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Every Tuesday and Thursday evening my son plays baseball in a local league. He is 5 years old and plays at a level in which the kids aren't so much playing games, but learning how to play. The kids spend time at different stations learning how to throw the ball properly, hold and swing the bat properly, catch the ball properly etc. They are also learning all the different positions and where to run when the ball is hit, etc. Usually at the END of practice "our" team "plays" another team for a few minutes but not everytime because sometimes there isn't a team to play, or sometimes we've just been practicing for so long that we run out of time or whatever...  
 
TO THE POINT OF THE POST... at tonights game there was a mother sitting a few feet down from myself that apparently just could not keep her opinion to herself. A few minutes after practice began she started to ask (very loudly, obviously meant for everyone, especially the coach to hear) "Why aren't we playing a game?", "Why are we always just practicing?", "Why aren't we playing a game?", and so on and so on... It was very distracting to the kids and to the coach who was at the moment helping the kids bat. As more of this womans family arrived she continued "I paid $60 for this?!?", "I could be playing catch with my kid at home for free.", "I think this was a waste.", "This is too boring for the kids, I mean, my god, I'm bored", etc.  
I for one am very upset with this woman!!! Our coach is amazing, the tools and exercises he is using are great in my opinion, he is doing things that I never would have thought of and my son for one is learning alot.... I said to her at one point that there is no point in playing a game that you don't know how to play but she simply ignored me... I wouldn't be so upset if the comments had been made quietly but they weren't. They were very loud and all the other parents and kids heard them along with the poor coach.  
To top it all off on the way home my son became upset and said he's bored of baseball, that he wants to play more games and that he doesn't want to just play catch anymore!!!!!!!! He has loved every minute of baseball up until this point....I am hoping that the woman (and I'm sure she'd know I was talking about her) will read this and really think about her behaviour and the things she lets fly outta her mouth!!! I will be talking to her at the next game... and I will be doing it quietly!!!!!!!!