Always respect the managers. They are taking time to help you. I was a manager for the high school team when I was in 7th and 8th grade and it was a great experience.
"Practice."-Tiger Woods when asked what he would do after failing to make the cut at the U.S. Open.
"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stone-cutter hammering away at his rock perhaps 100 times without as much as a crack showing. Yet at the 101st blow, it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before." mtownfan
I treat the manager(s) of the varsity team just like everyone else. They are there for the love of the game, and I respect them for that. I won't give them worse treatment than everyone else, but I won't nurture them and give them better. Their job is tougher than the player's in some instances, and if one is too big-headed to see that then IMO, that person should re-evaluate their role on the team.
"Man, this is baseball, you gotta stop thinking! Just have fun." ~The Sandlot
Posts: 436 | Location: A field somewhere | Registered: May 28, 2005
Thats some great answers. THey have a lot of work to do, and they are basically an assitant coach in some instances.
IF a player makes an error, they can make it up with a great play the next inning or a hit. If a manager messes up, they really have no chance to redeem themselves
Posts: 25 | Location: los angeles | Registered: September 02, 2005
ooo at my school(im the topic creator) our managers are the kids who love the sport but arent athletic enough to play. or kids who need PE credit, but our baseball coach only allows the players who got cut to be the managers
Posts: 25 | Location: los angeles | Registered: September 02, 2005
usually the kids on my team dont get hurt for more than a few weeks.. if its serious injury they quit, since academics is top priority in my school...im not bragging, just pointing out. we are like top 20 private school in the country
Posts: 25 | Location: los angeles | Registered: September 02, 2005
At our school the managers are annoying 10-12 year olds who don't do much besides hit lazy ground balls for fielding practice and that's about all, they can't even throw BP or do anything productive because of insurance reasons (but they can participate in high contact fly ball drills, conditioning workouts, etc). That said, I'm not sure if they are there for a purpose or if you guys would call them managers.
Posts: 315 | Location: Rochester, NY | Registered: November 10, 2005
The managers on my team are just as passionate about the game as the players are. They do more work, dont get to play or practice, and want to play as bad as the members of the team. I respect them alot for sticking with it even after being cut from the team.
Posts: 108 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: November 10, 2005
lol our manager only keeps score, and she is a high school senior, pretty good looking as well, causes a lot of distractions, sometimes i wish she werent there but she is a good score keeper so its all good.
Posts: 135 | Location: Carroll County, Maryland | Registered: March 25, 2006
