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    Playing Time and Parent Problems

    It sounds like your "team" is somewhat of a hybrid that many here do not understand... Kinda like me, where when you say "rec" or "league" team in my area it is a city sponsored "league" that is normally governed by a regional or national organization with some local rules thrown in OR "travel"...
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    USFA 12U Champs

    Congrats! Just an FYI but you missed out on oysters if you didn't hit The Sand Bar... From Frank Brown, you go back toward Highway 79, turn left at the light and it is on the left if you ever go back to PCB... Also, I caught a couple of your games and enjoyed them immensely... I was there to...
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    "Take more pitches"??

    As usual, riseball kinda hit the nail on the head on this one... Not that my opinion matters all that much but one thing that seems to be dismissed or overlooked here is the level of play that we are talking about... If it is a 10U player, where most pitchers are still struggling to find the...
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    Position when registering for camps

    At 2B you are pretty much sacrificing the 3-4 hole with a lefty but I really do not see how a lefty can make the throws against speed at 3B and SS either... I am sure there are plenty of lefty's out there with enough athletic ability to do it at the lower levels but they are going to be a...
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    Position when registering for camps

    I know "lefty" is acceptable in Softball as a catcher but are college coaches open to a "lefty" in the middle IF? I know in baseball it is pretty much P, 1B, OF for a lefty and I am dealing with that with a "lefty" DS that desperately wanted to play catcher... So for me, the "lefty" side of...
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    And we thought softball parents were crazy...

    Yep, parents are crazy... Not pointing fingers, since I am technically a parent... However, last weekend, I saw a brawl break out during the trophy presentation between parents on an adjacent field... It was entertaining but didn't last long enough for me to get the betting lines going on the...
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    Guest Players and Playing Time

    That might "work" in theory but lets say you are traveling 3 hours to a two or three day tournament and your team normally plays one day tournaments locally with 10 girls and few back to back games... It is hot and you have two pitchers... The coach decides to pick up another pitcher for that...
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    Tournament Cancelled

    It always stinks this time of the year for the "all-star" districts... As to the how they will determine the "winner", it will depend on the organization that you are playing in... You should be able to call the district rep and find out the rules for such a determination...
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    Rough weekend...

    Every team and the team dynamics are so different... You are going to hear complaints regardless when girl's sit but at the same time, "sitting" is something that all of them are going to have to learn at some point in their softball careers... As long as they understand the "why" of their...
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    Umpire question - Generally speaking

    Already been said but it is the plate umpire's call. I have seen it called by the field ump a couple of times, but in both cases it was so blatantly obvious the player was out of the box when contact was made and the plate umpire missed it... Both times there were no runners on and the field...
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    ASA Nationals trading pins

    They still do the gift exchange at 14U but pin trading normally dries up the last year of 12U / first year of 14U... On the "boxing things up", the one thing that both of my DD's still treasure are their trading pin collections... Of course my DW is a bit of a sentimental, take thousands of...
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    Stories about the worst umpire calls. Sometimes you just have to laugh.

    Lol, I have just about seen it all and I have seen some really good one's and some really bad one's.... Give you one where a coach got it from an ump... Playing in a large tournament with a lot of long distance teams, player on the opposing team hits an outside pitch down the line ump calls...
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    How well does travel ball prepare you for college?

    Travel ball workout and practice routine for DD1 was "make the weekend practices when you can and show up and play these dates"... So, from the workout and practice aspect, travel ball did very little to prepare her for college ball... Of course, this was the later years of travel ball and not...
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    UCLA vs LSU Obstruction Call

    Those two are absolutely horrible and in no way are they experts when it comes to their commentary... I would have gone with a close play and maybe "questionable call" but the way they went on about it was comical... In the umpire's judgement obstruction was the call... So, putting yourself...
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    Regional snubs

    Funny but the commentators do not make the calls on the field... I am not saying the umpires were correct in the call and I have rarely if ever seen a game where I have agreed with every single call an umpire ever made... My point still stands, MN did not lose that game in the 9th inning and...
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    Regional snubs

    On the first note, show me a game where a questionable call hasn't been made... MN did not lose that game on that single call... AL is a good defensive / pitching team this year but their bats have been absolutely horrible... I do not remember a year with so many low scoring / one run loss...
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    Tournament directors

    USFA it really was dependent on which TD but once the "good" TD left for USSSA, USFA absolutely died overnight in our area... ASA/USA has been trying to break back into the tournament scene locally but they are having some serious problems getting teams - the one tournament DD#2 played with...
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    Role of Parents?

    Parents sometimes do more damage focusing on BA than they realize... There are plenty of other stats to evaluate that might tell a different story and constantly harping on BA can shake a batter's confidence... Personally, I do not want a hitter stepping into the box thinking about their BA...
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    More news from the "Life isnt fair" Dept.

    A batting average in the .700's and they are doing something wrong?
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    How to score this play

    I wouldn't score it an error but I am curious why 1B didn't charge pick the ball up, apply the tag and then make the play on other runners if there were any on base at the time... Even then, were there any runners on base?

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