Always heard around the ball park

Obviously, this wasn't Stretchy's phone

 

no bat

true story. I know a coach that got fed up with a player swinging despite coach's signal to "take" a pitch. The next time he sent him to the plate without his bat.

 

Here's one I bet you haven't heard

When the ump calls the ball that is in the dirt a strike, you tell the catcher to
"Put hard hats on the worms."

 

At the ballpark

Best one I have heard, "Hey Blue, pick up the plate, turn it over and read the directions!" This came from a little old lady sitting in the stands at a ballgame.

One I never understood, " Heads Up" after a foul ball is hit! First thing everybody does is try and find the ball. Trust me, you are better off to put your head down.

 

Funniest thing I have ever heard was from a sweet little old lady when her grandson is at the plate in a crucial situation- she yells "if you don't get a hit, you'll never eat fried chicken at my house again".

 

ain't dat da trut. He has a 2-0 count..looks at the next pitch right down the middle and the next pitch he swings down in the dirt. When he finally retires after looking at strike 3; he mutters something about it being a ball (how would he know? He looked at 2 "fat" pitches and swings at the one in the dirt.)

 

My favorites

"Swing hard in case you hit it"
Get a hit and get your name in the paper
(when a pitcher is having problems throwing strikes) Hey mix a strike in once in a while.

But my all time favorite at a 14u game from Mom or Grandmother.... "HIT A GOODIN PUDDIN"

OR THE BEST OF ALL AROUND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WOULD BE BRAVES SAYING "WHERE'S MY POK CHOP SAMICH"

 

Can you blame me? I can't find my sandwich, yet I see Mr. Henry behind the plate with Pork Chop crumbs on his lips and a napkin in his back pocket. And he can't yell "Play Ball" without spitting out a piece of bread.

 

The best my AAU coach is, " Be patient but aggressive". The one I can't stand is when your struggling on the mound and some yells, "Just throw strikes", like all pitches didn't already know that.