Praying for close games

[Andy]

Originally Posted by LIUmp

Hogwash. Why would he toss a good pitcher against this team? Why would he not have his girls leaving early on EVERY first pitch they could once they reached base? Why would he not play "station to station"? Why would he not have his girls bunt or swing at whatever they could?

There are plenty of ways to not have a 43-0 score. That's disgusting. And he should be ashamed.

On the other hand.....I have seen the coach on the wrong end of the lopsided score get upset at the winning team for leaving bases early and going station to station, etc.

His gripe was that he didn't want "charity" and his players needed to learn how to compete and overcome adversity. He also felt that the winning team was "showing them up" and sending the message that "you can't compete with us unless we help you."

I have also seen the winning coach in the lopsided game approach the losing coach once it is obvious that the game is one-sided and make sure that the tactics to end the game will be acceptable.

So it's not always the blanket poor sportsmanship that you seem to think...