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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
As far as the time the catcher's take to get ready, you need to actively get in their faces and train these coaches to have that catcher ready to go. Ride them like a jockey until they cut that time down to around a minute or less. Get them to start putting on his gear as soon as he bats, or sooner if he's not scheduled up. Have them send out a coach to warm the pitcher until the catcher is ready, so the catcher can just throw it down when he comes out.
In leagues of this caliber, there is no shame in working behind the mound or using a raft. I'm not going to sit back there and be a human backstop for these little no-talent catchers who don't live up to their title. My assignor loaned me his old raft for a particular Senior LL that he assigned me to, knowing full well that this league was brutal. Sure enough, I got hit all day long in the 3 solo games I did. I took at least 10 shots each game, but they all bounced merrily off my shin guards or the raft.
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Yeah, I was trying to keep the catchers moving as best I could. Do you think it would be out of place to ask the coach to get the catcher ready with 2 outs? I don't want that to be looked at as me being partial (anticipating the 3rd out). In every single inning, we started as soon as the catcher came out of the dugout...it wouldn't matter, the catcher is barely able to get it back to the pitcher, let alone getting it to 2b.
I'm glad you have the same opinion I do. I tried not to get frustrated, but this was much worse than I had even anticipated. I know that my frustration was showing though. I just couldn't help it, after getting hit so many times, you start to lose your patience. I'll see about finding a balloon protector for next time.