Fall Ball Sportsmanship

[stmaryrams]

Game yesterday, Fall 13-14 yr old league with FED modified to shorter base paths and plate distance. My son's team just clobbering the other team. Our coach tells the team to go station to station with no steals even on a passed ball and then tells them to go to wood bats only.

He had players in new positions and politely asked the plate umpire if he wouldn't mind expanding the strike zone when our team was at bat to give the other outmatched pitchers a fighting chance.

I was impressed with this display of sportmanship in these days of win at all costs coaches and parents.

My question is have you ever been approached by a coach to do that to his own team and what did you do? Our umpire was extremely consistant it's just that the other kids had little chance in this game.