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Originally Posted by Rufus
Thanks again for the replies and for the advice to basically "play on". It's a lesson I'm trying to instill, and model, for the players and reinforcement like this helps.
To clarify, our catcher knocked the pitch down but it got by him so it was basically lying on the ground right behind him. In the attempt to get out of the way the PU knocked it to the backstop (not on purpose - he didn't know where the ball was either).
To the wild pitch comment - I agree whole heartedly! I would prefer it if it didn't happen at all. Combine 11 year-old pitching and catching in a rec league, however, and it's bound to come up (along with situations like this). When I'm better able to explain to the kids and parents why things happen the way they do in terms of officiating hopefully that will assist them as they go forward as a player and spectator.
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Nice to know that there are coaches who are trying to learn and teach. I know what you mean about 11 yr olds, my son is playing and its a big learning curve.
We had similiar play in game the other night, except the umpire was too slow and got in the way of F2 retreiving the ball from wild pitch and as he turned to make throw to F1, the ball hit the umpire who for some reason was right in his way.
Makes for good teachable moments, but of course most parents just don't understand it.
Thanks
David