- Mar 1, 2013
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DD just finished up her 2nd season of High School ball on the JV team. She has been pitching since she was 6 years old and has always been a very good pitcher. She throws in the mid-fifty's and moves the ball up and down the strike zone and changes speeds well. I have keep stats for all the teams games and she clearly has the best numbers of all our pitchers. DD threw the best game of her life ( 10 K's, fielded two ground ball to throw the runners out at first and caught a pop up ) She acounted for 13 of the 21 outs. The next day at practice the other pitchers were told to go practice with the varsity. When practice was ending DD asked the coach if she was still pitching and the coach said "yes, why do you ask". DD asked why she didn't get to go work with the varsity to which the coach said " because the other pitcher are doing better then you". DD said how could this be, she just had a 10 strikeout game!. Coach said "No you didn't". DD said "yes I did, look at the book and you will see I had 10 K's". Coach said "well I'll have to look to make sure". DD came back to the car in tears! I was beside myself. I confront the coach the next day at the end of practice. I told her that DD came back to the car crying very upset because of what you told her yeasterday. I said I couldn't believe that she as the coach didn't know DD had a 10 strikeout game. She was very defensive and said that we don't go by stats. DD has been working very hard for the last few years and had gone unnoticed because coach plays favorites with players and thier parents. No other pitcher has had close to a double digit strikeout game this year. DD has not lost a game this season. The other pitcher have lost 3 games each. Every time I express my concerns about how DD is being treated the coach gets defensive and DD gets less palying time. Many of the other players on the team have told DD she is being treated unfair and they all know she has been the best pitcher this season. I have been pitching fastpitch softball for 30 years and have more knowledge than any of the High school coaches. The so called High school pitching coach has never pitch a game in his life. In fact, he can't even throw a ball underhand and the only experience any of the coaches have is when they played high school ball. I just get frustrated with the politics and favoritism. Is it wrong for me to feel this way?
Our team plays double headers and in the first game the coach starts the players SHE FEELS are the best players.
Our team plays double headers and in the first game the coach starts the players SHE FEELS are the best players.