Little League Dilemma: Was I in the Right or Wrong? UPDATE PG.15

I began volunteering with this team last season. I am the assistant coach technically speaking, however a friend of mine is the head coach but doesn’t know jack about baseball. He is of the mentality it doesn’t matter as long as the kids are having fun. With that being said the team only won 1 game last season. This team is made up of a bunch of undersized 9-12 year olds that are required to play station to station baseball.

Yesterday he called me and told me he was going to miss the game because he was sick. It was the first scrimmage game of the season against one of the better teams in the league. Immediately upon watching infield/outfield I noticed a weakness. As with most kids that age the catcher’s ability to throw out runners is questionable at best. Once the game started every time I got a runner on base I called in the steal and we were successful 15/15 times. The opposing coach was yelling at me from the other dugout the entire game calling my way of playing “cowardly.” They had to use 5 different pitchers throughout the 5 innings and the catcher ended up quitting in the middle of the game. The kid’s father was cursing me out from the bleachers. Anyways, we ended up ten run ruling one of the better teams in the league and all my players got a piece of the action.

After the game we went to Peter Piper Pizza and the kids thought I was Joe Torre or something. While we are there I get a call from the league president saying I am banned from the league for embarrassing another team by stealing bases up by 10 runs, continuing to take pitches on 3-0 counts up by ten runs, and continuing to hit and run when up by ten runs.

I think that is complete B.S. because I am teaching these kids how to win baseball games. It doesn’t matter what your opponent feels you need to put the gas pedal down and finish. It was also a scrimmage game so it is pointless to let up on your opponent when you are trying to prepare for the season ahead and work out any kinks. Needless to say I will not be back which doesn’t bother me because I was only a volunteer and didn’t have a child on the team.

So OT was I in the right or wrong?