Comments on: Doing many little things wrong at one time

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:13:54 +0000

Right, romer, chat’s are just “OK”. We wouldn’t get to hear BD’s play-by-play of a Texas Leaguer, I mean, LITTLE Leaguer. It was funny how the boys were throwing it all over he!! and the runner scored. I’m not talking about our Brewers game, I mean BD’s game. It wasn’t a bit funny when our guys did it.

By: sane

sane — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:02:44 +0000

BD57,
What makes it a “little league home run” is when the batter’s father is the scorekeeper.

By: BD57

BD57 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:48:46 +0000

that whole sequence reminded me of what I see on little league fields all the time - trying to do too much & throwing the ball all over the field.

“Kablooey” is a good description of it …

with the kids, it’s the desire to ‘rescue’ the situation by getting an out somewhere … and it usually ends with the ball being thrown into the outfield & base runners circling the bases like they were on a merry-go-round.

Definition: “little league home run”

“Play which occurs when (a) batter nubs ball out in front of the plate; (b) catcher fields ball and ‘yoikes and aways’ it into right field - batter runner heads to second; (c) right fielder fields ball and ‘yoikes and aways’ it over the shortstop into foul territory down the left field line - batter runner heads to third; (d) left fielder picks up ball in foul territory and throws it 15 feet over the catcher’s head - batter runner scores.”

By: romer

romer — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:35:44 +0000

“Chat at 2 p.m. will be a lot of fun!”

A good and average chat was had.

By: Des

Des — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:30:49 +0000

Wasn’t Blackburn just on deck? I think the idea is that if he had gotten up he would have been pinch hit for. Blame the loss on the guy ahead of him not getting on.

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:09:54 +0000

Call Me Stupid says: “A couple errors in the 8th cost them the game not Blackburn’s pitching”

I think we have to say Blackburn’s pitching had something to do with it, or else how did those guys who got free passes home get on base in the first place? That’s not to say Blackburn wasn’t excellent, but he did have a bit of a meltdown in that inning.

On the other hand, it’s sort of silly to say any one thing or even small subset of things is the cause of a loss. A lot of good and bad events add up to the final score.