Teams Best Effort So Far

Good News:  The boys played very well last night for 5 innings.
Bad News:  The game lasted 6 innings

I would like to apologize for the behavior exhibited by us coaches last night.  We have to remember that this is a recreational team and not a select team.  The emotions I saw on the players faces last night after the game disheartened me.  We have to remember that the boys signed up for baseball to have fun.  They left that game last night not feeling that they had fun, which defeats our purpose as coaches.   We want the boys to be focused on their mission, but also to enjoy the game.  It can be a very tough line to walk sometimes.  We will do better.

The game was exciting and there were some really, really good things that happened.  A good pitching performance from Trevor went to the wayside with errors in crucial situations and lack of hitting.  Chase's at bat was awesome to watch.  He kept fouling balls off until he put it in play enough to get the boy home from third.  Very exciting to watch.  Brayden had a good game behind the plate.  Throwing out runners?  It's not often runners get thrown out at this age, but he was able to do it.  And the play at the plate, with Brayden and Trevor,  to get the runner scoring was HUGE,  I can point out a lot of great plays last night.  Even though we lost, it was a step in the right direction.  They played much better than they did the first two games, and deserved better.

We are still disappointed that the boys are not hitting better.  It is something we will be focusing on the next few practices.  We know the boys are good hitters (they hit great in the cages) and one game it is going to come out.  The Bullets starting pitcher was good, but this is going to be the typical pitcher we will face as we try to climb to be better.The hitters showed some sign of hitting against the Bullets second pitcher, but it wasn't enough. 

We also had a situation during the handshake after the game.  One of our players, instead of saying "good game", repeated "lucky" as he passed each Bullets player.  It is not important which player did this, because the philosophy of this team is "negative action by one player results in entire team discipline".  This will be handled at our practices until the message get through that this type of behavior will not be tolerated.

Final note:  Please, as parents, have patience with this team as a whole.  We have talent everywhere and it is just a matter of the coaches and players coming together to play as one, not as individuals.  Things will get better, I promise.