GloveJunky
The Rookie
What's bad in rec is when a guy says, "Oh...that's my best position" and they're the fifth best player on the team at that position...
and they're a liability in other positions too...
If he's the fifth best player at that position, then obviously it's something HE needs to deal with, and part of the burden of being a coach/manager is being the guy who has to deliver that crappy news: "Sorry Joe, I know you're here to play SS, but you've got a fat hole in your glove and I've got four other guys who don't. I'll get you some time there - since it's rec ball - but it won't be much."
There was about 15plus guys
With 15+ guys, no big deal bailing I guess. Still, it's a small world and I *hate* burning bridges. Putting a chick at SS in a men's league though... that's just !@#*ed up unless she went to college on a fastpitch scholarship.
I would exit the team (albeit with a little more notice and only after offering to help organize things) and would just say I wanted no part of a chick getting killed at SS. Assuming this is a men's comp league and not rec, these guys are going to get assblasted sideways.
We played one such team last week. Dudes were clueless. They had one solid player on their team at 3B, but everyone else was borderline comical. For instance, shot hit to 2B with runner on 1B. SS just stands there and watches the play unfold, totally oblivious to his responsibility at the bag. There were probably 7 or 8 strikeouts due to whiffed swings alone... that doesn't count all of the SO's due to them getting a backwards K. This is one-pitch, mind you!
It was like they gave up on actually hitting the ball, so they were trying to walk. In men's comp! Damn, if I can reach the ball I'm swinging at the darn thing!