Player thrown under the bus........

[Bandit]

Don't know what or if anything can be done but thought I would ask if anyone has any thoughts, expierences, ideas.....

Did a 10 and under game this past weekend....I think this could happen on any age group.......good pitcher....threw strikes......catcher small but very good....did a great job sliding to sides to block if needed.......dug outs close.....coach giving signs from inside of dug-out threw fence....no problem there....but with coach so close I can hear every word....I have never had a coach be-little a player so much...every run was her fault.....every bad pitch was because she had called it wrong.....every dropped fly ball was her fault....I mean I really started to feel for this girl. Game over. They lost. I went to the catcher after the game and told her what a good job I thought she had done.

One more thing that I found out....it was the coach's daughter.

Anyone run into this ?

[robbie]

Originally Posted by Bandit

One more thing that I found out....it was the coach's daughter.

Anyone run into this ?

Anyone NOT run into this???

[BretMan]

Before I even got half-way through that post, I was thinking, "Probably the coach's daughter".

I've seen some coaches really drop the hammer on their own players, even kids as young as ten, bringing them to the point of tears. In my mind, that's not very sportsmanlike behavior. Could anyone ever imagine a scenario where an umpire might step in here, or is that just too big of a stretch of the unsportsmanlike conduct rules to even entertain?

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by BretMan

too big of a stretch of the unsportsmanlike conduct rules to even entertain?

Yep.

[Andy]

I posted on here a few years back about an 18U coach.

He was calling pitches for the pitcher to throw and she continually was shaking off the catcher and wanting to throw her pitch.

After coach had had enough, he called time and walked out to the circle.

I was BU in C position and heard this loud and clear from the coach to the pitcher:

"If you ever shake off my pitches again, you can just turn in your f*cking uniform right there!"

He didn't yell and I doubt anybody in the stands heard it, but it concerned me. the general consensus on the board at that time was to let it go.

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by Andy

I posted on here a few years back about an 18U coach.

He was calling pitches for the pitcher to throw and she continually was shaking off the catcher and wanting to throw her pitch.

After coach had had enough, he called time and walked out to the circle.

I was BU in C position and heard this loud and clear from the coach to the pitcher:

"If you ever shake off my pitches again, you can just turn in your f*cking uniform right there!"

He didn't yell and I doubt anybody in the stands heard it, but it concerned me. the general consensus on the board at that time was to let it go.

Different age group, actually a D1 game with a couple of not really strong teams. Bases loaded with 2 out and fly to left. F7 camped under ball and it hit he glove & then hit the ground. Tying and lead runs scored with another standing on 3B. DC asks Big Slick for time, gives him a substitution and walks beyond 3B coaching box toward left, waiting for his player to come in after being replaced. Said to her "If you're not going to use the F-ing glove, go put it away." I just moved to my next starting position. We laughed a bit about that on the way home.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by BretMan

Before I even got half-way through that post, I was thinking, "Probably the coach's daughter".

I've seen some coaches really drop the hammer on their own players, even kids as young as ten, bringing them to the point of tears. In my mind, that's not very sportsmanlike behavior. Could anyone ever imagine a scenario where an umpire might step in here, or is that just too big of a stretch of the unsportsmanlike conduct rules to even entertain?

I'd step in only if it's abusive.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by Bandit

Anyone run into this ?

Only when awake or at a game.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by CecilOne

Only when awake or at a game.

That was what I was thinking.