- Mar 7, 2016
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Back story: First brkt play game of the day. Single elem tournament. Score is 2-2, we are away team. Home team is up to bat 1 out bases loaded. My catchers lets 3 passed balls get by her and they score all three on base. A few batters later its runners at the corners still one out. (in hind site I should have made a change at both pitcher and catcher by now but due to injuries options were limited at pitcher). Pitcher throws a drop ball that gets by catcher again, catcher instead of sprinting for ball just walks back to it without a care in the world letting girl on 3rd score and runner advance clear to 3B. We finish the inning and I ask my catcher what happened. Her reply "i didnt see the girl on first base and didnt think i could get to the ball in time for the girl coming home so I just didnt try". At that moment i made a change at catcher.
After the conclusion of the game the HP ump calls my starting catcher over and tells her "That was not your fault, no one on your team was telling you where the ball was and you caught a great game."
She tallied a total of 8 passed balls in the game giving up 5 runs on those 8 over 3 innings behind the plate. Including telling her coach she basically gave up on a ball. Now every player has a bad game, i get that but would anyone else here take exception to the HP ump telling her this? especially when her parents bring it up to the coach later saying they agree with the HP Ump. I am all for a HP telling players they did great, keep their head up kinda thing but i think this one went too far essentially tell her the coach was wrong and justifying the lack of effort.
Now these were not wild pitches by any means, with some not even in the dirt. Mostly change ups and drops. One I did not count was a rise ball that was pitchers fault. So while not technically an error on catch, not an earned run on Pitcher either.
After the conclusion of the game the HP ump calls my starting catcher over and tells her "That was not your fault, no one on your team was telling you where the ball was and you caught a great game."
She tallied a total of 8 passed balls in the game giving up 5 runs on those 8 over 3 innings behind the plate. Including telling her coach she basically gave up on a ball. Now every player has a bad game, i get that but would anyone else here take exception to the HP ump telling her this? especially when her parents bring it up to the coach later saying they agree with the HP Ump. I am all for a HP telling players they did great, keep their head up kinda thing but i think this one went too far essentially tell her the coach was wrong and justifying the lack of effort.
Now these were not wild pitches by any means, with some not even in the dirt. Mostly change ups and drops. One I did not count was a rise ball that was pitchers fault. So while not technically an error on catch, not an earned run on Pitcher either.