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re: Travel Ball/ Little League Coaches leaving work
Posted on 8/21/22 at 10:45 am to GeauxTigers123
Posted on 8/21/22 at 10:45 am to GeauxTigers123
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Travel ball makes me respect these kids in Williamsport way more.
Those kids are 12 years old and playing on 60 foot bases and cannot even lead off or steal. That’s almost 8U coaches pitch field/rules.
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Posted on 8/21/22 at 11:42 am to philly444
Can’t speak for others, but my Supervisor always allowed me the time off. Not for travel ball but for Dixie Youth. I guess because it was a smaller town and when we won District or State, they were pretty pumped about it
I was fortunate in that respect.
I was fortunate in that respect.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 11:49 am to philly444
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Could you imagine someone quitting their job to go see their kid play travel ball lol
Could you imagine someone prioritizing their job over their children and think they are winning in life?
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:00 pm to mikelbr
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Those boys dropped by our tailgate that Home Game day when LSU honored them in Tiger Stadium. Was pretty damned cool.
Damn, did they sign for you guys?
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:16 pm to In The Know
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The people that push their kids to travel ball are more than likely failed sad faux Alphas trying to live vicariously through their sons.
They hate to be reminded of their shitty hourly jobs is my takeaway.
Those people are faux alphas who have faux alpha sons whose athletic ability peaks at 12 years old.
Truth really hurts
I dont encourage or discourage my kids from playing. I dont care either way, but I wont discourage them to appease the soft losers like you.
The "crazy travel ball people" is like 1% and a narrative for parents of kids that are unathletic.
I played division 1 college athletics, as did my wife, so your theory of vicariously living through my kids is hilariously wrong, but keep pushing this narrative because you spawned losers.
Im also self employed and work whenever the frick I want, so swing and a miss on that one too. Seems to be a common theme for your family....
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:17 pm to Jack Daniel
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Jack Daniel
Plant baws burn all their PTO for travel ball
This plant baw never heard of PTO...
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:24 pm to Pintail
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prioritizing their job over their children and think they are winning in life
Teaching their kids to worship tin rings. How noble.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:27 pm to TheRouxGuru
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This board’s obsession with travel ball is weird and the jokes are played out. I know that’s gonna hurt your egos but it’s the truth. And on top of that, it’s kind of strange for you to be so worried about what another person is doing with their free time with their families
It is funny for a joke here and there but the obsession and constant making fun of the kids is sad.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:30 pm to jscrims
I feel like if you're going to participate in travel ball, you need to sign a waiver acknowledging your kid isn't a professional athlete or nearly talented as you think he/she is. They're averagely gifted.
I think the root of people laughing at travel ball is the parents, not the kids. The parent's think their kid has "potential", when reality they're average white kids playing a sport.
Hypercompetitive, loser parents are the reason for the ridicule. Not the kids
I think the root of people laughing at travel ball is the parents, not the kids. The parent's think their kid has "potential", when reality they're average white kids playing a sport.
Hypercompetitive, loser parents are the reason for the ridicule. Not the kids
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:33 pm to philly444
The boss's kid is on the team too
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:42 pm to Chad504boy
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Get boss’ kid on team and fixes everything
This is half of the plot to Ladybugs.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 12:59 pm to philly444
I think the problem with some, not all, travel ball types is that it isn’t healthy to constantly make your kids the center of attention. They aren’t the center of the universe, and when they grow up they will expect the world to cater to their every whim
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:03 pm to DiamondDog
As usual you pop up in threads not knowing wtf you are talking about
By potential do you mean potential to play and start in HS? Because if you don't play travel at a high level you aren't doing that for the good bigger schools like barbe, st louis, sulphur, Sam Houston, stm, TC, catholic, WM, or any of the catholic league schools.
If I'm not mistaken you don't even have kids that play sports like most of the dumbasses that come on complaining about travel ball.
I mean seriously wtf do you or the others without kids that play at all even know about it? Wtf do you even know about what potential is?
Go ahead and tell us
And got to love the OP, ragging on lids for making it to the llws or being selected for select fest as that's the only tournaments going on right now and both are once in a lifetime experience.
By potential do you mean potential to play and start in HS? Because if you don't play travel at a high level you aren't doing that for the good bigger schools like barbe, st louis, sulphur, Sam Houston, stm, TC, catholic, WM, or any of the catholic league schools.
If I'm not mistaken you don't even have kids that play sports like most of the dumbasses that come on complaining about travel ball.
I mean seriously wtf do you or the others without kids that play at all even know about it? Wtf do you even know about what potential is?
Go ahead and tell us
And got to love the OP, ragging on lids for making it to the llws or being selected for select fest as that's the only tournaments going on right now and both are once in a lifetime experience.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:09 pm to Pintail
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Could you imagine someone prioritizing their job over their children and think they are winning in life?
Let me guess, milinial douche? Quiet quitter? If you have a good job you should absolutely prioritize it.
This post was edited on 8/21/22 at 1:10 pm
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:13 pm to artompkins
quote:over your children? Hell no
If you have a good job you should absolutely prioritize it.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:23 pm to artompkins
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Let me guess, milinial douche? Quiet quitter? If you have a good job you should absolutely prioritize it.
Lol spoken like somebody that has never had a great job.
I have a great jib, amazing really, and guess what if I died tomorrow they would replace me and move on. Does your job need to be a priorty...yes, but you don't miss out on vacations or not take vacation time to watch your child play to prioritize your job, that's shitty parenting.
And if you get 4 weeks of vacation time, plus floating holidays, plus Fridays off....wtf else is someone gonna spend vacation on?
I mean shite I have taken three vacations this year, have 2 in travel and another in other sports and I still have vacation left.
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:26 pm to mikelbr
What is damned cool about that? What am I missing?
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:27 pm to philly444
I can’t say for baseball, but I was on a few travel teams for soccer and for all those coaches, coaching was their job. Most coached a few teams in different age brackets for the organization and also coached high schools in town
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:29 pm to NIH
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What is damned cool about that? What am I missing?
He likes to hang around with young boys
Posted on 8/21/22 at 1:36 pm to lsu777
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Lol spoken like somebody that has never had a great job.
Think again dipshit. I am a retired Marine with a pension and 100% VA disability along with being a sales engineer with a national company and about to retire a second time. Sorry, I value my employment but I also manage all of that, umpiring and coaching travel ball quite well.
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