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    Runners tagged out but....

    So I'm watching the Iowa / Wisconsin game from this past weekend and was amazed no one saw this...or perhaps I just don't know the rule. 1 out, runners on 2nd and 3rd. Batter slaps ball to the 3b playing just in front of the bag and gets the runner on 3rd(who took off for home) in a rundown...
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    Fundraising $10k quickly?

    Perhaps I'm unrealistic here but I'd love to pull this off. Based outside of Chicago. My 18u A/gold TB teams has 9 players (13 total) that have been together since 12u who will be moving on to college. The softball dedicated familys are well groomed with the travel & financial 'routines'...
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    Flawless practice reactions vanish in competition

    Need help with what i think is an age old delema. I have a few kids on my team that mentally have breakdowns during games. Both on offense and defense. The entire team (TB 18u) has high A/gold talent. Team chemestry and support is awsome...noone gets down on each other. When mistakes happen(or...
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    I'm seeing/hearing more severe injurys.

    In the past year I know of more female athletes who need sugery/therapy or are recovering from injury than I do that have had the flu or common cold. Be it knees, shoulders, ankles, torn muscles or ligement sprains. I realize (very exciting) the growth in female sports, just by doing the math...
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    DD(18u catcher) wants to start calling pitches.

    Our travel coach is persistant with him calling pitches. She needs advice on how to convince coach that her calling a game is the way to go. During rides home she would talk about how the wrong pitch was called at key moments.....saying "I knew the batter was gonna crush it.....". Im hearing...
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    can this be called an out?

    A question popped in my head during a highschool game. A player hits a homerun (over the fence), typically the team meets her at home to give congrats. My question is if a teamate touches her BEFORE she steps on home could she be called out?
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    Grandslam trot..a prodigys downgrade?

    So its only highschool ball .... We're small school confrence (studentbody=600 or less) at home playing last confrence game against undefeated #6 ranked team that has what i used to consider one of the best all around athletes that commited to a D1 Big Ten university. We lost 22-0... during...
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    Travel Coaches. Agenda items during High School season?

    As we all know any athlete playing on a high school team cannot participate with thier "club/travel" teams during the HS season. Typically from March 1st through early June. During this travel coaches "off season", not only do I spend time checking items off the "Honey Do" list I also...

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