- Sep 28, 2015
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Reasonable and exactly what Youth coaches should do!!!! You did what you thought was best for the kid and the situation and I completely agree with your decision. I get that they reserve the right to say “no”, but what kind of coach would not allow that in any REC or league game?
I had a similar situation in an 8u MP competitive league where my 1 player had a broken right arm. I more or less said he wants to play so I will bat my last out for him and keep it to a single if he gets on base and then let the hurt kid run the bases. I arranged the batting so there were plenty of weak hitters in front of him so they would be my last out batter. I don’t even remember if we won the game or not but I do recall him fielding a ball in the OF, dropping his glove, and throwing it in left handed!!
I despise the arbitrary “them the rules” thinking when it comes to player situations that come up that all agree would be best to adapt to the situation. Note: I think this only applies to town ball/ league games and also do not adjust game play rules which is the slippery slope.
Edited to add: the umpire was right to stick with his rules when asked. The coaches should have been able to make this adjustment among themselves. Clearly the other coach didn’t want to do it so he involved the ump.
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I had a similar situation in an 8u MP competitive league where my 1 player had a broken right arm. I more or less said he wants to play so I will bat my last out for him and keep it to a single if he gets on base and then let the hurt kid run the bases. I arranged the batting so there were plenty of weak hitters in front of him so they would be my last out batter. I don’t even remember if we won the game or not but I do recall him fielding a ball in the OF, dropping his glove, and throwing it in left handed!!
I despise the arbitrary “them the rules” thinking when it comes to player situations that come up that all agree would be best to adapt to the situation. Note: I think this only applies to town ball/ league games and also do not adjust game play rules which is the slippery slope.
Edited to add: the umpire was right to stick with his rules when asked. The coaches should have been able to make this adjustment among themselves. Clearly the other coach didn’t want to do it so he involved the ump.
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