So did this #9 hitter crush this change up? You left us hanging!Change up straight through the strike zone against the worst hitter on the their team.
So did this #9 hitter crush this change up? You left us hanging!Change up straight through the strike zone against the worst hitter on the their team.
Yes, on a few occasions. No better confidence builder for the other team than their 9 spot (or more likely the 11 or 12 spot batting round robin) getting an extra base hit. Conversely, our #9 hitter watched it drop in for strike 3!So did this #9 hitter crush this change up? You left us hanging!
I can get really annoyed when adults take the game too seriously and yell at children.Not talking about umpires, parents, or tournament directors here, just the players. I feel I've mellowed out over the last few years, I try not to let "ball" make my head explode anymore.
***But, a few things that make me look at a kid sideways while keeping both of my hands in my pockets!
1) Just boneheaded mental errors, not thinking! Like not covering a base, or throwing behind a runner, or overthrowing a cutoff!
2) Not taking advantage of free outs! Pitcher throws a routine ground ball, or bloop pop up and it gets blown, got to have 100% of those!
3) Not getting a bunt down, popping a bunt up to the pitcher or catcher makes me want to go to the car and start drinking!
***Back to 1) Outfielders NOT taking proper angles on hard hit balls and giving up an extra base!
Kids make errors, I get it, I think sometimes this game is set up for failure, but when a kid gives me 100% effort and "something" happens, I'm fine, won't say a word unless it's to tell them to adjust, know what they did wrong and get the next one! When a kid is lazy or has some kind of mental breakdown, I'll get loud!
***And back to 2) ERRORS!! We all know what happens when stupid errors are made at crucial times in a game......and it's usually with the very next hitter!!
I'm sure I just left out 20+ things, what stupidity sets you off?
from what I learned in umpire class, a homerun is a dead ball, yes a player has to touch all 4 bases in order, but she can stop and play pattycake with the coaches if she likes. Teammates can run out on the field field and follow her around the base paths too, players can even carry her around the bases as long as she touches them all, no rule against it in usa or usssa. I may be wrong, let's see what our expert umps here say.
I did just now. In the rules forum. I havent seen any of our resident umps and rule experts take this on here so I put it in their playground.start a new thread already... ya'll are jacking up a good thread