I really can not believe the amount of absolute basic fundamental mistakes I am seeing across all levels in early 2023. The defense, the throws, the catching...there have just been so many silly moments of plays I would expect at a high school game (reminds self several young men are actually of high school age in the lowest levels 😂). A lot of ugly baseball moments that shouldn't be happening in games.
Just a case and point example. A Chiefs player just ripped a double deep to left center off the wall. Je'Von Ward let up as he should lest he want to smash into the wall. Doston corrals it. Tosses it lightly to Eric Brown Jr. in the shallow OF grass. He turns and throws the ball to 2B where Jesus Chirinos is running in but the throw is high for the bigger man and it deflects off his glove and into the RF grass. We just gave the runner a free base. Just as Wood gave Salem the free out rounding 2B because he wasn't watching the 3B coach in a crucial situation. And, that runner just scored on a grounder to RF. He would have held had he been at 2B. Instead of a 3-2 deficit it's now 4-2. Those mistakes are everything in tight games.
It's early and it's often ugly. Let's get back to the fundamentals and tighten it up, men.