2017LHPscrewball posted:CaCO3Girl posted:Yelling balk, no that's wrong. Taking a time out...that's a tactic that is legal. There are a lot of things in baseball that are technically legal but morally questionable. 14u game, down by 2 with 2 outs...my son was told to get up to the plate and strike out as fast as possible because there were only 3 minutes left in playing time and we needed to start a new inning. Tactic that is legal, but morally questionable.
If I'm coaching the team that is leading, then I'm going to be very careful about how I pitch to your son. Probably don't want my pitcher throwing too much over the plate - and probably have to go out and give him a good 90 second pep talk. If he gets two strikes against your son, I might have to bring in my closer. Can't afford you son executing a quick KO by swing at pitches 3 feet outside. Who knows, I might intentionally walk the kid and throw over to first a few times to keep him close (even though he's probably standing on the bag).
I've been in the stands a few times when we were leading and our coach does the mound visit to kill some time. I usually try to sneak away quietly to avoid any immediate embarrassment.
Pitcher pitched VERY high balls, son swung the bat like he was out for a Sunday picnic. He didn't want to swing at three straight bad pitches but he did....one I think he swung after the catcher already had the ball. It was rather pathetic to watch, but he did the job the coach assigned.