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    Base Runner Runs into SS... what's the call/score.

    So on this thread a field can be in the runner's path if she's fielding the ball, in the thread I started the defensive player is obstructing the runner and I'm an unethical jerk because the guy on the bases made the wrong call. Interesting. Hey, thanks for clarifying...
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    I need a straight answer on this...

    Absolutely. We won't always be up big. Can you think of a better way for us to work our game than by working our game?
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    Opposing teams 3rd base coach calling our pitch locations.

    I was coaching a rec game last week and the 3rd base coach told her team "I'm going to be telling you where every pitch is coming so be ready!" I let her tell them a few times and then I decided to save her the trouble and just tell my pitcher what to throw. It doesn't matter if you know what's...
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    I need a straight answer on this...

    That is why I'm here asking. The one thing that has been constant in all of the answers I've got back from people I know is that she should have played linebacker and ran over top of the girl standing on the orange bag. Other parts of their answers would be different, that was the only thing...
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    I need a straight answer on this...

    That is what he told me. Perhaps that's what the disagreement between the umpires was about.
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    I need a straight answer on this...

    I think right field had moved in for back up, not to cover the bag. I had the feeling, and still do, that it was a mercy call.
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    I need a straight answer on this...

    Semifinals of our tournament last weekend. I had a runner on 2, she's got wheels. I have my batter bunt, she lays it down well. It falls dead in front of the plate and spins. I watched 3rd field the ball, pull up, and throw to 1st so I focused on wheels who had already rounded 3rd and I tell her...
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    Outfield Fence distance

    We have 2 fields here. The field the high school plays on is 190 down the lines and 210 in center, 3 foot fence. The other field is 170 down the lines 190 in center, 8 foot fence. They had a limited aount of space, that's why the distance to the fence is shorter. They made fence higher to...
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    Thoughts on this Coach's Letter to Parents

    I've had 3 run ins with the same parent, I finally told him that he is no longer welcome at my practices or at the games we play. For some reason the org. wouldn't let me get rid of the guy the 1st and 2nd times, I didn't ask for permission this time. The guy was running up and down 3rd base...
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    New high school varsity coach benches seniors

    We got a new high school coach where I live and the only changes I have seen have been for the better. For a llloooonnnngggg time we had a guy who was convinced that it was baseball for girls. The unfortunate thing is that we are in a weak league so even a mediocre team looks like a bunch of...
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    Gotta love that home cookin...

    For what ever reason it's fun for a lot of people who post here to pretend to be ignorant. Treat them like you would any other idiot that you may have to deal with in your day to day life and you'll take all of the fun out of it. Eventually they will stop.
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    Gotta love that home cookin...

    People who pretend to be ignorant for what ever reason they may have are one of my favorite things about this web site.
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    Gotta love that home cookin...

    We were playing pretty far away from home last wekend, did the ol coin flip to determine "home" team and the umpire and opposing coach informed me that the coach's son had played on a travel team that was coached by the umpire for 6 years. Oh boy... To start the 2nd inning the batter hits my...
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    3 weeks of fall ball, 3 players have quit my team...

    Uh,,, yeah. Here are the "rules" that we got from the "sanctioning body" that is "governing" our "games." A 12 year old girl didn't report to left field late in game 2 of a glorified scrimmage, no one noticed but Blue and he said something. I'm not sure why her coaches should feel emberassed...
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    3 weeks of fall ball, 3 players have quit my team...

    I know you're used to working MLB games and you missed that what is being discussed is a 12u team that is playing in a fall league. It's more or less glorified scrimmages. Ironically the team we were playing Sunday didn't send their left fielder out late in game 2. Blue asked them what was going...
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    Player not showing up for practice due to mom

    I have it happening this year, it happened last year, it will likely happen every year and it probably happens to nearly every coach in almost every sport. The way I look at it is this, the kids can't drive yet. I had arguments about it with a few of the parents last year, I won't do that...
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    3 weeks of fall ball, 3 players have quit my team...

    I think it's $300.00 total and 4 or 6 hours of volunteer work. Again, I have nothing to do with the team fees, how much they are or when they are due. I just coach.
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    3 weeks of fall ball, 3 players have quit my team...

    We won both games of a double header yesterday, no one has quit,,, yet. ;-)
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    Team split, what to do

    Truth. Our pitcher stayed with us. She didn't have much choice in the matter, she lives with me. The group that broke off from our team fell apart right after they had try outs. It was pretty funny when it happened, my phone started blowing up one morning, they all wanted to know if there...
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    Rule#1 for new coaches

    This might sound stupid to some of you, but I'm never cutting anyone. The way I look at it is if I'm coaching a kid and after a year or two she isn't progressing as a player then maybe I am the one who should be cut, not her. My team moved up from 10u this year. 3 of the girls on last year's...

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