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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember when it was the bottom of the 6th, 2 outs, tied game, bases loaded.

I prayed for DS to get hit by the ball.

He struck out. The game went to 10 innnings.[/quote]

If you're gonna pray, why not pray for a hit?[/quote]

Simple strategy. Because with the bases loaded and two outs, a HBP has the batter take first, thereby automatically bringing home the runner on 3rd and winning the game.

If PP’s son had gotten a hit, there was a chance it would be caught or he’d be thrown out at 1st. Either forces you into extra innings when everyone just wants to go home. [/quote]

Sigh.  Striking the ball with the bat is [b]NOT[/b] a hit.

A hit has a clear (and commonly understood) definition in baseball and softball.  It is when the batter puts the ball into play and reaches base safely without an error by the defense.

If you are going to pray, pray for the exciting win where your DS actually earns the feeling of a walk-off win, instead of doing nothing and getting plunked[/quote]

It's not the batters fault the kid threw a lousy pitch and hit him. It's part of the game.[/quote]

Yes, but in that situation, the batter didn't win the game; the other team lost it.

Like PP said, if you're going to pray, at least pray for your kid to actually do something beside just take up space in the batters box[/quote]

You do you. But when you're actually at these games there is a ton of pressure on the batter. They are kids. As a parent you know they feel the weight of the world on their shoulders and you want it to end as quick as possible with a good outcome. The batter is doing his job, the pitcher is not doing his if he's hitting the batters.  If they can't get the last out, that's on them.[/quote]

My daughter was in the exact same situation this weekend in 12U softball.

Her AB was ball.  foul.  foul.  ball.  strike swinging.

I would 100% rather have that AB from her, taking her hacks at strikes, than have her get hit by a pitch[/quote]

So she struck out and lost the game?[/quote]

No it went into extras and they won.  But I also would have been fine if that was the last out of the game.

But my point is that I would rather an athlete with a mindset of trying to win a game than "fingers crossed that he throws a bad pitch and I get hit."  You play to win the game, not hope for your opponent to lose[/quote]

Look, this isn't the attitude of the player. It's the parent on the sidelines. The parent said they wouldn't mind being hit by a pitch to end the game. The kids aren't going out there saying "Oh boy! Hope I get hit!"[/quote]

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