chile
Bad Ape
Sometimes I miss playing fenced fields...
we have a couple of unfenced fields...fun and not fun at the same time
Sometimes I miss playing fenced fields...
What’d the same teammates say then?I kinda enjoy playing on open fields as an OF. I can go back on a ball really well so I like the challenge. My only problem with it is when teammates don't realize how hard it is to play on an open field. Can't play too deep bc everything in front becomes a double and there's no hope of catching a pop up or sinking line drive.
I played in a tournament on open fields a few years ago. I'm playing LC and the batter crushed the ball. I tracked it well and tried to make a full speed over the shoulder catch. The ball hit the tip of my glove and rolled away for an easy inside the park HR. I distinctly remember getting to the ball right at the foul line of the adjacent field. After the inning some teammates were yelling at me to play deeper so I can catch those balls. I yelled back and we almost got into a fist fight over it. I grabbed my phone and brought up Google earth. I came inches away from catching a ball at about 360' how deep do you want me to play? They didn't want to hear it so I took myself out and switched with the loud mouth SS. He proceeded to play at about 330' and never even came close to catching a fly ball the rest of the day. The other teams were taking extra bases left and right on him. But hey, he would caught the ball that went 360'
By the time we got bounced out of the tournament everyone was pissed and nobody said anything. I'm not an "I told you so" kinda person but I'm pretty sure they all knew they were wrong.What’d the same teammates say then?
I kinda enjoy playing on open fields as an OF. I can go back on a ball really well so I like the challenge. My only problem with it is when teammates don't realize how hard it is to play on an open field. Can't play too deep bc everything in front becomes a double and there's no hope of catching a pop up or sinking line drive.
I played in a tournament on open fields a few years ago. I'm playing LC and the batter crushed the ball. I tracked it well and tried to make a full speed over the shoulder catch. The ball hit the tip of my glove and rolled away for an easy inside the park HR. I distinctly remember getting to the ball right at the foul line of the adjacent field. After the inning some teammates were yelling at me to play deeper so I can catch those balls. I yelled back and we almost got into a fist fight over it. I grabbed my phone and brought up Google earth. I came inches away from catching a ball at about 360' how deep do you want me to play? They didn't want to hear it so I took myself out and switched with the loud mouth SS. He proceeded to play at about 330' and never even came close to catching a fly ball the rest of the day. The other teams were taking extra bases left and right on him. But hey, he would caught the ball that went 360'
I yell at my OFs cuz they usually play too deep lol.
Thrown out at second trying to stretch a single.
What was the score when you got thrown out?I did that too last week on the 2nd game of a DH. Thought the outfielder was throwing to 3rd and tried to make it to 2nd. SS chase down the throw from the outfielder to cut it off and then I got caught in no man's land. Ended the game on that bad decision.