Clues That The Scorebook Is Cooked

While this subject is funny, there should seriously be a revamping of scoring all across the ball sports. It's ridiculous that a Pitcher gets 3 Earned runs against her because no one calls a simple popup with 2 outs and it falls for a triple. FC for a ball that hits off the fence because the runner fell down,etc. We should have methods for keeping track of blocks by a C. Saves by the 1B,etc to really track things. The argument against a revamp is that it will make stats meaningless, but I conclude that at lower levels they mostly are anyway.

It all evens it over time. Freshman year DD gave up back-to-back-to-back HR’s, all unearned.

DD pitcher too, those outfielders have to jump.

Currently players are keeping book, no idea what you are going to get.

The stats on MaxPreps are equally as worthless. (Yes, I realize they come from the same source). The team I currently coach is made up of 5 college players and 7 high school seniors. While I speak with each of the players often, I also check their stats through the college websites or through MaxPreps. I was a little confused by one player in particular. She is a very good hitter, but according to MaxPreps she is listed as having a .800 batting average (8 for 10). She was 0 for 3 when her team played against us. So if my math is correct, somehow she managed to get 8 hits in her other 7 at bats. That's pretty good...

Sorry, other thing

Why is it DD's fault that our 1st is not 6" 5'? They would(maybe) of caught her throw.

The catcher's dad yelling at the shortstop as a throw from home goes 6 feet right of 2nd and 6 feet off the ground:

"You gotta get there!"

Who's doing the scorebook?

I always kept my DD's batting stats (not the whole teams, just hers). I am brutally honest to a fault, marking it an error if it is even close. She was one of the leading hitters on every team she played on (HS & TB) but oddly the kid who's parent kept the book always seemed to be barking at her heels (to everyone's amazement) and DD's stats were significantly lower than what I have. I mostly just kept my mouth shut until DD's senior HS season when the wrong stats were reported to the paper and I blew up to the coach.

My DD and head coaches DD have hit 1st and 2nd on team for the past two years. Both very good hitters who make a lot of contact.

Here's the comparison stat wise. You will only need 1 guess on who's wife keeps the book?

My DD - 263 PA with 20 ROE
Head Coach DD - 275 PA with 1 ROE, which happened this weekend.

It's just not possible to have 250+ plate appearance, consistently hit at a high rate, and never reach on an error. Especially playing 2nd year 12U and first year 14U where errors are a dime a dozen.

Hube111 said:

My DD and head coaches DD have hit 1st and 2nd on team for the past two years. Both very good hitters who make a lot of contact.

Here's the comparison stat wise. You will only need 1 guess on who's wife keeps the book?

My DD - 263 PA with 20 ROE
Head Coach DD - 275 PA with 1 ROE, which happened this weekend.

It's just not possible to have 250+ plate appearance, consistently hit at a high rate, and never reach on an error. Especially playing 2nd year 12U and first year 14U where errors are a dime a dozen.

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Either way your kid is getting on base. I like to include ROE in my own sort of OBA. If there really is a 20-1 differential for ROE I want to give the kid credit for getting on base 19 extra times.

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55dad said:

Either way your kid is getting on base. I like to include ROE in my own sort of OBA. If there really is a 20-1 differential for ROE I want to give the kid credit for getting on base 19 extra times.

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I agree. If a kid is hitting the ball hard enough and in the right spots to roe then I don't really see much difference in that and a legit hit. Now maybe if you're stepping up a level of competition and don't expect those errors to be made but overall who cares.

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