Is it unethical to order a player to be hit intentionally?

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Just curious as to your thoughts on this. I was told there was to be a hit on one of our players tonight. The pitcher refused to do it, but did throw 4 inside pitches and walked our player. Is this a big deal? Do coaches typically order a player to be hit just because she is hitting well? Am I being a whimpy, whiney dad?
Thoughts?

 

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I have found this to be very common in travelball, more-so on the east coast. Can't say I have ever heard about it in HS ball though. I personally think it is poor coaching and shows no morals.

 

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An adult coach should never tell a youth player to hit another youth player ... period.

 

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It should never happen. If a coach orders this he or she is a douche...... period!

 

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An adult coach should never tell a youth player to hit another youth player ... period.

Only if it is an adult coach and youth player? So is it okay for a college coach to ask/tell their pitcher to hit a player?

 

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Absolutley, a coach should never instruct this, your pitcher should know how to do it on their own.

 

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It should never happen.

 

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Your a little thin skinned here in the Midwest. There are circumstances that warrent the brushback pitch. On the west coach they play a more serious brand of softball, it is played and coached no different then baseball period!

 

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Your a little thin skinned here in the Midwest. There are circumstances that warrent the brushback pitch. On the west coach they play a more serious brand of softball, it is played and coached no different then baseball period!

Ok Mantle....enlighten me as to what warrants someone being hit intentionally. There was no dirty play in the field. They hit three of our batters and we never hit any of their players. We never even really threw any pitches that we close to any of their players. We did hit two home runs off their pitcher, and the player to be hit was 3 for 3 at the time. Because you are getting beat by the other team....is that what warrants a hit batsman? I've played competitive sports my whole life, but I don't get the whole idea behind hitting a player intentionally. Please, enlighten me as to what warrants being hit.

 

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It should not happen. It's a chicken***t move. There's a reason it causes fights in baseball, its like being up in someones face and poking them in the chest and expecting them not to swing at you. Whoever does it, orders it, or condones it should feel like a big sissy for lack of better word.

 

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Im not trying to argue here, nor trying to change the mindset of how softball is played in Ohio. Simply put in So Cal if your good hitters are squeezing the plate, leaning those hands out of the batters box into the strike zone, that good pitcher is gonna protect her plate and bring it into the hands. That's my illustrative example...lol

 

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I didn't think this post was about pitching the strike zone. I thought it was about intentionally hitting a batter. That In my opinion has nothing to do with a mindset. Intentionally Hitting a batter is bulls**t, and a batter getting hit by a strike are nothing alike. No problem with a mindset in my opinion.

 

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Pitchers should never be afraid to throw inside. But I don't see where a coach ordered plunking is any different than the coach just punching her in the ribs. It's a sneaky way of committing assault on a minor.

 

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Pitchers should never be afraid to throw inside. But I don't see where a coach ordered plunking is any different than the coach just punching her in the ribs. It's a sneaky way of committing assault on a minor.

Absolutely right, it's a game and should be played as such. Accidents happen and all that, it's the intentional part where the line is crossed.

 

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Doug ... I wasn't making a statement about what it was OK or not to do in college, only that it was wrong at any younger ages. I personally don't agree with it at the college level either ... no different than it would be for a college basketball or football coach to tell a player to cheap shot an opponent. I think it's kind of funny when it happens in MLB as some kind of macho thing ... until someone gets hurt ...

 

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Your a little thin skinned here in the Midwest. There are circumstances that warrent the brushback pitch. On the west coach they play a more serious brand of softball, it is played and coached no different then baseball period!

Years ago it happened here also, HR could cause a hbp. A retaliation hit was sure to come if you hit a batter. The middle finger sign by the catcher was given and used.... Pitchers protect their batters and vice versa. Different times, different values I guess

 

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Popcorn ready....

 

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Whose to say the coach called for it? These players have minds of their own, and i have no problem thinking that it could have been the pitcher herself busting a player after giving up a couple long balls. Im sure pride could come into play sometime. I wouldnt automatically assume it was the coach.

 

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Agree with Hitter23
How do you know that she was told to hit the batter?
Just because they throw inside does not mean they were trying to hit the batter, and if you were told by someone that she was how do you even know it was true ?

 

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In most cases, when a pitcher lets one player go 3-3 and lets two other players hit home runs off of her in one game, she probably hits batters because she doesn't have very good control rather than she hits them because she does have very good control.