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I agree.
I had this happen the other night. I coach a group of 11-12 yrs. There is a team in the league that is horrible. We went up 25-1 in two innings. We could have easily scored another 20-30 runs in that second inning. I told my kids they were not to leave any bases except on hits...yeah well that meant them leaving on about everything. We had 12 triples and 9 doubles in the inning I think. If a kid hits the ball you've got to give him what he earned. Well in the top of 2nd inning we've got bases loaded and our best hitter up with 1 out. I called time...apoligized to the coach and asked him if he'd like to call it a game and let his kids have another time at bat. He thanked me and my kids all got a chance to play wherever they wanted. They scored 4 more runs to total thier high of the season...they went home smiling and our kids built a little confidence. I also went to thier dugout and told them not to give up...if they kept working there's possibilities of a good team. Thier kids came and thanked us after the game for making it a fun outing for them...everyone else just sent them home crying.
I've found that in a game like that...it seems to help a lot to just walk over to the team after the game and let them know there's stuff to look forward to...keeps everyone positive.
Sounds like in your situation you were fine...I would never have anyone bunt though...I'd take that as very insulting. But it would also be insulting to not lead off and to sit on the bag when there are passed balls, so you did the right thing there.
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