Reply to "Taking pitches"

coach270910,000+ posts

Jim T. posted:
I heard of a coach telling his guys to take until 2 (TWO) strikes are called. The situation was that his team was down by 10 runs. Is there any rationale for this? The pitcher was throwing fast balls and attacking the strike zone. He was basically pitching to contact. It sounds so crazy that I wonder if I'm missing something?
I would be interested in hearing your comments.

I have not read another post on this thread yet. You want to know what the coach was thinking - get this game over with because we are down 10 runs and we stink today. Get it over with, get on to tomorrow so we can fix whatever went wrong.

Honestly, if he's telling his guys this he is an idiot no matter his rationale. While the smart thing is to get that game over with before it gets worse you cannot give up or have the appearance of giving up. The only productive thing I can think of is take until you get a strike on steroids but it's still dumb.

6/2/178:12 AM

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