it has been eating me alive and I find posting here helps reduce my softball stress. Played in a 22 team 2 day 16U tournament. On Saturday went 2 - 1 and in Sunday's bracket drew the top team in the tournament. The team was ranked in the top 10 in California and top 25 nationwide. The team played incredible ball. Solid defense and excellent pitching kept the opponent off balance all day. We beat them 2 - 1. The girls were on an incredible high. The next team we faced was simply over matched and we mercy ruled them in the 5th inning.
We were now in the semifinals and facing a team for the first time. Rumors were flying with the girls that this was a daddy ball team. They were overly relaxed and from the time warm-ups started I sensed the girls were not taking this game seriously. Long story short, we got our butts handed to us. 3 errors in the first inning for 3 runs, 4 errors in the second inning for 6 runs, 2 errors in the 3rd inning for another 4 tuns. By the end of the 4th inning it was 16 - 0. Totals? 4 Innings, 12 outs, 10 errors total, 1 hit. The 16 runs against the team in this game was 12 more runs than scored against the entire rest of the tournament.
We were now in the semifinals and facing a team for the first time. Rumors were flying with the girls that this was a daddy ball team. They were overly relaxed and from the time warm-ups started I sensed the girls were not taking this game seriously. Long story short, we got our butts handed to us. 3 errors in the first inning for 3 runs, 4 errors in the second inning for 6 runs, 2 errors in the 3rd inning for another 4 tuns. By the end of the 4th inning it was 16 - 0. Totals? 4 Innings, 12 outs, 10 errors total, 1 hit. The 16 runs against the team in this game was 12 more runs than scored against the entire rest of the tournament.