A First: A Head Coach's Letter of Apology

[greymule]

I've never received a letter, but over the years I've had many players take some opportunity (he's approaching the batter's box before F1 gets the ball, he's an infielder and I'm BU, etc.) to apologize for incidents in previous games. I must say I have always appreciated those gestures.

In a reverse situation, long ago (in the wood bat era), I lost a one-hitter 1-0 and over the course of the game had some disagreements with the PU. The next time we had him, he told me before the game, "I missed two big pitches on you last Sunday." I just laughed and responded something like, "Don't worry about it. Part of the game." He asked if we were still friends, and of course I said yes.