Sitting with my 12u at my 10u DD's game this weekend and we were trying to come up with an ordered list of best to worst outcomes for a batter's turn at bat.
Here's our list so far (keep in mind this list is for a 10u B/C team)
Hit (HR, triple, double, single)
ROE
Base on balls
Hit-by-pitch
Dropped third strike - Safe at first
Hit into Fielder’s Choice (runner out)
Sacrifice RBI (batter out)
Sacrifice advance (batter out)
Ground out
Dropped third strike - Out at first
Fly out (includes foul)
Strikeout swinging (near pitch)
Out on interference
Dropped third strike - tagged out at home
Strikeout looking
Strikeout swinging (not anywhere close to pitch)
We think every item on the list is better than the item below it. In reality it's never this cut-and-dry, but we've tried to simplify it.
Anything we miss?
Here's our list so far (keep in mind this list is for a 10u B/C team)
Hit (HR, triple, double, single)
ROE
Base on balls
Hit-by-pitch
Dropped third strike - Safe at first
Hit into Fielder’s Choice (runner out)
Sacrifice RBI (batter out)
Sacrifice advance (batter out)
Ground out
Dropped third strike - Out at first
Fly out (includes foul)
Strikeout swinging (near pitch)
Out on interference
Dropped third strike - tagged out at home
Strikeout looking
Strikeout swinging (not anywhere close to pitch)
We think every item on the list is better than the item below it. In reality it's never this cut-and-dry, but we've tried to simplify it.
Anything we miss?