WHAT WINS GAMES

[kennykozman!!]

Don't beat yourself.

Make the other team beat you.

 

[Wildfire]

I voted hits. I'll take a 12-10 win with 6 errors on my team. You just need to score one more run then them.

 

[fistafury17]

Pitching.

Great pitching = Fewer errors

 

[ANNASDAD]

Timely hits!!

Of course it's a combination of everything else mentioned here, but a late inning timely hit with a girl in scoring position definitely wins games!

 

[bmakj]

Timely hits!!

Of course it's a combination of everything else mentioned here, but a late inning timely hit with a girl in scoring position definitely wins games!

IF the score is close enough

 

[ANNASDAD]

IF the score is close enough

Don't get that far behind!

 

[Josh Greer]

Based on your criteria, hits makes the most sense. Only because "errors" doesn't include pitching mistakes. However, with a high LOB count, hits do you no good.....I'm changing my answer to "too hard of a question" .

 

[radness]

Based my vote on watching the middle school commit 18ish errors in 5 games. In our case the errors also demoralized our hitters.

Bazinga! Too adding this to discussion!
Like this commenting about team dynamics...
Its said that hitting is contagious,
Errors can seem to be also.
Example when one hit has 3 errors on the field.
1. The bobble fielding
2. The overthrow/dropped throw
3. Back up miss plays it & bad throw again/dropped throw at tag.

 

[radness]

Based on your criteria, hits makes the most sense. Only because "errors" doesn't include pitching mistakes. However, with a high LOB count, hits do you no good.....I'm changing my answer to "too hard of a question" .

Just thot to share to the point of pitching errors and the books.
After catching many pitchers
My comment is
Pitchers who i caught at 14u & up, they all had control
and awareness to know
when they threw an
un-intended meatball

They new it was an error

The books just dont always describe/show the entire game!

 

[FP26]

I voted "less errors". Ultimately, the biggest factor is confidence, IMO. If you believe something bad is going to happen, more than likely, it will. But if you truly believe the opposite, you have a chance. Errors will weaken a team's confidence. Hits will strengthen it. However, I believe the errors have a larger impact.

@RichK answered "pitching", and I really cannot argue with that answer. But as the dad of a pitcher, I know what impact your defense has on your pitching. DD was never a shutdown pitcher, but she has a knack for getting outs. In high school ball, her defense was a sieve. After a while, it started impacting her. She tried to be too perfect in order to offset the deficiencies, and that wasn't her game. By comparison, her travel team had an excellent defense. Even when she struggled at her job, the team behind her tended to make her look good.