We had a rough weekend. There were only seven teams in the tournament. We were in a pool with teams that were of similar level as us. Had we won our two pool games, we would have had the only bye in upper part of the bracket and would have had a less congested path to the championship game, as the two best teams (very good teams) were clearly going to end up in the lower part of the bracket.
Well, we ended up losing both our pool games, and I will take the blame for not being more gutsy.
WE LEFT TOO MANY RUNNERS ON!!! Seems to always happen!
REAL ISSUE:
I was coaching 1B. My assistant (an energetic young lady who played D3 this past spring) was coaching 3B. Last inning with the score 3-4 (we're down 1). We have runners at 2B and 3B with a weak batter up to bat with 1 strike on her, two outs. The runner at 3B just signed two weeks ago D1. She's a pick-up player. I called time out and walked over to my assistant coach and said, "This girl (D1 signee at 3B) is likely the best player at this tournament. She's a fantastic base runner, and here she is at 3B with a weak batter batting. Let's have her (runner at 3B) attempt a delayed steal. If she ends up in a pickle, she's fantastic at that." She replied, "Let's just let XXX hit." I said, "Okay." and walked back to 1B. I had no subs, as we were batting the entire roster in pool play. Well, the girl struck out and the game was over.
I think we need to take more chances with our base-runners! Particularly with the lead base runner is far better with her weapons on the bases than the batter is with her batting.
Well, we ended up losing both our pool games, and I will take the blame for not being more gutsy.
WE LEFT TOO MANY RUNNERS ON!!! Seems to always happen!
REAL ISSUE:
I was coaching 1B. My assistant (an energetic young lady who played D3 this past spring) was coaching 3B. Last inning with the score 3-4 (we're down 1). We have runners at 2B and 3B with a weak batter up to bat with 1 strike on her, two outs. The runner at 3B just signed two weeks ago D1. She's a pick-up player. I called time out and walked over to my assistant coach and said, "This girl (D1 signee at 3B) is likely the best player at this tournament. She's a fantastic base runner, and here she is at 3B with a weak batter batting. Let's have her (runner at 3B) attempt a delayed steal. If she ends up in a pickle, she's fantastic at that." She replied, "Let's just let XXX hit." I said, "Okay." and walked back to 1B. I had no subs, as we were batting the entire roster in pool play. Well, the girl struck out and the game was over.
I think we need to take more chances with our base-runners! Particularly with the lead base runner is far better with her weapons on the bases than the batter is with her batting.
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