Brilliant Caoches?
 

:D Doing an 18U PAL game last night. Goes into extra innings. Home team’s pitcher must be replaced since she has already pitched 7 innings. Apparently the coach hadn’t thought of this prior to the top of the 8th, so his new pitcher has not warmed up prior to taking the field. I give her my standard 5 pitches. After I call 3 balls in a row the coach yells: “Come on Blue, give her a brake on the strike zone, she didn’t warm up! (I guess it was my fault).
In the same inning, same coach. BR hits a single to left, takes a wide turn at 1B and returns to the base. Coach calls for time and demands that I call the BR out for running to 1B out of the base line. I tried to explain to him that the only time a runner is in jeopardy for being out of the base line is if there is a tag attempt , otherwise they can run anywhere they choose. His response, “then why do they have a double line down 1B?” I suggested he buy a rule book.

"Sorry coach, if I knew how to coach pitchers to make sure they are ready to go when they have to pitch, I wouldnt be wearing blue"

Just enough slam to get away with it :D

14U travel team in a H.S. Instructional league; big mismatch because 14U is tournament tested, and H.S. coaches are working with M.S., Frosh, and sophs that are coming up the next few years.

14U batters are struggling with, what is to them, slower than normal pitching. A slap hitter was way out front when she pulled the bat back, alerting me to watch for her feet. Sure enough, on the next pitch she slapped a change-up and her lead foot was 18" in front of the box. Sure enough, I called her out.

Coach becomes unglued. "You can't call that; she only took two steps!" "Yeah, but that second one was a doozy, coach" as I pointed to the incriminating footprint. "No way Blue. She is professionally trained to take two steps!"

Point to my chest, I replied, "And I am professionally trained to call outs!"

WMB

WMB,
...Way out in front.
So, the batter didn't have time to slap at the pitch twice? :)
mick

And you are supposed to be the guardian of insanity on this board?

Troublemaker!

If she had 2 strikes and 1B was empty would that be two outs, one for strike three and one for hitting the ball while out of the batter's box? :rolleyes:

Paul

:) <iiiiiiii>

"Come on Blue, give her a brake on the strike zone, she didn’t warm up!" (I guess it was my fault).

Does that mean he wanted you to stop the strike zone?

By the way, "Brilliant coaches" is an oxymoron on a par with "Military intelligence".
Bob