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intentionally walking a batter?
Sam wrote:There are lots of coaches out there that can't coach during games. Great recruiters that have no clue beyond filling out a lineup with exceptional athletes.
The situation you describe is a no-brainer. You walk the kid and set up force plays....depend on your pitcher to throw strikes and your infield to do their jobs.
I can think of coaching against guys who have won CIF that play their infields up with runners on 2nd and 3rd while they are up by six runs. Stupid. They get away with it many times because their kids are such great players......but they couldn't coach their way out of a wet paper bag.
jonriv wrote:Sam wrote:There are lots of coaches out there that can't coach during games. Great recruiters that have no clue beyond filling out a lineup with exceptional athletes.
The situation you describe is a no-brainer. You walk the kid and set up force plays....depend on your pitcher to throw strikes and your infield to do their jobs.
I can think of coaching against guys who have won CIF that play their infields up with runners on 2nd and 3rd while they are up by six runs. Stupid. They get away with it many times because their kids are such great players......but they couldn't coach their way out of a wet paper bag.
I agree with Sam. I have, however, seen managers at the 8u and 10u start intentionally walking batters. IMO that is probably a little much
Schmick wrote:I understand that comprehension may be difficult for you, is English your second language?
Read my post again and point out where it says I would tell my pitcher to intentionally bean a batter in the situation under discussion.
Go ahead, I'll wait.