Reply to "Follow the money - straight to the mound"

2020dad

Originally Posted by MDBallDad:

Some of my experience have involved the opposite issue. A player is clearly talented as a pitcher only, but the player and his parents have aspirations of being a position player as well. They are an adequate contact hitter with absolutely no power and a competent fielder but with no range. If they are successful in getting on base they are a liability. Home to first in 7.2 for a 15U!?!?!?!? I tried to gently help them understand the value they bring to the team as a pitcher but they insisted that if he can't play other positions they would go to another team.

In the words of Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans "Sometimes you just gotta cut a man loose coach"

Agreed. See a lot of this. Kids who could really be good at their craft (pitching) but can't let go of the fact that they hit some home runs when they were 9.

1/28/151:45 PM

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