Just for Fun

Defense Avg
Pitching Great
Offense Good

Great pitching, good defense and average offense will win a lot of games. Hard to lose at most any level if your pitching is superior.

You could make a case for great offense, good pitching and average defense. In fact, this is probably the most exciting team of the choices.

The last thing I want is average pitching.

Pitching: Great
Offense: Good
Defense: Average

It worked on the high school team last year. Wasn't always pretty but it worked.

Teacherman I will have to agree with your comment about the most exciting team being Great offense good pitching and avg defense. Its funny how everyone always says defense wins championships ??? But not without great pitching and good offense.

I prefer to think that you have to have 2 of the three real strong and the other can't be worse than average.

The worst combination is great defense, good offense, and average pitching.

Defense is worthless without good or great pitching. OK, you can field. But, the balls are getting hit between you and over your head.

I think its easy to be fooled in this test by "average offense". Doesn't say bad or weak offense. It says average. Well, many many many mlb teams have won World Series with average offenses. But their pitching and defense was good or great.

I guess the Big Red Machine would be an example of leading with offense and defense and pitching coming in third. Probably others. But I believe this would be the least frequent combinaiton of World Series winners.

Numerous pitching and defense teams. Almost all the Dodger teams, 69 Mets, the 70's Oakland teams.

Pitching Great
Defense Avg
Offense Good

Like you guys I understand that if the other team can't score they can't win. An avg offense can manufacture a run here or there, but a good offense stands the better test of the other teams strong pitching.

My team this year is:

Pitching: Good
Defense: Great
Offense: Avg

So I anticipate being above .500 but not in the top 2 teams in the division.

pitching- Great
offence - Good
defence- Average

Speed and Defense --Great
Pitching ---good
Offense --- average

I have always lived and died on the baseball field with this formula as a minimum to start with

Pitching - Great
Offense - Good
Defense - Average

Pitching - Great
Offense - Good
Defense - Average

Now this is how it REALLY is:

Pitching - Great
Offense - Poor
Defense - Horrible

Why are my posts now showing zero? Computer glitch?

Great pitching
Good defense
Average hitting

Great pitching
Good defense
Average offense

Coach May ...

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Its funny how everyone always says defense wins championships

and we have to remember that pitching is part of the defense ... 'cause baseball is the only game where play starts by giving the ball to a defensive player ...

Great pitching will hide chinks in a defense. Avg pitching will expose chinks in a defense. Poor pitching will exploit chinks in a defense.
Its funny the better my pitching the less I worry about my defense. The weaker my pitching the more I worry about my defense. I wonder why?

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Originally posted by Coach May:
Great pitching will hide chinks in a defense. Avg pitching will expose chinks in a defense. Poor pitching will exploit chinks in a defense.
Its funny the better my pitching the less I worry about my defense. The weaker my pitching the more I worry about my defense. I wonder why?

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There is not a lot of instruction going on with pitchers at the HS level. I mean there usually is no structured regimen that they go through. And there certainly is no "real" instruction while the practices and teams running and fielding drills are going on.

I watch pitchers practice all the time, some in HS and others in different venues. A lot of them are trying to pitch with great flaws, and terrible mechanics, and the coaches do absolutely nothing to provide remedial relief.

As a coach I would rather have an excellent defense and offense and spend the rest of my time teaching my pitchers how to get the batters out...not throw fat strikes.

PIC

How long have you been an idiot?

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Originally posted by Teacherman:
PIC

How long have you been an idiot?

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Now I could approach you with the same suave-faire as you've shown here, but why bother.

If you are lonely get a dog.

If I'm the manager: Pitching great, defense good, offense average. If I'm half the baseball guy I think I am, give me this and I'll win.

If I'm the spectator: Offense great, defense good, pitching average. I want to see players make plays.

If I'm wanting to see my son get a scholarship: Pitching great, Offense good, defense average. Until wood bats allow situational hitting to become an art again, it's all about big arms and metal mashing.

I'm with the majority - great pitching is the key. If you have the arms, you can make up for a lot of weaknesses in other areas.

Pitching = Great
Offense = Good
Defense = Average

You will win a lot of game with this formula.

Pic, pictures on your site of your son are a nice touch. I do question the statements about pitching as it applies to the high school setting. Yes, coaches at the high school level are going in many different directions during a practice. However, if that pitcher is throwing unspervised and that coach lacks knowledge in this particular area then they are asking for serious trouble. I would suggest that a vast majority of high school programs/coaches realize that they must spend significat time with regards to those high school arms if they intend to win. I've always heard about the quality of ball out on the coast. I truly believe it is "top notch." However, with posts such as yours on high school coaches in your area, I have to wonder. Of course, it could be that your perspective isn't the same as a vast majority of people. No bad but different.

Teacherman: Pic how long have you been an idiot. Teacherman you crack me up. My son was reading over my shoulder and he fell out in the floor laughing at that.