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Post by keepitreal on Apr 8, 2019 5:42:46 GMT -5
Upper chesapeake was a great weekend of baseball, although I will say I am dragging butt after yesterdays grind. The impressive tourney, well more impressive, was the triple crown at VSC. Lots of big talent and Steve is correct, Tri State is no joke. They beat the brakes off of everyone there. That includes the VA Stars, Mid atlantic show, team vinci etc. Lots of big regional teams there. Not sure about other tournaments over the weekend but sound them off if you know the results.....
Upper Chesapeake - Tide beat Lakeshore 8-7 in the ship Triple Crown at VSC - Tri State took that.
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Post by FredCoBB on Apr 8, 2019 8:46:08 GMT -5
Mid Maryland United runner up at Top Gun in Wilson, NC. Lost the championship game in extra innings.
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Post by Tide Dad on Apr 8, 2019 8:59:42 GMT -5
Upper Chesapeake was definitely a grind. Hats off to Maryland Crush and LakeShore two solid, dangerous teams! Both Teams played well. Gotta give credit to our boys, to play a 12 inning semifinal game, then play another 6 innings and walking off shows some real heart! #RollTide
Looking forward to the rest of the season!
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Post by bigcountry72 on Apr 9, 2019 8:05:47 GMT -5
Hats off to the Tide, their bunt game is on point. At least 10 bunts in that semi final game. Good clean game, pitching and defense on display. Upper Chesapeake shows just how close these teams are.
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Post by keepitreal on Apr 9, 2019 12:27:58 GMT -5
Thanks. The bunting in that game was kind of a necessary evil given the fact that we decided to just not hit at all until the championship game this past weekend. This is a very good age group of baseball with no team really being an absolute powerhouse above others.
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Post by stevesaraullo18 on Apr 9, 2019 13:11:25 GMT -5
Chris, you guys played a dog fight both games (semis and Championship) and deserve some hardware. When it comes to bunting I think to many coaches forget about what an art it is, to execute and defend. And then when they haven’t taught how to defend it and teams squeeze back to back times because your team clearly doesn’t know how to defend it you as a coach get upset. I think the better solution is to teach how to defend the bunt in every different situation it is used. This isn’t 1998 and a kid hits 70 jacks a year, so yea we squeezed with the 4 hitter so what?
Again tide continues to roll and deserves the shout outs.
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Post by bigcountry72 on Apr 9, 2019 14:51:40 GMT -5
Steve your clearly reading to much into my reply. First I was paying Tide a compliment. They work on bunting obviously. Second I'm not a coach nor am I upset. We held a very good team to 4 hits in 11 innings. Our boys have no reason to hang their heads. There is a long way to go in this season.
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Post by stevesaraullo18 on Apr 9, 2019 17:20:06 GMT -5
Big country
I’m not speaking about your team at all. Manbun and Chris know exactly who I’m speaking of! A team we played earlier this year complained because we squeezed with our 4 hitter and 5 hitter back to back. I wasn’t there to see your game so by no means am I speaking about your team. Seemed like it was the game of the year so far.
And my son doesn’t play for tide either.
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Post by keepitreal on Apr 10, 2019 6:05:07 GMT -5
Steve I know exactly who you are talking about. For some reason bunting seems to be a lost art amongst baseball teams. Not sure why. There is nothing that is more of a dagger than bunting your 3,4,5 hitters to start an inning and the other team just has a confused look on their face. And honestly squeeze plays fall into that as well. You can't really defend a properly executed squeeze play. Dave and I were just talking last night about how you had guys had my mind in overdrive with bases loaded and no outs and kid on 3rd taking an angressive lead. That is baseball in my opinion. As a coach you are trying to outcoach the other team and as players you are trying to out execute the other team.
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Post by Baseball fan on Apr 10, 2019 19:36:30 GMT -5
Bunting with your 3, 4, 5 hitters????That don’t sound like baseball to me, sounds kind of weak, how many times will you see that happen in a major league game, isn’t that what we’re supposed to be coaching our kids to do. If you can’t win a game hitting with pretty much your top 3 hitters in your lineup, then you might need to re-evaluate, could be wrong, not a coach but that’s just my perspective from the outside looking in
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Post by stevesaraullo18 on Apr 11, 2019 1:17:40 GMT -5
It is all situational. I think if it came down to game 7 of the World Series and you needed that run you would do what ever it would take to score that run. I think a lot of people get caught up in the 3-5 hitters being power hitters. Let’s be honest, I haven’t seen many true power hitters yet in this age group in Maryland. And when I say true power hitters, I mean consistently hitting the fence or over. Gambrills 2 biggest power hitters from what I’ve seen are 1&2 in their lineup. Stop getting caught up on where people hit in the lineup and what they should do.
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Post by oldtimer on Apr 11, 2019 6:46:21 GMT -5
Bunting with your 3, 4, 5 hitters????That don’t sound like baseball to me, sounds kind of weak, how many times will you see that happen in a major league game, isn’t that what we’re supposed to be coaching our kids to do. If you can’t win a game hitting with pretty much your top 3 hitters in your lineup, then you might need to re-evaluate, could be wrong, not a coach but that’s just my perspective from the outside looking in[/quote This goes to the question are we trying to develop players or win a youth baseball game? Few younger teams can defend the bunt. When you get to the big field it gets easier. Not saying to never bunt- it’s part of the HS game but I would rather have kids swing the bat most of the time. To coaches that bunt a lot -do you intentionally walk the other teams best hitters and bat 9? Not a matter of what spot in the lineup a kid hits or someone getting mad just in my opinion excessive bunting is something i am not in favor of
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Post by Travis Long on Apr 11, 2019 10:24:12 GMT -5
I agree with Old Timer. It’s similar to the dumb nonsense that teams do 1st and 3rd with the circus running around the bases to score a run.
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Post by bgbd astros on Apr 11, 2019 10:35:12 GMT -5
My struggle with the entire thing is why do coaches say “that’s not baseball”. Utter nonsense statement to me. Makes no sense. At the college and professional levels, if you can get away with something you are going to do it. If that means steal an uncontested base, you will do it. If that means bunt with your 4-hole hitter, you will do it.
A lot of bogus generalizations being thrown around. In my opinion if you don’t like the merry go round of stealing bases, work more on it in practice to stop it. If you don’t like a middle of the lineup hitter bunting, practice your bunt defense and athleticism off the mound to stop it.
Don’t say it’s “not baseball”. Baseball is a game if strategy. It’s your job as a coach to use every opportunity given to you to generate runs. If the other team doesn’t like it, then maybe they need to practice more to stop it
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Post by oldtimer on Apr 11, 2019 12:19:44 GMT -5
Coaches job to generate as many runs as possible or Develop his players? Try and outcoach the opponent ( you mean feed your ego after you beat the other volunteer coach in the opposite dugout?)
How much practice time does a 10-12 year old team get a week? Maybe 4 hours if lucky. At that age you need to work on hitting, fielding,bullpens, Base running etc. NOT spending 45 minutes working on bunt defense Because some team can’t hit your pitcher and will resort to Anything in the rule book to win a game? Don’t get me wrong situational bunting is not wrong and should be taught. But if you are going to bunt 10 times or use every trick in the book Just admit your first priority is winning development secondary
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