10U pitching mound rant

10U Pitching Mound Rant

Had a game tonight with a fairly good team to match up with. Our first pitcher comes in 3 innings, no sweat. Our 2nd pitcher comes in for the last 3 innings, no sweat. 4th inning: 3 up 3 down, no comments. 5th inning: 1st base coach comes in, says our pitcher is off the rubber just by an inch or so when he is throwing okay. He keeps nagging about it and about it like it’s 10-year-olds. I get the rules, but the sweat from this team is just wild. We come out to bat. The guy working the scoreboard looks at me and is like, “There pitcher is doing it as well, so just had to match the energy as well.” And tell Ump like I hate it having to go this way with games with kids that are 10 and under. Give the kids credit for being able to not make it a whole ball fest.