A player involved in an electronic cheating scandal came forward to help expose the bad actors. Regardless of what anyone thinks about sign stealing using electronic devices, it's against the rules of the game. Jessica Mendoza is certainly allowed to feel whatever she wants about the sanctity of...
Backstory: DD went down with a knee injury in spring of 2018, had surgery in October, and missed the spring/summer seasons as she recovered. Physically, she was probably good to go by June, but skill-wise, she didn't feel she'd be able to contribute to a team. While off the field, she became a...
Very long story short, DD has a torn meniscus and LCL.
There's never a good time to tear up a knee, but as an uncommitted 2020, the timing is most unfortunate. Surgery isn't scheduled yet, but the anticipated best case has her out of all sports for probably 9 months.
Apart from getting...
I had the pleasure to umpire a 12u rec game recently. About midway through the timed game, one of the pitchers dropped the ball during her delivery and the ball landed behind her. As I signaled "ball" to the batter, the runner from 3B raced for home. The pitcher retrieved the ball, threw home...
I don't know whether they're Nigerian, Jamaican, Indian, or Russian (the language cues indicate they're not Russian), but the local softball league email has recently been hacked. The perpetrators sent a disbursement request from the president to the treasurer. Both women are incredibly sharp...
Runner on 3rd, 1 out. 3B picks up batted ball and has opportunity to retire batter at 1, but elects not to make throw, thus preventing runner at 3rd from advancing.
I scored it as an FC, but a couple of other parents thought it should be a single since the batter was attempting to reach 1st...
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B-R hits soft chopped that F3 is unable to field cleanly.
The ball bounces off body of F3 and rolls into the running lane.
B-R runs into fair territory - crossing in front of F1 - to avoid ball, loses her footing after making contact with F3, and falls before getting to 1B.
F1 is...
I finally got the chance to sit and listen to a coach talk candidly about the recruiting process. Over the years, I've gathered plenty of secondhand info, but having the chance to hear a D1 coach (from a Power 5 conference school) speak in her own words was a pretty eye-opening experience for...
Recently received email:
"Good Afternoon,
Just played against your 8U All Stars. Good game but at game end instead of making a regular tunnel into dugout your players held arms at waist level and asked our girls to crawl back to dugout because we lost. Very demeaning and unsportsmanlike...
Looks like the cost of participating on DFP might be going up:
*sigh*
I'm assuming this ad was local to me, because I'm in CA and the primary is tomorrow, but wow....not at all what I was expecting when I came to chat softball here today. lol /politicalchatoff
It's my belief that taking a season off can provide tremendous benefits for a young athlete involved in a year-round sport. I think it's good for both mind and body, and over the years, I've read many opinion and academic pieces which have support this notion and have also spoken with dozens of...
14u
I did not witness what the on-deck batter did during the play itself, but I did see and hear the umpire's response to her. Based on his tone, my initial assumption was that she'd done something which potentially endangered the catcher's safety.
I've watched this section of the video 10...
While at the fields last night, I observed a girl come to the plate with a GoPro attached to the top of her helmet.
It was an 8u rec game, so I didn't say anything about it, but I wanted to ask whether this is becoming a thing in other parts of the country, as I'd never seen it before.
*Please move this to the appropriate forum section if I've misplaced it*
I'm not at my wits' end, but I'm in the vicinity.
DD has been on a pretty solid team for a few years. She's been given numerous opportunities in the best sense of the word to develop her overall game. She can...
The player who got hurt is fine.
Situation:
Bases loaded, 2 out, leading 3-2 in bottom of the 5th
Batter hits grounder to 2B, ball takes a bad hop and appears to catch fielder in the throat and/or clavicle.
Player goes down in obvious distress. The way that she fell to her bottom and then...
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Have you ever had a game where both teams protested? Well, I can now check that off my "bucket" list.
Situation: A few anonymous tips came in before a semifinal that a player had switched uniforms after her team was eliminated Sunday morning. She was listed as a substitute on the lineup...