Too Much Chatter

I understand that in softball, chatter is part of the game and back in the day I could chatter with the best of them.
"We want a pitcher...not a belly itcher!"

"Our team is red hot, your team is dead shot. Our team is on the ball, your team takes Geritol!"

And my personal favorite...
"Don't mess with the best, don't fool with the cool. Don't mess with the best cuz the best don't mess, don't fool with the cool cuz the cool don't fool!"
(Yep, I was that good!)

The team Anna played the other day took chattering to a whole new level. It was absolutely ridiculous! They had one cheer (yep, pretty much had one cheer) and they kept repeating it over and over and over. And they didn't just yell the cheer...oh no...they SCREAMED the cheer! Their ringleader was a bored benchwarmer and to this day I can't get her screechy voice out of my head. I wish I had a sound bite because it loses a lot in translation, but it went something like this.
"Rally in the front...Rally in the back...Let me hear you growl...Let me hear you growl!"

Yeah, I didn't really get the whole growling thing. Their team was the Stingrays.

Anyway...at one point the umpire even asked the girls to quiet down because it was so annoying. You know what their coach said?? "It isn't in the rules that you have to be quiet...be as loud as you want girls!!" And believe me, they were.
Way to teach good sportsmanship. I am soooooo glad this season is over. No more softball for us. Soccer is a lot quieter!