Are All Recreational Softball Players Douchebags?

[Dayze]

Yesterday, I played in a benefit softball tournament for a motorcycle riding buddy of mine who got in a wreck and has been in a coma since June 30, to try to raise a few bucks for his girlfriend and her son with the bills etc. The guy had his liver removed, 1 lung, shattered pelvis, and 2 broken legs. He's only laying there, eyes open, sedated, while healing. finally responding to things...from a 'medical' condition but he's essentially in a coma with his eyes open at this point.

I have not swung a bat since 1994, and have not been involved in any sort of recreational sport since. The fee for this particular benefit was like $225 per team or something the equivalent of $$20/ish per person.

I was shocked and the number of douche bags that were there. There were 3....THREE mother ****ers there that played college baseball. They showed up completely decked out in full ****ing gear, talking shit to everyone.. Routinely cranking out 300'+ homers each time up to bat.......when their team is up by 15+ in the final innings when their opponents had only scored a single run. all but probably 2 teams were made up entirely of friends and family of the victim.....the the douche bags were on those two.

another douche bag example was three guys bitching and moaning about the $20 fee; and that they didn't like the color of their teams' t-shirts. One guy asked a general question of "this is bullshit...who's in charge of this bs"? I pointed to the the girlfriend of the victim and said "Over there. she's the g/f of the guy who's been in a ****ing coma for a month,, and who this tournament is for you ****ing douche bag".

I walked away; nothing escalated beyond that. and he didn't approach her.

I mean, JFC...you're playing a small little benefit with no ****ing 'prize' etc, to raise some bucks for her and her kid while he's trying to survive, and dudes roll out in full on beast mode. playing against 60 yrd old people on a team, and fattys like myself who were playing in jeans and motorcycle boots (having ridden down)

****ing pathetic. I've never seen such a large number of people in one gathering with so little perspective. Pathetic pathetic pathetic.

[TimBone]

ITT: A Salt Weapon outs himself as a softball douchebag.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

I've played in a co ed league when my buddy was parks and rec director. We had fun.
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No experience I've had in sports has been as bad as my season in a coed league. So many of the douchebags Dayze is talking about. These dudes acted like every chick out there would immediately blow them after an infield single or some shit. Funny enough, my team won that league and then immediately quit. So I guess that's one definition of "hit it and quit it".

[Hootie]

no, not necessarily...

but it is life for a lot of people.

I was pretty good at it for a while when I was 19-23 but finally quit this year because I was tired of the "super teams" with guys who played 5-7 days a week...I don't know how it happened or when, but those guys just made the leagues unbearable to play in.

Which is a good thing, because I golf about 5-7 times per week now and I like golf a HELL OF A LOT better than slow pitch softball.

So as a 29 year old I'm down to bowling and golf. God I'm getting so old.

[Hootie]

The guys who wear baseball pants and have like 6 softball bats etc etc etc crack me the **** up.

First off, I never have and never will slide in slow pitch softball. That's gay. It's ****ing slow pitch softball. **** that.

Now, I will dive for balls in the IF or OF because I enjoy making good plays...but I'm certainly not going to take an extra base and slide while doing so. Those people are the gayest of gay.

It's even funnier when the guys who show up all decked out are absolutely terrible...adults with complexes of any variety crack me up.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

No experience I've had in sports has been as bad as my season in a coed league. So many of the douchebags Dayze is talking about. These dudes acted like every chick out there would immediately blow them after an infield single or some shit. Funny enough, my team won that league and then immediately quit. So I guess that's one definition of "hit it and quit it".

I'm in a small town it was mostly couples. Most of us knew each other prior.
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[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

no, not necessarily...

but it is life for a lot of people.

I was pretty good at it for a while when I was 19-23 but finally quit this year because I was tired of the "super teams" with guys who played 5-7 days a week...I don't know how it happened or when, but those guys just made the leagues unbearable to play in.

Which is a good thing, because I golf about 5-7 times per week now and I like golf a HELL OF A LOT better than slow pitch softball.

So as a 29 year old I'm down to bowling and golf. God I'm getting so old.

Try ****ing up a knee, essentially being retired at age 30 from slow pitch softball, rec league basketball etc. Sucks since I've been active playing sports since like age 6 or 7 somewhere in there.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

The guys who wear baseball pants and have like 6 softball bats etc etc etc crack me the **** up.

First off, I never have and never will slide in slow pitch softball. That's gay. It's ****ing slow pitch softball. **** that.

Now, I will dive for balls in the IF or OF because I enjoy making good plays...but I'm certainly not going to take an extra base and slide while doing so. Those people are the gayest of gay.

It's even funnier when the guys who show up all decked out are absolutely terrible...adults with complexes of any variety crack me up.

The guy thats terrible but for some reason doesn't know it and thinks he is it. Thats the guy that gets my goat.

[mr. tegu]

The coed leagues are more fun for this reason. Some of those teams full of guys act like they are being scouted.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

. Some of those teams full of guys act like they are being scouted.

I haven't played competitive softball in 20 years, but yea....I remember it being alot of over amped guys, who

1. Hated their families, wives kids, etc
2. Lived to drink beer after games
3. Uncle Rico's that "almost made it to the bigs"

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Dayze

Jim's Steakhouse is what it was called I think. Granted, I didn't get a steak though.. but my burger sucked ass. and the $1 charge for a small little solo cup of ranch (like the to-go ones you get) lol. Luckily, it was only a $7 burger.

I did try some of a rib eye and it was tasty, but was $$$.

Hit the Mall Deli.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by srvy

The guy thats terrible but for some reason doesn't know it and thinks he is it. Thats the guy that gets my goat.

Those guys just crack me up. I feel bad for them when they have their girlfriends watching.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Try ****ing up a knee, essentially being retired at age 30 from slow pitch softball, rec league basketball etc. Sucks since I've been active playing sports since like age 6 or 7 somewhere in there.

I had a scare with my knee in flag football last year...thought I tore some ligaments...never got an MRI and I still feel pain getting into a catcher's position (no homo), but it hasn't really hindered any of my rec basketball or anything like that. I always wondered what I actually did because I went to convenient care the next day because I literally as in more pain than I've ever been in my entire life. I couldn't even put ****ing pants on and my knee swelled up to about three times size.

I think I made a thread about it on this website come to think of it trying to figure out what the **** I did.

[Rudy tossed tigger's salad]

In college, played against our school's starting QB who couldn't cut it in the minors. It was the "B" league. Douche team

[Coach]

I play softball on Sundays and some tournaments on Saturday, I just play hard and do my best.

I don't care what the other guys are on the other team. I know my team had the unfortunate luxury of facing some teams that should not be in our league level, but a better league than we are.

I just play for fun, irregardless of the score or who we're playing against. I'm not out to play for attracting attention or that I'm a "failed" baseball person, whatever the term is.

[tmw4h5]

Not going to read all of the posts in this thread, but I will answer OP. The majority of recreational softball players are giant douchebags. I will only play coed leagues now because they are a little more relaxed than men's leagues.
The last men's league game I played in, the other team was destroying us, and decided to pull the ultimate douche move. These guys played in leagues all over the place. They literally had a different city to play in each night. Anyway, they decided to up the douchebaggery and start hitting our pitcher intentionally. Our dude took about 6 shots before the ump interfered.
I don't know if any of you have pitched in softball, but it's terrifying. The speed at which the ball comes off of some of these bats is unreal. I had a guy a month ago put one on me that I managed to catch only because it somehow hit me in the pocket of the glove. I didn't know the ball was on me until it was in my glove.