so my son talked to the JV coach about getting more playing time, he was told to be patient (at the time we had 8 games left in the season - we have 5 now) - next game, one AB as a DH, no time in the field. So he came home and asked if he could start being a smartass, like agree with everything the coach says with fake enthusiasm - I was all on board because fuck this coach. so he had a practice and said something like "coach watch, its all in the hips" then hits four barrels, coach says "where has this been all year" - my son replies with "its been here all year, you just dont see it"
next game (Tuesday) he plays the whole game, goes 3/4 with 2 doubles, 3 steals (4th was a deep flyball that was caught) - coach tells him after the game "i knew you were due" - my son says yup coach, due to get time. Turns out this coach has an ego so big, he doesn't seem realize the boys are being smartasses to him he thinks they are all agreeing and believing him . Game tonight, so we'll see how much he plays, he might be on the good side now.
as for transferring schools, that wont be happening, baseball is a filler sport for him as much as he loves the game. Our school has the best alumni association in the area, they give away a TON of scholarships, he knows that and wont miss out on that. My daughter graduated from the same school a few years ago and got over 10k in scholarships, so he's not leaving that on the table.
