Miss something....

correct--catcher asked HP ump to check it.

High school game.

 

Two things I see regularly....first, the player who opts to make the difficult play when the routine play is in order and would have gotten the out. Infielders throwing across their body on the run or setting up prematurely to make the lower percentage backhand catch on a grounder when they had plenty of time to get in front of it and set themselves for a strong, ACCURATE throw. Now the runner is standing on base instead of in the dugout, because the player went for the style points. I understand that there are cases where those types of plays are necessary due to circumstances that prevent the player from making the high percentage, routine play.

Secondly, I don't like to see players who have just made a bad throw react immediately with arm and shoulder stretching as if they would not have made the bad throw if their arm was loose. I saw a pitcher do that recently after and errant throw to a base even though he was in his fourth inning of pitching! That move reminds me of 10 year-olds playing the game.

 

amazing!!

I was watching the centerfielder make that amazing catch on one of the many balls those Kell boys hit deep....The homeplate umpire saw it as he told us later in the games we should have been watching....

 

okay, we're talking about serious game stuff...

It always amazes me how little so many high school coaches pay attention to outfielders and positioning them. In most cases, they are playing against teams/players they have faced for at least one or two seasons. They should have a "book" on these players to help them in making adjustments. It could be the difference in a close game.

 

exactly..

gman you hit the nail on the head.. But why is it only the coach.. most of the players know if a guy can hit it over thier head.. i presonally am tired of watching ball fall in front of outfielders all year and yes it has cost us two games..

 

This is what Im talking about.

This is what I mean when I say, "Stop making the easy difficult!"

 

Just curious - I wasn't at the game, but would this missed out have made a difference? A couple of us thought we saw this same thing a couple weeks ago.

 

The score of the game was Richmond 6, AK 4, bottom of five at the time of the play. If the runner was called out on appeal, there would have been nobody on with two outs. Instead, the next hitter crushes the 3-1 pitch over the fence to tie the score and open the flood gates for a five run inning.

It definitely effected the scoring in that inning and very well was the turning point of the contest.

 

I like to watch players to see how they react to success (HR's) and failures (strikeouts). In the dugout when players don't realize others are watching, is when you find out so much about players, who they really are. I like to see the "good ones" do well.

Also, just last week had an experience that was "oh so obvious". One night went to see 2 teams that had (shall I say) not so good W/L records,,, they got on and off the field, sooner or later. The very next night, went to see big game against local giants (will mention names since its in positive) East Rowan vs. Mooresville. Just as soon as top half of 1st inning was over, team in field SPRINTED off the field, and team that was batting SPRINTED out onto the field. That went on all night, no surprise those 2 teams are playing well.

 

I like watching how pitches are called.....sometimes it looks like whoever is calling pitches is not paying any attention to the batters approach at the plate when the pitch is called.

Ex - pitcher has a batter 0-2, batter can't even sniff the fastball and the next pitch is a waste pitch no wear near the plate....why not go right after the batter?