I pulled my 1B out of the game during an inning due to lack of focus and insufficient play. Lack of focus occurred on a dropped third strike where she didn’t even cover 1Bfor the throw from the catcher. Next she dropped a throw right at her from the SS. This occurred during a bracket game. I pulled her out and put another girl at 1B (she performed great).
This is 12U. Had the parent come ask me why I pulled her out and allowed other girls to make mistakes and I didnt pull them out. I told him mistakes at 1B can’t be tolerated due to the volume of balls coming that way. We can live with a dropped fly ball in OF but not at 1B. He said I was treating her unfairly. I was rude with him and told him he could take his daughter and go. I shouldn’t have done that but he asked me immediately following the game in the dugout while I was preparing the lineup for the next game.
My question is this: How do y’all handle pulling girls out during an inning? I typically wait but this was a tight bracket game. I don’t shelter or coddle players. In basketball they come out when they screw up. I feel I owe it to my team to give us best chance to win each game. TIA
This is 12U. Had the parent come ask me why I pulled her out and allowed other girls to make mistakes and I didnt pull them out. I told him mistakes at 1B can’t be tolerated due to the volume of balls coming that way. We can live with a dropped fly ball in OF but not at 1B. He said I was treating her unfairly. I was rude with him and told him he could take his daughter and go. I shouldn’t have done that but he asked me immediately following the game in the dugout while I was preparing the lineup for the next game.
My question is this: How do y’all handle pulling girls out during an inning? I typically wait but this was a tight bracket game. I don’t shelter or coddle players. In basketball they come out when they screw up. I feel I owe it to my team to give us best chance to win each game. TIA