Runners gone haywire

[kono]

Originally posted by JEL
Bottom line is...

10U, or the "Black and Blue League" ...

LL Minors baseball has got to be one of the worst - pitchers just learning to pitch. Catchers just learning to catch - they never get that glove up quick enough on an inside pitch. Forearm guards are the order of the day.

Typical pitch goes something like this: Outs don't matter - no runners. Pitch gets past F2. F2 whips off helmet - goes charging to the backstop and retrieves ball. F2 fires ball to pitcher - ball is no in short center field. F8 now retrieves the ball and throws it to the pitcher. The ball is now resting against the dugout fence. F5 retrieves the ball....