Here's a batting order tactic I use for pool play. Call it the "wheel" lineup. It's designed to get everyone the same number of plate appearances.
1. Pick the "best" batting order for the first game in pool play with everyone in the lineup. High average leads off, good bunter second, power...
I see what you're saying, but at least there isn't a situation where if you are down a run, the home team is stalling, and the game ends. After the time runs out, teams can get back to simply playing ball.
I hope next proposal will be a 5 minute time limit, finish the inning, and then play...
Another way to look at it is that the USSSA rule is expecting a runner to avoid coming closer to a fielder than a step and a reach away to avoid interference since the runner cannot anticipate whether the ball will be fielded cleanly or not. That's a pretty wide berth to expect, IMO.
Sideline coaches - ugh! Ever notice that they have nothing to say when the pitcher is throwing strikes and getting batters out? It's only the occasional balls in the dirt that prompt the "coaching" even though the player is using the same mechanics - just didn't execute as well.
I'm with ya...
If you have only 10 players on the lineup card and are using the DP/Flex, then no, you cannot have a courtesy runner. ;-)
Maybe that was the situation?
It's also important for ALL baserunners to tag up on a foul fly ball regardless of how deep it is with less than two outs. A lot of times you can catch the fielder with the ball sleeping or have 3B or home uncovered after the catch.
I was partially joking. The point is that it's the defense that put themselves in a bad situation (runner on 3rd, pitch in the dirt). A good defensive play will be needed to get out it unscathed - (quick recognition and tag or a hard throw, catch, throw, catch, tag with F3)
I suggest two things. A comfortable folding chair placed strategically beyond the fence in right field and a big bag of sunflower seeds. Watch and enjoy her enjoyment from there and if you feel yourself going crazy, shove a handful of seeds in your mouth.
The runners can keep running, correct? For instance on a walk, if the pitcher has control of the ball int the circle and the batter runner reaches first, the LBR is in effect, but the runner can continue without stopping to second (or third or home). Once the runner stops, they must...
One option which is used in other sports is a system with relegation like they use in European soccer.
So teams sign up as whatever classification they want (A, B, C, D, etc). Then as tournaments are held, teams play only within their classification. At the end of the tournament, the teams...
If the first pitch hitters are smacking line drives and hard hit grounders - they aren't hurt by the quality at bat. A first pitch pop-up is, though.
I agree that QAB is an excellent measure of hitting success. The one drawback is that it doesn't measure power hitting. That's where OPS...
Just a tweak to the already good ideas:
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