Here's another...
A few years back I was working a fall league that some of the travel teams use as their try-outs for the following summer. It's laid back, free subbing, bat as many as you want, if teams are short the other team will give a player to fill a spot on defense, etc. I had a 16u team that was usually competitve against a very good 14u team. The first couple innings, the 16u catcher was missing every other pitch. I took a ton off the hands thighs and shins. Between innings, I walked over to the head coach, who also is a local HS head coach, I told him "Coach, your catcher is killing me back there." His reply,
"matt, that's my shortstop, my catcher is home with the flu!"
