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With all of the "bush" league talk going on lately, I would like to get your take on what you would do.
We've played a few new 10U teams thisyear that are upstarts and are trying to do the right thing. These teams have girls who may have never played fastpitch or came from slowpitch, etc. Good kids, good parents, and good intentions, just the wrong tournament. What do you do to not embarras or destroy them. We played a team where it was 18-0 in the third inning, bases loaded, no outs. We quit stealing, we quit running, we quit hitting. We tried to bunt the ball so they could make a force out at home. Didn't make the out. We got criticized for bunting with such a huge lead. Our intentions was to help the team make an out.
Our next options were:
the first two options teach bad habits and the last one is, well, not good either. We ended up leading our girls off early and even some parents thought that was a slap in their face and somewhat arrogant. The run rule wasn't in effect until after four.
Suggestions???
We've played a few new 10U teams thisyear that are upstarts and are trying to do the right thing. These teams have girls who may have never played fastpitch or came from slowpitch, etc. Good kids, good parents, and good intentions, just the wrong tournament. What do you do to not embarras or destroy them. We played a team where it was 18-0 in the third inning, bases loaded, no outs. We quit stealing, we quit running, we quit hitting. We tried to bunt the ball so they could make a force out at home. Didn't make the out. We got criticized for bunting with such a huge lead. Our intentions was to help the team make an out.
Our next options were:
- Strike out on purpose
- Lead off the bases early
- Just say, oh well and score 50.
the first two options teach bad habits and the last one is, well, not good either. We ended up leading our girls off early and even some parents thought that was a slap in their face and somewhat arrogant. The run rule wasn't in effect until after four.
Suggestions???