Are All Recreational Softball Players Douchebags?

[mr. tegu]

The coed leagues are more fun for this reason. Some of those teams full of guys act like they are being scouted.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

. Some of those teams full of guys act like they are being scouted.

I haven't played competitive softball in 20 years, but yea....I remember it being alot of over amped guys, who

1. Hated their families, wives kids, etc
2. Lived to drink beer after games
3. Uncle Rico's that "almost made it to the bigs"

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

In college, played against our school's starting QB who couldn't cut it in the minors. It was the "B" league. Douche team

[Coach]

I play softball on Sundays and some tournaments on Saturday, I just play hard and do my best.

I don't care what the other guys are on the other team. I know my team had the unfortunate luxury of facing some teams that should not be in our league level, but a better league than we are.

I just play for fun, irregardless of the score or who we're playing against. I'm not out to play for attracting attention or that I'm a "failed" baseball person, whatever the term is.

[tmw4h5]

Not going to read all of the posts in this thread, but I will answer OP. The majority of recreational softball players are giant douchebags. I will only play coed leagues now because they are a little more relaxed than men's leagues.
The last men's league game I played in, the other team was destroying us, and decided to pull the ultimate douche move. These guys played in leagues all over the place. They literally had a different city to play in each night. Anyway, they decided to up the douchebaggery and start hitting our pitcher intentionally. Our dude took about 6 shots before the ump interfered.
I don't know if any of you have pitched in softball, but it's terrifying. The speed at which the ball comes off of some of these bats is unreal. I had a guy a month ago put one on me that I managed to catch only because it somehow hit me in the pocket of the glove. I didn't know the ball was on me until it was in my glove.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by tmw4h5

Not going to read all of the posts in this thread, but I will answer OP. The majority of recreational softball players are giant douchebags. I will only play coed leagues now because they are a little more relaxed than men's leagues.
The last men's league game I played in, the other team was destroying us, and decided to pull the ultimate douche move. These guys played in leagues all over the place. They literally had a different city to play in each night. Anyway, they decided to up the douchebaggery and start hitting our pitcher intentionally. Our dude took about 6 shots before the ump interfered.
I don't know if any of you have pitched in softball, but it's terrifying. The speed at which the ball comes off of some of these bats is unreal. I had a guy a month ago put one on me that I managed to catch only because it somehow hit me in the pocket of the glove. I didn't know the ball was on me until it was in my glove.

Yes, being a pitcher in a slow pitch softball is very dangerous, especially if the guy is not protected (the head area) and I have seen some that just barely whizzed by the pitcher's head (or body) and the batter doesn't care about it, just acted like it didn't give a ****.

I always make sure that I try to avoid hitting the pitcher as best as I can, and there'd be moments where it would go right at him, only to miss him (thankfully) that after I either am safe or out, I would acknowledge him and say "Sorry about that" or hit my chest like a signal of "my bad".

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Coach

Yes, being a pitcher in a slow pitch softball is very dangerous, especially if the guy is not protected (the head area) and I have seen some that just barely whizzed by the pitcher's head (or body) and the batter doesn't care about it, just acted like it didn't give a ****.

I always make sure that I try to avoid hitting the pitcher as best as I can, and there'd be moments where it would go right at him, only to miss him (thankfully) that after I either am safe or out, I would acknowledge him and say "Sorry about that" or hit my chest like a signal of "my bad".

It was my experience in softball leagues that when you needed one hit to win the game, the highest probability is to hit a hard grounder a few feet in front of the third baseman.

But, I never liked slow pitch softball. Too many people taking it way too serious. I played fast pitch softball for a number of years. You got too arrogant, they put a fastball in your ribs.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by tmw4h5

Not going to read all of the posts in this thread, but I will answer OP. The majority of recreational softball players are giant douchebags. I will only play coed leagues now because they are a little more relaxed than men's leagues.
The last men's league game I played in, the other team was destroying us, and decided to pull the ultimate douche move. These guys played in leagues all over the place. They literally had a different city to play in each night. Anyway, they decided to up the douchebaggery and start hitting our pitcher intentionally. Our dude took about 6 shots before the ump interfered.
I don't know if any of you have pitched in softball, but it's terrifying. The speed at which the ball comes off of some of these bats is unreal. I had a guy a month ago put one on me that I managed to catch only because it somehow hit me in the pocket of the glove. I didn't know the ball was on me until it was in my glove.

When third basemen and pitchers start wearing helmets with facemasks something's gotta be done.

I'm amazed pitchers aren't tossing from behind an L-screen.

[Hootie]

I'm to the point where I'd only play coed at this time. I'm over competitive softball. Stopped being fun for me about 3 years ago. Everyone got too serious.

Bowling league is where it's at!!

[Hootie]

I've never seen a team intentionally try and hit the pitcher and I've played on and against some of the best teams in our area. I have a hard time believing a traveling team of great players would intentionally hit a pitcher, or ever even hit a pitcher. If you're truly good at slow pitch softball...you're good enough to literally never take the ball up the middle.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

I've never seen a team intentionally try and hit the pitcher and I've played on and against some of the best teams in our area. I have a hard time believing a traveling team of great players would intentionally hit a pitcher, or ever even hit a pitcher. If you're truly good at slow pitch softball...you're good enough to literally never take the ball up the middle.

Unfortunately, I have seen some traveling teams that did it intentionally, and it was just disgusting.

[Saccopoo]

Played on a co-ed team that had three/four guys who were Softball Guy. Two 40 year old softball guys with all the gear that never played baseball in high school but discovered that they were balls out when a grapefruit sized ball was getting tossed to them at 15 mph. Bitched up a storm to the Blues all game long about the most meaningless and trival of bullshit. These were the guys organizing the team and getting the sponsors, etc. It was some serious shit to these dudes.

Another two were Angry Young Softball Guy who played high school and were only four years or so removed. Weren't good enough to play in college and too drunk and high to play hardball rec leagues. These were the tools sliding into second/third, trying to fight everybody on the other team, etc.

****ing embarassing.

The worst of it was that three or four of the girls played softball at D1 programs. They just destroyed worlds out there and it's the chicks that make or break your coed team. We were mercy ruling just about everyone, every game.

And the tragedy was that the guy running the team kept moving the team into different leagues in the city so they could stay at the bottom tier and jack up all the other suck teams.

That's softball douchery at it's finest. Didn't make it through three games before I told the guy that it was total bullshit and he was a tool.

[tmw4h5]

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.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by tmw4h5

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.

ahhhhh

I see. That makes more sense.

That's ridiculous. I would have gotten my team to walk off the field. No use in playing a team like that...make them really suffer by taking away their joy of playing the game.

The guy on your team who hit the pitcher should have apologized and it should've been done. If he didn't apologize then I could see 1 retaliation swing or someone on the other team calling your teammate out...

but everyone hitting the pitcher? That's not even bush league...it's 'walk off the field and forfeit' bad.

[007]

Originally Posted by tmw4h5

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.