OK, makes sense here.
Follow-up...clearly it doesn't matter that one umpire cared and the other didn't. But seeing as the other ump was doing that game too, is there any appeal to be as "why does one of you call this and the other doesn't?"
I only ask because my only running gripe about...
SIAP but didn't find this scenario in the search.
USSSA tourney, 12U(C). 2 pool play + double elimination bracket.
Played 2 pool games with Umpire A behind the plate, Umpire B in the field. First bracket game in the evening they switched and B was behind the plate. Same catcher wearing the same...
OP, did you spend much time thinking about why they weren't hitting to see if there were consistent mechanical flaws? As in, do all the misses look long and loopy, and therefore you need to work on compact swings? Are they all swinging high or low consistently? Do they look tight in their...
I also have 12u view of this, but with a team new to travel this season. Only have 2 starting pitchers with a 3rd who can do spot innings here and there. When you get those situations like OP described - where both the pitching is faltering and the defense is also letting you down - it's really...