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re: Any of yall have some good memories of playing little league?
Posted on 4/13/22 at 5:36 pm to ellunchboxo
Posted on 4/13/22 at 5:36 pm to ellunchboxo
Dixie league.
Still pissed off that opening night gave vs the Saints was rained out when I was 11 years old. A rained out game was one of the worst things that could happen in the life of a kid at that time.
Still pissed off that opening night gave vs the Saints was rained out when I was 11 years old. A rained out game was one of the worst things that could happen in the life of a kid at that time.
This post was edited on 4/13/22 at 5:38 pm
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Posted on 4/13/22 at 5:39 pm to Cregg
Dixie Youth, but yeah.
Long before travel ball what mattered was All Stars, because it was the only time you'd really get the best players in your area together to play the best players in other areas. In 1982 and then again in 1984 (so 12 and then 14 years old for me) were great times and teams, because that ended up being the core group of guys I played high school and American Legion ball with. Really great guys who I still keep in touch with to this day.
That 1982 team was special though, because it was the first time we all got together and we stayed together what felt like the whole summer because it seemed to rain constantly so the tournaments kept getting delayed. That was also the first time I had a chance to play on a field with an actual fence and still have the home run balls they gave us after we hit them over. Literally stopped the game and gave them to us! Got all the guys on the team to sign it in the dugout after the game.
Long before travel ball what mattered was All Stars, because it was the only time you'd really get the best players in your area together to play the best players in other areas. In 1982 and then again in 1984 (so 12 and then 14 years old for me) were great times and teams, because that ended up being the core group of guys I played high school and American Legion ball with. Really great guys who I still keep in touch with to this day.
That 1982 team was special though, because it was the first time we all got together and we stayed together what felt like the whole summer because it seemed to rain constantly so the tournaments kept getting delayed. That was also the first time I had a chance to play on a field with an actual fence and still have the home run balls they gave us after we hit them over. Literally stopped the game and gave them to us! Got all the guys on the team to sign it in the dugout after the game.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 5:42 pm to FredBear
As a coach, this is when you know it was done right. Ten years after coaching. I'm laying on a football field with a heart problem (Football Official). Paramedics arrived and started with their questions. Kid stops what he's doing and asks "Ray at Cross Bayou Little League?" "Don't tell me you are one of my ball players." "No, I played for the Orioles, we all wanted to play for you and Cap." I replied "Good, because all of my kids are in prison."
Posted on 4/13/22 at 5:48 pm to Cregg
Co-worker's kid is just getting to where the kids pitch. Led to a fun discussion about what kids threw the hardest and were scary when we were all that age. Everyone could remember the first and last name of those kids no matter how long ago it was. Some things you don't forget.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 5:50 pm to Cregg
12 year old All-Stars. Our home field dugouts were actually semi-subterrarean. The stands were behind & above the dugout so if you peeked out of the backside of the dugout, you could look up at the fans in the stands. Some lady was sitting in the stands in a skirt. From a certain vantage point in the dugout, you could peek through a ventilation hole and see her hairy beaver. After several of us had a gander, we called our teammate Johnny over for a look. He took a look and realized it was his mother whose beaver pelt we have all now seen. 30 years later, little Johnny committed suicide. I don't know if the 2 were related.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 5:51 pm to RamblingNonsense
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RamblingNonsense
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40 quintons ago me and ole boy once play a game of skirtch out behind the big top. Hit a gainer slab over the east prack and never looked back you know
Name checks out
Posted on 4/13/22 at 5:53 pm to texn
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12 year old All-Stars. Our home field dugouts were actually semi-subterrarean. The stands were behind & above the dugout so if you peeked out of the backside of the dugout, you could look up at the fans in the stands. Some lady was sitting in the stands in a skirt. From a certain vantage point in the dugout, you could peek through a ventilation hole and see her hairy beaver. After several of us had a gander, we called our teammate Johnny over for a look. He took a look and realized it was his mother whose beaver pelt we have all now seen.
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30 years later, little Johnny committed suicide.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 6:32 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Hell ya, it was a blast.
But for some unknown reason, I really wanted to be a catcher.
I think being a LL catcher is tougher than being a major league catcher. They don’t have to deal with multiple wild pitches every inning
I got yelled at a lot for not throwing the ball back to the pitcher at a high enough speed, cuz, yeah, that was the problem coach.
But for some unknown reason, I really wanted to be a catcher.
I think being a LL catcher is tougher than being a major league catcher. They don’t have to deal with multiple wild pitches every inning
I got yelled at a lot for not throwing the ball back to the pitcher at a high enough speed, cuz, yeah, that was the problem coach.
This post was edited on 4/13/22 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 4/13/22 at 6:37 pm to Cregg
When I was 10 we had a game going when a thunderstorm rolled in quickly and we had to evacuate to under one of those big picnic pavilions. The umpire and the opposing teams coach were jawing at each other the entire game and the coach finally shut up when the ump told him to zip it or he was being ejected from the park. When we all got under the pavilion, the umpire had a seizure and collapsed. I was sitting at a table with other kids and the coach was leaning against a pole smoking a cigarette. While most adults there went over to the umps aid, this dude just kept leaning on the pole and said “good.” I guess that he felt like the ump got what he deserved for a liberal strike zone. Made quite an impression on me and I still recall it like it was yesterday 41 years later.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 6:37 pm to JackieTreehorn
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Posted on 4/13/22 at 6:38 pm to Cregg
The best player on our team was an incredibly tall eskimo girl, (fairbanks, Alaska) who was short stop, the highlight of the season was the field trip.
South Park was right, youth baseball was boring as frick bullshite, I played outfield had like 3 balls hit to me all season and that was after the missed the ball in the infield
South Park was right, youth baseball was boring as frick bullshite, I played outfield had like 3 balls hit to me all season and that was after the missed the ball in the infield
Posted on 4/13/22 at 6:46 pm to Cregg
The concession stand was just beyond our outfield fence. I played center field and can still remember the smell of hot dogs, popcorn, and double bubble. Funny what you remember.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 6:56 pm to Cregg
So many memories. And my boy is playing coach pitch 7 yr old now. So everytime we go to the park I get floods of memories.
But one that stands out is bc it happened so many times was our coaches always drilled into us "No swimming on game days!" They preached and begged us to not swim before games. BUT kids being kids, we always would every chance we could get. And we would be so tired and sluggish by 3rd-4th inning... My friend complained about being so tired and coach asked why, and my friend said he was tired from swimming and coach had a conniption right there. Made us leave the dugout and run around the park 3 times, in the middle of the game.
I truly wish I would have given more effort back then. Lol
But one that stands out is bc it happened so many times was our coaches always drilled into us "No swimming on game days!" They preached and begged us to not swim before games. BUT kids being kids, we always would every chance we could get. And we would be so tired and sluggish by 3rd-4th inning... My friend complained about being so tired and coach asked why, and my friend said he was tired from swimming and coach had a conniption right there. Made us leave the dugout and run around the park 3 times, in the middle of the game.
I truly wish I would have given more effort back then. Lol
Posted on 4/13/22 at 7:24 pm to Cregg
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Any of yall have some good memories of playing little league
Hell yes. We had a great Dixie Youth League growing up, that was all but extinct 5 years later.
Best memory was probably my 12 year old year. This was super early in the travel ball days, and our city league hosted a 3 day mid-season tournament where it was the teams from our league and they invited 5 or 6 travel teams from other towns. My team was mid pack in the city league, but we went on a run in that tournament and ended up losing the championship against another town’s travel team. Probably played 6 or 8 games in those 3 days.
That was a lot of fun.
It’s a huge disservice to today’s children that they’ll never know what it’s like to have a city league season. Unique ballparks, week nights at the ballpark, the joys or disappointment of making all stars.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 7:38 pm to Cregg
My biggest memory of Little League is my Dad calling me out on strikes on an outside pitch.
He volunteered to call the game when one of the umps didn't show.
I asked him later why he called that pitch a strike, and he said he couldn't let me walk because everyone knew I was his kid.
Wish I had know that info in advance.
He volunteered to call the game when one of the umps didn't show.
I asked him later why he called that pitch a strike, and he said he couldn't let me walk because everyone knew I was his kid.
Wish I had know that info in advance.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 7:39 pm to Cregg
When we weren’t playing we would gather up those paper/waxy coke cups and make crumple them up to make baseballs. Then we’d use our hands and play cupball.
Today they either give you a bottled coke or styrofoam cups. Can’t make a cupball with either of those.
You could also get foul balls and bring them to the concession stand for a free coke.
Today they either give you a bottled coke or styrofoam cups. Can’t make a cupball with either of those.
You could also get foul balls and bring them to the concession stand for a free coke.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 7:43 pm to Cregg
I played on the 2nd best team in our league. The best team was McDonald’s (all teams were sponsored by and named after local businesses). McDonald’s was like the Yankees in The Bad News Bears. They were good, arrogant, and everyone hated them. After each win the players for McDonald’s would always go to McDonald’s to celebrate. And they won damn near every game.
Well, one game late in the season we played McDonald’s and beat them. Beat them by a decent margin actually. We just played well and caught some breaks.
Well, we had this overzealous black assistant coach whose son was the best player on our team. Big kid that played 1st base and could crush a baseball. After the game all of us 10 year olds are jumping up and down on the field excited and the coach/dad is right there jumping up and down in the middle of us and yells out loud enough for the whole crowd to hear it, “frick these guys! We’re going to McDonald’s tonight, bitch!” And we damn sure all loaded up and went.
That was fun.
Well, one game late in the season we played McDonald’s and beat them. Beat them by a decent margin actually. We just played well and caught some breaks.
Well, we had this overzealous black assistant coach whose son was the best player on our team. Big kid that played 1st base and could crush a baseball. After the game all of us 10 year olds are jumping up and down on the field excited and the coach/dad is right there jumping up and down in the middle of us and yells out loud enough for the whole crowd to hear it, “frick these guys! We’re going to McDonald’s tonight, bitch!” And we damn sure all loaded up and went.
That was fun.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 7:48 pm to Cregg
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Rightfielder for the Dodgers.
Rightfielder for the Dodgers.
Posted on 4/13/22 at 7:51 pm to tigersaint26
Was right handed , in the Monroe little league champion ship we were way up . Switched sides and jacked one out . We still laugh about it . Monroe police .
Posted on 4/13/22 at 8:15 pm to Cregg
Our rec teams were sponsored by local businesses and one year I played for a team sponsored by the Hardees in town. If we won a game we would have gotten free Hardees burgers after but we lost every single game. Next season we were sponsored by like an electrician outfit or something and went undefeated.
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