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re: Orange Beach USSSA World Series
Posted on 6/19/19 at 8:37 am to SoFunnyItsNot
Posted on 6/19/19 at 8:37 am to SoFunnyItsNot
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yeah I'm here! dont have a son on a team... just like to watch little boys play ball
I read that in his voice.
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Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:11 am to jac1280
Just go to the other dozen or so within 100 miles. They’ll let you play if you write that check......... 
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:13 am to rilesrick
My son should be the starting SS! Why is he not up at the beginning of the order?
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:18 am to BallChamp00
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USSSA World Series
Never understood why they call this a "World Series" when just about any team can play as long as they spend the $ to go. It's not like it's the best of the best playing each other. I have a nephew that was on a team that won like 5 games all spring and summer but got to play in the "World Series".
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:22 am to Tyga Woods
quote:actually, that's usually not travel ball teams.....
Perfect time for the teams to do a little more panhandling in front of the local Target
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:26 am to High C
quote:dunno... the man crushes that some people have on players at any age is a little creepy if you ask me..
quote:
yeah I'm here! dont have a son on a team... just like to watch little boys play ball
I read that in his voice.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 9:34 am to Marciano1
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Never understood why they call this a "World Series" when just about any team can play as long as they spend the $ to go. It's not like it's the best of the best playing each other. I have a nephew that was on a team that won like 5 games all spring and summer but got to play in the "World Series".
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spend the $
Ding Ding Ding
For USSSA the real World Series is the Elite 32 in Disney. Anything other than that is just a money grab.
Not that the Elite 32 isn't a money grab as well, but you have to legitimately earn a berth to it at least.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:03 am to jac1280
Weather forecast looks great!
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:11 am to Marciano1
quote:
Never understood why they call this a "World Series" when just about any team can play as long as they spend the $ to go. It's not like it's the best of the best playing each other. I have a nephew that was on a team that won like 5 games all spring and summer but got to play in the "World Series".
Now they added some, I think Global WS, where you have to play in a USSSA State tournament to qualify. Just play, not even place.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 1:19 pm to jac1280
How much do you make for something like this? Are all your expenses covered?
Posted on 6/19/19 at 1:31 pm to jac1280
As the ump, do you have to administer Chillaxxton's Adderall between innings, or can his parents do it?
Posted on 6/19/19 at 4:20 pm to jac1280
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I’m here for a few weeks umpiring and it was awful today.
What’s the pay like?
Posted on 6/19/19 at 4:30 pm to HarrisLetsRide
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We played in a tourney in Zachary this passed weekend, a man and his trashy wife were chasing a couple of college kid umpires into the parking lot ?? ......all our kids stopped to watch the show. It definitely makes you sit back and ask yourself why the hell we spend our weekends around this garbage
We’re just doing rec all-stars, which is only 5 weekends a year, and even that is a strain on the family, with all weekend being spent at tournaments. I can’t imagine having it all year even if you take a lot of weekends off.
Hand up, though, I confronted an umpire coming off the field because I thought he was a little overzealous calling the little kids out on the base path. Not in an aggressive/fighting way. Just telling him he shouldn’t do that.
Looking back, I have to question my entire existence. Wtf was I thinking.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:47 pm to D011ahbi11
For 4 days of umpiring, you make about $900-$1,200. Lodging is a condo with a few other umpires and it’s free. The concession stands usually give us free food as long as we don’t abuse it. Another good part is there are no games on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, but I can stay in the condo and hit up the beach or Florabama. I know the OT says florabama is trashy, but it can be fun.
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:50 pm to jac1280
Damn sounds kind of fun. Nice you’re off on the weekends
Posted on 6/19/19 at 11:52 pm to BallChamp00
The fact that they have several brackets per age group and crown multiple “world series champions” per age group per World Series is ridiculous, but that’s the times we live in.
For the age group I’m umpiring this week, there is a bracket for 1st-8th place, 9th-16th place, 17th-22nd place, 23rd-28th place, 29th-32nd place, 33rd-36th place, and 37th-40th place. The winners of all those brackets will be crowned World Series champions
For the age group I’m umpiring this week, there is a bracket for 1st-8th place, 9th-16th place, 17th-22nd place, 23rd-28th place, 29th-32nd place, 33rd-36th place, and 37th-40th place. The winners of all those brackets will be crowned World Series champions
Posted on 6/20/19 at 1:44 am to HarrisLetsRide
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We played in a tourney in Zachary this passed weekend, a man and his trashy wife were chasing a couple of college kid umpires into the parking lot ?? ......all our kids stopped to watch the show. It definitely makes you sit back and ask yourself why the hell we spend our weekends around this garbage
I find it funny. I umpired some USSSA. It’s good money, especially when it was over the summer during my college years. I had the pleasure of umpiring behind the plate for a ‘world series’ game. It ended with 2 bang-bang calls at the plate. Back-to-back plays at home...crazy.
I called the runner out at home both times. I felt confident in the calls. The coaches of the losing team were well-known inthe community. They signed the scorecards with no problem. They were cordial.
I’m eating lunch after the game when a parent comes up. In front of his wife and kids, he starts ridiculing me. I just kept eating, as I was more surprised than anything. I defended myself without making a big issue of it, and he walked off frustrated.
For the life of me, I can’t understand why someone would get that bent out of shape over youth sports. I was embarassed for his wife and kids.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 7:14 am to TigerStripes06
I went to my 2 year old niece's birthday party like 5 months ago and one of my sister in law's neighbors came over with his kids and he talked about his 10 year old son's travel ball team to me for like 30 minutes straight and I seriously could not care any less. He even showed me video after video of him playing and my response was basically, "cool man." He was adamant that his son was getting a scholarship or drafted.
That was my first and only experience with any travel ball parent and I must say it lived up to every stereotype I heard
That was my first and only experience with any travel ball parent and I must say it lived up to every stereotype I heard
Posted on 6/20/19 at 8:14 am to jac1280
quote:that's why your travel ball entry fees are obscene
For 4 days of umpiring, you make about $900-$1,200. Lodging is a condo with a few other umpires and it’s free
Posted on 6/20/19 at 8:28 am to TexasTiger08
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For the life of me, I can’t understand why someone would get that bent out of shape over youth sports. I was embarassed for his wife and kids.
I think back to my time as a little leaguer. My relatively small town had 6 teams in the league. We'd play 1-2 games a week for about 6 weeks with a mid-season weekend tournament and the playoffs at the end of the year. My dad never lost his shite about any of the games. In fact, he was (quietly) very happy if my team went 0-2 in the tournaments because it meant he could avoid sitting in 100 degree heat all weekend and not fricking up the apparent main focus of his weekends, which was cutting the grass.
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