Posted on: August 3, 2010 by admin
Umpires are always getting a bad rap to me. Sure, they may blow a call or two. But how many of us out there are perfect. Last time anyone checked -nobody. If you think you can do better, try umpiring for yourself. It will more than likely be harder than you think. Whether it is little league or a high school game, you try making perfect calls on every pitch. It may look easy on the TV but it is not in real life. Training or not, there will still be mistakes, and if you think about it that is just a part of the game. So what do you think? Do you have what it takes to get out there and do it yourself?
Posted on: July 29, 2010 by admin
The baseball manager seems to get a ton of blame for what goes on within the entire baseball team that they coach. For example, if a pitching change was made, then the relief pitcher came in and blew the game, many people may just blame the manager for the change made, rather the pitcher who could not do his job. There are two ways to look at it, but the case of the manager being blamed is typical when a team has a losing record or has been struggling. So where do you draw the line? At what point is it the fault of the player who should be doing his job, rather the manager going to the bullpen for one of his relief pitchers.
Well, what was mentioned before was that the manager will take more blame if the team is doing poorly, then he will if the team is playing well. So if you strive to one day be a team manager, you will have to learn that no matter what happens, good or bad, you will be the one being looked at. You will be blamed for everything that happens, so you better do what you can to get your team in order.
Posted on: July 28, 2010 by admin
Let’s take a break from the MLB and talk about little league coaches. The coaches usually come from all kinds of backgrounds. Some may have been past players and some may have never really played at all. Others volunteered because nobody else would do it. It really just depends on where you go as to what you will see. But you do have to give the coaches some credit. They are out on the field trying to teach and coach a ton of little kids. It may look easy to some parents but to some of us that really know, it is not. When was the last time you went up to your kids coach and told them thanks?
Posted on: July 23, 2010 by admin
If you think there are unruly fans at the MLB games usually, then you need to visit a little league game. Some of these games can be quite rough. It seems parents want their kids to win more than the kids do. And it often seems they think that if they yell enough, gripe at the coach and umpires more, and taunt the other team plenty that their kids will have a better chance of winning. Please, if your kids plays ball, let them have fun and let the coaches coach and the umpires do their jobs. Rest assured you will do nothing to help your kid win, if anything you will hurt them acting this way.