Some needless coaching drama for a Friday...
10u, game on the schedule for weeks…Friday night under the lights (a slot we have to fight for with 12u, 14u, and women’s league) because it’s pretty popular and it’s the only field in town with lights).
On Wednesday, opposing coach (team X) asks us what rules we’re playing by, because he prefers to play with “gated third base” (i.e. no stealing home - I suspect he doesn't have a very strong catcher). Not an unusual question – seems like every field / tournament we go to has differences. We tell him at our field, we play standard Babe Ruth rules (plus dropped 3rd strike), everything open. We let him know, if it’s a deal breaker we’ll play whatever rules you want, even though it’s our field. He sends a long email about why he prefers his rules, and…we might not have enough players on Friday, but we’ll let you know.
Next message from them on Thursday, acknowledging our field / our rules, and we’re all set for Friday.
Get message this morning that, sorry, he doesn’t have enough players.
Scrambling, we reach out to other local teams that we have an open slot tonight. Get message back from one that says, “we’d love to, but we’re playing Team X tonight, he reached out to us yesterday to schedule.”
While I am upset at the cancellation, I’m livid at the lie.
We’re not rescheduling them.
And I really, really hope we draw them at a tournament in July I know we're both in...
10u, game on the schedule for weeks…Friday night under the lights (a slot we have to fight for with 12u, 14u, and women’s league) because it’s pretty popular and it’s the only field in town with lights).
On Wednesday, opposing coach (team X) asks us what rules we’re playing by, because he prefers to play with “gated third base” (i.e. no stealing home - I suspect he doesn't have a very strong catcher). Not an unusual question – seems like every field / tournament we go to has differences. We tell him at our field, we play standard Babe Ruth rules (plus dropped 3rd strike), everything open. We let him know, if it’s a deal breaker we’ll play whatever rules you want, even though it’s our field. He sends a long email about why he prefers his rules, and…we might not have enough players on Friday, but we’ll let you know.
Next message from them on Thursday, acknowledging our field / our rules, and we’re all set for Friday.
Get message this morning that, sorry, he doesn’t have enough players.
Scrambling, we reach out to other local teams that we have an open slot tonight. Get message back from one that says, “we’d love to, but we’re playing Team X tonight, he reached out to us yesterday to schedule.”
While I am upset at the cancellation, I’m livid at the lie.
We’re not rescheduling them.
And I really, really hope we draw them at a tournament in July I know we're both in...