Cannonball
Ex "Expert"
- Feb 25, 2009
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Just received a phone call from a coach asking me about what I would do if my team was being short gamed and the opposing coach used the squeeze bunt with no outs in the last inning. (5th inning) I was a little taken back by this. I've never seen this but one time. It happened to me in baseball a very long time ago in the state tournament when we ran out of pitching and I had to put a sophomore pitcher in who had limited time on the varsity. I had two seniors who many coaches would have put in but I just could not. They were on two days rest after we were forced to play back to backs due to weather. To this day, I can't talk to that coach without getting hacked off. My answer was to signal in a bean ball for the next hitter. This sophomore stepped back, look at me and then said to me, "coach, you don't really want me to hit this kid do you?" I called time, walked out, told the kid what a good kid he was and that we'd play hard and finish that inning no matter what. I then walked up to that coach and told him that my pitcher was a better man than me and that I was going to drill his player in the head. I learned a lot that day about my kids.
Well, as you can see, this is something near and dear to my heart. Who would do this? Why?
Well, as you can see, this is something near and dear to my heart. Who would do this? Why?