Boom Boxes at Softball tournaments. TD's Outlaw them.

[artomatic]

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is that you arto?

no.
why, you hanging around trailer parks checking out the talent when youre not hanging around the ballfields?

[outofnowhere]

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is that you arto?

no.
why, you hanging around trailer parks checking out the talent when youre not hanging around the ballfields?

you saying i'm trailer park trash?? your right.... that was a very good come back and BTW - i was only joking

[Bleacher Creature]

BOOM BOX SUPPORTERS UNITE!!!! Softball is about fun, teamwork and love of the game. I can't think of one sport, college or professional that does not have music included as a part of the enjoyment. If anyone ever asked one of our girls to turn it down or off, they did it. If someone was fuming on another field and didn't say anthing about it then shame on them. Sounds to me like most of the posts were about someone being irritated at the volume or music choice. Adults need to get over themselves...its not about us! I don't like country music but I don't get upset or offended when someone plays it around me loudly or otherwise. For that matter, I don't like to listen to screaming and crying siblings either but when you are in public you have to deal with those little irritations.

She was Kidding ? ........Right?

[anonlooker]

Where monkeysmom might live... easy to swing over to the neighbors and share mp3 files.

[artomatic]

stereotypes - smaller pixels.JPG

is that you arto?

no.
why, you hanging around trailer parks checking out the talent when youre not hanging around the ballfields?

you saying i'm trailer park trash?? your right.... that was a very good come back and BTW - i was only joking

ha, ok, i was referring to that post where you said you hung around the fields that caused you some grief...
ad now i have to work to post pics because it keeps telling me my pixels are too big...what's a pixel anyways?

[Skarp]

Obviously from your post, a library would be a good choice because you need to learn how to read. The previous posts spoke of music in between innings with appropriate/acceptable volume. Your previous posts are all assumptions and you know what they say about assuming.

Yeah, well, you'll have to excuse me...I'm well known on here for my lack of facility with the language. I look forward to your assistance with that.

[Ifubuildit]

Monkeys,

The content of the music alone on the night I was at the ballpark was suggestive enough with sexual innuendo to make most grown adults blush. And it was all kinds of music. Rock, pop, country and western, and rap/hip hop.

The TD's don't have time to monitor everyone's playlist for content in its clear the adults who control the situations have little regard for their content they put on these boxes. As I looked around the ballfields I felt like I was in an episode of pimp my ride.

In other words it was a contest of how can I make my bigger better and louder than anyone else. When I see a man wheeling out a 5 foot stack of speakers and stereo equipment on rollers blaring through the ballpark is he leaving while other teams are playing games. The only conclusion one can come to is that that individuals trying to draw attention to himself and his 5 foot tall boombox.

So when you find out your daughter is downloaded some of the songs on her iPod that she heard at the ballpark only they were the unedited versions, what is it you're going to say then when she loses her temper on the ballfields and starts dropping f -bombs all over the place. Which she learned from the music she was listening to on her iPod.

It may not happen when shes 10 but guess what happens when she is 14.

[monkeysmom]

Obviously from your post, a library would be a good choice because you need to learn how to read. The previous posts spoke of music in between innings with appropriate/acceptable volume. Your previous posts are all assumptions and you know what they say about assuming.

Yeah, well, you'll have to excuse me...I'm well known on here for my lack of facility with the language. I look forward to your assistance with that.

REALLY...is that the only thing you could come up with? A bash on my one misspelled word? Deal with the topic, please do not deflect your feelings of inadequacy to my editing skills to make yourself feel better and superior.

[monkeysmom]

Monkeys,

The content of the music alone on the night I was at the ballpark was suggestive enough with sexual innuendo to make most grown adults blush. And it was all kinds of music. Rock, pop, country and western, and rap/hip hop.

The TD's don't have time to monitor everyone's playlist for content in its clear the adults who control the situations have little regard for their content they put on these boxes. As I looked around the ballfields I felt like I was in an episode of pimp my ride.

In other words it was a contest of how can I make my bigger better and louder than anyone else. When I see a man wheeling out a 5 foot stack of speakers and stereo equipment on rollers blaring through the ballpark is he leaving while other teams are playing games. The only conclusion one can come to is that that individuals trying to draw attention to himself and his 5 foot tall boombox.

So when you find out your daughter is downloaded some of the songs on her iPod that she heard at the ballpark only they were the unedited versions, what is it you're going to say then when she loses her temper on the ballfields and starts dropping f -bombs all over the place. Which she learned from the music she was listening to on her iPod.

It may not happen when shes 10 but guess what happens when she is 14.

She is 14 and she does have some unedited music but I choose to pick my battles as I see fit. I have been on the field when unedited music was played and ALL of the parents on the team immediately shut it down. I can understand being concerned at the content, we dealt with it by utilizing one ipod attached to the boom box with coach approved music on it...that was when they were 10-12. What you are describing above is a testosterone competition which was not the issue on our team but I have also been around a while and seen that as well. As I stated before, you cannot legislate intelligence or common sense, not in the world and not on a ball field. My daughter and her team enjoyed the boom box and used it responsibly (for the most part) and because I believe that you cannot ban everything that pisses you off or that you do not agree with, I chose to debate the topic.

[Blind Squirrel]

RE: Should Boom Boxes be banned?
... As I stated before, you cannot legislate intelligence or common sense, not in the world and not on a ball field.

RE: Should masks be mandatory?
Required? Absolutely!

RE: Should Boom Boxes be banned?
... because I believe that you cannot ban everything that pisses you off or that you do not agree with ...

RE: Should masks be mandatory?
Required? Absolutely!

I happened to read your two posts almost back to back. Interesting, but then I'm sure I'm just not getting what you have written.

John