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Originally posted by Coach_May:
For the kid in RF who is backing up the throw on a dropped 3rd strike.
For the pitcher who never hesitates because he's sulking to back up 3B or HP.
For the pitcher who nods his head to the SS who just booted a GB and says your OK.
For the hitter who hits behind the runner to move him and is happy about it.
For the hitter who lays down the SAC and is happy about it.
For the guy who hits a Bomb and simply runs the bags even though he is screaming inside "Hel Yeah"
For the pitcher who paints a 3-2 fastball on the corner and gets a walk out of it and never flinches even though he is screaming inside "Hel No"
For the Coach who see's a ground ball go through the SS's legs and calmly claps his hands and says get the next one.
For the Coach who takes the time in practice to work on the things that will allow him not to see that as often.
For the Coach who see's a player fail to get down that SAC bunt in a game and says shake it off.
For the Coach that takes the time in practice to work on the bunt game so his players are prepared properly to lay down a SAC bunt.
For the player who has hit 5 times in a game who slaps the guy on the back and says go get it when you replace him in a blow out.
For the parent that always compliments his or her son's team mates when they talk to you.
For the parent that allows you to brag on their son instead of the other way around.
For the guy who is standing on 2b when the pop fly is caught.
For the guy who is standing on 2b when the pop fly is dropped.
For the guy who is running through the bag on a ground ball.
For the guy who is rounding the bag and going to 2b on a gound ball that gets through.
For the player that just struck out who greets the next batter with "Hammer this guy" instead of pouting back to the dug out.
For the catcher who blocks everything in the bull pen because he is going to block everything in the game.
For the pitchers who appreciate that.
For the umpires that appreciate that.
For players that don't look at their glove like it was the reason they made an error.
For the players that by the way they play the game you have no idea if they are up by 10 or down by 10.
For the player that by the way he plays defense you have no idea if he is 4-4 or 0-4.
For pitchers that want the ball no matter what the situation is.
For pitchers I have to drag off the mound no matter what the situation is.
I think I could post about 10 more pages of these.
Outstanding Coach May!
Let me add one to your list and see if you can top it...
I know of a college player, who maybe got ten at bats his entire career. The team was playing in its final game of the year since they were getting beaten handily and the coach started giving guys at bats that normally never play. They called this kid's number for an at bat (he was a junior) and while he was warming up in the on deck circle, he went back in the dugout and asked the coach to put his teammate in who he knew was a senior and would never have the opportunity again. They obliged the kid and put the senior in but that kid showed what being a winner is all about imho. He put the team ahead of himself. I am not saying I could have done something like that but when I heard about it, I knew that kid was a winner in life because he understood the big picture and made a huge sacrifice imho.