The Pitcher's Father

[Lobster Birch]

A pitch is considered uncaught if the ball touches the ground before being caught (a bouncing ball), or if the ball is dropped after being grasped. Either way, the pitcher's dad gets to brag about the Ks!

 

[dgfred]

So hypothetically if the pitcher Ks 6 batters in an inning whose fault might that be? Asking for a friend.

tell your friend to start working another catcher into the mix.

 

[CoachHarley]

I know that is the politically correct thing to say but let me ask you this. Your team has 13 players, your only 2 pitchers quit the team, you are screwed, and the team implodes and disbands (just happened to one of our local 12U TB teams). Contrast that with 2 of your outfielders quit the team. You can easily replace them with other players from the team and the team will survive. Not saying outfield is not important, but the pitching/catching battery is the most critical link to the success of the team.

Ahhhh, ya got me.....

 

[Sweet Lou]

Haha, when my daughter was in HS (playing SS) the catcher's dad would hollar out 'How can she throw out anyone if the SS doesn't cover 2nd'. The coach at the time would tell my daughter to slide way over into the hole so it was difficult for her to make it to 2nd easily. If she would slide over towards 2nd (like she was supposed to) this would not happen but the coaches would always yell 'DON'T CHEAT towards 2nd'. Nobody ever hit one in the hole during a steal btw. After about 4 games of this the dad yelled at my daughter again about covering 2nd saying 'how can she know where to throw it if the SS isn't there yet'. I said (so all could hear) "It is that square white thing down there... just throw it to the bag". Anyway... he got all up in my face and trying to make me back down (which I did not). It was bad.
The catcher had been bouncing throws or throwing it into the outfield. It wasn't the covering anyway... it was the throw most times.
It was the coaches fault... there was no reason to yell at any of the players. I got tired of it. He thought he was the knowitall loudmouth... I helped him learn that he didn't know so much. Wasn't so much of a loudmouth afterwards either. Somebody finally stood up to him. There are all kinds.

If he has his SS in the hole, doesn't he rotate coverage on that so the 2B covers on the steal?
I know that's not your point but umm....

 

[coach james]

So hypothetically if the pitcher Ks 6 batters in an inning whose fault might that be? Asking for a friend.

Had a friend who's dd had 16 k's in their 12-1 run rule loss....

 

[MNDad]

Of course, it's a broad generalization! It's funnier that way!

Generalize away! We all know pitchers parents who blame everyone but their DD when things go south!

 

[dgfred]

Nope. I never could understand it. They ended the year 3-13 because of much of the same stuff.

 

[RetiredCoach]

Are catcher's fathers as as bad as pitcher's fathers?

 

[Lobster Birch]

Now that's just crazy talk. How could you even ask that?

 

[Sweet Lou]

Are catcher's fathers as as bad as pitcher's fathers?

Always remember if the pitcher's parent is the score keeper it's a passed ball, if the catcher's parent is the score keeper it's a wild pitch.