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Pick Up Pitchers at Nationals? Yes or No?
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Um, we need a pitcher. Any of those disgruntled players/parents want to come play for GA Impact?
Have you ever seen any travel team, ever, that wouldn't add "one more pitcher" if given the chance?
Lol True! But we are down to one at the moment. We only carry three. We have plenty of mound time to offer!
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I am guessing from teams in CA that didn't play any USSSA tournaments so they didn't have an A classification?
They just dropped them off their A roster in California and added them to the B roster in Texas. I am not sure why he he TD didn't catch this.
As a coach, our goal was to always have 3 pitchers going into any tournament. If we did not have 3, we would add a pickup player. But as long as we had 3, those were the pitchers that played. Our preference was always to avoid pickups if at all possible.
DD was asked to play at Eastern Nationals several years ago. Similar situation.... The team had 3 solid pitchers, but one was having some arm issues. DD was asked to play as the #3. She/We knew going in that the other two would pitch more, but she did get some valuable experience playing A level ball at a higher age bracket. Interesting thing was the injured pitcher traveled with the team and attended all games. She just didn't play. She was very supportive of DD the entire time.
I am not in favor of a situation like mentioned in the OP, but I know that it happens. Especially at the higher levels. That said, most of these teams are not shy about their philosophies. So anyone that joins the team has to understand that this is a possibility. Buyer beware...
DD was asked to play at Eastern Nationals several years ago. Similar situation.... The team had 3 solid pitchers, but one was having some arm issues. DD was asked to play as the #3. She/We knew going in that the other two would pitch more, but she did get some valuable experience playing A level ball at a higher age bracket. Interesting thing was the injured pitcher traveled with the team and attended all games. She just didn't play. She was very supportive of DD the entire time.
I am not in favor of a situation like mentioned in the OP, but I know that it happens. Especially at the higher levels. That said, most of these teams are not shy about their philosophies. So anyone that joins the team has to understand that this is a possibility. Buyer beware...
How presitgious 12b
When asked to guest on a team we inquire the number of rostered players attending. For dd who pitches additionally ask how many pitchers. We know coaches who think its okay to displace other players. We never play for them.
As a follow up: The Hotshots won the TFL tourney in Texas. Congrats to them.
They posted a follow up "pat on the back" Insta post congratulating themselves on a job well done. They put up some impressive numbers. 21 HR's for the tourney! One kid hit 7. This where it gets good. They took a couple digs at the team described in the OP. "Last but not least our horses on the mound...Yes they are ours! No pick ups here! Start race and Finish race." Apparently, other people were taking notice. They also posted some good hashtags.
They posted a follow up "pat on the back" Insta post congratulating themselves on a job well done. They put up some impressive numbers. 21 HR's for the tourney! One kid hit 7. This where it gets good. They took a couple digs at the team described in the OP. "Last but not least our horses on the mound...Yes they are ours! No pick ups here! Start race and Finish race." Apparently, other people were taking notice. They also posted some good hashtags.
