A couple years ago I was coaching 3rd base for our first year U12 team. I was not the head coach. It was a close game and if we won, we would have advanced....if we lost, we were done.
We had one on 1st and one on 2nd. The batter hit the ball and ran to 1st....the 2nd was heading to me. Just then, something happened at 1st (I'm not sure if our runner tripped, slipped or ran into the 1st baseman). Our runner went down hard and was screaming (I was thinking broken leg).
I held the runner at 3rd and watched to make sure our runner was ok. The ump behind the plate went to 1st and the entire game stopped. This was more then just a scratch. She actually ended up going in for xrays.
After the runner was taken from the field...we were left with bases loaded. The runner that came to 3rd, the runner that went to 2nd and the hurt runner got a pinch runner for her. Apperantly, whatever happened, she was safe.
The next batter up...struck out (she was probably in shock from what just happened), but that was our 3rd out and the game was over. We lost by 1 run
After the game, the head coach told me that it was my fault that we lost. He said that the game doesn't stop unless blue stops it and just because a player was hurt and the ump went to 1st...since he didn't oficially stop the game, I could have continued sending runners and we would have won.
Now, my problem is this. When a child is hurt....that is all that matters at that moment. I suspose that it was the mom in me....but all I could see or think about was that the little girl was ok....not the score or winning.
Was I in the wrong. Was I a weak 3rd base coach because I didn't have the aptitude to stay calm and keep things into perspecticve...WINNING
On a sided note, it was the end of the season and I had coached 3rd base all season long. I was very aggresive down there and never got any complaints.
What would you all have done?
We had one on 1st and one on 2nd. The batter hit the ball and ran to 1st....the 2nd was heading to me. Just then, something happened at 1st (I'm not sure if our runner tripped, slipped or ran into the 1st baseman). Our runner went down hard and was screaming (I was thinking broken leg).
I held the runner at 3rd and watched to make sure our runner was ok. The ump behind the plate went to 1st and the entire game stopped. This was more then just a scratch. She actually ended up going in for xrays.
After the runner was taken from the field...we were left with bases loaded. The runner that came to 3rd, the runner that went to 2nd and the hurt runner got a pinch runner for her. Apperantly, whatever happened, she was safe.
The next batter up...struck out (she was probably in shock from what just happened), but that was our 3rd out and the game was over. We lost by 1 run
After the game, the head coach told me that it was my fault that we lost. He said that the game doesn't stop unless blue stops it and just because a player was hurt and the ump went to 1st...since he didn't oficially stop the game, I could have continued sending runners and we would have won.
Now, my problem is this. When a child is hurt....that is all that matters at that moment. I suspose that it was the mom in me....but all I could see or think about was that the little girl was ok....not the score or winning.
Was I in the wrong. Was I a weak 3rd base coach because I didn't have the aptitude to stay calm and keep things into perspecticve...WINNING
On a sided note, it was the end of the season and I had coached 3rd base all season long. I was very aggresive down there and never got any complaints.
What would you all have done?