1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 Welcome back to internet frenzy 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Hey! 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Shut up! 4 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Jinx, you owe me a diet Pepsi 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Alright, we're back for more 6 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Last week was probably my favorite episode 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,000 I wish we could do it every week 8 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:17,000 It was so fun 9 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Women can be shitty too 10 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Well, sometimes 11 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Not these ones 12 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Well, it's a different tone than you guys took last week 13 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Not sure which one's accurate 14 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Little story recap 15 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,000 First, we had my story 16 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Which was the high school game of truth or dare 17 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 The girl lays a kiss on the little brother 18 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 And he did not like it 19 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,000 That was sad 20 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,000 Poor little fella 21 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,000 He's in therapy right now 22 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Probably 23 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,000 So after that story was 24 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,000 Your story, the neglected housewife 25 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,000 Sneaks off with Jake at the family party 26 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Jake you poo 27 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Jake gives her the business 28 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 And we don't know if that was the right thing to do 29 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Or not 30 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Who's that? 31 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 That was Witt's 32 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Story three was 33 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:06,000 The guy that uncovered that his fiance was a bully 34 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,000 To his ex-girlfriend 35 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 Fat shaming 36 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 And he was mad that she was 37 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Or she was mad that she wasn't in her 38 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 Social circle 39 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,000 She was poor 40 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 When people look down on poor people 41 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Me too 42 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Poor people, honestly 43 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 We 44 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Poor 45 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Poor people 46 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 We are poor 47 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Poor people 48 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Let's unite 49 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 Let's unite 50 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Let's have a party 51 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 We're changing the book 52 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 To poor people 53 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 The poor people pod 54 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,000 Don't bully us 55 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Someone's for sure going to take that 56 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Trademark, patent 57 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 You were sad 58 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 The last story was 59 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,000 Little foots over there 60 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,000 The guy finds out that his wife is cheating on him 61 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,000 While he's overseas serving our country 62 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 That's messed up 63 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Poor soldier 64 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 I forgot 65 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,000 She was expecting to have a kid 66 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 70% of the time 67 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 And homeboys just hanging out at the house 68 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 While 69 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 The soldiers fighting for our freedom 70 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Which one was the fake? 71 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 Which one was the fake? 72 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 What do you guys think? 73 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 Whitney 74 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 I think I guessed last week 75 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 I guessed right 76 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Who was it? 77 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Who I guessed 78 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,000 Was it Whitney that I guessed? 79 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,000 I doubt it 80 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Wow, am I getting all of you guys voting for me? 81 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 I did initially vote Joe 82 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Okay 83 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 But 84 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,000 You 85 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Okay, well you guys are going to be super 86 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Disappointed to know that I 87 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,000 Wait 88 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,000 No, go ahead 89 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 I was the fake and you should be 90 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 So proud of yourselves 91 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Nice work 92 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,000 That was great 93 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 I didn't trick any of y'all 94 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 I'm really really looking forward to this week 95 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:18,000 What is this week all about Joe? 96 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,000 This week we dive 97 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Into game changers 98 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Tales from the youth sports 99 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,000 Field slash court 100 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Game changers baby 101 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Game changers and so it's youth sports 102 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,000 Youth sports 103 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 Crazy stories 104 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Bad and ugly 105 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Everything 106 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 That's what our therapist says to us 107 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Yeah, that's true 108 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000 It sounded a little bit better when you said it 109 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,000 No offense 110 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Here we go, we're going to have Joe start off for us 111 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Because he is the go and he loves sports 112 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,000 You guys sit back 113 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,000 I want to start us off 114 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Wow 115 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Don't take in charge 116 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 Aren't you just 117 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Let me in here 118 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Today I effed up by making a bad call at first 119 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 Which led to a massive fight 120 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Cops and ambulances and the tournament getting cancelled 121 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Holy crap 122 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,000 Just a little fiasco 123 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 At the sports complex 124 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Oh my gosh 125 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Alright 126 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 Like most of the TIFUs 127 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,000 I effed up 128 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 This didn't happen today 129 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 I was watching some baseball and got a flashback to something that happened to me many many years ago 130 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,000 I quit playing baseball 131 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 But I wanted to be around the game on some level 132 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 So I thought I would give umpiring a shot 133 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 It's easy right 134 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,000 The league has me do some initial paperwork 135 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 Watch some film, do a quiz, interview, etc 136 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:52,000 No big deal 137 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 I do well and the head umpire tells me that there's going to be a t-ball game 138 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,000 And I should show up there 139 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,000 To start my hands on training 140 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 It's slow, nobody keeps score 141 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 I screw it up, it doesn't matter at all 142 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 I show up a bit earlier 143 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,000 And there's an all-star tournament 144 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 13-14 year old kids going on 145 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:10,000 So I decided to watch a game to kill some time 146 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,000 The umpire there is all by himself 147 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:14,000 And he's stalling a bit to see if his other umpires will show up 148 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 Parents are going crazy 149 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Umpire then spots me in my brand new uniform 150 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Calls me over and begs me to help him 151 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,000 I explain that I really don't know what I'm doing since I'm training 152 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,000 And he tells me it's okay 153 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,000 Since his other umpire should be showing up 154 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 And he only wants another set of eyes mostly 155 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Like, eff it, YOLO, I got this 156 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Things go pretty smoothly 157 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Nothing crazy happens for a while 158 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,000 Then we get to the last inning 159 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,000 One of the players lays down a beautiful bunt 160 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,000 The catcher throws it to first and just barely gets the runner out 161 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Easy enough call 162 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 The coach of the team that got called out 163 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Goes up to the umpire screaming 164 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 That the first baseman's foot wasn't touching the bag 165 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 So he should be safe 166 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Other parents from that team start yelling at us 167 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Because they also agree with the coach 168 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,000 The other teams parents start arguing with those parents 169 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,000 The umpire then decides to throw out that coach 170 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 That's when shit went down 171 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 The coach goes crazy 172 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Leaves the field says something to one of the parents 173 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,000 That parent doesn't like it 174 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,000 So he punches the coach in the mouth and knocks him the eff out 175 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Other parents notice 176 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 And now everyone wants to throw punches 177 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Basically it got into full on riot mode 178 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 Cops got called out 179 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Umpire calls the game off 180 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 The tournament got cancelled 181 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Ambulances take a few people to the hospital 182 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,000 I think four people got arrested 183 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 It gets on the local news 184 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Even got a few mentions in the national news 185 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 If I'm not mistaken 186 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:32,000 I found a link to an old newspaper article 187 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Talking about the incident 188 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 I would show you guys but it has my name 189 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 And I really don't feel like connecting my name to my account 190 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 He has a funny name 191 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,000 His account name is Ian is my cousin 192 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 So search it up if you want to see this story 193 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Did I make the right call 194 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 I'm pretty sure that I did 195 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 But the reality is that in my inexperience 196 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 I wasn't in the best position to see all the moving parts 197 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 This little incident led to a lot of changes 198 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Games wouldn't start without a full crew 199 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,000 Had more in depth training before allowing anybody to be an umpire 200 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 Had more security slash cops on hand 201 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,000 When there was a tournament 202 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 Had a few umpires on standby, etc 203 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,000 I never umped another game again 204 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Oh 205 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 He got fired? 206 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Or he was like no 207 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Trauma 208 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,000 Said I'm good I will do anything else but that 209 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Here's my uniform 210 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Really? Wow 211 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 That's tough 212 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Yeah that's really sad 213 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,000 How old was he again? 214 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,000 He doesn't say his age because it's a today I effed up 215 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 He said it was many moons ago 216 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 It sounds like he was like 217 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,000 He had just finished playing baseball 218 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:36,000 He's probably like a college age kid 219 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Because he maybe played in high school 220 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 And 221 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,000 When he was done playing he wanted to be around the game still 222 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,000 That's why he decided to be an ump 223 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 This was literally the first time 224 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,000 That he was supposed to go out for training 225 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:50,000 He's waiting for his little t-ball match to start 226 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,000 He's in like fresh from like 227 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 Played against sports the umpire uniform 228 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 It's like brand new 229 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 He's just sitting on the side 230 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,000 He gets roped into like a super competitive game 231 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Oh my gosh 232 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 That's like the stuff of nightmares 233 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 I would have said no 234 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Sorry I know 235 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 I don't know well enough what I'm doing 236 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 I watch sports like religiously 237 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 And I know when somebody's out 238 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 All that but just like the nerves of it 239 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Oh that's hard 240 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 I feel like I would like I'm picturing me at a volleyball tournament 241 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 And like them 242 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Like he basically was kind of forced into it 243 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 Like no no no it's fine like it's I just need an extra set of eyes 244 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 It's no big deal like he totally downplayed it 245 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,000 And said the other umps coming like in no time 246 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 So to me if I'm hearing that 247 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 It's kind of like uh okay 248 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Like I'll go ref for a second 249 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Like in volleyball and then that happening 250 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 I would be 251 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,000 Traumatized 252 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,000 He just teeth getting knocked out 253 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 People leaving on a stretcher 254 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Did anyone try to talk to 255 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Tack him? No 256 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Nope so I did yeah that part 257 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 I didn't totally understand because he 258 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Right 259 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,000 It seemed like the other umpire like he made the call 260 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,000 But the other umpire was the one that was like 261 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 In the thick of it with the parents 262 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 At least he stuck up for him then 263 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Because it sounds like he probably stepped in to be like 264 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 No 265 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Yeah no like his foot was on the bag 266 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 He's out 267 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 That's like that's a cutthroat 268 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 13 to 14 year old like all star baseball 269 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Did you play? 270 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 I was watching at that age 271 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 Yeah it's intense 272 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 You make me nervous 273 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 When our daughter is playing sports 274 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 You're gonna be the parent that's like 275 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Dude that was in are you stupid 276 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 Yeah I'm gonna be intense 277 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Like ump 278 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 I'm just super competitive and fiery 279 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,000 But 280 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,000 I don't think I'm gonna knock anyone out 281 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 That never said never 282 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,000 I'll hold you back 283 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Don't worry he won't let you 284 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Unless it's me unless you swing on me then 285 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 You're gonna kick me out 286 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,000 You're gonna be like Whitney go sit in the car 287 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:54,000 You need a cool 288 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 I'm nervous 289 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,000 I think the best option 290 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,000 For my daughter to play 291 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 Is golf 292 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,000 I literally want her to just be a baseball fan 293 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,000 And just watch baseball with me 294 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,000 No she needs to play a sport 295 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 She needs to play golf 296 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 And by the asshole for ejecting a coach 297 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 During a youth baseball game and calling the cops on him 298 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 I 32M 299 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Have been umpiring youth baseball for about 5 years 300 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,000 I do it because I love the game 301 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,000 And enjoy being part of the kids experience 302 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 But this weekend was something else 303 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,000 I was working at 10 under game 304 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Kids aged 9 to 10 305 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,000 And everything was going smoothly 306 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,000 The kids were having fun parents were cheering 307 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,000 And the game was close 308 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,000 Then in the third inning 309 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 On the next half 310 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,000 They were happy not to mention 311 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:55,740 The kid was 312 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,640 players, slides into second, and the kid is obviously safe. 313 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:45,840 No question. 314 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:51,560 But he limps a little when he stands up, and suddenly Steve starts to lose his mind, screaming 315 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:55,360 that the second baseman blocked the bag and made a dirty play. 316 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:57,320 I didn't see any obstruction. 317 00:10:55,860 --> 00:10:57,020 He was like hahyes 318 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,160 The second baseman had his foot on the side of the base, but it was a clean play. 319 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:00,000 K Mansour 320 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,160 I calmly explained what I saw, but Steve wasn't having it. 321 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:08,680 He starts yelling about how I don't know the rules and how I'm putting these kids in 322 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:09,680 danger. 323 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:11,560 It's 10-year-olds playing baseball. 324 00:11:11,560 --> 00:11:15,760 I tried to stay calm and asked him to drop it, saying we could talk after the inning, 325 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:20,440 but he kept screaming in my face, accusing me of bias his team was losing. 326 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:21,720 I finally hit my limit. 327 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,920 I told him that he had to calm down or he was gone. 328 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:29,120 Of course, that made him explode even more, calling me every name in the book. 329 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:33,800 So I ejected him, told him to leave the field or the game wouldn't continue. 330 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:38,400 Steve in front of the kids and parents storms off, but not before knocking over a row of 331 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:43,000 water bottles and continuing to scream about how I was ruining the game. 332 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,640 No, I already acted it out. 333 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:48,560 Dude, we are on one right now. 334 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:51,240 We are the same. 335 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,720 I thought that was the end of it, but nope. 336 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:58,560 After the game, I'm walking to my car when I see Steve waiting for me in the parking 337 00:11:58,560 --> 00:11:59,560 lot. 338 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:02,480 He comes charging over, still yelling. 339 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:06,200 He's going off about how I embarrassed him and have no idea what I've done. 340 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:10,600 He even gets up in my face again, threatening me, saying he was going to knock me out. 341 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,560 This isn't a crowded parking lot, mind you, with parents and kids still around. 342 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:20,120 At this point, I tell him he needs to back the freak up, but he just keeps escalating. 343 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:25,840 So I get in my car and try to leave, but Steve, grown ass Steve, starts following me in his 344 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:26,840 car. 345 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:31,880 I'm driving through this suburban neighborhood and this guy is tailing me, flashing his lights 346 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:32,880 and honking. 347 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:34,840 I swear it was like something out of a movie. 348 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,680 I didn't want to drive home with him following me, so I called the cops and then pulled into 349 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:42,080 a gas station expecting to go toes with this psycho. 350 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,960 Thankfully, the cops arrived before a physical altercation began. 351 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,400 The cops tried to talk him up the ledge for quite some time and then finally told him 352 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,880 to leave or he would face charges. 353 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,120 Now, here's the kicker. 354 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,400 Some of the parents who saw part of this, by the way, are saying I overreacted by calling 355 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:02,120 the cops and that Steve's just really passionate about baseball. 356 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,680 They're acting like I escalated things too far and I could have just let him blow off 357 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:06,680 steam. 358 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:10,640 I'm hesitant for next weekend knowing I will be seeing those parents and coach Steve again 359 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:11,640 while umpiring. 360 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:16,600 Am I the asshole for ejecting the coach and calling the cops and him after he tried following 361 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:17,600 me home? 362 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:21,560 Or should I have let him cool down in his own time? 363 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:25,920 Definitely not the asshole, but also where my mind goes because Steve sounds like a pure 364 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,480 psychopath. 365 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,640 This dude must have like a serious attitude while he's umpiring. 366 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:32,360 You know what I mean? 367 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:37,200 Like there's those times where like the umpire is like a little too, a little too like bow 368 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:41,480 his business, a little too cocky and it's kind of like, hey, how about y'all shut up? 369 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,200 Because I'm the ump. 370 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,320 I'm like, I'm the authority here. 371 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,760 I don't know because I don't know why Steve would be losing his marvel so freaking bad 372 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:54,760 if the guy's just like, hey, um, you're losing it for no reason. 373 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:55,760 You're out of here. 374 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:56,760 Yeah. 375 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,800 I mean, that's the parents, a lot of them were like on Steve's side, so it could have 376 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:06,080 been like he was making bias calls over and over and over again during the game and being 377 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,760 a jerk throughout the whole game. 378 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:10,560 Yeah, maybe he's just a bad ump too. 379 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:14,200 Or that guy is just looking to be mad at somebody that day. 380 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,200 Yeah, maybe not. 381 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:16,200 Following him for that long. 382 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:17,200 Yeah. 383 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,200 Yeah, I guess that's true. 384 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,880 I mean, he definitely took it overboard. 385 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:25,040 I mean, I've been in road rage incidents where like a big Tongan guy wants to follow 386 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:26,960 me home, but that's a little different. 387 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,840 Yeah, tell them what happened. 388 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:33,240 I mean, I'm not going to get into it too much, but like little road rage incident driving 389 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:36,040 with the family and our newborn. 390 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,800 She's a couple of months old and this is bad. 391 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:39,800 He cuts me off. 392 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:40,920 I'm upset. 393 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,280 I go up next to him. 394 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:45,320 I look over and he is huge. 395 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,440 Like he's Pauly and he doesn't have a neck. 396 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:52,160 I rolled my window down to tell him that he needs to learn how to drive. 397 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:56,800 And as soon as he rolled his down, cause they're like limo tent, this big lifted truck, he 398 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,760 looks at me and he's like, you want some of this? 399 00:14:58,760 --> 00:14:59,760 You want some of this? 400 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:00,760 Get out. 401 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:01,760 Oh no. 402 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:06,560 I was like, window up, accelerator on. 403 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:08,000 I'll see you later, sir. 404 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:09,160 Just learn how to drive. 405 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:10,160 Don't eat me. 406 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:12,160 You want some of this? 407 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:14,160 Like, no, I don't. 408 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,120 And I would like to edit that story. 409 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:21,640 The dude actually got out of his car and I was yelling, this Joe rolled my window down 410 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,680 cause he was on my side and I was yelling, we have a newborn. 411 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:26,680 We have a newborn. 412 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:28,800 And he got out of his car. 413 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,480 He stepped halfway out and I was like, oh, this guy's going to kill Joe. 414 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,280 And you literally were like, don't eat me. 415 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,000 And you rolled my window up and you drove off. 416 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,720 Did I say something about learn how to drive or am I imagining that? 417 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,120 I'm sure you did, babe. 418 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:44,400 You definitely stuck up for yourself. 419 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,760 Oh no, I was out of there, bro. 420 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:48,760 No, that guy was huge. 421 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,560 It was the biggest dude I've ever seen. 422 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,400 I was like, oh my gosh. 423 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,480 He was huge and he wanted to fight. 424 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:02,360 Like he was like, he's like the guy that he's so big he can kill anyone. 425 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:07,720 So he'll take on anything, any chance he can get to kill someone, he's taking it. 426 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,920 And listen, I could hold my own, but I ain't no dummy. 427 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:11,920 Okay. 428 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,560 This guy was huge and I wasn't trying to die in front of my wife. 429 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:15,560 So. 430 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:16,560 By his pinky. 431 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,560 Oh, chill to disrespect. 432 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:30,560 I mean, I'm like, no, we have a newborn. 433 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,560 What about the baby? 434 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:38,560 I just kept saying that sir, we have a newborn in the car. 435 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:39,560 We have a newborn. 436 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:40,560 He just completely ignored me. 437 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:41,560 He did not give a crap. 438 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,560 Baby on board, baby on board. 439 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,560 Like, yeah, the next step would have been for me to get out of the car, not for him to 440 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,560 just climb in and go for a ride with us. 441 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:51,560 Right. 442 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,560 He'd get stuck before he could get in. 443 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,560 In the Jetta, the dude had no shot. 444 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:56,560 He had no shot. 445 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,320 The dude was like, freaking Bowser from Mario. 446 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:00,320 That's what he looked like. 447 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:06,560 How should leagues handle coaches or parents who escalate situations like this during youth 448 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:07,560 sports? 449 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,560 Should there be stricter consequences for their behavior? 450 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,560 I say throw them out. 451 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:13,560 Yeah. 452 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:19,560 I'm just like a zero tolerance because I know me as a parent, when I go to my kids' 453 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:24,060 games, I'm like, yeah, I'm going to care and stuff, but I'm also going to be like, I understand 454 00:17:24,060 --> 00:17:25,560 that this is youth sports. 455 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:26,560 These are kids. 456 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:27,560 Yeah. 457 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,560 Like, have you guys seen like Bodie play basketball? 458 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,560 I've seen him play soccer. 459 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,560 Oh, yeah, you were on your mission. 460 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,560 So, yeah, like seeing those kids, some of the parents will chatter a little bit to the 461 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:44,560 umps or like to the refs, it's not that serious. 462 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:45,560 Right. 463 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:46,560 Yeah, but. 464 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:47,560 Kick them out. 465 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:49,560 But when you're older, these are nine and 10 year olds. 466 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,560 These aren't six year olds like Bodie. 467 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:52,560 It does get a little more. 468 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:53,560 Hey, he's eight. 469 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:55,560 Oh, sorry, buddy. 470 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,560 Especially with baseball. 471 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,560 I feel like baseball is so competitive though. 472 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:08,560 And I feel like umps make way more mistakes than any other ref in sports. 473 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:11,560 They have nothing to help them. 474 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:12,560 Exactly. 475 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:13,560 Yeah. 476 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,560 But and I'm not talking about like professionally, I'm talking about like kids. 477 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:18,560 Yeah. 478 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,560 So like this, like mine, the 13, 14 year olds, that is highly competitive. 479 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:25,560 So you kind of have to allow for some passion to be there. 480 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,560 Yeah. 481 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:31,560 But I would say when it crosses any physical line or like name calling and salting, that's 482 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:32,560 they're out. 483 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:39,280 But do you think ejecting someone is either going to calm the situation or just escalate 484 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,960 it to even more of an intense situation? 485 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,560 But the thing is, that person's going to be mad the whole time either way. 486 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,240 So it really doesn't matter. 487 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,560 So it's either having them there and then being pissed or them being gone in their 488 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:51,560 pissed. 489 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:52,560 And I think. 490 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:53,560 And then following you in the parking lot. 491 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:54,560 I mean, yeah, I guess, but. 492 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,560 Only coach Steve does that. 493 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:58,560 Only coach Steve is psycho. 494 00:18:58,560 --> 00:18:59,560 Seriously. 495 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,240 But I don't know. 496 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:06,080 I think, I mean, well, like they in that, in Joe's story, they like made sure they had 497 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:12,800 extra like had like some cops like on hand or like if like, if like something like came 498 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:13,800 to that. 499 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,800 So that might be smart, I guess. 500 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:16,800 Yeah. 501 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:17,800 For a tournament. 502 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:18,800 Yeah. 503 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:19,800 That's a good. 504 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:20,800 Yeah. 505 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:21,800 Yeah. 506 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:24,000 I was thinking too, because when I read this story, I was like, I wonder if coach Steve 507 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:29,400 is more mad about like defending his player that was hurt because second base was like 508 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,320 probably blocking or if he was just more mad because their team was losing. 509 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:34,320 Yeah. 510 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,000 Well, he's probably probably both combination of both. 511 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,680 Maybe probably both. 512 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,960 Because you know that there's dudes out there that just like they wear it as it's their 513 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,460 own. 514 00:19:43,460 --> 00:19:44,460 Like it's on them. 515 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:45,460 If their team sucks. 516 00:19:45,460 --> 00:19:46,460 Yeah. 517 00:19:46,460 --> 00:19:47,460 Yeah. 518 00:19:47,460 --> 00:19:48,460 That makes sense. 519 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:49,520 Well, that is my story. 520 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,000 I literally couldn't believe it after I read this. 521 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,520 I was like, that is crazy. 522 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,400 I've coached volleyball and I can't imagine like a pissed off parent following me in the 523 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:02,040 parking lot and like following me literally to trying to like follow me home or until 524 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,360 they could like get me to stop. 525 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:04,360 Right. 526 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:05,520 Having to call the cops on them. 527 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,400 That's traumatizing. 528 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,400 You better call me if that happens and I'll roll up there as long as it's not a big tonguing 529 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:12,400 guy. 530 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,720 As long as it is not that man. 531 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:15,720 Yeah. 532 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,680 My sister-in-law is pissed at my husband and I because we didn't attend any of my nephew's 533 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:21,680 soccer games. 534 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:29,160 My 27 female sister-in-law, me 32 female is angry that we did not attend any of her son's 535 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,720 seven male soccer games this summer. 536 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,880 She is threatening to not let us see her children in the future because we apparently 537 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,360 did not support her kids. 538 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:39,360 Yikes. 539 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:44,720 At the beginning of June, my sister-in-law sent my husband and I our nephew's soccer 540 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:45,720 schedule. 541 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:47,960 We never once said we were coming to any of the games. 542 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,920 They were on Tuesday and Thursdays at 6pm in June and July. 543 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,680 We lived 45 minutes from the soccer field and worked 9-5s. 544 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,960 Sometimes we both work a little later if needed. 545 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:03,240 Technically, we could have likely made it to at least one game but quite honestly we 546 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:04,720 did not want to go. 547 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:10,960 We were intentionally child-free at this point in our lives and we use time after work to 548 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:16,040 cook dinner, exercise, walk the dog, do chores, pursue hobbies, etc. 549 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:20,440 I think this is where we may be assholes because we definitely could have made time for at 550 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:21,840 least one game. 551 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,080 We generally see our nieces and nephews once a month and we are very engaged when we are 552 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:27,080 with them. 553 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,520 We care about them greatly but simply do not want to attend sporting events on weeknights. 554 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:35,640 My question is this, what are the expectations for aunts and uncles attending their niece 555 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,480 and nephew's sporting events? 556 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:42,560 For me personally, my aunts and uncles never attended sporting events for me as a child. 557 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,360 I would never expect anyone to come to my kids' sporting events. 558 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:51,360 Apparently my sister-in-law and brother-in-law had unspoken expectations that we had to attend 559 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:53,720 at least one of their kids' soccer games. 560 00:21:53,720 --> 00:22:00,400 Am I the asshole for not attending one of my nephew's soccer games this summer? 561 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:04,720 This is a good one. 562 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:09,640 Maybe I'm not the right person to ask because I love going to my niece's and nephew's stuff 563 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,440 especially before I had a kid. 564 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,840 We were going to so many... 565 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:15,960 It was like a full-time job. 566 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,440 We were going all the time. 567 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,640 Like literally all the time. 568 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:20,720 Guys, sorry. 569 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,560 Let's toot our own horn here. 570 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:30,240 We left our house at 3.30 a.m. to get to Boston's basketball game that started at 8 a.m. in 571 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:31,240 Sholo. 572 00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:34,000 But we still left that early just to go to the game. 573 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,000 That's dedication. 574 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 That's great. 575 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,760 We have the Queen Creek all the time for Paisley or Bodys. 576 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:40,760 It's true. 577 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:41,760 Yeah, we've done a lot. 578 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,280 We were the best and uncle ever. 579 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,160 So here's the thing about expectations. 580 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:47,640 Don't have them. 581 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:48,640 It's great to go. 582 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,760 If you can go, go. 583 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:51,760 Go support your family. 584 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,080 Go support your niece and nephew. 585 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:55,080 Whatever. 586 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:56,080 It's great. 587 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:02,960 When you as the parent expect people to change their lives for your children, you got it 588 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:03,960 wrong. 589 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:04,960 Period. 590 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,880 Well, and like, and it was never communicated. 591 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:12,000 Like they were, you know, like, I mean, I guess the same thing is what you're saying, 592 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:17,680 but they had these unspoken expectations for them that like nobody knew about. 593 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,440 And then they were like super mad about it. 594 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:24,840 And I think it's a little excessive to like refuse them seeing the nieces and nephews. 595 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,760 Like after this, that's crazy. 596 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:32,920 And given the circumstances to like, they work nine to five, they're 45 minutes from 597 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,800 the soccer field and the game start at six. 598 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:40,000 So it's like, and they stay late or sometimes they're definitely not the assholes. 599 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,000 No. 600 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:45,920 One comment said, a big match like a playoff or a cup final I'd go otherwise not parents 601 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,240 are expected to show up to their kids games, not the entire extended family. 602 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,240 Oh yeah. 603 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,240 Yeah. 604 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,480 Well, and I think it's funny that she like mentions, but quite honestly, we do not want 605 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:56,480 to go. 606 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,400 We're intentionally child free at this point in our lives. 607 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:01,000 I'm like, period. 608 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Yeah. 609 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,240 We don't want to be running around to all the things because we obviously don't have 610 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:07,240 kids right now for a reason. 611 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,360 We want to enjoy our freedom, I guess. 612 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:13,840 But also like, I'm sorry, she's kind of a crappy aunt. 613 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:17,960 I mean, in that part, but I got to give her the better for the doubt. 614 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,680 Maybe she does do like fail me dinners and she plays with them. 615 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:25,040 And like, maybe she is involved in the nieces and nephews life. 616 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:28,520 You want to get into a whole, a whole other argument. 617 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:32,480 Because people, what if somebody doesn't want to have kids and their sibling does have kids? 618 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:36,840 Like, if they truly don't want kids, they don't care, then like, does that make them 619 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:37,840 a bad person? 620 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:38,840 No. 621 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,400 If so, she's saying, we're intentionally kid free. 622 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,040 I don't want to deal with your kid shit. 623 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,360 Like, I don't, I don't care about the game. 624 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:47,840 I don't care about the birthday. 625 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:48,960 Like, I don't want kids. 626 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:49,960 I don't care about kids. 627 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,600 I'm just an adult in my adult life. 628 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,280 And I'm just want to eat dinner and watch the office and go to sleep. 629 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:02,280 If that's like my only sibling and they aren't really, they have zero desire to like have 630 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,640 a relationship with my kids. 631 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,120 I honestly, that would hurt. 632 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:06,600 That would hurt me. 633 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,840 That's a weird thing because I can't relate not wanting kids. 634 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:10,840 Right. 635 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,560 But like, there's people out there that don't want kids. 636 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:16,400 So what is their normal aunt, uncle, relationship supposed to look like? 637 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:21,680 Like, if they don't want them themselves, do they like, are they supposed to have an 638 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,840 interest in the kids that are in their family? 639 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:25,800 Are they allowed to be like, hands off? 640 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:26,800 I'm not a kid person. 641 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,640 Well, and she even says that they see their nieces and nephews once a month, usually, 642 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,160 and they're very engaged when they are with them. 643 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,520 We care about them greatly, but simply do not want to attend sporting events on weeknights. 644 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:38,520 Like that's just it. 645 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,160 Like, they love them. 646 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:44,440 They are engaged with them when they do see them, but they just don't want to drive 45 647 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:46,240 minutes to a soccer game on a weeknight. 648 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,480 No, that's totally fair. 649 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,240 Yeah, that's definitely valid. 650 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,920 Am I the asshole for telling my son baseball is a waste of time? 651 00:25:53,920 --> 00:26:00,800 Me, 37N, and my son, 6M, started showing interest in playing baseball. 652 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,680 So I decided to sign him up for this little league. 653 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,680 Despite his genuine enthusiasm, my son struggled to excel in the sport. 654 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,880 His skills didn't match his enthusiasm, and I found myself growing frustrated during the 655 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,300 practice sessions. 656 00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:17,200 One day after another disappointing practice, I might have made a mistake. 657 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,740 I sat down with my son and expressed my doubts about whether baseball was the right activity 658 00:26:21,740 --> 00:26:22,740 for him. 659 00:26:22,740 --> 00:26:27,200 I was watching that maybe he should explore a different one, where he could both excel 660 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,440 and have fun. 661 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,400 To my surprise, my son's face fell. 662 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:34,800 He tearfully confessed that he loved baseball and he doesn't want to quit. 663 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,640 He begged me not to let him continue playing. 664 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,840 When my wife found out about this, she was angry. 665 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:45,760 She said that I did what I did with Shitty and said that I shouldn't expect a six-year-old 666 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,680 to be a pro athlete. 667 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,880 And then he says those were never the expectations I had for him. 668 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:54,520 Now she low key did leave me feeling like the worst father in the world. 669 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,400 I never meant to hurt my son or destroy his love slash passion for baseball. 670 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,400 Am I the asshole? 671 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:03,400 Yes, son. 672 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,360 Oh, that makes me so shy. 673 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:08,920 He's six. 674 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,760 He's gonna suck. 675 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:16,960 And this dude is literally just projecting his insecurity of him not being good enough 676 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,720 on his son. 677 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,680 F him, F what he did. 678 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,400 That was so shitty. 679 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:28,360 And he needs to literally have a grown-ass conversation with this kid again and tell 680 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:35,480 him that he is so sorry and that he was wrong and that he can do anything that he puts his 681 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:36,480 mind to. 682 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,480 Yes. 683 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,480 Oh, I'm so heated up. 684 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,760 At first I was like, F this dad. 685 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:42,760 What an A-hole. 686 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:43,760 Like I just did. 687 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,240 Like literally like what you just did. 688 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,200 But at the end of the story, something occurred to me. 689 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:49,320 Okay, oh. 690 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,880 You know us males, we can be stupid sometimes. 691 00:27:53,880 --> 00:28:01,600 Like we can react in the moment and say something that is not smart. 692 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,360 So glad you're realizing this. 693 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:08,160 Yeah, so I'm owning it like I do every single day. 694 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:14,120 But really, I'm just like the way that he was like, sounding like he was actually really 695 00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:18,400 sad towards the end and his wife made him feel like he was a shitty dad. 696 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,440 It's like, yeah, well, you kind of deserve that. 697 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:26,600 But then also if I put myself in his shoes, like if you didn't mean to hurt your kid's 698 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,360 feelings, you just kind of said something stupid. 699 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:32,760 I think you have a conversation with the kid. 700 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:38,600 I think there's power in being like, hey, what dad said, that wasn't very cool of me. 701 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:42,880 I hope you enjoy playing baseball and I'm going to take you to every practice. 702 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,640 Like I got you if you want to learn how to play this game. 703 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,720 Not for me because I suck at it. 704 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:49,720 Him probably. 705 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:50,720 Not me. 706 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:52,680 No, I totally agree with that. 707 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:58,400 And I think in his defense as well, he was like, to my surprise, my kid's face fell and 708 00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,880 he said that he loved baseball. 709 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:02,080 So he probably had the impression like, oh, he sucks at it. 710 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:03,800 He probably hates doing this. 711 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,280 So he's kind of giving him an out. 712 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,480 He probably didn't know that his kid liked it so much, you know, and like that's why 713 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:09,960 he was so surprised. 714 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,160 So I definitely get where Joe's coming from. 715 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,160 Men are stupid. 716 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:21,160 And, and, you know, he probably didn't know fully that his kid like absolutely loved baseball 717 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,520 and like really wanted to do it. 718 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:27,480 The title makes this seem like he's definitely the asshole for telling my six year old that 719 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,280 baseball is a waste of time. 720 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:30,280 There's a comment. 721 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:31,840 This one's pretty funny. 722 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,360 He says, I think the best thing he could do at this stage is find his son a proper father 723 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:37,360 figure. 724 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,360 Oh my gosh. 725 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:45,360 That would hurt as the OP reading that comment. 726 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:51,160 And then there was another one that says, if he can step up to be that proper father figure, 727 00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:57,240 that would be best if he can even salvage the relationship after being so horrible. 728 00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,960 I love when there's a real, a real person on Reddit that's like, hey, maybe we don't 729 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,240 need to chop the guy's head off and like put him on a skewer. 730 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,680 Like maybe he can just learn to be a better dad. 731 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:09,920 Maybe he can just correct the wrong. 732 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,600 He doesn't need to, doesn't need to go and like give his son up for adoption because 733 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,000 leave his wife, let her find a new man. 734 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,000 Yeah. 735 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,000 Like the, the impulse. 736 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,920 Do you want to be done with baseball? 737 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:22,920 Screw you, dad. 738 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:23,920 Your piece of shit. 739 00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:24,920 Dad, that was mean. 740 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,320 I feel like I would do something like this though. 741 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:28,320 You would. 742 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:29,320 It's like my kid. 743 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,320 You're like, so you're not good enough at this. 744 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,320 But in the house, so let's move on. 745 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:34,320 Working. 746 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:35,320 I don't know. 747 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:36,320 It's not working for me. 748 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:37,960 I hate watching you. 749 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,200 You look like you're having a horrible time. 750 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,080 Like let's just get rid of this. 751 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:46,520 Like Jerry and Gary and Larry are way better than you. 752 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:47,520 Yeah. 753 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,200 I'm going to go be their dad. 754 00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,600 Jerry, Gary and Larry was, were those like the umpires? 755 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:53,600 Stooges. 756 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:58,200 There's no way those were the six year olds. 757 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,800 You never know. 758 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,920 More like Micah and. 759 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:04,920 Tight guns. 760 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:05,920 Psycho. 761 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,200 Oh my gosh. 762 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,200 You dumb ass kid. 763 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,760 How'd you strike out in T-Ball? 764 00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:12,760 You're going home. 765 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:13,760 You're going to play soccer. 766 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,160 Please not soccer. 767 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,160 You're going home. 768 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:18,160 You're going to rattle. 769 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:19,160 Rattle. 770 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,160 You're going to fight MMA. 771 00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,160 There we go. 772 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,160 Jiu-Jitsu. 773 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:25,160 Jiu-Jitsu. 774 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:26,160 Shut up. 775 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,160 Shut up. 776 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:28,160 Shut up. 777 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:29,160 Shut up. 778 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,160 Shut up. 779 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,520 You guys are the same. 780 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,280 That was a fun episode. 781 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:35,280 Yeah. 782 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:36,280 That was a good time. 783 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:37,880 Game changers, youth sports. 784 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,440 Appreciate you guys following along. 785 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,960 Let us know which story you think is fake. 786 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:47,560 And also something that I wanted to put out there for the listeners. 787 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,640 If you have any stories that are similar to these, if you want to contribute your stories, 788 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:52,640 send them to us. 789 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:53,640 Yes. 790 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:55,840 Email us internetfrenzy at gmail.com. 791 00:31:55,840 --> 00:32:01,760 If you email us a story, like a youth sports story, we will read it in our intro next week. 792 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:02,760 Yes. 793 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:03,760 For sure. 794 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:08,200 Well, I think Joe's the fake. 795 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,800 Excuse me. 796 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:11,800 You think I'm fake? 797 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:12,800 I think you're the fake. 798 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:18,800 That's so fitting for you to say that because your story was so similar to mine. 799 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,720 Marley's story was really good, but it does sound realistic. 800 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:28,000 Another reason why I think Joe's might be AI is just because the title. 801 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:32,400 Follow us on social media, rate our podcast on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts. 802 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:34,280 We appreciate your support. 803 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:35,880 Email us your stories. 804 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:36,880 Yes. 805 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,200 And we're excited to bring you guys another episode next week. 806 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:42,560 Let's go internetfremzy zone three. 807 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:43,560 Let's go. 808 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,560 Let's go on Monday day. 809 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:46,560 Bye. 810 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:47,560 Bye. 811 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:50,560 Don't copy me, Marley. 812 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:52,560 You don't copy me, Marley. 813 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:53,560 Bye. 814 00:32:53,560 --> 00:33:00,560 Bye.