Posted by: grc () on Sun Apr 21 15:46:05 2002

That has to be one of the dumbest responses I've ever heard. Advocating head-hunting at the HS level would be bad enough, but to promote it on the LL level is the height of stupidity. I hope you were still high (on something) from the victory when you posted that one.
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> i was wondering if college coaches had the same philosophy when you played....my son's jr. college coach (and by the way, my son is not playing; he tore his acl)instructs the players to crowd the plate (6 to 12 inches from plate) & if possible, get hit by the pitch.....other coaches in the league do the same, and it seems like this makes the pitchers that much more afraid to pitch inside.....your experiences?......respectfully, grc.....
> > >>Sounds like a little league tactic,I would throw inside all day long and if we got ahead in the game stick one in their ear once in a while solid and see how long they stay with that tactic.Pull hitters do crowd the plate some times when they don"t have good plate coverage,but not much of a hitting style for that to be your plan.



slav....i clearly said my son's team is JUNIOR COLLEGE....where did either myself or rql advocate "headhunting" at the LITTLE LEAGUE level?