softgabby
Gear Empress
I'll give a little different take on this. I was actually placed in this situation two years ago as a pitcher when I was 13. I never had a coach tell me to purposely throw at a hitter...but I had one of my teammates come to me on a conference in the circle telling me to intentionally hit a batter because one of my teammates got hit and to my teammates seen this as intentional. Did I throw at her? No! Did I throw inside a little further than I ordinarily would have? Yes. As players we can choose whether or not to seek vengeance on the softball field. Whether or not this is part of the game is highly debatable. I don't think it's part of the game and it shouldn't be either. I'm curious as to what the official rules are regarding this?
Now on the other hand...in Babe Ruth baseball, my brother was a part of this and was intentionally thrown at and hit by a pitcher and both the pitcher and the coach were ejected from the game.
Now on the other hand...in Babe Ruth baseball, my brother was a part of this and was intentionally thrown at and hit by a pitcher and both the pitcher and the coach were ejected from the game.