That is my experience as well.
Spent a long time watching pitchers with different skill sets try to fit into the rigid pitch selection rules the HC had.
My other regret was allowing DD to be pressured into using the team's PC. Her PC is highly regarded and she was making tremendous
progress...
DD got frustrated by her coach's calls.
They routinely relied on her 3rd best pitch. She spoke to her pitching coach on the best way to explain it to the
coach since they work together all the time.
We explained to the coach that she didn't feel she was at her best following their game plan...
He talks about how Clint Hurdle used to put a Q on the lineup card when players had a QAB. It showed that the coaches
understood that they had a good AB.
He preaches not worrying about BA, studying pitchers, going to the plate with a game plan to manage the AB and the importance of breathing...
Too hot to run that far
She doesn't want to show up the pitcher because she seems nice
Doesn't want to deal with, "if you can do it once, you can do it every time"
It is easy for the insurance industry (or the government in the example I gave) to say all insurance is voided if you don't do X or do Y. They do that for certain riskier than normal activities already (some do so for scuba diving for example). Defining that facial injuries are not covered if...
In Taiwan, they don't forbid driving during a typhoon warning.
What they do though is void all insurance during a typhoon warning if you choose to drive
They don't have to restrict your freedom but you alone bear the risks and costs of your choices.
Tiger could have been #1 if he still spent time doing something else. Last I heard his edge came from his dedication to physical fitness and his power. He took strength further than other golfers and had a tremendous work ethic.
Neither are precluded if you do other activities.
Why do you...
Around here you could probably play hockey year round but if you advocated that then you'd be considered crazy.
Did you ever notice the people who believe in specialization are people who had success doing it another way and discount other ways simply because it worked for them?
That is simply not true.
There are all kinds of examples and research showing that specialization isn't needed (except for early maturation sports like gymnastics) until high school at least.
While school helps fill some of the gap, it might not stretch athletes enough physically to develop the...
Does it bother you that wOBA gives batters credit for reaching on an error but not intentional
Walks?
I'd like to see a stat that does a good job of adjusting for the score so that runs in close games count
More than in blowouts.
The problem with sabermetrics is the same problem with my field, economics.
Too much generalities and assumptions need to be used for everyone to buy in.
If a game is on the line, there is no way to know whether you should be sending up your best hitter (however you define it), the
batter...
You allow offers at any age but make them 100% binding.
The "market" will correct itself.
Parents and kids won't put any faith in offers the school isn't willing to put in writing and schools won't extend offers
past the point they have some level of certainty in the kids' academic and athletic...
Of course playing multiple sports would make you a better athlete. No single sport uses all athletic movements and skills so doing activities that use other skills or the same skills differently would make you a better all around athlete.
No one says the other activities need to be done at a...
This is basically what the team in question did.
They were looking at either 5 or 6 games. A refund was not possible because it was too late to get a replacement team.
They asked the TD for an exemption. The TD couldn't get an exemption answer in few enough of the 10 days that would allow...
This actually comes from a coaching ethics discussion based on someone else's experience but it struck close to a situation we saw in the past.
In our case, our #3 recovered enough to contribute a little (did not bat or play when not pitching). There was a big dropoff between our 2 and 3...
Suppose you are 10 days from a major tournament far enough away that you need a hotel with significant
travel costs.
The tournament is significant in that your families have been looking forward to it for almost a year and the prestige
of the organization will be influenced by your performance...