Sluggers: LOL what a thought!
bucketdad: that must have been hilarious!
mksoftball: that must be frustrating
I once worked with a coach who thought the reason you tell the girls to take their lead in foul territory from 3rd is because "the footing is better" in foul territory than it is in fair territory.
Then another one I heard about in tournament play...I think the game was tied in the last inning. There were 2 outs and a runner in scoring position. Batter gets a base hit to the outfield. Runner crosses the plate and batter and her coach were celebrating because her hit brought in the "winning" run. The defense thinks the game is over and are obviously disappointed. Their coach tells them to throw the ball to first. They look at him puzzled, but they do it.
The batter/runner is forced out at first (she never got to the base because she and her coach were celebrating) and the run doesn't count. The team that was on defense goes on to win the game. Boy were the other coaches upset.
bucketdad: that must have been hilarious!
mksoftball: that must be frustrating
I once worked with a coach who thought the reason you tell the girls to take their lead in foul territory from 3rd is because "the footing is better" in foul territory than it is in fair territory.
Then another one I heard about in tournament play...I think the game was tied in the last inning. There were 2 outs and a runner in scoring position. Batter gets a base hit to the outfield. Runner crosses the plate and batter and her coach were celebrating because her hit brought in the "winning" run. The defense thinks the game is over and are obviously disappointed. Their coach tells them to throw the ball to first. They look at him puzzled, but they do it.
The batter/runner is forced out at first (she never got to the base because she and her coach were celebrating) and the run doesn't count. The team that was on defense goes on to win the game. Boy were the other coaches upset.