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My sons minors baseball team won 12-1 last night and... didnt get a hit. They stole home 5 times so it wasn't just a walk fest, oh and they had a fielders choice RBI as well.
What's the age group on that? That many walks points to 8-9 years old, but stealing home says 10-12. I am confused.

The games where no pitcher can throw a strike can be a chore to sit through.
 
What's the age group on that? That many walks points to 8-9 years old, but stealing home says 10-12. I am confused.

The games where no pitcher can throw a strike can be a chore to sit through.
10U (minors) but it is Cal Ripken and Not Little League so we can steal any base after the pitch crosses the plate. There was a hardo coach last year that road pitchers too much, so now we have to count pitches which is good overall but add to the delays.

12u (majors) for Cal Ripken plays 70/50 bases with full on open bases. Shits wild but it gets them used to moving up to 90 eventually.
 
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10U (minors) but it is Cal Ripken and Not Little League so we can steal any base after the pitch crosses the plate. There was a hardo coach last year that road pitchers too much, so now we have to count pitches which is good overall but add to the delays.

12u (majors) for Cal Ripken plays 70/50 bases with full on open bases. Shits wild but it gets them used to moving up to 90 eventually.
This makes a lot of sense. We never had pitch/inning counts in u10, but once it got to 12u they tracked it. I think it was 6 innings per week, and in the town league they didn't like breaking balls either. That league had leads/steals once the ball crossed the plate as well. Once the fall ball/all star teams begin in 12u, they had all the same rules but breaking balls were fair game. I used to love hitting pitchers that threw a lot of curves. They relied on it too much because a lot of kids jumped outta the box. I wasn't a great hitter, but I didn't care about getting beaned, so sitting on a curve was no thing for me, and I'd be on base every AB

Open bases didn't start for me until I hit 13 on the big diamonds, and it was a gigantic adjustment period for a lot of kids. Myself included. That throw from 3rd on a routine ground ball felt like a mile on those hot summer days.
 

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