Wow, 15 kids, that's tough. It's kind of a battle between mixing it up and wanting your best players to get the most at bats. But again, I always have to remind myself that this is about having fun. I try to put a new kid at leadoff each game, especially early in the year (we only have 12 on a team). I then try to go 4 or 5 stronger hitters in a row followed by a lesser hitter, and then a few more strong hitters. Again, hoping to string some hits together but also move kids in the batting order. I also will flip the lineup after a few games to get all the lesser hitters up at the top, again to make sure they are having fun.
Last night I had a middle of the road kid ask if I could put him closer to the top sometime, I smiled and said, "you're hitting leadoff tonight, is that high enough?" It just so happened that was where I had him for the game! His eyes lit up and then said "that's too high!" I said "you got this!" He proceeded to start the game off with a line drive single! He was so pumped.