I could not be more with you on judging peoples motives. You have no idea what I am thinking if you are a parent or other coach or umpire or spectator, no idea. Usually, you know just enough to be dangerous, you haven’t been at every second of every practice nor heard how we have outlined our goals and objectives. You don’t usually have as good an understanding of the intricacies of the game and you comment based on your limited knowledge as if it is gospel.

Sit back, enjoy, and trust that I know what I am doing. I have taken the smallest league in our district to the championship game two seasons in a row, maybe I might just know a little.

One of my favorite sales sayings is “God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason” so shut up listen and learn, then comment. I utilize this sometimes to a fault.

Is it me, or does it seem like people are quicker to pass judgment these days?

What are your thoughts about providing an opportunity for your less-talented pitchers to get some playing time? If your goal is to make every player better, are they getting short-changed because they happen to be on the same team with a major pitching talent?

And one more point: You said, “I don’t want to be accused of wanting to win at all costs.” This points out to me the fallacy of judging another person’s motives. No matter which decision you made about the pitcher, your process had integrity.

We don’t know what goes into another person’s decision-making process, and so should tread very carefully before making judgments about motives.

How’s that for a life lesson?