In re: getting offers

In re: getting offers
by ACross (2024-04-15 11:36:10)
Edited on 2024-04-15 12:29:06

I am sort of proud of a compliment I received yesterday. And this one was not from kk.

It was from an opposing baseball coach. I am strictly a task oriented assistant for a fourth grade CYC team. I was coaching bases, first and third. The other teams pitchers were struggling a little bit. From time to time I would dole out praise to the other pitchers or fielders for nice plays and encourage a struggling pitcher.

Late in the game the head coach came out of the dugout and trotted up to me and said he "really appreciated my positive approach" and added that "it was rare." That kind of surprised me. Who wouldn't be nice to 4th grade kids playing baseball?

Replies:

I hate to say it, but you are spot on. Youth coaches/ - kellykapowski 2024-04-16 09:26:08
Good for you. - milhouse 2024-04-16 09:11:35
The best advice - KHADDAFI 2024-04-15 21:19:27
Wow * - arch_moore 2024-04-15 21:08:13
We don't allow alcohol but I think we should - TMCT 2024-04-15 20:16:52
- I can't imagine how that might backfire... * - otters92 2024-04-16 11:10:11
I'll never forget the asshole coaching the other team we - Boomer80 2024-04-15 18:41:12
Good for you. We need more coaches with your approach. * - irishhawk49 2024-04-15 17:44:10
I'd not only praise but pay kids on mine or opposing teams - Carlos Huerta 2024-04-15 17:24:33
That glass of Cabernet in your hand - ufl 2024-04-15 16:07:00
make sure to remind your players to stay on the bag - Final_Flanner 2024-04-15 15:58:19
- And bring some cold Budweisers to the game * - KHADDAFI 2024-04-15 21:21:15
First Rule of Youth Sports should be the Golden Rule. - OITLinebacker 2024-04-15 14:51:12
That's awesome. Keep it up. - irishnyer 2024-04-15 14:31:03
Whenever my mother would attend my little league games - Smooth Jimmy Apollo 2024-04-15 14:19:01
- This also makes it much harder for ump mistakes to distract. - tdiddy07 2024-04-16 09:17:27
- I would purposely sit apart from the other parents when my - OldIrishFan 2024-04-16 09:00:31
- Are you saying she was a jackass? * - ACross 2024-04-15 16:50:47
  - Nope. I’m saying she knew her own foibles - Smooth Jimmy Apollo 2024-04-15 16:56:03
It was the attitude of a grandparent... - pmoose 2024-04-15 14:13:09
- Speaking as a grandparent of HS varsity and club athletes - Gm73 2024-04-15 20:13:54
- Your observation about age is a good one - catripledomer 2024-04-15 15:51:53
Who wouldn't be nice to a 4th grader? - jakam31 2024-04-15 14:02:54
- That's always a tough spot to be in. - tdiddy07 2024-04-16 09:00:16
  - I get that internal tug-of-war. - jakam31 2024-04-16 11:23:22
- We all think we know until we don't. - potatohouse 2024-04-15 14:52:44
You're a good man Charlie Brown * - Fifthhorseman 2024-04-15 13:53:06
As a parent of young kids in rec sports - ND Stitch 2024-04-15 13:33:37
- Your last sentence says it all. It should be carved in stone - mkovac 2024-04-15 14:38:24
  - Yea it should. * - irishhawk49 2024-04-15 17:45:24
Kids don't remember wins/losses but they remember bad - ndgenius 2024-04-15 12:49:20
Chess tournament for little kids a couple weeks ago - DukeSinatra 2024-04-15 12:25:08
Positive coaching is a great thing - airborneirish 2024-04-15 12:21:40
Virtue is dead - garbageplate 2024-04-15 11:53:51
oh man, you'd be surprised - jt 2024-04-15 11:47:34
- Unbelievable. * - irishhawk49 2024-04-15 19:34:08
- I will never forget the mom of the kid who had - Profkid93 2024-04-15 16:45:34
- The greatest thing my dad ever did for us kids athletically - The Holtz Room 2024-04-15 14:16:57
- I briefly looked into a side gig - mocopdx 2024-04-15 13:17:58
  - the umps are often a large part of the problem as well - jt 2024-04-15 13:52:40
    - Some umps think the crowd is there to see them. * - Bailey 2024-04-15 15:08:59
      - Hey, Its Enrico Pallazzo! - Shifty 2024-04-15 15:21:47
    - I'm sure you heard about this ref fight at Gold Crown. (link) - TripleDomer 2024-04-15 14:10:55
      - yeah, Gold Crown has had several of those these past - jt 2024-04-15 14:40:10
  - Fencing parents are also awful. - irishnyer 2024-04-15 13:21:24
    - Touché! * - Stonebreaker9 2024-04-15 18:41:24
    - hey, I stand by my call * - DBCooper 2024-04-15 13:26:52
    - I submit that junior tennis is the worst set up of all. - FL_Irish 2024-04-15 13:26:27
      - It was one of the few good things about junior golf. - WilfordBrimley 2024-04-15 14:39:53
      - Yup, tennis is an honest-person's game and there aren't many - ndgenius 2024-04-15 13:50:01
- My son is playing travel now......... - Ty Webb 2024-04-15 12:59:19
- The less talented and knowledgeable the parents are, - SixShutouts66 2024-04-15 12:49:45
  - Completely agree. Also, most parents do not understand - Irishdog80 2024-04-15 13:41:07
  - Boomer experience... - Kbyrnes 2024-04-15 13:10:11
    - Family money well spent * - El Kabong 2024-04-15 14:06:34
    - I washed out of Little League - Shifty 2024-04-15 13:41:04
    - post season play, all star games - PWK2 2024-04-15 13:16:24
      - My most memorable play... - Kbyrnes 2024-04-15 13:26:46
  - absolutely true - jt 2024-04-15 13:03:50
  - You think Karen McSoccermommy - Molly Maguires 2024-04-15 13:00:32
    - And it's funnier when you consider crime stats now - mocopdx 2024-04-15 13:53:53
  - I think it's a bit of a horseshoe - FL_Irish 2024-04-15 12:59:47
- What in the hell * - ratinatux 2024-04-15 12:42:12