Softball team forfeits game to teach opponents how to play

[waggy]

Heh yea. I mean, there's the internet and all, and you'd think the coach would've done a little research before they throw the players in a game.

While it was a gesture that worked out for the better, it just makes me wonder.

oh i don't buy the story for 100% either. they don't know how to hold a bat? where 1st base is? the coach does not know where the box is? no helmets? hell the game would be called right there.

 

[zinfamous]

This is why women can't excel at sports. If this was men the good team would still be on the field beating the brains out of the bad team.

NO MERCY.

that's pretty much why men suck. and why they generally make inferior world leaders.

nice story. :thumbsup:

 

[zinfamous]

how is this junior varsity if one team doesn't know how to play? wtf is this

it's a small school that is looking to get JV qualification, (or divisional qualification?).

As such, you need a certain percentage of qualifying teams; so it sounds like the team was hashed together to begin the process. A bunch of brave and curious students volunteered to be the guinea pigs.

This is pretty much how it goes with brand new schools on a minimal budget. You really have no resources, so you cobble together what you can at the beginning and start learning, especially if there is no infrastructure in place (coaching).

 

[zinfamous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODqjUqW3c0U

It's called sportsmanship. Find some.

:thumbsup:

 

[zinfamous]

Yes, because everyone knows the point of competitive sports is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

and to salt the earth in your wake?

 

[HomerSapien]

Yes, because everyone knows the point of competitive sports is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

While funny, this is complete BS. I have been on both sides of games like this. I have had more fun losing close games where both teams were playing great than in blowout wins. Competitive sports is about playing your best and beating your opponent when they are at their best.

 

[gorcorps]

that's pretty much why men suck. and why they generally make inferior world leaders.

nice story. :thumbsup:

and to salt the earth in your wake?

:thumbsup:

it's a small school that is looking to get JV qualification, (or divisional qualification?).

As such, you need a certain percentage of qualifying teams; so it sounds like the team was hashed together to begin the process. A bunch of brave and curious students volunteered to be the guinea pigs.

This is pretty much how it goes with brand new schools on a minimal budget. You really have no resources, so you cobble together what you can at the beginning and start learning, especially if there is no infrastructure in place (coaching).

4 posts in a row is absurd... learn to multiquote

 

[kalrith]

yes, because everyone knows the point of competitive sports is to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

qft

 

[zinfamous]

4 posts in a row is absurd... learn to multiquote

but that's my schtick!

 

[sygyzy]

Great article. Thanks for posting.

 

[Kirby]

4 posts in a row is absurd... learn to multiquote

he didn't get 24k posts by mulitquoting.

 

[gorcorps]

he didn't get 24k posts by mulitquoting.

Did the old boards have a multiquote button? I was thinking they didn't but now am just realizing I can't remember.

 

[zinfamous]

he didn't get 24k posts by mulitquoting.

Yep! though I swear it wasn't intentional. It's more a fault of my reactionary tendencies. :\

Did the old boards have a multiquote button? I was thinking they didn't but now am just realizing I can't remember.

No, no they did not. It was a pain in the ass to do it. I'm only now coming around to it. I do miss the ease of nested quoting in FT, though.

 

[Zargon]

Also, it's a JV team. At least where I went to school, JV games were all essentially just exhibition games. There were no league standings, no tournament, etc for JV. The intent of JV sports is to give you the opportunity to improve until you're able to play on the Varsity team. Playing against a team that didn't know how to play softball wasn't going to help them do that.

where I went to school JV is the constant try out to get on Varsity

every team in the league kept score and knew who had the best record ETC.


I really dont get how you couldnt even find ONE PERSON who how to play softball to help with the team

it seems....insane

especially in indianapolis

 

[mugs]

where I went to school JV is the constant try out to get on Varsity

every team in the league kept score and knew who had the best record ETC.

We really only cared about how the Varsity teams did. We kept records, but do you really care if your school's players who aren't good enough to play Varsity are better than another school's players who aren't good enough to play Varsity?

 

[Zargon]

We really only cared about how the Varsity teams did. We kept records, but do you really care if your school's players who aren't good enough to play Varsity are better than another school's players who aren't good enough to play Varsity?

um....yes?

especially since most coaches are unlikely to play fresh/soph guys at all on varsity, and with our school sizes(~1000) that meant that JV was mostly Fresh/Soph and Varisty was Jr/Sr save a few players.

also, in my area, most of us played club with/against each other anyways


plus, who is going to play a game hard they fully believe doesnt matter and what coach is going to coach it that way(although I had one that coaches like that....horrid coach, should stick to park district stuff)

 

[mugs]

plus, who is going to play a game hard they fully believe doesnt matter and what coach is going to coach it that way(although I had one that coaches like that....horrid coach, should stick to park district stuff)

Because as you said JV is a constant try-out for varsity... I didn't mean to say the players didn't care about JV games, I meant no one else cared. The rest of the student body. But I did go to a small school.

Did you have a league/state championship for JV?

 

[SlitheryDee]

THAT is sportsmanship. Freedom of choice makes all the difference.