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A good pitcher could do this from 9 years old up.We are living that reality now. Non-stop offers. Teams are so desperate for a pitcher they are helping pay for travel expenses. Crazy.
A good pitcher could do this from 9 years old up.We are living that reality now. Non-stop offers. Teams are so desperate for a pitcher they are helping pay for travel expenses. Crazy.
Nice. DD has played with a few pitchers along the way who I would have paid to stay home..We are living that reality now. Non-stop offers. Teams are so desperate for a pitcher they are helping pay for travel expenses. Crazy.
It actually raises an interesting discussion point for mandated pitch counts. Aside from the debate about injury prevention, in my opinion pitch counts in baseball force teams to utilize more pitchers. They cannot rely on one person to carry the team. If softball teams were forced to use 4 or 5 pitchers every weekend, it would clearly create more opportunity. Plus, it eliminates the coach trying to appease parents because "Hey, I had to pull your little princess because she hit the pitch count limit". Sorry for derailing but I think it brings up a different aspect of pitch counts.8U,10U,12U, too many coaches (and parents) obsessed with winning. Coaches see who the two best pitchers are and that's who pitches the most. Everyone else gets circle crumbs. It takes years to develop a pitcher and not everyone has the same developmental timeline. But it's win, baby, win, eh?
Agree completely. Yes, it is difficult to watch a young pitcher learn to pitch, especially in a game. But some of the greatest pitchers the games have known weren't aces when they started out. But they stuck with it and became who they are now. I remember Amanda Scarborough talking about it, and Cat Osterman. Imagine if their coaches had decided they weren't good enough to get in more than an inning or two in pool play ever. What a loss we would have had.8U,10U,12U, too many coaches (and parents) obsessed with winning. Coaches see who the two best pitchers are and that's who pitches the most. Everyone else gets circle crumbs. It takes years to develop a pitcher and not everyone has the same developmental timeline. But it's win, baby, win, eh?
8U,10U,12U, too many coaches (and parents) obsessed with winning. Coaches see who the two best pitchers are and that's who pitches the most. Everyone else gets circle crumbs. It takes years to develop a pitcher and not everyone has the same developmental timeline. But it's win, baby, win, eh?