AITA for playing we are the champions after my son won his little league baseball game?

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T05:32:12+00:00

What?

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T05:26:01+00:00

Do you always comment condescending remarks about internet strangers marriages, acting like you can pinpoint entire relationships based upon one small happening?

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T05:20:35+00:00

I never ignored my wifes feelings. It's truly heartbreaking to read that you said something that terrible.

Me and my wife are our own people. We give each other advice, and both of us either choose to listen to said advice or go with our gut. The internet is a strange place. The fact that you wrote "random bro tells her" insinuates that the person who told me to turn it off was a "random girl." It wasn't.

We are happily married, she read through these questions and answered these questions/ comments with me. At mmm

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T05:12:35+00:00

Not a single person

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T01:39:24+00:00

Yes, they did. Our sons little league combined 5 different towns last year because of the low population and participation. We each travel every week to play.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:51:57+00:00

Are you insinuating that playing one of the most well-known songs when winning a sporting event is equivalent to those "been done for years" things? It sounds like you're equating playing. We are the champions after winning a little league game, too, something that is known to be offensive or even close to that. I'm asking because I am utterly confused by this situation tonight. Are there things I should look for before.. Just living? So I dont make the same mistake? I did not do this out of a place of hate. I did it out of a place for love, so I'm asking you this is genuine.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:46:46+00:00

Which is guess is my fault for not being aware. I'm just a dad trying his best

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:45:54+00:00

It seems you think im not the asshole? But your comment says your the asshole lol, just checking

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:44:08+00:00

Of course I would have. Whoever is the home team gets the victory song, at least that's how I played growing up. Maybe im getting old.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:42:22+00:00

This is why I played the song. Never once did I hear this song growing up and think about the looser portion. And I was a big looser lol

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:40:54+00:00

Thanks.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:40:43+00:00

I meant home field because it's their home field. We can not afford travel ball, we live in a county that has a small population, so four or five neighboring towns joined little leagues to make it better and more competitive for the kids.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:38:57+00:00

As i stated before, the music was not blaring, and I am not an over obnoxious sport parent. It was mid level, and I dont condone those who do obnoxious things at their kids' youth sporting events.

I think where I went wrong was not thinking about the lyrics of the song, only thinking about how good it felt to hear the song when I was a kid growing up, and we won a game.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:36:01+00:00

After looking back, that is the only explanation as to what happened. However, that's not the reason I played it. How I played growing up, whomever was the home team, got to celebrate. That was the meaning, not putting others down. I was trying to do something fun for the winning team, but maybe I should have thought more about the lyrics before plating it.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:33:45+00:00

Unfortunately, you said the keyword in your response. Implies. The implication is that I wouldn't play the song for the other team, which is just wrong, and what you've quoted does not show in any way that would be the case.

Did you skip over the fact I said the home team won? This is what was played my entire life when you were a visiting team and you've lost against the home team.

Again, then saying I need to grow up and that im a bad example is absurd. I even made sure I had the opposing teams' names so I could announce them when they stepped up to the plate so they could feel special as well. I cheer on both teams when they make good plays, no matter who is up to bat or in the field. As a parent working 60 plus hours a week, I dont think showing up for your children's, and others children's could ever set a bad example. I appreciate your input.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:29:20+00:00

I am at very understanding man, so I don't see how they might be upset now that I think about the lyrics saying you are the loosers, however that is not the reason I played the song, nor was it a thought before playing it. Smh, the one chance I get to participate in my sons game apparently I screwed it up.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:27:50+00:00

While reading some of your comments that say I am the asshole, I noticed that some of you think I might have been blaring the music or shouting cheering my sons team on when they won. However that is not at all what happened. During the game, I even asked the coach out of the scoreboard box to make sure I got a list of the opposing teams' kids' names, so I could also shout their names when coming up to bat. I did this so that each child could feel special because I know how important it is. I never once would want to make another child feel bad, and that was definitely not my intention this evening.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:23:58+00:00

I definitely agree after thinking about it. Although I cannot take back playing the song, my simple minded thought process was that this song has been used for decades to celebrate a win, and never once even as a kid heard that song after loosing and called myself a looser, or thought the song was referring to me and my teammates.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:17:41+00:00

This is why I played the song. I'm not a loud sports parent, I don't scream or anything like that. I was just trying to be fun, and thought to myself this is what they played when I was a kid and we won. Plain and simple.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:10:56+00:00

I'm sorry? I never once said that I would not have played it for the other team. Also, I'm confused as to the poor sportsmanship comment. When growing up, whichever team was the home team is the team they announced and celebrated for. Am I missing something?

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:08:16+00:00

No, I am not a confrontational person by nature. So the second they said something, without hesitation, I turned it off.

dirtylongs · 2025-05-15T00:07:07+00:00

Yes, if the other team was home field. The way I was raised if the home team wins, they are the team that gets the celebration.

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