Dilemma of the Day
FlyingV needed a sub for his softball game today since they only had 7 players for their game. Since I am their #1 fan and go to most of their games anyway, I filled in as a sub. The Swinging Bunts were playing against the only team other than P&C that has only one loss so far this season, so they were playing a tough team. Thankfully, the other team volunteered a “non-fielding” catcher even though they were not obligated to so that The Swinging Bunts would not have to play a man short in the field.
In the 4th inning of the game, I was faced with a difficult dilemma. With two outs, one of their guys got a base hit. The girl on first base tried to take third on the play, and I was playing 3B for The Swinging Bunts. The play to get the girl out was going to be very close. I was in such a hurry to catch the throw to me and tag the girl that I made the tag before actually catching the ball. The ball barely deflected off my glove and hit the girl in the back of the head. That’s definitely a scary situation and I was worried that the girl was hurt. The girl turned third base and appeared to be running home, but I was not sure if she just overran the bag or if she was hurt/knocked out. I immediately asked her if she was ok and picked up the ball. Then, the girl stopped running and was standing about ten feet from third base. I was prepared to throw her out at home if she tried to score, but now I was just confused. Thankfully, she was not hurt at all since the ball hit her ponytail (and she had a lot of hair tied up).
I could have just tagged her out at this point and ended the inning. However, I felt so guilty about not catching the ball that ultimately hit her in the head that I let her walk back to third base safely. The next batter got a base hit, scoring two runs for the other team before we could make the third out.
During the course of a seven inning slow pitch softball game, you would not expect two runs to make a big difference, especially given that The Swinging Bunts only had eight players against a very tough opponent. However, The Swinging Bunts lost the game 9-8. My decision to let the girl go back to third base when I could have tagged her out ended up giving the other team two runs and costing FlyingV's team the game.
Should I feel bad about costing The Swinging Bunts from winning today by letting the girl walk back to third? I honestly think I would have done the same thing if this play happened while playing with P&C.
Discuss...
In the 4th inning of the game, I was faced with a difficult dilemma. With two outs, one of their guys got a base hit. The girl on first base tried to take third on the play, and I was playing 3B for The Swinging Bunts. The play to get the girl out was going to be very close. I was in such a hurry to catch the throw to me and tag the girl that I made the tag before actually catching the ball. The ball barely deflected off my glove and hit the girl in the back of the head. That’s definitely a scary situation and I was worried that the girl was hurt. The girl turned third base and appeared to be running home, but I was not sure if she just overran the bag or if she was hurt/knocked out. I immediately asked her if she was ok and picked up the ball. Then, the girl stopped running and was standing about ten feet from third base. I was prepared to throw her out at home if she tried to score, but now I was just confused. Thankfully, she was not hurt at all since the ball hit her ponytail (and she had a lot of hair tied up).
I could have just tagged her out at this point and ended the inning. However, I felt so guilty about not catching the ball that ultimately hit her in the head that I let her walk back to third base safely. The next batter got a base hit, scoring two runs for the other team before we could make the third out.
During the course of a seven inning slow pitch softball game, you would not expect two runs to make a big difference, especially given that The Swinging Bunts only had eight players against a very tough opponent. However, The Swinging Bunts lost the game 9-8. My decision to let the girl go back to third base when I could have tagged her out ended up giving the other team two runs and costing FlyingV's team the game.
Should I feel bad about costing The Swinging Bunts from winning today by letting the girl walk back to third? I honestly think I would have done the same thing if this play happened while playing with P&C.
Discuss...
posted by GaryGinew at 8:54 PM
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