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Fielders choice implies that they fielders made and attempt (or got the out) on a different runner than the batter. If they choose to let a bunt roll and not make a play anywhere, that is a HIT. SIMPLE!!!!
The new lineup our team has created is worse nearly every way to our old lineup and we’ve started to struggle more as a team because of it.
Thanks for helping me see the other side of it. I will definitely be helping out these last couple of tournaments we had.It's been said multiple times but, unless you're volunteering to take this thankless job yourself, cut the scorekeeper some slack. Trying to concentrate on the game when the coach hands you the lineups 10 seconds before the 1st pitch, while multiple games are being played, team speakers are blaring, kids are playing/screaming/crying and parents are talking to you or constantly asking you the score, is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an easy or enjoyable experience for most.
That said, keeping a book and game changer at the same time is relatively easy to do. I would always do both because GC would occasionally crash on me or I'd be asked questions by the coach that were more easily answered by the book, such as, "Where are we in the batting order?" or "What did this hitter do in their last at bat?"
A good, knowledgeable scorekeeper is almost as valuable to a team as a good pitcher.
I mentioned in my original post that the defense did try to throw her out but the batter was safe by a good step because of her speed. I feel like if the defense fields a bunt and tries to throw the batter out and they fail then that should definitely count as a hit.if the defense clearly chooses not to make a lay on BR to stop a runner from advancing/scoring, would that be DI or FC? that would not be scored as hit, correct? or would it still be a SAC?
Do the coaches watch the game with their eyes closed?
As somebody who just finished coaching 7u baseball, I can neither confirm nor deny this assertionWould've made a lot of our games a lot more fun.
Back seat drivers always think theres a better way.I mentioned in my original post that the defense did try to throw her out but the batter was safe by a good step because of her speed. I feel like if the defense fields a bunt and tries to throw the batter out and they fail then that should definitely count as a hit.
however in the scenario you’re giving I would probably score that as a hit as well just cause I tend to be more generous with things like that. However I could understand why other people might score that as a fielders choice. I only really score bunts as sacs when the runner gets thrown out.