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Spending the weekend at a travel tournament can be a relaxing way to pass the time. Providing, of course, that the weather is nice, your team doesn't get blown out, and that the parents can control their emotions without swinging on each other. That was not the case at a Mississippi tournament where Louisiana parents and Texas parents started throwing hands. Did "blue" blow a call? Was there a dispute over a stolen base? Asking questions like that implies parents need an excuse to overreact while watching children play a game with a ball.

I'm biting off of Outkick here as to what went down. You can believe Texas parents:

After the LA fans continued making remarks, including calling the TX players and fans 'white trash,' the TX coaches tried to have the umpires handle the situation ... One mom from LA (purple shirt lady who is still yelling and cursing at the end), started screaming at the Texas players (teenagers mind-you) as they walked past. ... The TX mom verbally confronted the other mom, and then one of the LA MALE coaches proceeded to push the TX mom.

Or you can believe Louisiana parents:

The Texas players kicked our bats, yelled at our girls, stuck their tongues out, threw the ball in the air after every inning and on and on. THEN the players talked shit to one of our moms and she told her to keep walking. Then her mom and dad came over and the dad decided to throw a punch. ... EVERY SINGLE TEAM THERE COMMENTED ON HOW AWFUL TEXAS WAS AND THEIR FANS!!

Either way, we hold one truth to be self-evident: adults ruin travel sports. It can be great for the kids as long as their parents don't get involved.

Granted, I have the luxury of saying this as someone who is just an uncle and doesn't have to take out a second mortgage on my house to feed the travelball beast. My financial obligations are offering my niece ten bucks every time she strikes out one of her friends, because I feel it's important for her to establish dominance.

And of course it's not all parents. Many are chill and will sit in the outfield with a cooler of Miller Lites, joke around, and occasionally ask Blue how he was able to see the strike zone with his head up his rectum.

There are still, however, the dads who relive their past failures vicariously through their kids, the mommy group chats where they b*tch about dumb stuff then act passive-aggressive in person because that's THEIR national pastime, and the coaches who bring in ringers just to win a 7u weekend tournament. Not for money or scholarships. Just to post the same AI-generated graphic on Instagram everyone else does.

And, mind you, this is just travel baseball. Don't get me started on travel soccer tournaments, where the people in charge either don't have any kids of their own or grew up hating their parents.

I'm guessing the brawl was a combination of everything. The kids. I'm sure, were just happy playing a game with their friends.

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