're playing a small little benefit with no ****ing 'prize' etc, to raise some bucks for her and her kid while he's trying to survive, and dudes roll out in full on beast mode. playing against 60 yrd old people on a team, and fattys like myself who were playing in jeans and motorcycle boots (having ridden down)

****ing pathetic. I've never seen such a large number of people in one gathering with so little perspective. Pathetic pathetic pathetic.

I've noticed many people sturggle to be effective communicators. So instead of making positive observatons, they say things like this: "this is bullshit...who's in charge of this bs"

Kiimo 08-11-2014 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon (Post 10810307)
A few of us started brew ball about 12-14 years ago, started out as a bunch of softball players that wanted more. No score, random teams, only rule is you need a beer at all times. Of course you can set it down to bat or while fielding. It's still going on to this day, I show up a few times a month just for the batting practice.
Back in the day Free State had a softball game with a keg of different brews at each base including home plate.

Just to, you know, pass the time between pitches.

Bufkin 08-11-2014 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon (Post 10810281)
I've seen many females jack homeruns myself, I've seen women hit farther than I can.
And their adams apple was bigger than their balls.

A Salt Weapon 08-11-2014 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric Fisher (Post 10810666)
And their adams apple was bigger than their balls.
ROFL, I've been asked a few times to wear a wig and sports bra with implants and play on a woman's team for an out of area tourney. Never had the balls to do it, but it could be fun.

A Salt Weapon 08-11-2014 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco (Post 10810591)
I've noticed many people sturggle to be effective communicators. So instead of making positive observatons, they say things like this: "this is bullshit...who's in charge of this bs"
Is that a new species of Transformers?

BigRedChief 08-11-2014 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon (Post 10810802)
ROFL, I've been asked a few times to wear a wig and sports bra with implants and play on a woman's team for an out of area tourney. Never had the balls to do it, but it could be fun.
I think you might be able to have a date with Jim after the game. But, please no pics.

Simplicity 08-11-2014 04:13 PM
lol we had a couple douchebags at a local town's tourny. Me and a couple of my friends decided it'd be fun to play slow pitch, we're highschoolers and all on our varsity team... This guy couldn't put one on the plate to save his life so we didn't swing at it... The whole team went ballistic and were on some mad rage... Yelling shit like "Don't they teach you kids to swing in high school" and some other stupid shit... We beat em.

BigRedChief 08-11-2014 04:29 PM
I think its all about competitiveness. The will to win takes over and better judgement goes out the window.

I see it in the stupid ass King of the n00bs threads. Posters want to win. It's a stupid thing that doesn't matter one bit. But, winning is all important.

These softball douchbags just want to win. It's not really about softball.

WilliamTheIrish 08-11-2014 04:51 PM
We had a great fast pitch league in Topeka many years ago. It's so much more fun than waiting on that high arcing pitch. Plus stolen bases and pitchers that can get it to the plate at 80 or better. As BRC stated, there were few dbags in the league. Many guys played college baseball. And they all played hard, but had fun. It was always a Great time.

Greatest game other than real baseball on earth.

A Salt Weapon 08-11-2014 05:22 PM
We have base stealing in men's league.

BigRedChief 08-11-2014 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 10810928)
We had a great fast pitch league in Topeka many years ago. It's so much more fun than waiting on that high arcing pitch. Plus stolen bases and pitchers that can get it to the plate at 80 or better. As BRC stated, there were few dbags in the league. Many guys played college baseball. And they all played hard, but had fun. It was always a Great time.

Greatest game other than real baseball on earth.
The unwritten rule. Be a douche, take a fastball in the ribs.

If slow pitch had some similar rule, you wouldn't have all the douchebags.

Simplicity 08-11-2014 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 10811055)
The unwritten rule. Be a douche, take a fastball in the ribs.

If slow pitch had some similar rule, you wouldn't have all the douchebags.
For sure... Kids around the area have gotten some intentional high heat for their douchie ways.

BucEyedPea 08-11-2014 06:19 PM
Maybe, one of those online fundraising thingy's might be a better idea? I know a family that raised $60k for their daughter with cancer. She didn't make it tho'.

Dayze 08-11-2014 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by srvy (Post 10810276)
This is the softball I remember and it was about same for me when I last played. Heck we did it for fun our work sponsored the team. We would work all day out in hot sun with the ticks and ivy sweating. Get back in the office end of day change into playing duds spray a lot of right guard on to cover the stench. Play the game and quaff a few beers after and head home. It was fun and kept us out trouble. This assclown stuff must have happened later in the sport.

As for the OP not trying to be an ass here but really you and 7 other guys road bikes up and played in boots leathers and all. Then you speak about douches in ball player uni's.
Seems like you guys did sorta the same thing.

I have rode bikes all my life mini bikes, trail bikes, motocross and road bikes. I learned that saddle bags and tie downs can haul most anything you need for a day ride. You couldn't have slipped a glove, tenny runners, shorts and kinda fit in? I never felt I had to look like what I wasn't and I wasnt in a MC. I ride for pleasure not for colors.
The guy we were playing for was a riding buddy of ours with whom we've logged hundreds of miles with (no homo). seemed only fitting to ride down there and play. Not nearly the same IMO.

have you seen Dayze's 72? lol...zero room for anything, tied down or otherwise. and Dayze doesn't own a glove. and playing in shorts and tennis shoes isn't going to make me play any better. I'm shit regardless LMAO. no leathers etc, just jeans, t-shirt, and boots.

rockymtnchief 08-11-2014 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish (Post 10810928)
We had a great fast pitch league in Topeka many years ago. It's so much more fun than waiting on that high arcing pitch. Plus stolen bases and pitchers that can get it to the plate at 80 or better. As BRC stated, there were few dbags in the league. Many guys played college baseball. And they all played hard, but had fun. It was always a Great time.

Greatest game other than real baseball on earth.
I played fast pitch for 7 years. I would've played longer, but my elbow was turning to trash from throwing so much and rodeo on weekends.

It was more fun and challenging to me. Stealing, bunting, risers, curves and a few guys that threw nasty knuckleballs. Plus, the teams were all pretty close in talent so there weren't many egos running their mouths.

A Salt Weapon 08-17-2014 10:06 PM
Bump, to brag that this douchbag just finished a benefit tourney.

2014 champions

Kaepernick 08-17-2014 11:18 PM
No, not all. Only 90% give or take.

When people need help, I just donate straight up. I don't want to play a sport to donate $20. I don't want to buy cookies or brownies at 4 times the going rate.

Your friend's girl and kid need serious financial help? Just tell me and I will give them a hundred or 200. I obviously can't do this for everybody, but if I have friends I know and trust who call on me for help, I'm helping. I'm not doing it in a sport or buying a bake sale or a raffle. Just ask for the help and you got it.

I am not as charitable as I can be or should be, so I don't turn down righteous opportunities to help others in need.

Dayze 08-18-2014 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon (Post 10827997)
Bump, to brag that this douchbag just finished a benefit tourney.

2014 champions
LMAO

'Hamas' Jenkins 08-18-2014 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon (Post 10809513)
and it's for a softball player that OD'd on he'ron.
Fixed your spelling.

A Salt Weapon 08-18-2014 11:15 AM
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