That was pretty fun. We saw a bunch of guys who post on here and got to play all out of New England area teams meet some other coaches, players, and parents.
Everything seemed to go smoothly from our end for the first time out with no idea what to expect.
The time limit and tie breakers aspect was interesting to get use too, we were leading our pool going into the last game but knowing that we were actually only winning because we were tied in the first tie breaker and leading in the second tie breaker (runs allowed) and we were only up 1. We had to win, and we couldn't let up 2 runs. If we tied in runs allowed we would lose on the third tie breaker which was runs scored. Not a complaint since we knew the rules in advance going into the thing and they were clearly posted and communicated just an interesting twist to strategy that doesn't come into play often.
It was a lot of fun to coach in that kind of situation where you really knew you couldn't lose, every game was basically a must win and all three of our games were decided in the seventh I believe.
Kind of stinks that we had some really good arms that we didn't get in but we had to be ready for Monday especially since we were leading the pool going into the last game. Left four good arms un-used.
So we didn't lose a game, but tied... is this what coaching s****r is like?
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