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Barkeep49 · 06-07-2011, 01:54 PM

Coming off a great performance on Sunday, we entered a game which was very winnable, as when we’d last played this team we’d earned our first victory. We knew going into the game, as it had been on Sunday, that heat would be an issue, but our kids, with an assist from the parents, did a great job of staying well hydrated.

The game, as I noted last night, had a rough 1st. Aaron, who wasn’t pitching parrticularly well, got hit on a one hopper right back at him that led to an ambulance carrying him off. You never know how kids are going to respond, and that experience was definitely on everyone’s minds the whole game.

Fortunately Nate came in looking good and was able to finish the inning.

For most of the game we were comfortably, but never commandingly, ahead. Knowing the score of our last game was 18-17, we knew this was a team which could hit. Heading into the 4th the score was 10-5. So we promptly exploded for 10 runs. It seemed like every kid went up there and hit the ball hard. We held them to only a couple runs in the bottom of the 4th and promptly won via the slaughter rule 20-7.

I have to say that the coach of the other team, a parent, was an example of bad youth coaching. In the 3rd Andrew stole third base and the ball was overthrown. The left fielder wasn't paying attention and Andrew was able to score. The coach then laid into the player in front of everyone. Same thing when the 3rd baseman later in the inning made an errant throw. The sad thing is that the errant throw was the pitchers fault since the 3rd baseman was simply trying to throw it over the tall pitcher's head.

Having a victory, especially one that felt so good, was just what we needed after the trauma of Aaron’s injury.

Notes
Justin had a good first pitching performance which we tried to stretch into a second inning, that didn’t take...The area where Aaron, our starting catcher mind you, hurts us the most is 1st base, because our 3rd string catcher, David, is light years ahead at 1st of our back-up first baseman, Brett...Andrew will be our primary catcher until Aaron recovers... Michael's dad volunteered him to catch and, if Michael is OK with the idea, are going to give him a look at tonight's practice... Before Sunday’s game I made a suggestion to David about the timing of his footwork which has seen him get 3 hits in the last two games after only having had 3 hits the whole season until then

06-07-2011, 01:54 PM	#11
Barkeep49 Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Not too far away	Coming off a great performance on Sunday, we entered a game which was very winnable, as when we’d last played this team we’d earned our first victory. We knew going into the game, as it had been on Sunday, that heat would be an issue, but our kids, with an assist from the parents, did a great job of staying well hydrated. The game, as I noted last night, had a rough 1st. Aaron, who wasn’t pitching parrticularly well, got hit on a one hopper right back at him that led to an ambulance carrying him off. You never know how kids are going to respond, and that experience was definitely on everyone’s minds the whole game. Fortunately Nate came in looking good and was able to finish the inning. For most of the game we were comfortably, but never commandingly, ahead. Knowing the score of our last game was 18-17, we knew this was a team which could hit. Heading into the 4th the score was 10-5. So we promptly exploded for 10 runs. It seemed like every kid went up there and hit the ball hard. We held them to only a couple runs in the bottom of the 4th and promptly won via the slaughter rule 20-7. I have to say that the coach of the other team, a parent, was an example of bad youth coaching. In the 3rd Andrew stole third base and the ball was overthrown. The left fielder wasn't paying attention and Andrew was able to score. The coach then laid into the player in front of everyone. Same thing when the 3rd baseman later in the inning made an errant throw. The sad thing is that the errant throw was the pitchers fault since the 3rd baseman was simply trying to throw it over the tall pitcher's head. Having a victory, especially one that felt so good, was just what we needed after the trauma of Aaron’s injury. Notes Justin had a good first pitching performance which we tried to stretch into a second inning, that didn’t take...The area where Aaron, our starting catcher mind you, hurts us the most is 1st base, because our 3rd string catcher, David, is light years ahead at 1st of our back-up first baseman, Brett...Andrew will be our primary catcher until Aaron recovers... Michael's dad volunteered him to catch and, if Michael is OK with the idea, are going to give him a look at tonight's practice... Before Sunday’s game I made a suggestion to David about the timing of his footwork which has seen him get 3 hits in the last two games after only having had 3 hits the whole season until then Last edited by Barkeep49 : 06-07-2011 at 01:56 PM.