My middle school girls take it on the chin...

My middle school girls have been getting the short end of the stick in recent games. After starting off the season with a convincing 12-0 win, the girls have now dropped two games by a combined score of 23-17. To be fair, it has been a combination of misinterpretation of league rules by the men in blue and the lack of key hits on our part. We have had 7 hits in two games. That's not good. But despite the lack of hitting we have comeback in both games and have had our chances to do some damage offensively and be competitive to the very end. The big problem, and what is frustrating, is my girls are caught up in what is called a no-cut, everyone plays policy. For instance, I have 17 girls on my roster and they all get playing time in every game. Case in point, the top team in the league shows up at our place with nine girls (10 I guess, their coach says one was on the injured list). That particular team has been a powerhouse in the league for years. How do they do it? Well, the school is twice the size of ours, yet they bring just enough A players to field a team. I, on the other hand, have 35 girls in our program (50 last year)and with the no cut policy we are forced to divide the girls into two teams, A and B...and everyone gets their share of playing time. As for the men in blue, well they blew one in our second game of the season when the game was called in the middle of the last inning with our team down two runs and we were coming to bat. The inning should have been completed and was not. So we ended up on the short end of the score, 14-12. Our 9-5 loss yesterday was equally as frustrating, but for different reasons. Oh well, that's middle school softball for you. We will regroup and try to even our record at 2-2 with another game this Wednesday.